Leona Betty Lou Rice, 68, of Nobleboro, passed away at Midcoast Hospital, Brunswick, on the afternoon of June 21.

The daughter of Leona Griffin, she was born Dec. 28, 1939, in Wilmington, Del.

She graduated from high school in Oakhurst, N.J.

Fred W. West, Jr., 83, a lifelong resident of Wiscasset, died June 9 at a Brunswick hospital.

He was born at the family farm in Wiscasset on Dec. 25, 1924, a son of Fred W. and Beulah May (Sprague) West, Sr. He attended Wiscasset schools and then

Talbot Fancher “Tab” Hamlin, 90, of Ipswich, Mass., formerly of Wellesley, Mass., died June 4 after a brief illness. He was a textbook editor with a lifelong love of books, words and music.

The son of architect Talbot Faulkner Hamlin and Hilda Edw

Lillian N. Newton, 56, of Dresden, passed away on June 20 after a long illness.

She was born in Brunswick on Aug. 26, 1951, the daughter of Clarence and Vera (Conley) Carter.

Lillian enjoyed camping, horror movies, bird watching, watching SCI

Siegfried “Walter” Oesterlin, 77, of Cushing, passed away June 9 at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport.

Walter was born May 29, 1931 in New York City, N.Y., a son of the late Ernst and Gertrude Sakmann Oesterlin. He attended local schools, continu

Ruth (Davidson) Malcom, 89, formerly of Sawyer’s Island, Boothbay, passed away quietly on May 30 at the Gregory Wing, St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor, where she had lived for several years.

She was born Oct. 28, 1918, in Louisville, Ky., one

Phyllis (Bryant) Charette, 83, of Beverly, Mass., wife of Arthur J. Charette, died May 22 at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington, Mass.

Born in South Bristol, daughter of the late Ernest and Clara (Wiley) Bryant, she was raised and educated

Eleanor M. Santaniello, 89, of Wiscasset, passed away May 29.

Eleanor was born March 12, 1919 in Boothbay Harbor, the daughter of the late Edwin and Mary Gray Gamage.

She attended Boothbay Harbor schools and was a graduate of Boothbay Harbor Hi

Mildred B. Cloudman, 102, of Brunswick, died peacefully on May 13. Mrs. Cloudman was born Oct. 16, 1905, in Lynn, Mass., the daughter of Wilfred and Ada Bramham, who emigrated the prior year from Yorkshire, England.

She distinguished herself at sc

James Louis “Jim” Scully, 87, of Winchester, Va., formerly of Newcastle, died May 21 in Winchester Medical Center.

Mr. Scully was born in 1920, in Bridgeport, Conn., the son of the late Francis Louis Scully and Helen Hooker. He was a plant Superi

Alfred E. Benner, 77 of Windsor, and formerly of Rockland and Waldoboro, died May 12 at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta Campus, following a long illness. He was born in Waldoboro on Dec. 3, 1930, a son of the late Howard and Grace (Hunt) Benner.

Martha Elizabeth (Shattuck) Gallagher, of Damariscotta, passed away May 20 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born Jan. 15, 1923, the daughter of Ward Lincoln Shattuck and Isabel (Smith) Shattuck. She married Judge Ralph A. Galla

Raymond Forrest Flagg, Jr., 80, of Jefferson, died May 11 at Maine General Hospital in Augusta. He was born March 19, 1928 in Rockland, a son of Raymond F. Flagg, Sr. and Ella Keene Flagg. He grew up in Rockland, Calais, and Gardiner. He graduated fr

Harold C. Kennedy, 62, of Whitefield, died suddenly May 20 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta. He was born Jan. 24, 1946 in Damariscotta, a son of Guy Kennedy, Jr. and Christine Eugley Kennedy. He grew up in Waldoboro and graduated from Waldo