If the value of a man’s life is measured by the number of friends he has made and people who loved him, then Peter Fischer truly lived a life of great worth. Peter, of Bristol, passed away on Sept. 16, 2023, at the Sussman Hospice House in Rockport, following a 21-month battle with pancreatic cancer. However, Peter never let that disease conquer his spirit for life. He traveled to Louisiana for a music festival; canoed in northern Maine; hiked in Baxter State Park; as well as continued his involvement in three aquaculture businesses: Damariscove Seafood, Pemaquid Mussel, and Maine Fresh Sea Farms (seaweed aquaculture), which he founded with Seth Barker.

Nancy Jane Tierney Graham had a fabulous life. Born in Hartford, Conn. in 1933, she was the second of seven children of Allen and Florence Tierney. Nancy was fearless, curious, capable, and incredibly smart. In 1950, Nancy was fixed up on a blind date with a handsome young man named Joel Graham, also a Hartford resident, who was a student at Bowdoin College in Brunswick. For the next four years, Nancy would take the train from Hartford to Brunswick to visit Joel at Bowdoin for classic college weekends where girls wore cocktail dresses and gloves, smoked cigarettes, and sipped on Sidecars.

On the morning of Sept. 17, 2023, Carol Ann Langlois woke up at home in New Harbor. An ocean breeze gently wafted into her room. Looking up, she saw the loving face of her devoted husband, Donald, gazing upon her. She smiled beautifully then passed away peacefully. She was 85.

Johnna Albee Sproul Porter, of Marietta, Ga., died peacefully in her home, surrounded by loving family, on Sept. 23, 2023, at the age of 77.

We are saddened to share that Larry Lee Baker, 82, of Nobleboro, passed away in his home on Sept. 17 after fighting cancer for many years. He was born to Ruth V. Wildes Baker and Milton W. Baker, in Brunswick. He attended elementary school at a one-room schoolhouse in Bowdoinham, going in early to start the wood stove in winter for his classmates.

Deone Rae Skpowski died peacefully on Sept. 10, 2023, at her daughter’s home in New Harbor. Deone, affectionately called Dee by her family and friends, will be missed greatly. She was generous to a fault, never gossiped or said a cross word about anyone, and never forgot a birthday, anniversary, or special day.

Jane Marie Rankin, 71, was carried by angels to join her lord and savior Sept. 18, 2023. Jane was born Dec. 11, 1951, in Augusta, the daughter of Constance Atkinson (Cookson) and Harry Sidelinger.