Obituaries

Richard Carlisle

Feb 8, 2025

EDDINGTON - Richard Alan Carlisle, 66, left us unexpectedly on February 8, 2025. He was born July 3, 1958, in Bangor, to Bernard and Dorothy (Pinkham) Carlisle.

Richard has been a lifetime resident of Bangor. In his youth, he loved to roller skate and was a Skate Guard at the Brewer Roller Rink for several years. He spent summers...

Nancy Byard

Feb 8, 2025

Our mom, Nancy Brooks Byard, passed from this life on February 8, 2025 after 90 years of LIVING. She was born on May 22, 1934, the daughter of Arthur and Blanche (Kincaid) Brooks. Mom graduated from Bangor High School and went on to graduate from St. Joseph Hospital's LPN and RN programs while raising her six children. She was proud...

Laura Anne Gardiner Preli

Feb 8, 2025

Brewer - Laura Anne Gardiner Preli, 74, died peacefully February 8, 2025, surrounded by her family. She was born August 11,1950, in Thorndike, daughter of Maurice and Dorothy Gardiner.

Laura married Kenneth McCue, June 3, 1967, they had 3 children, Christopher, Karin and Eric. Throughout the 70s and 80s Laura and Ken lived in Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts. In 2017 Laura...

Eugene Dwyer

Feb 7, 2025

BRADFORD - Eugene Stanley Dwyer passed away peacefully February 7, 2025 at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor. "Gene" was almost 80 years old. He was born March 12, 1945 in Houlton, Maine to Avis Virginia Dwyer and Stanley Emery Dwyer.

Gene was a proud veteran of the U.S. Army. Gene was married to the love of his life, Pamela...

Janice Campbell

Feb 7, 2025

Janice Fay Campbell

February 3, 1939 - February 7, 2025

Janice passed peacefully in hospice in her room in Engel Place @ Ross Manor in Bangor.

Janice Fay Campbell aka Cakes by Jan lived life on her own terms. She worked hard and played hard. She was a cake decorator, caterer, and businesswoman, in a time when that just wasn't done. When an...

Lawrence Gagnon

Feb 7, 2025

Lawrence Gene Gagnon, Jr.

Ft. Kent and Bangor

Lawrence Gene Gagnon Jr. passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on Friday, February 7, 2025, just shy of his 75th birthday. Gene was born on February 26, 1950, to Lawrence and Rena (Guerrette) Gagnon in Fort Kent, Maine.

Gene graduated from Fort Kent High School in 1968 and soon...

Charles Adams

Feb 6, 2025

BREWER - Charles F. Adams, 90, passed away peacefully February 6, 2025, at his home, with family and friends by his side. He was born August 24, 1934, in Brewer, the son of Francis H. and Mildred E. (Holyoke) Adams.

Charles graduated from Brewer High School, Class of 1952. Shortly after graduation, he met Phyllis Clough, and September 3, 1955,...

Holly Smith

Feb 5, 2025

Holly Jean Smith, 74, passed away on February 5, 2025. She was born in Dover-Foxcroft, ME., to Harold and Jeanne (LaPointe) Smith. She grew up with her siblings and cousins in her beloved Sebec Village, ME. Her family was number one to her, she loved small town USA and fun on Sebec Lake.

Holly graduated from Foxcroft Academy,...

Honora Gerry

Feb 4, 2025

BANGOR - Honora Katherine "Nora" (Baker) Gerry, 98, died February 4, 2025, at the Maine Veterans' Home in Bangor after a short period of declining health. She was born on July 3, 1926, to Russell Baker and Winifred (Sargent) Baker. She grew up and attended schools in Hampden, Maine.

Nora met and married the love of her life, Harland Gerry and...

Carol Belanger

Feb 3, 2025

Carol Ann Belanger, 78, died February 3rd, 2025, at her home in Levant, ME. Carol was born June 17, 1946, in Caribou, ME to parents William and Harriett Cookingham and grew up in Washburn, Maine.

