PORTLAND — Jean Stevens Hennessy died Dec. 31, at the Sedgewood Commons Care facility in Falmouth. She was born in Portland March 10, 1924, the daughter of Van Mitchell and Amelia Haskell Stevens. Hennessy grew up in Portland, spent her summers on Peaks Island and graduated from Deering High School with the Class of 1942. […]
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Susan E. Smith, 67: Nurse at many Portland hospitals
PORTLAND — Susan Elizabeth Smith, 67, died the morning of Dec. 27 in Portland after a long fight with multiple sclerosis. She was born in Bishopville, South Carolina, to Howard Troutman and Catherine Scott Troutman. At the age of 5 her family moved to Auburn, where Smith’s father was the cotton buyer for Bates Manufacturing. […]
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Romeo J. Huppe, 92: Became a citizen at age 80
BRUNSWICK — Romeo Julien Huppe died Dec. 26, on what would have been his 69th wedding anniversary, following a festive Christmas celebration with his family. He was 92. Huppe was born on a farm in St. Isidore d’Auckland, Quebec, in a family with nine children. In 1946, he married Rita Bijeau; the couple moved from […]
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May L. Viola, 77: Cooked at Cheverus for more than two decades
SOUTH PORTLAND — May Lucy Viola, 77, died peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family Dec. 6. She battled breast cancer for more than a decade with the same poise, beauty and elegance she exhibited through all the endeavors in her life. Viola was born in Portland May 2, 1938, to Sozio and […]
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Dorothy Bradley, 94
BRUNSWICK — Dorothy “Dot” Bradley, 94, of Brunswick, died Dec. 27, with family by her side. She was born May 5, 1921, the daughter of Robert and Ottolie Channonhouse of Boston. She and her family moved to Cundy’s Harbor, where she grew up attending Brunswick schools. Bradley later moved to Revere, Massachusetts, where she met and […]
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Vincent A. DiFillipo Sr., 63: Family man, retired firefighter
PORTLAND — Vincent “Vinny” A. DiFillipo Sr., 63, who retired from the Portland Fire Department with the rank of deputy fire chief, died Dec. 22, surrounded by his loving family at his residence Affectionately known as “Vinny Jimmy” by many who knew him, DiFillipo was born in Portland, the son of Samuel and Carolyn Palermo […]
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Sheldon Howe, 72
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Sheldon Tower Howe, 72, of Chebeague Island, formerly of Brunswick, died Dec. 10 at Mid-Coast Hospital following a severe stroke. Howe was born March 8, 1943, in Baltimore, Maryland, the oldest child of Dr. Sarah Tower and Dr. Howard Howe, both research physicians at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. As a young man […]
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Robert O. Johnson, 80
SOUTH FREEPORT — Robert Otis “Bob” Johnson, 80, of Pound of Tea Island, South Freeport, died at the Hyder Family Hospice Home in Dover, New Hampshire, on Dec. 17, after a two-year battle with cancer. Born in Lewiston in August 1935 to Edith Erickson Johnson and Otis Johnson, he was the youngest of three children. […]
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Tim Blanchette, 58: Met the challenges of MS head on
FALMOUTH — Tim Blanchette died peacefully at Gosnell House in Scarborough on Dec. 15, surrounded by family. Born Dec. 28, 1946, in Rockville Center, New York, he was the third son of William and Amanda Blanchette. He was very active at East Rockaway High School in a variety of extracurricular activities. In addition to theater […]
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Vincent A. DiFillipo Sr., 63: Family man, retired firefighter
PORTLAND — Vincent “Vinny” A. DiFillipo Sr., 63, who retired from the Portland Fire Department with the rank of deputy fire chief, died Dec. 22, surrounded by his loving family at his residence Affectionately known as “Vinny Jimmy” by many who knew him, DiFillipo was born in Portland, the son of Samuel and Carolyn Palermo […]