Rita M. Boutin, 93, of Biddeford, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at St. Andre’s Health Care Facility. As per her request, there will be no visiting hours or funeral service. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 18, 2012 at Notre Dame Cemetery in Springvale. A celebration of life gathering will be held at the home of Phillip Roy directly after the burial service. Memorial donations in memory of Rita may be made to the Biddeford Fire and Rescue Department, 152 Alfred St., Biddeford, ME 04005. Arrangements are by Hope Memorial Chapel, 480 Elm St., Biddeford, ME 04005. To share condolences online, please visit www.hopememorial.com.

Georgette R. Jacques, 88, formerly of Biddeford, died Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Southridge Living and Rehabilitation Center in Biddeford. Visiting hours will be 9:30-11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Hope Memorial Chapel. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Church, Biddeford. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Biddeford. Arrangements are by Hope Memorial Chapel, 480 Elm St., Biddeford, ME 04005. To share condolences online, please visit www.hopememorial.com.

Franklin Mark Leach Jr., 85, passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at Kennebunk Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Kennebunk, after a long period of declining health. Visiting hours will be held from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, May 17 at Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk, during which an American Legion service will be held at 6:30 p.m. and a Masonic service will be held at 7 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 18 at First Congregational Church in Kennebunkport with Rev. Derek White. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Should friends desire, memorial donations may be given to Arundel Lodge No. 76 AF&AM, P.O. Box 228, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, or American Legion Post No. 159, P.O. Box 251, Kennebunkport, ME 04046 or to the Animal Welfare Society, P.O. Box 43, West Kennebunk, ME 04049, in Mr. Leach’s memory. Arrangements are in care of Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk. www.bibberfuneral.com.

Rene A. “Whippa” Letourneau, 85, of Sanford, died on Friday, May 11, 2012 at Goodall Hospital in Sanford. A memorial service with military honors will be held at a future date. Arrangements are under the direction of Carll-Heald & Black Funeral Home in Springvale. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 391, Sanford, ME 04073. To leave a message of condolence for the family, please visit www.blackfuneralhomes.com.

Beatrice Lynn “Bea” (Flannery) Michaud, 62, of Old Orchard Beach and formerly of Hopkinton, Mass., died Friday, May 11, 2012 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. A celebration of Bea’s life will be held on Saturday, May 19 at 1 p.m. at Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk, ME 04043. Should friends desire, memorial donations may be made to: Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, Hospice of Southern Maine, 180 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough, ME 04074. Arrangements are in care of Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk. www.bibberfuneral.com.

Frederick A. St.Cyr Jr., 76, of Kennebunk and formerly of Sanford, passed away peacefully, in his sleep, following a lengthy illness on Dec. 22, 2011. Interment with a graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 19 at Forest Grove Cemetery, located on Cemetery Road in Lebanon. Arrangements are under the direction of Carll-Heald & Black Funeral Home in Springvale. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider the Animal Welfare Society, P.O. Box 43, West Kennebunk, ME 04094. To leave a message of condolence for the family, please visit www.blackfuneralhomes.com.

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