Carol graduated from D'lor Beauty School and was a skilled cosmetologist for many years. She went on to become an instructor for D'lor in 1995 and...

Margaret Leistensnider

Feb 3, 2025

Margaret (Shoplock) Leistensnider, 84, died unexpectedly February 3, 2025, at a Bangor hospital. She was born in June 1941, in Somerville, NJ, the daughter of Samuel and Julia (Esock) Shoplock.

Margaret graduated from Somerville High School, New Jersey, class of 1958. She enrolled at Douglas College and graduated in 1963, when she married her high school prom date,...

Beverly Smith

Feb 2, 2025

Beverly Smith, 81, of Glenburn, went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 2, 2025, after a long struggle with chronic heart disease. Beverly was born April 16, 1943, in Lincoln, Maine, the daughter of Robert and Juanita (Clough) Moores.

Beverly was employed at various times as a C.N.A., giving compassionate nursing care. She was a...

Joyce Bowness

Feb 2, 2025

Levant - Joyce E. Bowness, 75, of Levant, passed peacefully at home on February 2, 2025. Surrounded by the love of her two children, she gained her angel wings and went to be with her Lord and Savior. Joyce was born on October 31, 1949, to Harold and Patricia Wilcox.

She was a graduate of Bangor High School and...

Lynn Johnson

Feb 2, 2025

Lynn Johnson, 71, passed away on February 2, 2025. She was born in Bangor on December 17, 1953 to Stanley and Reona Pyzynski. Lynn earned and Associates Degree in business at Husson University and, later, a Bachelors in accounting, all while working for the City of Bangor over 43 years.

Lynn is survived by her loving husband of...

Herman Frankland

Feb 2, 2025

Herman C. "Buddy" Frankland

Holden

The grace and mercy of God was manifest once again, as a man departed this life and approached the gates of the city of God. "On what ground would you enter this city?" The gatekeeper asked. "I come in the merits of Jesus, for I have no merits of my own," said the man....

Rose Drake

Feb 1, 2025

LaGrange-Bangor

Rose Marie Drake, 79, passed peacefully on February 1, 2025.

Every family needs a rock, and for decades Rose has been that rock. She set the perfect example of how to raise a family. She worked hard to support her husband in their various businesses while at the same time raising her family and making sure that they always had everything...

Flint Spaulding

Jan 31, 2025

Flint E. Spaulding

Bangor

Flint Edward Spaulding, 65, passed away peacefully, January 31, 2025. with his loving family by his side. Flint was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on December 23, 2024 which he fought courageously and with great dignity. Flint was born in Bangor, July 10, 1959, the son of Edward C. and Glenyce E. (Leach) Spaulding.

Surviving are his wife, Robin L....

Robert Jordan

Jan 31, 2025

Robert James Jordan

Hermon

July 28, 1939 - January 31, 2025

Robert James Jordan, 85, passed peacefully into the loving arms of his Savior on January 31, 2025, at home under the care of family and hospice nurses. He was born in New Britain, Connecticut, July 28, 1939, to Robert Andrew and Avis Harriet DeVere Jordan. He married Valerie Thompson in 1964. She...

William Nadeau

Jan 30, 2025

William "Bill" Joseph Patrick Nadeau, 77, passed away at his home January 30th, 2025. He was born in Bangor on May 20th, to Joseph and Dorothy Nadeau.

Bill worked numerous jobs throughout his life, finding a niche and many good friends working for RGIS Inventory, a job that also took him to Europe for 6 weeks, and Maine State...

Jeffrey Field

Jan 29, 2025

JEFFREY E. FIELD

69

CARMEL

Jeffrey Edward Field (Jef), 69, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at his Carmel home. Jef was born on December 17, 1955, in Lewiston, ME, to Florence and Rupert Field. Jef was the oldest of five brothers and two sisters. The family relocated from the New Gloucester area to Mars Hill, then settled in Hampden...