Archive for ‘Obituaries’

  • James F. Murphy, 75

    SOUTH PORTLAND — James F. Murphy, 75, died on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. He recently celebrated his 75th birthday. He was born on April 29, 1943, to Persis (Jefferson) and Harold M. Murphy in Portsmouth, N.H. while Harold was stationed at the Navy yard. Tragically, Harold, a test pilot, died in a plane crash, in […]

  • Gordon E. Linneken, 64

    PORTLAND — Gordon E. Linneken, 64, formerly of Raymond, passed away on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough surrounded by his family and friends. He was born in Portland, a son of Gordon C. and Virginia (Collins) Linneken. He graduated from Portland High School and worked in various automotive ventures. […]

  • Captain David A. Mains, 48

    RAYMOND — Captain David Alexander Mains, 48, died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Monday, June 25, 2018. Born June 11, 1970, in Portsmouth, N.H., to Margaret Reynolds and Claude “Mac” Mains, David was a dedicated firefighter, who loved his family, community and his motorcycle club. David graduated from Windham High School, attended […]

  • Glenn E. Chute, 92

    SOUTH PARIS — Glenn Everett Chute, 92, died on June 26, 2018, at the Maine Veterans Home, South Paris, after years of struggling with vascular dementia. He was born on March 10, 1926 “in the den” of the family farm on Maple Ridge in Harrison, the son of Walter and Hazel Little Chute. He attended […]

  • Frances I. Nemo, 91

    NORWAY — Frances I. Nemo, 91, of North Bridgton, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 15, 2018, at Stephens Memorial Hospital with family members at her side. Frances “Fran” was born Dec. 20, 1926, in Maspeth, N.Y., where she grew up. Fran was the daughter of the late Peter and Mary Waniewski Suleski. She was […]

  • Beverly A. Ralph, 87

    BRIDGTON — Beverly A. Ralph, 87, of Casco, formerly a longtime resident of Bridgton and Lynn, Mass., passed away peacefully on July 1, 2018. Born May 2, 1931, in Lynn, Mass., the daughter of the late G. Raymond and Evelyn A. Hanson, she was raised and educated in Lynn and graduated from Lynn English High […]

  • Austin R. Webster, 74

    FRYEBURG — Austin R. “Buddy” Webster, 74, of Fryeburg, died Friday morning, June 29, 2018, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, surrounded by his wife and children. He was born on May 20, 1944, in North Conway, N.H., a son of Dean and Elaine (White) Webster. He attended local schools, graduating from Kennett High […]

  • Susan K. Black, 80

    SWEDEN — Susan K. Black, 80, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 22, 2018, with her family at her side after an unexpected medical event. If you met Sue Black, you liked her. She approached life and other people with an open mind and a sense of adventure that earned her a wide-ranging group of […]

  • Keith A. Buzzell, D.O., 85

    Keith A. Buzzell, D.O., 85, of Bridgton, died at home surrounded by the love of his family and friends on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Dr. Buzzell was born in 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts. He studied music at Bowdoin College and Boston University, and received his medical doctorate in 1960 at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic […]

  • John G. Howe, 83

    John G. Howe, 83, of Waterford died suddenly on Friday, June 15, 2018. A native of the Berkshire Mountains, John learned to ski as soon as he could walk and spent his early years skiing in the western shadow of Mt. Greylock. As a 10-year-old at the end of WWII, he was actively racing, participating […]