Dorothy Shiminski passed away on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, at the age of 94, in Brunswick. She was born in West Boylston, Mass., on July 6, 1929, to John Dennen Simpson and Eleanor (Day) Simpson.

Peggy A. Thiboutot, 76, of Cape Coral, Fla., formerly of Topsham, passed away at home on July 25, 2023, after a battle with cancer, surrounded by her husband Octave, son Darren Sr., and grandson Darren Jr.

Gene Warren Boothby, 86, of Bremen, passed away on the morning of Aug. 21, 2023 at St. Andrews Village, in Boothbay Harbor, after a period of declining health. He was born in Portland, at the Eye and Ear Hospital, on April 3, 1937, to the late Ann Elizabeth (Boucher) and Weston Chase Boothby.

Marion MacKenney passed away peacefully, on the night of July 22, 2023, after years of struggling with dementia. Her beloved husband, Bob, was by her side, where he has stayed the last few years.

Born on Aug. 17, 1933, in Troy, N.Y., Charles Edwin Welles III brought great joy to his father and mother, Charles and Mary V. Welles. As a young child, he lived with his parents in both Bennington, Vt., and in Bermuda. Sadly, at the tender age of 6, he lost his mother after she succumbed to pneumonia in 1938. Charles attended a Bennington one-room schoolhouse, The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, and the South Kent School in Connecticut, where he managed to graduate with grades sufficient to earn his admission to Yale College. During his teenage years, Charles gained a stepmother who loved him, Gertrude “Johnne” Talbot.

Ronald Ross Kenoyer passed away peacefully on Aug. 16, 2023 at the Togus VA Medical Center, with his loving wife of 61 years, Pam, by his side.

Sigrid M. Sproul, 78, passed away on the morning of Aug. 10, 2023 at her home in South Bristol. Sigrid was born in 1944 in Röhrsdorf Schlesien, part of Germany prior to World War II. In 1947, her family was forced to leave, and she endured time in a refugee camp before moving on to Sonneberg Thurigen. In 1949, her family moved to Wiesbaden and reunited with her father, who had been a prisoner of war.

Candy Flower, 45, of Bristol, passed away on the afternoon of Aug. 17, 2023 after an incredibly brave and courageous battle with ovarian cancer.