Joan E. Richards, 77, of Damariscotta, passed away peacefully on the morning of Jan. 14, 2024 at Coves Edge. Born on Sept. 8, 1946 in Passaic, N.J., she was the daughter of Elizabeth and William Edwards.

Mitchell E. Cooper, of Whitefield, passed away on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, at Gray Birch assisted living facility, in Augusta.

George Victor Van Deventer died Nov. 18, 2023, at his daughter Susan’s Connecticut home. Born Sept. 8, 1935, in Newark, N.J., he was the son of George W. and Bertha E. (Hulsman) Van Deventer. He married Arlene H. Carhart on Feb. 24, 1965, at the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Jersey City, N.J.

Janice Henderson Hamilton Hanly passed away peacefully on Jan. 8, 2024 with her family at her side. Born in Oklahoma City, Okla., on Aug. 26, 1929, to Clarence F. (Cack) and Barbara Goldy Hamilton, the family relocated to her father’s hometown of South Portland when she was 6 weeks of age. Janice’s husband, Paul H. Hanly Jr., predeceased her in 2020.

Diana Susan Baston, known to her loved ones as “Di,” passed away on Dec. 27, 2023 in Augusta, at the age of 77. She was born on Feb. 7, 1946 in Saffron Walden, Essex County, England. Di was a beloved wife, mother, sister, stepmother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.