Laurel C. Keith, 48, of Nobleboro, passed away on the afternoon of Jan. 27 at her home.

The daughter of Frank S. and Ruth Ann (Rittall) Keith, she was born in Damariscotta July 28, 1959. For many years Laurel had resided in Woolwich, but for the p

Margaret E. Davies, of Wiscasset, died Jan. 11 at Mid Coast Senior Health Care Center, Brunswick.

She was born Margaret Estelle Tannahill in Virginia City in 1918. A top scholar she helped out by tutoring some of her Piute Indian classmates. Later

Ann Page Haggett, 82, of Damariscotta, passed away Jan. 7 at Miles Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.

Born in Newcastle, Ann was a daughter of Harold and Gladys Keyes Page. A graduate of Lincoln Academy, class of 1942, she continued her stud

Olavi (Ool) Otto Miete, 90, passed away Jan. 15 at Winship Green Nursing Center, Bath.

He was born in West Alna, April 7, 1917, the son of Otto L. and Anni M. Miete. He attended West Alna Grammar School, and graduated from Wiscasset Academy in 193

Jean Porter Wroth, better known to her friends as “Bobbie”, died Jan 27 at Miles Memorial Hospital. She was 91.

Bobbie was born Aug. 7, 1916 in Elizabeth, N.J. She spent her childhood in Atlanta, Ga. and Windham, N.Y.

After graduating from Swar

William G. Biederman, 85, of Beacon, N.Y. and formerly of South Bristol, passed away Jan. 10 in Fishkill, N.Y.

Born May 10, 1922, in Hartford, Conn., he was the son of the late Bernhard and Dorothy Staph Biederman.

He was a WWII U.S. Navy veter

Memorial service for Ann Haggett, who passed away Jan. 7 in Damariscotta, 11 a.m., Sat., May 17 at the Second Congregational Church in Newcastle with Pastor Rick Newell officiating.

Arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Ser

Carleton M. Munro, 91, of Round Pond, died Jan. 15 at Togus Veterans Hospital after a long illness.

Carleton was born Nov. 15, 1916, in Medford, Mass., the son of Leon P. and Edna B. Geyer Munro. He attended Hanover High School.

Carl worked at

Fredson Irving Blake, 84, died Jan. 26 at St. Andrews Hospital, Boothbay Harbor.

He was born July 13, 1923, in Newcastle, a son of Irving E. and Hazel Lailer Blake. He grew up in Boothbay and attended local schools. At the age of 16 he began his e

Dorothea (Dot) Rosemary Duncan Zabik, 85, of Jefferson, died Jan. 10 at the VA Hospital in Togus after a short illness.

Dorothea was born Dec. 7, 1922, in Bridgeport, Conn., the oldest of 10 children of Julia and DeLeon Duncan. After graduating fr

Bernice M. Whitfield, of Wiscasset, died Jan. 6 at Cove’s Edge, Damariscotta.

She was born Oct. 2, 1919 in Palmer, Mass., the daughter of Joseph and Mabel (Keith) Slattery.

She graduated from Monson (Mass.) High School in 1938 as valedictorian.

Joyce Ann Pfizenmayer (née Crosbie), of Damariscotta, formerly of Freeport, N.Y., passed away Jan. 15.

Born May 1, 1924 in Smith Center, Kan. she grew up in Lincoln, Neb. Joyce graduated from the University of Nebraska where she was a member of t

Jesse A. Welch, 79, of Chamberlain and Hancock, N.H., died in Maine on Jan. 26.

Born in Medford, Ore., May 9, 1928, Jesse grew up in Grants Pass, Ore. where he worked on his parents’ farm raising hunting dogs with his father. He was an avid tennis