Archive for ‘Obituaries’

  • Geraldine J. Francis

    PORTLAND — Geraldine Judith Francis left this world unexpectedly, on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. She was born on Sept. 30, in Portland, the daughter of Carl Gilmore and Louise Gilmore Jordan. She attended Portland schools and then married and started a family. Judy was a loving wife and mother, who devoted her life to taking […]

  • Robert E. Davidson, 84

    Robert Edward Davidson, 84, of Greenville, S.C. and formerly of Center Conway, N.H., went to be with his Savior on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. He was born May 5, 1935, to Charles Ezra and Edna Henrietta (Fernald) Davidson in Center Conway, N.H. Robert and his wife, Mary, owned Ballou’s Dept. Store in Conway, N.H., before […]

  • Frances Trumble, 95

    AUBURN — Frances “Pinky” Trumble, 95, died on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, at Clover Health Care in Auburn. Pinky was born on April 7, 1924, to George and Agnes (Berry) Kimball in Bridgton. Pinky graduated from Bridgton High School in 1942. She married her husband, Leamon Trumble, on Jan. 10, 1946. Pinky worked at Schiavi’s […]

  • Bernice A. Cross, 92

    Bernice A. “Betty” Cross, 92, of Bridgton, died unexpectedly, Thursday morning, Feb. 20, 2020, at her home in Bridgton. She was born on Nov. 17, 1927, in North Bridgton, a daughter of William and Crystal (Shackley) Ash. Betty attended Otisfield elementary schools and later graduated from Bridgton Academy. On Nov. 11, 1944, she married Harry […]

  • Jodine L. Webster, 69

    FRYEBURG— Jodine L. Webster, 69, a beloved and lifetime resident of Fryeburg, died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. She was born on Jan. 10, 1951, in Fryeburg, a daughter of, Millard and Glenna (Wentworth) Burnell.  She attended local schools, graduating from Fryeburg Academy in 1969. That same year on […]

  • James A. Banks Sr., 80

    PORTLAND — James A. Banks, Sr., 80, of Hudson, Fla., died on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, following a hard-fought battle with cancer. The last two months, Jim was in hospice care at the home of his son, Gregory, in Rotonda West, Fla. Jim was born on April 12, 1939, in Portland, and grew up the […]

  • Shirley A. Watson, 84

    NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — On Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, Shirley A. Watson, 84, passed away peacefully at the Merriman House in North Conway, N.H. Shirley was born in North Conway, New Hampshire, on March 3, 1935, to William and Elsie Lamprey Carlson. She grew up in North Conway and graduated from Kennett High School in […]

  • William S. McLaughlin, 82

    NAPLES — William S. McLaughlin, of Vero Beach, Fla., and Naples, Maine, formerly of Wayland, Mass. and Southboro, Mass., died on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. He was born in Boston, Mass. on Oct. 12, 1937, the son of Dorothy E. (Butterworth) and William V. McLaughlin. He graduated from Peters High School in Southboro, Mass. in […]

  • Laura Musgrave Bury, 92

    NOKOMIS, FLA. — Laura “Lolly” Musgrave Bury, 92, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. Born Laura May Vernon in Reading, Penn., on Nov. 25th, 1927, Lolly was the youngest of six siblings. A lover of music and theater, she attended Stephens College, where she majored in radio broadcasting, a career that would introduce […]

  • Georgiana Hatstat, 70

    BRUNSWICK — Georgiana “Linda” Hatstat, 70, of Brunswick, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, at the Winship Green Nursing Home after a short illness, surrounded by friends and family.  Linda was born in Albany, on Nov. 4, 1949, the daughter of Ralph E. Hatstat and Ella Margret MacMahan. She was raised in Hungry Hollow, […]