William Owen Travers, Jr., of Waldoboro, and formerly Concord, Mass., passed away at Maine Veterans’ Home in Augusta on Oct. 27 after a long illness.
He was born in Worcester, Mass. on Oct. 30, 1923, the son of William O. Travers and Yvette Morin. H

Joan F. Lewis, 75, of South Bristol, passed away on Oct. 4 at Cove’s Edge Nursing Home, Damariscotta.
The daughter of Irving and Lyndell (Varney) Foster, she was born in Portland, March 17, 1931.
Joan graduated from South Bristol High School in the

Michael Lawrence Ray, 43, of Damariscotta, died unexpectedly Oct. 4.
He was born July 19, 1963, in Damariscotta, where he lived for most of his life.
Michael was a carpenter, a former volunteer firefighter, and an avid fly fisherman and outdoorsman

Philip E. Shaw, 78, of Connecticut and Chamberlain, died Oct. 1 from injuries sustained in an auto accident in New Harbor.
Born in Stonham, Mass., he graduated from Stonham High School and later earned his BA degree from Boston University.
A vetera

Melva G. James, 91, of Wiscasset, died on Oct. 1 at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.
She was born in Lewiston on March 29, 1915, the daughter of Frederick and Gertrude (Harriman) Bixby.
On Nov. 15, 1931 she married Ernest Carlton James and they resided

Barbara Ann Philbrook, 53, died Sept. 15 in Sydney.
She was born May 19, 1953 in Newport, R.I., a daughter of Robert Sullivan and Mary Oncher Sullivan. She grew up in Union and attended Monmouth Academy. She attended University of Maine at Augusta.

Donald Louis “Gizmo” Bredeau, 43, of Waldoboro, passed away Sept. 8 at Miles Memorial Hospital.
Donald was born in Damariscotta on March 18, 1963, a son of Louis and Doris Sanborn Bredeau.
A lifelong resident of Waldoboro, Donald attended Waldoboro

Arthur Ludwig, 88, of Warren, died Sept. 8 at Fieldcrest Manor in Waldoboro, after a brief illness.
He was born March 4, 1918 in Milton, Mass., a son of Edward and Olive Snow Ludwig. He and his family moved to Hope when he was a young teen in the ea

Robert David Hughes, of Westport Island, died Sept. 7 surrounded by his family, after a brief and courageous battle with lung cancer.
Bob was born in Boston in 1941, attended Thayer Academy, Tufts University and Georgetown Law Center.
Bob strove to

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

William “Bill” E. Douglass, 62, of Rockport, died unexpectedly at his home on Sept. 3.
Born in Whitefield, Jan. 5, 1944, he was the son of Chester L. Douglass, II and Bernice Rancourt Douglass. He was educated in Whitefield schools.
In 1956, The Am

Reuben H. Wood, Sr., 96, died Sept. 2 at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.
He was born Jan. 10, 1910 in Westport, Mass., a son of Alonzo B.T. Wood and Rose Blair Wood. He grew up in Westport, Mass. where he was known as “brother” or “Bob.”
He married Cr

Carl Linwood Beal, 45, of Waldoboro, passed away Sept. 2 after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by his family.
Carl was born March 15, 1961 in Damariscotta, the son of Mona Beal.
He attended Bristol Consolidated School to the sixth grade