Archive for ‘Obituaries’

  • Francine C. Sabean

    Francine Carroll Sabean, 82, of Bridgton, passed away on Saturday, November 20, 2021. Francine grew up in Jamaica Plain, Mass., and Winthrop, Mass., where she then lived and taught English for many years before retiring to Bridgton. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Salem State University, and New York University. Francine was passionate about her […]

  • Frederick A. Hammerle

    Frederick Alexander Hammerle, age 85, died November 16, 2021, after a brief illness. Frederick was born July 17, 1936, in Syracuse, N.Y. He graduated from Syracuse University with a BS in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. Over the years Fred worked as an engineer at companies in Syracuse, N.Y.; Rochester, N.Y.; […]

  • Robert F. Bailey

    CASCO/WOOLWICH — Robert (Bob) Francis Bailey, 94, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 12, 2021, at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. He was born on May 16, 1927, in Gardiner, a son of Chester W. and Eva F. (Grover) Bailey. Early in his life he cut and hauled wood with his five horses in the […]

  • Carol P. Sislane

    Carol Patricia (Heers) Sislane, 86, passed peacefully at the home of her son, Scott, and his wife Margaret, in Wolfeboro, N.H., on November 13, 2021. She was surrounded by loving family. Carol was born in Boston, Mass., on May 28, 1935. She grew up in Natick, Mass., and graduated from Natick High school. She was […]

  • James E. Koran

    James Edwin Koran, 81, of Naples, passed away November 16. He was the adopted son of John James and Anna Mae (Groshko) Koran. He is survived by Mary Jo Pauwels Koran, his wife of 61 years, and two sons, Michael and Kevin. Also, daughter-in-law Andrea Koran; four grandchildren: Victor, Frank, Felysha and James Koran; great-grandson […]

  • Erwin B. McAllister Jr.

    Erwin B. McAllister Jr., of Fryeburg passed away peacefully after a well-fought 25-year battle with a congenital heart defect. Raised in Lovell and a graduate of Fryeburg Academy, Erwin spent most of his life in Brownfield and Fryeburg. He began his automotive career at Northeast Auto Body and later became a successful business owner of […]

  • Donna M. Bernat

    GORHAM — Donna M. Bernat, the “Naples Bridge Lady” and longtime resident of Naples, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021 in the Memory Care unit of the Gorham House residential care facility in Gorham, ME. Donna was 84 years of age. She worked for 27 years for the Maine DOT, beginning as the bridge […]

  • Richard D. Rice

    Richard Durant Rice of Lovell, passed away on October 3, 2021. Born on February 25, 1933, in Cambridge, Mass., Richard spent his formative years in the Boston area. He prepared for college at the Putney School in Putney, Vermont. He obtained a degree in Biology from Bard College in New York. He studied Library Science […]

  • Michael S. Parker

    Michael Sawtell Parker, 56, died at his home in Sebago after many years of illness. Mike was born on a military base in Izmir, Turkey. Mike followed in his family’s military footsteps and joined the Air National Guard in 1982. While serving his time in the Guard, he joined the workforce and started his own […]

  • Sandra J. Collins

    Sandra Joan Collins, 86, of Bridgton, died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, of complications of metastatic lung cancer. She was born Sept. 7, 1935, in Rising Sun, Pa., the oldest of three daughters of Frederick Yost and Agnes (DeSordi) Yost Earley. She grew up in Allentown, Pa., graduating from Fountain Hill High School and Moravian College […]