Obituaries

VINALHAVEN — A funeral service for Ivan Ernest Olsen will be held Saturday, April 23, 2022, at 11 a.m., at the Union Church, Main Street, Vinalhaven.

While flowers are graciously accepted,…

A celebration of life for John Francis McGowan will be held Saturday, April 23, from 12 to 2 p.m., at Riposta Funeral Home.

John Francis McGowan died April 5, 2022. He was born…

ROCKLAND — Robert N. Davis, 83, died Friday, April 8, 2022, at the Sussman House in Rockport.

Born in Thomaston, May 16, 1938, he was the son of Harlan A. and Violet P. Mclean Davis.

THOMASTON — Carolyn Janet Morton transitioned peacefully to heaven from the Sussman House on April 5, 2022.

Born August 19, 1929 on Vinalhaven, Maine, she was the daughter of Henry F. and…

ROCKLAND — Victoria Lynn Porter (Rytky), 57, unexpectedly went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Monday, March 28, 2022.

Born in Rockland, Maine, August 19, 1964, she was the daughter…

THOMASTON — Steven A. Hiller, 65, died peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, Saturday, April 2, 2022 at Sussman Hospice House in Rockport. Born in Rockland, June 25, 1956 he was the son of…

Wayne Lloyd, Renaissance man, 68, of Coral Bay, St. John, Virgin Islands, had a dry wit, a poet’s soul, a philosopher’s mind, and an empathetic heart. When he was diagnosed in 2019 with a liver…

Obituary

Kameron Bernard Koepke, 27, passed away unexpectedly Feb. 18, 2022.

He was born Oct. 27, 1994 in Hollywood, Florida to Scott…

Peter J. Bang, MD, 83, passed away peacefully at home in Lincolnville, Maine on March 20, 2022 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.

Predeceased by his parents, Frank and Ruth Bang, of…

CAMDEN — Roger Lee Hurley, January 7, 1948 to March 25, 2022

Born in Tucson, Arizona, January 7, 1948 to Katharine (Dickey) and Glenn Allen Hurley, younger brother to Ralph J. Hurley, Roger…

UNION — Bradley Paul Williams, of Union, Maine succumbed to his long, brave battle with mortality at 5:15 a.m. on the first day of Spring, March 21, 2022.

Born on a military base at Cherry…

ROCKPORT — Herbert C. “Jack” Wood Jr., 76, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at the Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast from lung cancer.

Born October 2, 1945 in…

ROCKLAND — Priscilla M. Bishop, 94, passed away peacefully March 21, 2022, after a long illness, at the Knox Center for Long Term Care in Rockland.

Priscilla was born April 29, 1927 to…

CHELSEA — Janey B. Barton, 72, died peacefully following an extended illness, Friday, March 18, 2022 at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta.

Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, she was…

THOMASTON — Sheila Ann Rivera, 49, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 21, 2022, at her home in Thomaston.

Sheila was born on September 11, 1972 in Rockland, at the old Knox Hospital…

SOUTH THOMASTON — Barry Lee Mohr, 76, passed away quickly, and unexpectedly, from natural causes at his home on Spruce Head Island on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.

Born on July 2, 1945 in Vera…

ROCKLAND — Phyllis S. Adams passed away peacefully in her sleep Saturday, March 19, 2022.

Born in Belfast, March 16, 1945, she was the daughter of George and Lizzy Page Stairs. Attending…

SEARSMONT — Dennessa L. Benner-Hildings, 47, died unexpectedly, Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at Maine Medical Center in Portland, after suffering a medical event at her home the previous day.

BELMONT — Glenda-Jo (Mammy) Bowden, 73, passed away March 13, 2022, at her home, a place she loved, with her daughter, son-in-law, and Holly’s best friend, Dawn Dinsmore, by her side.

She…

OWLS HEAD — Oliver Harrison Curtis, 91, passed away peacefully Friday, February 11, 2022, at the Knox Center for Long Term Care in Rockland.

Born in Owls Head, September 1, 1930, Oliver was…

UNION — Maryjane T. Gautesen, 87, passed into daylight savings time during the early morning hours of Sunday, March 13, 2022, at the home of her son Tom and his wife, Deb Gautesen, where they were…

THOMASTON — Daphana C. Morse, 79, died peacefully, surrounded by her family, Friday, February 11, 2022 at Sussman House in Rockport.

Born in Rockland, September 10, 1942, Daphana was the…

WARREN — Surrounded by her loving family, Joyce M. Bean, 87, of Warren, Maine passed away peacefully on March 14, 2022 in Rockport, Maine.

