George Wesley Bowden, Sr., 80, of Whitefield, died unexpectedly at his home on Sept. 10.
Born in Washington, D.C. on May 15, 1926, he was the son of Reuben and Theresa Clarke Bowden. He grew up and was educated in Jefferson.
He was employed by Hall

David M. Yates, 70, of The Villages, Fla., formerly of Bristol, died Sept. 23 after a courageous battle with cancer.
A Maine native, David was born Oct. 8, 1935 in Round Pond, son of Edmund M. and Alice E. Yates.
David attended Portland schools and

Edward L. “Ted” Pickard, of Dresden, died at Glenridge Rehabilitation Center on Sept. 9, after a long illness.
He was born March 5, 1932 in Boston, Mass., the son of Mildred Lawrensen and John F. Pickard.
Ted was a graduate of Gardiner Area High Sc

Mrs. Anna Couturier Padgett, 93, of Cross, S.C., widow of Hubert Ellison Padgett, died Sept. 22 in a North Charleston, S.C. nursing home.
Mrs. Padgett was born in Berkeley County, S.C., a daughter of the late Elias Francis Couturier and Anna Sinkler

Elden Burkett Maddocks, Jr., 86, of Union, passed away Sept. 9 at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport.
Elden was born Sept. 5, 1920 in Appleton, a son of Elden, Sr. and Claudia Grinnell Maddocks.
He was a graduate of Washington High School, Class of

Catherine “Cak” Eliza Teele ,92, of Port Clyde, passed away Sept. 20 at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta with her loving family by her side.
The daughter of the late Charles “Jack” and Bertha (Stone) Cushman, she was born May 31, 1914, on Friendship Long

Donald Louis “Gizmo” Bredeau, 43, of Waldoboro, passed away Sept. 8 at Miles Memorial Hospital.
Donald was born in Damariscotta on March 18, 1963, a son of Louis and Doris Sanborn Bredeau.
A lifelong resident of Waldoboro, Donald attended Waldoboro

F. Marion Steele, 82, passed away unexpectedly at Pen Bay Medical Center on Sept. 19.
Mrs. Steele was born in Gloucester, Mass., the daughter of Frank and Fannie Olson Harvey.
She married Conrad “Pete” Steele of Gloucester, Mass. in 1943. The Steel

Arthur Ludwig, 88, of Warren, died Sept. 8 at Fieldcrest Manor in Waldoboro, after a brief illness.
He was born March 4, 1918 in Milton, Mass., a son of Edward and Olive Snow Ludwig. He and his family moved to Hope when he was a young teen in the ea

John Frederick Leslie, known as “Jack,” died Sept. 19 at his home in Brunswick.
Mr. Leslie was born July 10, 1911 in Rochester, N.Y., the son of Charles Welby Leslie and Helen Buckley Leslie. He spent his childhood in Wellesley Hills, Mass., attendi

Robert David Hughes, of Westport Island, died Sept. 7 surrounded by his family, after a brief and courageous battle with lung cancer.
Bob was born in Boston in 1941, attended Thayer Academy, Tufts University and Georgetown Law Center.
Bob strove to

Grace H. Poland, 77, of Whitefield, passed away Sept. 19 at the Country Manor Nursing Home in Coopers Mills. Grace was born in East Baldwin on Jan. 20, 1929, a daughter of Kenneth and Alice Wade Fernandes Boothby.
She wrote the Whitefield News colu

Dr. Alfred A. Ring died Sept. 5 in Gainesville, Fla.
He was born Jan. 25, 1905 in Germany, to the late Elisabeth and Salo Ring.
He immigrated to Mt. Vernon, N.Y. in 1925. In 1932, he married Elsie Bardusch, who died in 1973. In 1975, he married Emi

Bernita Mae Parsons, 89, of Waldoboro, died Sept. 17 at Shore Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Rockland.
She was born May 20, 1917 in Pemaquid, a daughter of the late Clarence and Julia (McFarland) Feltis.
In 1942 at the age of twenty-f