Rodney James Cooke, 65, of Round Pond, passed away April 18 after battling a respiratory illness for some time.

He was born Aug. 23, 1942 in Boston, Mass. to Francis and Rodney T. Cooke. Rodney served his country in the Army as a Green Beret. He a

John Archibald Wheeler, 96, summer resident of South Bristol, a legend in physics who coined the term “black hole” and whose myriad scientific contributions figured in many of the research advances of the 20th century, has died.

John was the Josep

Chester E. Pooley, Sr., 80, of Waldoboro, passed away April 28 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta after a long illness.

He was born July 21, 1927 in Camden, the son of the late Chester and Frances Driscoll Pooley.

He attended school i

Ryan Patrick Chase, 30, of Whitefield, passed peacefully April 17 surrounded by his loving family at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass. He was born Dec. 22, 1977 in Augusta and was the oldest child of Pat and Robin (Fenderson) Chase of Whitefield.

Ruth Sylvester Prior, 92, of Nobleboro, formerly of Hamden, Conn., passed away April 12.

Ruth was the widow of Thomas Malcolm Prior; mother of Carol R. Prior of Dunnellon, Fla. and Thomas E. Prior of Hamden, Conn. Born in Madison on May 15, 1915,

Florence E. Griffin, 89, of Union, passed away April 26 in Dover, N.H.

Celebration of Florence’s life 2 p.m., Thurs., May 1 at Hall Funeral Home, 949 Main St., Waldoboro. Interment will follow in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Appleton.

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Warren L. “Rib” Hall, 92, of New Harbor and Mystic, Conn., husband of Phyllis H. Hall, passed away April 17. Born July 4, 1915 in Waterbury, Conn., son of Lamont Andrew and Marion Sibley Hall.

Rib graduated St. Margaret’s McTernan (Chase Collegiat

Polly Lauder Tunney, 100, of Greenwich, Conn. and South Bristol, died April 12 at her North Stamford, Conn. home after a stroke. She also had a summer residence on John’s Island in South Bristol.

Mary “Polly” Lauder was born April 24, 1907 to Geor

Joan L. Marshall, 66, of Augusta, died on April 25 after a long courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Waldoboro on Nov. 15, 1941, the daughter of Paul and Esther (Winchenbach) Creamer.

She was a 1959 graduate of Waldoboro High School.

Wallace Lee Follett, known as Lee, 75, of Pemaquid Harbor, passed away on the afternoon of April 17 at Maine Medical Center, Portland. Born Jan. 1, 1933 in Chelsea, Mass., he was the son of Chauncey Earl and Pauline (Lee) Follett.

Lee attended sc

Phyllis Ann Waisanen, 74, of Warren, died April 11 at her home.

Phyllis was born Nov. 3, 1933 in Warren, the daughter of Eino Leino and Thelma Oxton. Prior to graduating from Warren High School, Phyllis journeyed to Belfast to work for a local ph

Cleveland Albee Page, 83, passed away April 24 at his home in Nobleboro after a lengthy illness, surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 30, 1924, the son of Otis S. and Marjorie E. Page. He graduated from Lincoln Academy, Newcastle, in 1942

Evelyn F. Scott, 83, died at Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, on April 17 of respiratory failure owing to pneumonia. She had been hospitalized for several months with complications resulting from a spinal injury and congestive heart failure.

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Dorothy G. Hardy, 82, of Coopers Mills, died April 9 at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta after a brief illness. Dorothy was born on Jan. 12, 1926 in Whitefield, the daughter of Charles and Gladys Tibbetts. She attended local schools and gradua