Joyce was born on January 20, 1935 in Rockland,…

SOUTH THOMASTON — Patrick “Mike” Florance, 80, passed away peacefully on March 12th at the Sussman House in Rockport, Maine, after a long battle with cancer and other health issues. He leaves…

FRIENDSHIP — Brenda Nichols-Gagne, of Friendship, Maine, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, departed this life for the next on March 9, 2022. Brenda was 81 when she finally succumbed to…

UNION — Merwin Everett Harvey, 74, of Union passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 3, 2022, at the age of 74. Merwin was born to Ralph and Augusta Harvey on September 17, 1947, in Belfast,…

UNION — Our beloved Zacchary Michael Aiken, 40, passed away suddenly on Sunday, March 6, 2022. Born in Rockport on July 24, 1981, he was the son of Sonja Pease Burns and Larry R. Aiken.

Zac…

OWLS HEAD — Gary C. Young, 74, died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family, Sunday, March 6, 2022 following a period of declining health.

Born in Rockland, October 28, 1947, he…

ROCKLAND — Patricia Ann Jaidane, 74, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 6, 2022 at the Knox Center for Long Term Care in Rockland.

Service information and a full obituary will be…

Douglas E. Fraher, born October 29, 1959, passed away on March 6, 2022 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Doug had suffered a sudden, devastating cardiac event from which he could…

KNOX — Jeffrey P. Reynolds, 65 of Knox, peacefully left us to be with the Lord on March 2, 2022, finally free of sickness and pain with his family near his side.

He was “tough as nails” and…

ROCKLAND — Barbara C. Gerry, 84, passed away February 18, 2022, at the Knox Center, after a long illness.

Born in Waterville, Maine, December 10, 1937, she was the daughter of Helen and…

CUSHING — Alice Jane Collyer, 74, died peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at Pen Bay Medical Center following a five year battle with multiple illnesses.

BELFAST — Doris T. Peaslee, 92, died peacefully at the Sussman House in Rockport, February 27, 2022.

Doris was born to William and Teresa Frawley in Wakefield, Massachusetts on November 26…

ROCKLAND — Levina Gerritsen, 95, died on Feb 19, 2022 at Bartlett Woods in Rockland, Maine.

Levina “Fien” Gerritsen was born in 1926 in a small town in The Netherlands. At 16, she met Frans…

NORTHPORT — Bernadette M. (Bucka) Bartlett, 75, of Northport, passed away on February 17, 2022, in Belfast.

She was born on August 10, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, the daughter of the…

SEARSPORT — Phyllis H. Talgo, 70, of Searsport, Maine, passed away Friday, February 25, 2022, at her residence with her family by her side.

She was born February 2, 1952, in Stockton…

NORTH HAVEN — Cecelia “Joe-Ann” Santee, 79, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 27, 2022, at the Southern Harbor House on North Haven, surrounded by the love of her children.

A full…

LINCOLNVILLE — Lora Eugenia Hall, 98, passed away peacefully on February 20, 2022 at Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast.

Born in Naomi, West Virginia, January 17, 1924, she was the…

SKOWHEGAN — Rosie Joane Thomas, 82, passed away on February 8, 2022 in Skowhegan, Maine, at Redington Fairview General Hospital with her loving children by her side.  

Rosie was born in…

BELFAST — Dorothea O. Dority passed away at Harbor Hill in Belfast, Maine on January 25, 2022, after a long illness. She was born in North Waldoboro, Maine on March 26, 1930 to Edith Emerson and…

WARREN — Aimee Renee Davis went to the Lord on February 20, 2022, after she lost her battle with addiction. Born in Rockport, May 19, 1976, she was the daughter of Wayne D. and Joyce Wilson Davis…

CAMDEN — Martha “Marty” Martens, 82, died peacefully at the Sussman House in Rockport on February 22, 2022, a palindrome date she would have appreciated.

Martha was born to Mabel and Ted…

Charity L. Drowatzky, 64, passed away at Maine Medical Center on January 23, 2022. Born on December 22, 1957, to Thornton Edwards and Sally (Norwood) Edwards.

Charity grew up in Warren and…

GARDINER — Madeline Rose Spear “Peep” Thornton, 1943-2022, of Gardiner, Maine, was called home to her Heavenly Father on February 3, 2022. The loving wife of Richard Thornton, previously deceased…

ROCKLAND — Ruth Arlene Winchenbaugh, 91, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta.

A Graveside Service for Ruth will be held…

Margaret "Meg" J. Hunter, 84 of Northport passed away on February 15, 2022, in Rockland. 

Into my heart an air that kills

From yon far country blows.

GLEN COVE — Alice Fowlie, 87, formerly of Glen Cove, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Thursday, February 10, 2022 after a courageous and hard fought battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Born…

WASHINGTON — Austin George Foster, 43, passed away suddenly on Saturday, February 12, 2022.

Born in Skowhegan, Maine, October 4, 1978, Austin was the son of Michael G. and Sally Tuscan…

CAMDEN — Barbara Frances Dyer, 97, of Camden, died on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at the Sussman House in Rockport.

Born on May 19, 1924, she was the daughter of Azizeh (English translation…