Alex Raymond Romero Jr., 64, of Bristol, passed peacefully and quietly in his sleep on Jan. 31 at Lincoln Health – Miles Campus in Damariscotta.

Jean Tyrrell Travers of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Waldoboro and Concord, Mass., passed away after a brief illness on Jan. 30.

Barbara P. Hodgkins, of Whitefield, went to be with her parents and brothers on Jan. 29.

Georgia Kurrus Sledge, 82, of Westport Island, passed away peacefully in her home on Jan. 26, surrounded by her children and her husband of over 60 years, Clement Blount Sledge, M.D. 

Rebecca A. Crittenden, of New Gloucester, formerly of Newcastle, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Jan. 20. She was born Sept. 10, 1957 in Norfolk, Va. She graduated in 1975 from Morse High School in Bath.

Ralph W. Egers Jr. passed away peacefully on the morning of Jan. 26 after a long illness. He was born Sept. 10, 1934 in Portland, the first son of Ralph Sr. and Mary Cotton Egers.

Harold (“Hedy”) Leroy Ertman, 85, of Pemaquid Point, and Palm Desert, Calif., passed away on Jan. 19. The last year and a half of his life, he suffered from lung cancer.

Alberta R. Cope, 81, of Dresden, passed away on Jan. 16 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. 

Mary Ellen Crowley, 62, of Damariscotta, formerly of Marshfield, Mass., died on Jan. 21 at the home of her sister, surrounded by family and friends after a long illness.

Leonard O. Pufahl, of Portsmouth, N.H., passed away on Jan. 16 at Massachusetts General Hospital with his family by his side.