Archive for ‘Obituaries’

  • Melvin Eastman, 75

    FRYEBURG — Melvin Eastman, 75, of Fryeburg, died peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, July 28, 2018. Melvin was born on Jan. 9, 1943 in North Conway, N.H. He was the only son of Walter and Alice Thompson Eastman. Melvin was educated in the local schools with a few scattered […]

  • Hazel G. Holden, 94

    BRIDGTON — Hazel G. Holden, 94, of Fryeburg, passed from this life on Friday, July 13, 2018, at Bridgton Health Care Center. She was the youngest of seven children of Ernest and Alma Gurney, born in 1923, in Hebron, where she spent her early years until the family moved to Norway in 1936, after the […]

  • Jane M. Crowley, 95

    PORTLAND — Jane Marshall Crowley, 95, formerly of Naples and of Portland, died on Monday, July 16, 2018, at The Cedars in Portland, where she had been residing since mid-April. Born in New York City, N.Y., on March 25, 1923, to John A. Marshall, a prominent Portland area photographer who owned Portland Engraving and a […]

  • Donald R. Libby Jr., 87

    BROWNFIELD — Donald R. Libby Jr., 87, of Brownfield, died on Sunday, July 29, 2018, at Bridgton Hospital. He was born April 18, 1931, in Old Orchard Beach, the son of Donald and Harriet (Sands) Libby, and was educated in the local school system. Donald retired from the U.S. Navy after 20 years of honorable […]

  • Celebration of Life: June Blais

    A celebration of life for June A. Blais, who passed away on June 4, 2018, will be held at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Aug. 11, at her home at 207 Sebago Road in Sebago.

  • Percy E. Coombs, 89

    LEWISTON — Percy Edward Coombs, 89, of Fryeburg, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at Central Maine Medical Center with his family by his side. He was born in Fryeburg on Nov. 14, 1928, the son of Percy W.L. and Carolyn Hill Coombs. He graduated from Fryeburg Academy and served in Korea in […]

  • Mary J. Cressy, 106

    BRIDGTON — Mary J. “Jo” Cressy, 106, of Fryeburg, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 13, 2018, at Bridgton Health Care. She was born in Boston, Mass., on March 19, 1912, the second daughter of Edward and Bertha Thompson Sibley. Jo graduated from Kenmore High School in 1929 and Boston University in 1934, with a […]

  • Charlotte (Greene) Harpell, 89

    RED BANK, N.J. — Charlotte (Greene) Harpell, 89, of Red Bank, New Jersey died peacefully, at her daughter’s home in Bridgton, on Thursday, July 19, 2018. Charlotte was born on May 1, 1929, during the Great Depression to Laurie (Young) and Edmund Blaine Greene in East Orange, N.J. She was the youngest of three, and […]

  • Lillian B. Banfill, 92

    WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Lillian Bisbee Banfill, 92, passed away on Friday, July 20, 2018. She was born to Beulah Abbott Bisbee and Wilbur Bisbee at home in Tuftonboro, N.H., on Sept. 22, 1925. Around age 11, the family moved to Fryeburg. Lillian attended Fryeburg schools and graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 1943. She attended Gorham […]

  • Nancy A. (Allen) Buzzell, 79

    RAYMOND — Nancy A. (Allen) Buzzell, 79, of Raymond, passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2018, after a long illness. She was born May 15, 1939, in Portland, the daughter of Harold C. and Elizabeth Jackson Allen. She graduated from Westbrook High School, Class of 1957. She went on to work at several jobs. She was […]