Archive for ‘Obituaries’

  • Olive-Anne Scott

    LOVELL — Olive-Anne (Kimball) Scott passed away peacefully at 11:45 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Olive-Anne grew up in Lovell, the adopted daughter of Fred Don Kimball and Irma Towle Kimball. She graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 1950 and went on to attend Boston Conservatory. She taught piano in her home for over 22 […]

  • August L. Murphy, 38

    LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — August Linda Murphy, 38, passed peacefully on Jan. 21. 2019, at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center. She was born at Mercy Hospital in Portland, on Aug. 27, 1980. August grew up in East Sebago and attended Sebago Elementary School, where she created lasting relationships to this day. Later, she moved to […]

  • Janice K. Thomson, 88

    CONWAY, N.H. — Janice Kimball Thomson, 88, of Center Lovell, died early Thursday morning, May 2, 2019, at the Merriman House in Conway, N.H. She was born on Nov. 1, 1930, in Haverhill, Mass., a daughter of Robert B. and Dorothy (Houston) Kimball. She attended school in Haverhill and went on to earn a bachelor’s […]

  • Sylvia S. Ranger, 94

    STANDISH — Sylvia S. Ranger, 94, died Saturday, April 27, 2019. She was born April 12, 1925, in Fryeburg, a daughter of Gilbert and Lula (Harnden) Smith. Sylvia grew up in Fryeburg and attended local schools. She enjoyed careers at the Northland Shoe Shop and owning her own cleaning business and her own daycare. She […]

  • Lorraine L. Thorpe, 92

    SOUTH CASCO — Lorraine L. Thorpe, 92, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 6, 2019, after a period of declining health. She was born at the family farm on Raymond Cape in Raymond, on Oct. 13, 1926, the elder daughter of Wesley and Hazel Jack Lombard. Lorraine attended Raymond Elementary School and Casco High School. […]

  • Lori A. Vacchiano, 53

    SEBAGO — Lori Ann Vacchiano, 53, of Sebago, died on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, with loving family by her side after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Bangor, on July 25, 1965, a daughter of David and Josephine (Lord) Brown. She moved a lot and […]

  • John Carter, Ph.D., 83

    LOVELL — John S. H. Carter, Ph.D., of 83, Lovell, passed peacefully at home on Sunday, May 5, 2019. A kind man with a big heart, he was an inveterate storyteller and a supporter of everyone he met. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Carolyn (nee Estes); children, Andrew (Tracy) and Beth […]

  • Ernest W. Smith, 89

    AUBURN — Ernest “Ernie” Walter Smith, 89, of Fryeburg, passed away on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, at the Hospice House. He was born May 28, 1929, on Union Hill Road in Stow, to Simon L. Smith Sr. and Esther Libby Smith. Ernie was the fifth of nine children. He was a very industrious person. From early […]

  • Denise E. McKay, 63

    RAYMOND — Denise Evelyn Bowes McKay, 63, passed away suddenly from diabetes complications on Sunday, April 28, 2019. She was born Jan. 24, 1956, in Jacksonville, Fla., to parents Georgia Almira Bowes and Verle Vernon Bowes. She graduated from Westbrook High School in 1974. She met her husband on June 6, 1976, in Gorham, and […]

  • Carl McAllister, 81

    NORWAY — Carl McAllister, 81, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2019 at his home. He was born on Feb. 11, 1938 to Clement and Rebecca (Bubier) McAllister in South Waterford. Carl attended Waterford schools, as well as Norway High School. Carl faithfully served our country in the United States Army. He married Jean Truman […]