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.

Wilhelm (Willie) A. Lichtenberg, 84, formerly of Greenwich, Conn., passed away Jan. 23.

Merlene A. Vose, 68, of Waldoboro, died Jan. 2 at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport, with her loving husband and their two sons by her side.

Sally P. Wright, 78, of Bath, died Jan. 28 at a Brunswick hospital.

Carmela Adeline Cretella-Moccio, 76, of Waldoboro, died Dec. 30, 2008 at her home.