Dora Violet Ring, 76, passed away May 1 at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport.
Dora was born Aug. 22, 1929, in South Thomaston, a daughter of Frederick and Florence Radcliff Monroe.
Dora was a graduate of Rockland High School, Class of 1947. She m

A. Jean Smith, 89, of Westport Island, died peacefully May 22 at Bay Square Assisted Living in Yarmouth. Born in Limestone in 1917 to Eva (Ward) and Glenn R. Cheney, Jean grew up primarily in Washburn. Following high school graduation, she pursued he

Janet B. Powell (nee Black), 72, of Chatham Borough, N.J., passed away at Morristown Memorial Hospital on May 17. Janet was born in Everett, Mass., and raised in Mamaroneck, N.Y. She graduated from high school from St. Catherine’s Boarding School for

Rev. Donald R. Daigle, 65, of Whitefield, died May 1 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Penn. after a brief illness. He was born in Augusta on Sept. 15, 1940, to Fortunat J. Daigle and Irene B. (Poulin) Daigle.
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Dr. Leo Marcus, a New York born dentist and sculptor, died May 22 at his home in Whitefield. Born on June 16, 1919, Dr. Marcus grew up in New York City and Brooklyn, N.Y., attended New York University as an undergraduate, followed by the University o

William Blamey passed away May 16 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Born May 7, 1915, in Duluth, Minn., William left school in the eighth grade to help his family by working as a teamster in the lumber camps around Tower, Minn. As the depression began to ease, h

Charlotte Williams, 92, of Thomaston, died April 26 at Pen Bay Hospital in Rockport after a brief illness.
Mrs. Williams was born May 19, 1913, in Rockland, a daughter of George A. and Ellen Kent Wardwell. She was a graduate of Rockland High School

Mary Beresford Owens, 78, of Alna, formerly of Lakeland, Fla., passed away on the morning of April 17 at the Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta.
Born on Oct. 30 1927, in Los Angeles, Cal., she was the only child of Lester T. and Luella E. Beres

Donald Zook Slagel, died unexpectedly April 3 at his home at the Sproul Block in Waldoboro.
Born in Chicago, Ill., Jan. 13, 1928, to Arthur Slagel and Vester Zook Slagel, Don began his extraordinary life in Topeka, Ind.
He served in the U.S. Navy w

Dorothy E. (Healey) Deets, 82, passed away April 26 at St. Andrew’s Village, Boothbay Harbor.
Born in Portland, the elder daughter of John E. and Millie (Weaver) Matthew, she attended Damariscotta schools, graduating, with honors from Lincoln Academ

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Mary Emma Ladd, 93, passed away April 17 at her home in Brunswick.
Mary was born July 2, 1912, in North Lubec, the daughter of Charles and Adelaide Whitten Small. Growing up in the Rockland area, Mary

Catherine Anita Griffin, 63, of Waldoboro, passed away April 2 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta after a brief illness.
Catherine was born Sept. 28, 1942 in Augusta, the daughter of Albert and Laura DeRoche Beote, and attended schools in Br

Christopher A. Case, 39, died April 10 at his home. He was born April 15, 1966 in Hartford, Conn., a son of Bradford and Nancy Peck Case. Chris grew up in South Windsor, Conn., and moved to Southport Island in 1977. He attended Southport schools and

Eugene J. Neilsen, 75, died April 26 at Cove’s Edge, Damariscotta.
The son of Eugene and Edith (Ackermann) Neilsen, he was born in Hoboken, N.J., Feb. 3, 1931.
Following high school, Gene attended college in Virginia where he majored in computer sc