Rody was born in Methuen, Mass. to Robert Luke and Emma M. Devaney. She was the oldest daughter of eight children. She attended St. Laurence O’Toole Grammar School and St. Mary’s High School. She was an active member of many activities in school, and a popular friend.

Carole M. Jordan, 58, died peacefully surrounded by family and close friends on Jan. 15 at LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta. Carole was born April 14, 1965 in Boston, Mass. to Joseph Peter Malizia and Anita Louise Slusarczyk. Carole attended schools in Nashua, N.H. and graduated from Morse High School, in the class of 1983, in Bath.

Rolf Hans Christian Maersk-Moller passed away peacefully at the Sussman House in Rockport on Jan. 3, 2024, at the age of 91.

On Dec. 25, 2023, Sean Michael Hunter passed away unexpectedly. Sean was born on March 26, 1982, in Pontiac, Mich. to Mike Hunter and Sue Piasick-Hunter-Clark. Sean grew up in Holly, Mich., and spent his summers in Caseville, Mich., where the family owned a cottage. On Jan. 1, 2000, Sean moved to Nobleboro where he joined his mother and brother and stepfather. In 2001 he and his family moved to Bristol.

Larry Joe Sturges, 74, of Gorham, formerly of Portland and Whitefield, passed away after a period of declining health on Jan. 13, 2024 at Maine Medical Center. Larry was born March 24, 1949 in Findlay, Ohio, the son of Joseph Edward “Eddie” Sturges and Julia Eleanor (LaRue) Sturges.

Marilyn E. Goode, 79, of Boothbay, passed away peacefully on Jan. 7, 2024, surrounded by her loving family at the Horizon’s Rehabilitation, in Brunswick. Marilyn was born on March 2, 1944, in Boothbay, to parents Rupert and Ursula (Barter) Downing.

Lloyd A. Delano, 82, passed away on Jan. 9, 2024, with his family by his side. Lloyd was born on May 15, 1941, to Russell R. Delano and Madelyn F. Mathews Delano.

Joan E. Richards, 77, of Damariscotta, passed away peacefully on the morning of Jan. 14, 2024 at Coves Edge. Born on Sept. 8, 1946 in Passaic, N.J., she was the daughter of Elizabeth and William Edwards.

Mitchell E. Cooper, of Whitefield, passed away on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, at Gray Birch assisted living facility, in Augusta.

George Victor Van Deventer died Nov. 18, 2023, at his daughter Susan’s Connecticut home. Born Sept. 8, 1935, in Newark, N.J., he was the son of George W. and Bertha E. (Hulsman) Van Deventer. He married Arlene H. Carhart on Feb. 24, 1965, at the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Jersey City, N.J.

Janice Henderson Hamilton Hanly passed away peacefully on Jan. 8, 2024 with her family at her side. Born in Oklahoma City, Okla., on Aug. 26, 1929, to Clarence F. (Cack) and Barbara Goldy Hamilton, the family relocated to her father’s hometown of South Portland when she was 6 weeks of age. Janice’s husband, Paul H. Hanly Jr., predeceased her in 2020.