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

Barbara Horton Guard, 86, formerly of Riverside, Conn., died April 15 at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor. She was born Dec. 3, 1919 in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of James D. Horton and Henrietta S. Baker Horton. She graduated from the Metrop

Josephine Spence, 93, of Warren, passed away April 2. She was born in New York City in the Borough of Manhattan, N.Y., on Aug. 1, 1912 to immigrant parents (Salvatore and Grazia Raccuglia) from Borgetto, Sicily, she attended New York City public scho

Elizabeth K. Thomas, 94, passed away at Cove’s Edge Nursing Home in Damariscotta on April 10. She was born in Claremont, N.H., the eldest daughter of Ralph W. and Dorcas (Campbell) Kiniry.
She graduated from Stevens High School in Claremont, N.H., a

Mabel Brackett, 98, of Boothbay Harbor, died April 26 at her home.
She was born in Boothbay Harbor Feb. 9, 1908, the daughter of John and Martha Tibbetts Brackett.
She graduated from Boothbay Harbor High School, then went on to get her RN degree at

Frederick Craig Mortimer, 83, of Bristol, died April 15 at St. Andrews Hospital in Boothbay Harbor. He was born April 1, 1923 in New Rochelle, N.Y., a son of Edmund and Mignonette Smith Mortimer. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the U.S. Army. He

Walter H. Cowan, 75, of Hadley, Mass., passed away April 2 in Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass.
He was born March 9, 1931 in Damariscotta to George and Agnes (Sproul) Cowan. He attended local schools graduating from Lincoln Academy in