Robert (Bob) Dean Thomas, 86, of New Canaan, Conn. and Jefferson, passed quietly at dawn on Sept. 20 in Damariscotta, surrounded by his wife and children.

Vernon Stewart “Vern” Phillips, 77, passed away at his residence at Hodgdon Green in Damariscotta, on the morning of Sept. 23, 2019. Born on Dec. 8, 1941 (one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor) in Waltham, Mass., he was the beloved only child of George “Stewart” and Mildred Phillips. 

Craig Dorr, 46, of Dresden, passed away on Sept. 18, 2019 at MaineGeneral Medical Center. He was born Oct. 21, 1972 in Augusta.

Austin Eugley, 21, passed away unexpectedly on Sept. 19, 2019. He was born in Portland on April 4, 1998 to parents Christine Rapa and Tony Eugley. He graduated from Lincoln Academy in 2016 and later attended Regis University in Denver, Colo.

Knowing this was coming I get to write my own obit.

Michael Charles Shaw, of Whitefield, passed away on Sept. 11, 2019 surrounded by my loving (they haven’t seen the will yet) family after a lengthy battle with cancer.

John Henry Parlin Jr., 97, of Waldoboro, died Sept. 16 at the Sussman House in Rockport. He was born May 12, 1922 in Jefferson, the son of the late John Henry Parlin and Laura (Sprague) Parlin. 

Gwendolyn Poland, wife to Edward “Buddy” Poland, and mother to her four sons, Buddy Jr., Frank, and Michael, all of Round Pond, and Dana of Plattsburgh, N.Y., passed away at her home on the afternoon of Sept. 12 surrounded by a large group of family. 

Robert C. Gerrard passed away at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta, on Sept. 13, 2019. He was born in Malden, Mass. on June 17, 1937 to William Francis Gerrard and Mary Compton Gerrard, both of Prince Edward Island.

Nancy Sturtevant Burleson, of Bristol, passed away on the morning of Sept. 6, 2019, after a short illness.

Walter J. Newton, 75, of Warren, passed away, on Sept. 12, 2019 at the BFLI Group Home where he lived.

Glenn Alan Clark, 59, formerly of Jefferson, died Sept. 14, 2019 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He was born Nov. 7, 1959 in Augusta, the son of the late Calvin Clark and Doris (Jago) Clark.