James Kerr Skilling, 92, a longtime resident of Newcastle, passed away on Oct. 24, 2023 at Lincoln Health – Miles Campus in Damariscotta.

Lorna M. Lash, 74, of Friendship, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side at the Sussman House in Rockport on Oct. 23, 2023. Lorna was born on Nov. 17, 1948, to Austin G. Miller Jr. and Mary V. (Black) Miller.

Eleanor Louise Winchenbach Smith, 101, a Waldoboro native and longtime resident, died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, at her home on Bremen Road just miles from where she was born, succumbing to old age.

William “Bill” W. Crocker, of Litchfield, was 86 when he passed away peacefully at his home on Oct. 17, 2023 with his loving family by his side. Born in Belgrade on Dec. 19, 1936, he was the youngest child of Winford W. Crocker and Hazel Taylor Crocker.

John Ruit III, born on Aug. 4, 1951 in Paterson, N.J., departed this world on Oct. 7, 2023, after battling esophageal cancer. He was 72 years old.

Marjory Lucy (Robbins) (Feeney) Lalime, 91, of Damariscotta peacefully passed away on Oct. 12, 2023, with her loving family at her side, at LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta.

Jan passed away at her home on Oct. 19, 2023 with friends and hospice by her side. She was born on May 28, 1958 in Leonardtown, Md. She is predeceased by her parents, Harry Milford Rice and Tillie Patricia Kerepka Rice; and a sister, Patricia Graves.

Deanna Marie Piccirillo, 77, of Bradford Road, in Wiscasset, passed away on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

Over the last two years, Brew traveled a heroic journey with lymphoma. His strength and positivity was awe inspiring.

Lorraine Perry Jones, 87, of Cushing, passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home on Oct. 6, 2023, with her loving family by her side. Lorraine was born in Warren, on Feb. 24, 1936, to Benjamin and Bertha (Moody) Perry.

Ann Wheeler Bishop, of Jefferson, passed away peacefully in the embrace of family on Saturday, Oct. 14 after a several-year bout with acute myeloid leukemia. Ann was born April 23, 1947 to Morton and Lydia Rogers Wheeler in Newburyport, Mass. She grew up in neighboring Salisbury on idyllic Sweet Apple Tree Lane overlooking the mouth of the Merrimack River.

Martha Hanna Masters, 79, of Round Pond, passed away at her home on the morning of Oct. 14, 2023, with her loving sons by her side. Born in Hartford, Conn. on Nov. 21, 1943, she was the daughter of Carroll and Norma (Osier) Hanna.