Cassidy Emma Poland, 2, of Bremen, died Jan. 4 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta. Cassidy was born Nov. 5, 2007 in Damariscotta, a daughter of Bobbie and Tracy Lucas Poland.

Irene C. Taylor, 86, of Newcastle, passed away at her home Jan. 19.

Mrs. Violet Bryant Morse, 90, a resident of Cove’s Edge, Damariscotta passed away on Jan. 15.

Andrew Allen Grover, 39, of Minco, Okla., formerly of Newcastle, passed away Dec. 25 in Union City, Okla.

Celebration of life for Bertha Wright Paquett, of Edgecomb, who passed away on Dec. 9, 2009, 11 a.m., Sat., Jan. 30 at the Damariscotta Methodist Church on Church Street in Damariscotta. Interment will be in the spring at the Highland Cemetery in Edgecomb.

Zilpha Clark Curtin of Pemaquid Point, New Harbor, died on the evening of Jan. 13.

John A. Roche, of Westport Island and Milton, Mass., died on Jan. 3. John was born in Cambridge, Mass. on June 17, 1934. He was the son of Arthur J. and Evelyn A. (Hanley) Roche.

Leroy Howard Parker Sr., 44, of Waldoboro, passed away unexpectedly Jan. 18 at his home in Waldoboro.

Sheldon C. Noyes, 42, of Washington, died Dec. 30 at his residence.

Hartley Frank Jewett, 87, of Rutherfordton, N.C. went home to be with his Lord and savior, Jesus Christ, on Jan. 2.

Robert Huson, 81, of Jefferson, died Jan. 7 at the Knox Center for Long Term Care in Rockland.

Alex J. Potvin, of Augusta, formerly from Waterville, passed away Jan. 6, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Augusta surrounded by his family.

Henry F. West, 82, of Wiscasset, died Jan. 2 at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.

Richard M. Genthner, a lifetime resident of Waldoboro, and well respected oil dealer in town, died Jan. 26 at his residence after a long period of failing health surrounded by his family.