Miss Florence Belle Russell, 106, of Whitefield, passed away March 29 at the Augusta Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Alna on March 19, 1902, one of 13 children of Edwin and Sarah Rines Russell.

She graduated from Lincoln Academy in Newcast

Dorothy Matteson Putnam, 98, of Friendship, died at the South Portland Nursing Home on March 20. Dot was the youngest of three children born to Hobart V. and Edna M. Matteson on Dec. 17, 1909. She graduated from Bradford Jr. College, Mills College, a

Frederick Bailey Clunie, of Sheepscot, passed away on March 11 at the Cove’s Edge nursing facility in Damariscotta. Born June 21, 1922 in Rumford, he was the son of Robert Clunie, Jr. and Melitta Carrol Clunie. Fred grew up on Academy Hill in Newcast

Kinsley van Rensselaer Dey, Jr., 83, of Chapel Hill, N.C., civic leader, philanthropist and former President and CEO of Liggett & Myers, died March 29. Dey was a longtime summer resident of Christmas Cove, South Bristol.

Born July 24, 1924 in Nati

Grace H. Wetherill, 82, of Wiscasset, died March 20 at Maine Medical Center in Portland after a courageous battle with heart disease.

She was born in Fitchburg, Mass. on Oct. 23, 1925, the eldest daughter of Mansell Rowe and Julia Hopkins (Baron)

Herbert Douglas Holloway, 92, of Gardiner, and formerly of Edgecomb, passed away March 11 at the VA Medical Center Togus. He was born in Kingfield on June 19, 1915, a son of Harry and Sarah Douglas Holloway.

Herbert was a major in the US Army duri

Robert P. Chaplin, 88, of New Gloucester, died peacefully at home on March 4 surrounded by his family. Born Nov. 7, 1919, in Auburn, he was the fourth of seven sons born to Clifford Harold and Jeanette Palmer Chaplin.

Bob attended Edward Little H

Freeda Carrol (Morrison) Brown, 93, of Wiscasset, passed away March 28 at the Cove’s Edge Nursing Home in Damariscotta.

She was born in Bradford, on Nov. 21, 1914, the daughter of Frank Morrison and Janie (Curtis) Morrison.

Mrs. Brown attended

Esther S. Prentice, 93, of Damariscotta, passed away on the morning of March 19, at Cove’s Edge, with her loving family present. The daughter of Pearl and Florence (Lane) Spear, she was born in South Bristol Aug. 12, 1914.

Attending Bristol school

Marilyn Hysom O’lalor, 73, of Patten, died at St. Josephs Hospital in Bangor on March 4. She was born in Portland Oct. 5, 1934, a daughter of Derrell and Delia Hoffses Hysom. Marilyn grew up in Portland and attended schools there, spending her summer

Johnathan Howard Parker, 21, of St. George, died suddenly March 28 at his residence.

John was born in Rockport June 21, 1986, the son of Leroy Howard Parker and Teresa Wadsworth Parker, attended Waldoboro schools and in his senior year, transferre