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

William “Bill” E. Douglass, 62, of Rockport, died unexpectedly at his home on Sept. 3.
Born in Whitefield, Jan. 5, 1944, he was the son of Chester L. Douglass, II and Bernice Rancourt Douglass. He was educated in Whitefield schools.
In 1956, The Am

George Lewis Chase, 92, passed away peacefully Sept. 16 at his son’s home in Newcastle. With him at the time of his death were his wife Joy, son Richard, and daughter-in-law Mary.
George was born in Winsted, Conn. on April 10, 1914. He graduated fro

Reuben H. Wood, Sr., 96, died Sept. 2 at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.
He was born Jan. 10, 1910 in Westport, Mass., a son of Alonzo B.T. Wood and Rose Blair Wood. He grew up in Westport, Mass. where he was known as “brother” or “Bob.”
He married Cr

Edna M. Dighton (Dillon), 70, a former U.S. Air Force nurse, writer, homemaker and avid golfer died Aug. 16 at Alive Hospice of Nashville, St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tenn.
The cause was transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis, said her h

Claus Frederick Hinck, III, 83, of New Harbor, died Aug. 11 at his Mels Lane home.
He was born Feb. 28, 1923 in Montclair, N.J., a son of the late Claus F. and Luise (Hofmeister) Hinck, Jr.
He was a graduate of Montclair High School, Colby College,

Kenneth Gosselin Jr., 57, of Boothbay Harbor, died on Aug. 1 at his residence after a long, brave battle with renal cell cancer.
Born Nov. 12, 1948, in Boothbay Harbor, he was the son of Mabel Casey and Kenneth Gosselin Sr., and graduated from Booth

Marilyn Monson, 51, of Waldoboro, died Aug. 15 at Miles Memorial Hospital, Damariscotta.
She was born Feb. 27, 1955 in Carbondale, Penn., a daughter of Richard and Rita A. (McCabe) Atkinson.
Marilyn was a graduate of Newburyport High School in Mass

PFC Andrew Richard Small, 19, of Wiscasset, died Aug. 11 while serving with the U.S. Army supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Nangalam, Afghanistan.
He was born in Bath on June 20, 1987, a son of Terry and Cindy Small of Wiscasset.
He was empl

Constance Pace died at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta on Aug. 31.
She was born Constance Barbara Scranton to Herbert Scranton and Emma Kazwski on Jan. 21, 1917, in West Haven, Conn. The family lived beside and worked in the Savin Rock Amusement Park in

Ronald W. Dolliver Sr., of Waldoboro, loving husband, father, son, and friend, died Aug. 10 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
He was born in Bar Harbor on Oct. 9, 1946, a son of Russell and Charlotte Burton Dolliver, and graduated f

Charles “Butch” Hewson, Jr., 62, of Jefferson and Ormond Beach, Fla., passed away peacefully at home on Aug. 30 after a long illness with his wife Mary and family by his side.
Butch was born Aug. 26, 1944 in Schenectady, N.Y., a son of Charles Richa