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.

Eric Brant Hodgdon, 57, of Boothbay and known locally as the mayor of Barter’s Island, died suddenly Dec. 30 at St. Andrews Hospital, Boothbay Harbor.

Eric was born in Boothbay Harbor on April 28, 1950, the son of Phillip and T. Kathleen Hodgdon.

Augusta Peabody Baker Thorndike, 83, of South Bristol, wife of the late Augustus Thorndike, Jr., passed away peacefully on the morning of Dec. 23 at home with close friends present.

The daughter of the late Theodore Colcord and Edith Prescott Bake

Dwight W. Cook, 64, of Dresden, died unexpectedly Dec. 18 at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta.

He was born June 26, 1943, in Richmond, the son of Leon and Dorothy (Smith) Cook. Dwight worked for Bath Iron Works for over 30 years as a crane ope

James Willis MacComb, 45, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and formerly of Pocomoke City, Md., conceded to a hard fought battle of renal failure on Dec. 8, 2007. He was born Jan. 4, 1962.

James is the son of Richard and Belva Whitaker MacComb of Pittston and

Rudolph J. (Rudy) Lukas, 91, beloved husband and father, and resident of Boothbay Harbor, died Dec. 30 at St. Andrews Hospital, Boothbay Harbor, following a fall in his home.

Mr. Lukas was born June 23, 1916, in Schenectady, N.Y., the son of Stani

Committal service for Frances Cunningham, who passed away Dec. 23, 2007, 2 p.m., Thurs., May 15 at the East Union Cemetery in Union with Pastor Michelle Grube officiating.

Arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 949

Marilyn Paiement Nickerson passed away Dec. 18 at Coves Edge in Damariscotta with her family by her side, following a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

She was born in West Buxton, Aug. 14, 1931, the daughter of William and Glad