Bruce F. Nichols, 51, of Waldoboro, passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 8 at his home.

Donald E. Benner, 84, of New Harbor, passed away Dec. 5 at home, as was his final wish, with his wife and children.

Silvia M. Leiper, 84, of Pemaquid, died on Dec. 6 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.

Sandra Joyce Hassan, 78, of North Newcastle, passed away on the morning of Dec. 5 at LincolnHealth – Miles Campus in Damariscotta.

Lucy Hammond, 90, passed away Dec. 4 at the Cove’s Edge Nursing Home in Damariscotta, where she had been living for the past two years. Born on June 17, 1927 in Arlington, Mass., she was the daughter of Angelo and Louise D’Errico.

Carol Adams slipped her last mortal bonds and passed away peacefully on Dec. 4 at Chase Point Riverside in Damariscotta.

Joyce Marie Devoe Whittaker, 87, of Dover-Foxcroft and Walpole, passed away Nov. 22.

Ramona M. Sawyer, 85, of New Harbor, passed away on the morning of Nov. 28 at LincolnHealth – Miles Campus, with her loving daughters by her side. She was born April 17, 1932 to Muriel Shaw Cutler and Raymond Porter Cutler of Malden, Mass.

David P. Derrig, of Tamworth, N.H., formerly of Alna, North Dighton and Fall River, Mass., passed away peacefully while surrounded by family on Nov. 28 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough.

Gino R. DiNucci, 96, of Cocoa Beach, Fla., and New Harbor, passed away on Nov. 21. He was the husband of Judith Christiansen (Holmes) DiNucci and the late Concetta (DePaola) DiNucci.