Archive for ‘Obituaries’

  • Elizabeth J. Cerone

    Elizabeth Jane (Shain) Cerone, 70, passed away at Cover Health in Auburn on Nov. 1, 2020, following a long struggle with Alzheimer’s dementia. She was born in Harrison on Feb. 25, 1950, to Verdell and Beulah Holden. “To me, Beth,” to family and friends Betty. She attended Bridgton High School, when it closed she went […]

  • Doris L. Drew

    FALL RIVER, MASS. — Doris L. Drew, 91, formerly of Hollis and Bridgton, passed away Dec. 9, 2020, at the St. Anne Hospital in Fall River, Mass. She was born Oct. 11, 1929, the daughter of Preston and Miriam Bryant Whitten. Doris attended local schools and graduated from Hollis high School. She worked at the […]

  • Barbara E. Starbird

    Barbara E. Starbird of Casco died peacefully on December 12, 2020. She was born in Norwood, Mass., on June 1, 1940, daughter of Dana W. and Doris E. (Jenner) Everett. She graduated from New Sharon High School in 1958 and Central Maine General Hospital, Lewiston, as an RN in 1961. She married Dwight A. Starbird […]

  • B. Doris Grass

    WINDHAM AND RAYMOND — B. Doris Monteith Grass, formerly of Woodstock, N.B., Canada, and daughter of George and Flora Monteith, born July 2, 1926, passed away on December 9, 2020. At a young age, Doris was known for being studious and always sought to work towards learning more about the things that interested her. At […]

  • Gracie H. Sinclair, 88

    Grace H. “Gracie” Sinclair, 88, of Casco, died Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, at Bella Point in Bridgton. She was born on May 14, 1932, in Bridgton, a daughter of Earl and Beatrice Little. Gracie worked locally in Bridgton for many years between the Bridgton Knitting Mill and shoe shop. She loved playing beano and could […]

  • Rev. Ernest L. L’Heureux, 91

    SANFORD — Rev. Ernest L. L’Heureux, 91, of Sanford, died on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2020, at the Landing in Saco following a lengthy illness.  Fr. Ernest was born in Sanford on Oct. 15, 1929, to George and Malvina (Martin) L’Heureux, one of eight children. He attended local schools and graduated from St. Ignatius High School.  […]

  • David B. Johnson, 70

    David B. Johnson, 70, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, at the Maine Medical Center in Portland.  He was born on Feb. 15, 1950 in Baytown, Texas to Daniel W. Johnson and Frances A. Johnson, both raised in Galveston, Texas. From an early age, David was an outgoing, active and inventive person, always coming […]

  • Nancy Burdick

    NAPLES — Nancy Burdick passed November 27, 2020, joining her husband of over 60 years, “Lew” Burdick for a heavenly ride in his 1953 Corvette from their first impromptu date. Daughter of strikingly handsome, blue-eyed Harold Conant and her beautiful mother, Norma Jean, she was the oldest daughter in a family of four sisters. Tragedy […]

  • William A. De Sarro, 80

    William Arthur “Billy” De Sarro, 80, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in West Palm Beach, Fla. of lung complications.  He was born on Dec. 8, 1939 in Hartford, Conn. He leaves a sister, Marcia De Sarro-Witt of West Palm Beach, Fla.; twin children, Alissa Mundt Walsh Merold Noble, a mammographer at Bridgton Hospital, and Michael […]

  • Phyllis Hemmer, 98

    Phyllis Hemmer of Westminster Village in West Lafayette, Ind., and formerly of North Bridgton, Maine, was born on June 29, 1922, in the section of Philadelphia, Pa., known as Roxborough, as the first-born of Lewis and Rhoda B. She grew up there, along with a younger brother Carson James (“Jim”), attending local schools, and graduated […]