Perley “Jake” Creamer Jr. went to be with the Lord and his loving wife Joan on Dec. 24 with his children by his side.

Karen C. Dickey, 58, of Cushing, formerly of Warren, died Dec. 9 at her home following a courageous battle with Leukemia.

Stephen Andrew Sinclair, 60, of Belgrade, passed away Dec. 2 at the Maine General Medical Center in Augusta after a long illness, surrounded and supported for many long months by his loving family and friends.

Ruth Mae Geele Kennedy, 91, of Waldoboro, died at home on Dec. 26 by her beloved Christmas tree.

Bertha V. Paquett, 92, of Edgecomb, passed away Dec. 9 at the St. Andrew’s Hospital in Boothbay Harbor.

Wadsworth Owen, 77, retired physical oceanographer and Director of Marine Sciences at the University of Delaware, died Nov. 26 at Chase Point, Damariscotta.

Madelene Snipe Jones, 96, of Wiscasset, died Dec. 22 at Glen Ridge Nursing Home in Augusta.

George D. MacKenzie, 78, of Alna, passed away Dec. 13 at the Cove’s Edge Nursing Home in Damariscotta.

Emilio L. “Bud” Savaro, of Clarks Summit, Penn., died Nov. 25 at Mercy Hospice.

Anna Mary Elskus (nee Crewdson), 82, passed away peacefully Dec. 24 after a short hospital stay in York.

Sophie M. Lombara, 93, of Wiscasset, passed away at her home Dec. 14.

Robert E. Hentz, 73, loving husband of Mary J. (Scharn) Hentz died Dec. 1 at the Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley in Billerica, Mass.

Captain Robert S. Hopkins, of Walpole, passed away on Nov. 6 following by-pass surgery at Portland’s Maine Medical Center.

Lester Hall Vinal Jr., 83, of Nobleboro, went home to be with the Lord Dec. 9 at his home.