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

Richard Earl Ralph went to be with his Lord on Aug. 12 at Togus Veterans Center.
Mr. Ralph was born in Orff’s Corner in Waldoboro on Aug. 7, 1914, the son of Ward M. Ralph, Sr. and Marjorie Brown Ralph.
He graduated from Lincoln Academy in Newcastl

Dorothy L. Stephenson, 84, died Aug. 5 at her home in Boothbay Harbor. She was born Aug. 14, 1921 in Jefferson, the daughter of Forrest and Jennie Johnson Hodgkins.
Dorothy attended local schools and graduated from Lincoln Academy in Newcastle. Afte

Arthur L. Welsh, 75, of State College, Penn., and a long-time summer resident of Damariscotta, died Aug. 12, following a lengthy battle with cancer.
Born June 28, 1931 in Yatesboro, Penn., he was the youngest son of Scottish immigrants, John and Agn

Leah S. (Cowan) Morrow, 86, of Westfield, Mass., died Aug. 2. She was born in Damariscotta on May 3, 1920, daughter of the late George A. and Agnes M. (Sproul) Cowan and had resided in Westfield since 1949.
Leah graduated from Lincoln Academy and wa

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,