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

Lynne Marie Giles, 53, of Somerville, died Sept. 16 at an Augusta hospital following a brief illness.
Lynne was born April 20, 1953 in Schenectady, N.Y., the daughter of Thomas and Joyce Jacobs Andrews.
She graduated from Dixfield High School with

Carl Linwood Beal, 45, of Waldoboro, passed away Sept. 2 after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by his family.
Carl was born March 15, 1961 in Damariscotta, the son of Mona Beal.
He attended Bristol Consolidated School to the sixth grade

Florence Gilbert McGrath Hawes passed away on Sept. 29. Florence Hawes lived well past her 103rd birthday. She lived a full life on both sides of this country. She was born in New Harbor to the Gilbert family.
Florence is survived by son, Phillip Mc

Marion A. Carroll, 74, of Jefferson, passed away unexpectedly Sept. 15 at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta.
She was born in Gardiner on Nov. 1, 1931, a daughter of John F. and Iva Cullens Goodwin.
Marion was a registered nurse at Augusta Men

Jane Napier Blake, 82, of Jefferson and formerly of Hamden, Conn., passed away Sept. 1 at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
She was born May 26, 1924 in Greenwich, Conn., a daughter of James D. Napier, Sr. and Caroline Wincapaw Napier. She graduated

David W. Brown, 68, of Boothbay Harbor, died Sept. 28 at his home in Boothbay Harbor.
He was born June 5, 1938, in Pemaquid Harbor, the son of William J. and Dorothy M. Oldham Brown, and was a graduate of Boothbay Region High School in the class of

Barbara T. Vyhnak, 83, died Sept. 15 at Fieldcrest Manor in Waldoboro, after a short illness.
She was born March 25, 1923 in Norwalk, Conn., a daughter of the late Capt. Arthur H. and Florence S. Tolles. She was a graduate of Staples High School in

Barry Potter, of Chamberlain, the son of Harold and Faire Potter, passed away Sept. 26 at home surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer.
He was born in Chester, Vt. in 1938, and moved to Bolton, Mass. in 1944 where he grew up and att