Mrs. Eva (Rice) Haley, 95, a longtime resident of Melrose, Mass., passed away peacefully at Lahey Medical Center in Burlington Aug. 5. 

Carl Alfred Petersen died at home on August 21, 2017 with loving family at his side. He was born on January 26,1926 to Alfred Andreas and Karoline Elise (Bang) Petersen in Brooklyn, New York.

Gladys “Woody” Tappan, 84, of Bremen, passed away on the afternoon of Aug. 27 at her home, with her daughter Barbara by her side.

Archie Wilmont Brewer, 72, of Wiscasset, passed away on Aug. 21 at his residence after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer.

Earl Julian Bulmer Jr., 70, of New Harbor, passed away on Aug. 27 at the Glenridge Facility in Augusta. Earl was born on Aug. 15, 1947 in Greenville, son of Earl J. Bulmer Sr. and Rita King Bulmer.

Ruth Jones Applin, 100, of Wiscasset, died Aug. 25 at her residence. She had the Boston Post Cane for Wiscasset.

Sean C. Forde, 75, of Bremen, passed away on Aug. 25 at home with his wife by his side. The cause of death was lymphoma.

Ernest H. Giles Jr., 69, of Boothbay, passed away peacefully Aug. 24 at home with his beloved family at his side.

Carl Craig Creamer, 63, passed away with his family by his side at LincolnHealth – Miles Campus in Damariscotta on Aug. 21.

Lillyanne Creamer, 87, a lifelong resident of Lincoln County, passed away peacefully at her granddaughter’s home in Jefferson on Aug. 14.

Herbert William “Sam” Birch, 84, passed away after a long illness on Aug. 17 in Coopers Mills.

Neil Andrew Prior, 43, formerly of New Harbor, passed away after a brave and hard fought battle against a rare form of cancer, on the afternoon of Aug. 15 at the Hope Hospice House in Cape Coral, Fla.