Pat Vaillancourt, 56, of Saco, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, July 14, surrounded by her family. Pat had been diagnosed with a rare form of non-smoker’s lung cancer that eventually took her body but not her spirit. At Pat’s request, their will be no calling hours, but there will be a memorial service to celebrate her life on Wednesday, July 20 at 2 p.m. at the First Parish Congregational Church on Beach Street in Saco. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to the Young School Early Intervention Reading Program, which she was instrumental in founding. Please make checks payable to Young School Early Intervention Program. Checks may be sent to: Guy Vaillancourt, 451 Ferry Road, Saco, ME 04072. Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.directcremationofmaine.com.
Stella Antonakos of Biddeford passed away Saturday morning, July 16. She was 95. Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 from 5-8 p.m. with prayers at 6:30 p.m. at Cote Funeral Home the corner of Beach and James streets in Saco. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 186 Bradley St., Saco. Burial will follow at St. Demetrios Cemetery. Arrangements are by Cote Funeral Home, Saco. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Saco. Those wishing to send a private condolence to the family should go to www.cotefuneralhome.com.
William J. Mulvey Jr., 77, of Parsonsfield, a longtime resident of Nashua, N.H., died July 15 at the Greenwood Center in Sanford after a lengthy illness. Relatives and friends are invited to call on Tuesday, July 19 at 3 p.m. at the Carll-Heald & Black Funeral Home, 580 Main St., Springvale, where ritualistic services by the members of Freedom Lodge 42 AF & AM will be conducted. Burial with military honors will take place at later date at the New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, N.H. Arrangements are under the direction of the Carll-Heald & Black Funeral Home, 580 Main St., Springvale. Condolences may be expressed at www.blackfuneralhomes.com. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider donations in his memory to the Newfield Rescue Squad, PO Box 170, West Newfield, ME 04095.
Dorothy May (Roche) Warner, 82, passed away at Marshwood Center in Lewiston on July 6, 2011. She is now breathing effortlessly in her heavenly home. Visitation will be held at the Albert & Burpee Funeral Home, Lewiston, from 12-2 p.m. on Friday, July 15, with a memorial service at 2 p.m. Condolences and a photo tribute may be accessed online at www.albert-burpee.com. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her memory to the charity of one’s choice.
Richard C. Moran, 83, of Scarborough, died unexpectedly Saturday, July 16, 2011 at his residence. Visiting hours will be held from 4-8 p.m. on Wednesday at Conroy-Tully Crawford South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway, South Portland. Prayers will be recited 9:15 a.m. Thursday at the South Portland Chapel followed by a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian burial at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church 150 Black Point Road, Scarborough. Burial with military rites will follow at New Calvary Cemetery, South Portland. Online condolences may be sent to www.ctcrawford.com.
Ralph D. Croteau, 73, of Biddeford, died Sunday, July 17, 2011 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice in Scarborough. Visiting hours will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at Hope Memorial Chapel, 480 Elm St., Biddeford. A funeral service will follow at the funeral home at 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Biddeford. Donations in Ralph’s name may be made to the Gosnell Memorial Hospice, 11 Hunnewell Ave., Scarborough, ME 04074. To share condolences online, please visit www.HopeMemorial.com.
Linda Ann Belanger, 60, of Arundel, died peacefully on July 15, 2011 at the Hyder Hospice House in Dover, N.H. with her loving family by her side. Visiting hours will be from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at Hope Memorial Chapel. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at St. Martha’s Church in Kennebunk. Burial will be in Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk. Arrangements are by Hope Memorial Chapel, 480 Elm St., Biddeford, ME 04005. To share condolences online, please visit www.HopeMemorial.com. In lieu of flowers, donations in Linda’s name may be made to: The Animal Welfare Society of West Kennebunk, PO Box 43, West Kennebunk, ME 04094.
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