Dr. Alfred A. Ring died Sept. 5 in Gainesville, Fla.
He was born Jan. 25, 1905 in Germany, to the late Elisabeth and Salo Ring.
He immigrated to Mt. Vernon, N.Y. in 1925. In 1932, he married Elsie Bardusch, who died in 1973. In 1975, he married Emi

Harold Royal Heath Jr., 58, of Whitefield, died suddenly at his residence Aug. 26.
Harold was born May 13, 1948 in Portland, the son of Harold R. and Dorothy Weaver Heath, Sr. and attended Governor Baxter School for the Deaf in Portland.
Harold beg

John C. French, 63, of Dresden, died Aug. 9 at his residence.
He was born Feb. 8, 1943, a son of Fred W. and Virginia B. (Hill) French. He attended Bath schools.
On Aug. 13, 1983, he married Bertha Varnum and they resided in Dresden. He was employe

Dorothy L. Stephenson, 84, died Aug. 5 at her home in Boothbay Harbor. She was born Aug. 14, 1921 in Jefferson, the daughter of Forrest and Jennie Johnson Hodgkins.
Dorothy attended local schools and graduated from Lincoln Academy in Newcastle. Afte

Eva L. Chickering, 81, of Bristol, a longtime educator, passed away Aug. 25 at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.
Born in Walpole, Jan. 5, 1925, she was a daughter of Clarence C. and Mabel G. (Chapman) Chickering.
Eva attended Bristol schools, graduating

Ewing Francis Williams, 78, of Waldoboro, died Aug. 9 at his home, following a brief illness.
He was born in Kansas City, Mo., April 4, 1928, a son of Ewing C. and Blanche Williams and has resided in Waldoboro since 1999.
Ewing attended the Univers

Leah S. (Cowan) Morrow, 86, of Westfield, Mass., died Aug. 2. She was born in Damariscotta on May 3, 1920, daughter of the late George A. and Agnes M. (Sproul) Cowan and had resided in Westfield since 1949.
Leah graduated from Lincoln Academy and wa

Charles E. Cushing, 59, of Wiscasset, formerly of Boothbay Harbor, died Aug. 23 at Maine Medical Center in Portland after a brief illness.
Mr. Cushing was born Feb. 6, 1947 in Boothbay Harbor, the son of William and Marion Huskins Cushing, and gradu

Harley Cummings Nelson, 88, passed away peacefully Aug. 8 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta, with grace and dignity, just as he lived.
He was born in Reading, Mass., June 3, 1918, the son of Elizabeth and Raymond Nelson.
Harley received a

Edna M. Dighton (Dillon), 70, a former U.S. Air Force nurse, writer, homemaker and avid golfer died Aug. 16 at Alive Hospice of Nashville, St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tenn.
The cause was transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis, said her h

Kenneth Gosselin Jr., 57, of Boothbay Harbor, died on Aug. 1 at his residence after a long, brave battle with renal cell cancer.
Born Nov. 12, 1948, in Boothbay Harbor, he was the son of Mabel Casey and Kenneth Gosselin Sr., and graduated from Booth

Katherine G. Schmidt, 99, of Damariscotta, died at the South Portland Nursing Home on Aug. 19, after a brief stay.
Mrs. Schmidt was born March 6, 1907, in Altadena, Cal., a daughter of Frank and Lillian Jonas Griffin. Shortly thereafter, her family

Rachel Dell Templeton Bielli, 83, of Boothbay Harbor, formerly of Middlebury, Vt., died Aug. 8 at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.
Rachel married Ronald R. Bielli of Barre, Vt., in 1943, and worked to support Ronald through graduate school. T

Marilyn Monson, 51, of Waldoboro, died Aug. 15 at Miles Memorial Hospital, Damariscotta.
She was born Feb. 27, 1955 in Carbondale, Penn., a daughter of Richard and Rita A. (McCabe) Atkinson.
Marilyn was a graduate of Newburyport High School in Mass