Gertrude E. (Mahn) Hesselschwerdt, 98, formerly of Milton, Mass. and South Bristol, died Jan. 25 in New London, N.H. after a brief illness.

Jason H. Williams, 36, of Waldoboro, died unexpectedly Jan. 6 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

Alice M. Call, 83, of Dresden, died unexpectedly on Dec. 23 at her home.

Thelma R. Hall, 90, of Damariscotta, passed away on the morning of Jan. 23 at Cove’s Edge Nursing Home in Damariscotta.

Faith Elizabeth Strain-LaVorgna, 65, of Waldoboro, died Jan. 11 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta.

Larry A. Jenkins, 63, of Warren, died peacefully Dec. 31 at his home.

Sheldon E. Burnham, 74, of East Boothbay, passed away Jan. 20 with his wife, daughter, and brother Douglas at his side.

Leland Merle McCluskey, 69, of Waldoboro, died Jan. 11 at Penobscot Bay Medical Center, Rockport.

Elinor Spurr Forbes, 95, of Newcastle, formerly of Rockland, passed away peacefully Jan. 21 at her residence, The Lincoln Home, with her loving family by her side.

Gloria E. (Schumacher) Bishop, 82, died Dec. 26, 2008, at the Deauville Senior Center in Lowell, Mass. of mesothelioma.

Charles H. Kemp, 92, of South Bristol, died Jan. 17 with complications of pneumonia at Cove’s Edge Nursing Home.

Wendell B. Lewis Jr., of Damariscotta, passed away unexpectedly Jan. 7 at his home with his wife and granddaughter by his side.

Joseph P. Dearborn, 84, of Damariscotta, passed away on the morning of Jan. 19 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta.

Constance (Connie) Spear Sullivan, 90, died Jan. 1 at Mercy Hospital.