Edward Dean Adams II, 79, passed away on Aug. 17 due to complications from a severe stroke. He spent his last few days surrounded by his loving family and friends at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.

Dean, as he was known to his friends, was born in Br

Mr. David Scott Trank, 53, died on Aug. 24.

He was born in Newcastle on Aug. 7, 1954, to Albert and Ada (Wilson) Trank.

He married Jocelyn Shaw on Aug. 14, 1982, in North Smithfield, R.I.

Mr. Trank graduated from Lincoln Academy in 1972 and

On Aug. 12, Gerard J. Baldacchino, Jr. (Jerry to his family and friends), 35, lost his 20 1/2-month battle with cancer at his Bristol home.

The son of Gerard J. and Sheila (McKnight) Baldacchino, Sr., he was born Oct. 12, 1971, in Quincy, Mass.

Barbara A. Holt, 62, of Dresden, died on Aug. 29 at Maine General Medical Center.

She was born in Wiscasset on Sept. 5, 1944, the daughter of Harold Barter and Geraldine (Grover) Dearborn.

Barbara enjoyed doing artwork, especially drawing, and

Mark Allen Waltz, 42, passed away on Aug. 24 in Waldoboro.

The son of Henry and Naida (Hodgkins) Waltz, Sr., he was born in Damariscotta on Sept. 1, 1964. He attended Damariscotta schools, graduating from Lincoln Academy in Newcastle.

A hard wo

Skip Cushing, 47, passed peacefully in his sleep on Aug. 11 surrounded by family that loved him deeply. For the last 10 months he had battled lung cancer with great courage and attitude.

Skip was born July 24, 1960. He graduated from Bristol Schoo

Raymond Curtis Lane, 60, of Pemaquid, passed away at his home on Aug. 29 following a three-year battle with colon cancer.

The son of Charles P. and Adelaide (Reeves) Lane, he was born in Damariscotta on Dec. 23, 1946.

Following his graduation f

Elizabeth R. (Bette) Olson, nee Dorner, 91, beloved wife of the late Oscar Olson, passed away on Aug. 24 in Damariscotta.

Born in Manhattan, N.Y., Bette grew up in Huntington, Long Island, N.Y. She graduated from Huntington High School, class of 1

The family of Kenneth Yates Sawyer of New Harbor regretfully announces his death at the age of 92 on Aug 11 at Miles Memorial Hospital, Damariscotta.

Born in Round Pond on Jan. 4, 1915, he was the son of Arthur and Verna (Yates) Sawyer.

Upon hi

Gerald E. “Jed” Pinkham, Jr., 77, of Boothbay Harbor, passed away on Aug. 29 at St. Andrews Hospital in Boothbay Harbor following a brief illness.

Visiting hours held Aug. 31 at Simmons, Harrington and Hall Funeral Home, 975 Wiscasset Rd., Boothba

Emil Landau, 82, of Damariscotta, a printing executive who in retirement shared his memories of the holocaust with high school and college students, died of cancer on Aug. 23 at his home.

Landau’s career began in New York as Western Hemisphere man

William W. Gibson, Jr., 42, of Damariscotta, passed away on Aug. 9 at his home.

Born July 28, 1965 in Red Bank, N.J., he was a son of William W. Gibson, Sr. and Alicia Kozachok Gibson. He grew up in Shrewsbury, N.J. and graduated from Red Bank Reg

Harriet L. Hopkins, 98, formerly of Belmont, Mass., passed away on Aug. 28 at The Lincoln Home in Newcastle, where she had resided for the last three years.

Harriet was born in Cambridge, Mass., the daughter of Charles S. and Louise (Loftus) Hopki

Muriel C. “Peggy” Lermond, 94, passed away on Aug. 22 at Cove’s Edge Nursing Home in Damariscotta, where she was the president of the Resident Council.

Peggy was born May 31, 1913 in Albion, the daughter of Clarence and E. Maude Robinson Coffin. S