Barbara “Babs” Auguste Kreuter, 70, passed away at her home on Hillcrest Road, in Newcastle, on the morning of Dec. 1, 2023 after a brief illness. Born in Chicago, Ill. on May 28, 1953, she was the daughter of John D. and Joanne P. Kreuter.

Margaret E. “Maggie” Hanna, 42, of Searsport, passed away on Oct. 23, 2023.

Janice Ralph Arsenault, 91, of Waldoboro, passed away peacefully at her home on Nov. 25, 2023 with her loving family by her side. Janice was born on Sept. 15, 1932 to Willis Alonzo Ralph and Gertrude Theresa (Burns) Ralph.

Charles W. Hedrick Jr., a resident of Schooner Estates in Auburn, passed away on Oct. 26, 2023, at Marshwood Center in Lewiston. He was 88.

Stephen Lawrence Pitcher, 76, died Nov. 11, 2023 at his home in Boothbay Harbor. Steve was born Feb. 11, 1947 in Boothbay Harbor to Lawrence H. Pitcher Sr. and Rose Dorr Pitcher. Steve attended Boothbay Harbor schools.

Deborah Ann Winchenbach, 73, of Upper Enchanted Township, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on Nov. 21, 2023, at her brother’s home in Bremen.

Stephen “Steve” Kenneth Farrin, 58, passed away peacefully on Nov. 18, 2023.

Deborah S. Gowell, 67, of Post Road in Bowdoinham, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, at home surrounded by her loved ones.

Ruth Janet Bryant, 92, of Edgecomb, passed away on the evening of Nov. 21, 2023 at LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus, in Damariscotta. Born on March 17, 1931 in Medford, Mass., she was the daughter of Frederick S. and Edith Poor Bryant.

Margaret A. Boyle, 77, of Waldoboro, passed away at home with her family by her side on Nov. 18, 2023. Margaret was born in Portland, on Aug. 2, 1946, to parents Lawrence R. Boyle Sr. and Eleanor H. (Clark) Boyle.

Stanley Spear, 44, passed away on the afternoon of Nov. 10, 2023, at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor, from complications of both cancer and COVID. Born in Castine on Nov. 16, 1978, he was the son of the late Ashley and Carole Spear.

Lenora “Lee” McGinn Lockwood died peacefully, with family and her caregivers, on Nov. 10, 2023, at the age of 92.

Lois A. McLaughlin, 86, of Round Pond, passed away peacefully on the morning of Nov. 17, 2023 at Coves Edge in Damariscotta. Born on Aug. 6, 1937 in West Milton, Ohio, she was the daughter of James and Margaret (O’Brien) Westfall.