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.

Ryan E. Griffin, 32, of New Harbor, passed away Jan. 1 with his loving family by his side.

Kilton Todd Osier passed on the 19th of January, 2018. He was born on the 13th of April, 1936, to Carroll P. Osier and Evelyn L. (Poore) Osier. Evelyn subsequently passed from complications of the birth on the 2nd of May, 1936.

Virginia Pauline (Tibbetts) Pinette, 93, passed away on the morning of Jan. 17

Kay Rhenstrom Meyer, 82, of Bristol, passed peacefully, surrounded by her family Jan. 18 at Maine Medical Center in Portland, after a brief illness.

Paul Joseph Hickey, 77, of Newcastle, died peacefully at home on Jan. 15 with his family, after a valiant and persistent fight against cancer.

Eileen McGowan Guthrie, 79, of Walpole, formerly of Annandale, N.J., passed away on the evening of Jan. 18, surrounded by loved ones at Chase Point Assisted Living in Damariscotta, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

Casey David Rattleff, 20, of Woolwich, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 14.

Sarah J. Kaler, 78, of Bremen, passed on Jan. 16 at The Sussman House in Rockport after a lengthy illness.

Bruce J. Relyea, 90, of Fort Worth, Tex., and summer resident of Jefferson, passed away on Jan. 9.

Ken Keoughan, 81, of Newcastle, passed away on Jan. 13 at home as a result of congestive heart failure.

George A. Jones, of Wiscasset, beloved father and grandfather, passed away on Jan. 14 after a long and joyful life. George was born on Jan. 29, 1924 in Boston, Mass. and lived in Wiscasset, a town he loved, for most of his life.