FREEPORT — Brent Parker Hixon Jr., 54, of Westbrook, formerly of Freeport, died at home July 22, after a long illness. He was born at Miles Memorial Hospital, Damariscotta May 13, 1959, to Brent and Brenda Hixon. The family eventually moved and he spent his childhood years growing up in Woolwich. He graduated from Morse […]
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Ray A. Shirrell, 87: World War II and Korean War veteran
SOUTH PORTLAND — Ray A. Shirrell, 87, of South Portland, died Sept. 21 at Maine Medical Center. He was born in Loudon, Tenn., on Sept. 1, 1926, son of Walter F. and Ora J. Lambert Shirrell. He was educated at a Catholic boarding school in South Carolina. Shirrell joined the U.S. Navy and served in the South […]
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Sumner R. Archer, 79
TOPSHAM — Sumner R. Archer, 79, died Sept. 22 at Maine Medical Center, Portland. He was born May 11, 1934, in Rockland, the son of Sumner B. and Frances Dobbins Archer. He was educated in Thomaston schools and graduated from Thomaston High School in 1952. Archer entered the U.S. Marine Corps the following year, and was […]
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Elizabeth M. Tomko, 71
BRUNSWICK — Elizabeth M. Tomko, 71, of Brunswick, died Sept. 15 at Freeport Nursing Home, following a long illness. She is survived by her husband, Richard Philip Tomko, of Brunswick. Services will be private. Interment will be at St. John’s Cemetery, Brunswick. Arrangements are under the direction and care of Brackett Funeral Home, Brunswick.
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Faith Linscott, 98: Sewed costumes for Bowdoin
BRUNSWICK — Faith Linscott, 98, of Harpswell and Brunswick, died Sept. 17. Linscott was born in Philadelphia, raised in Annapolis and graduated from National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C. She began visiting Orr’s Island at a young age and spent many summers at the home of her grandfather, Rear Adm. William B. Fletcher, who sailed daily […]
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Judith Rutter, 60: Outward Bound leader, valued nature
FREEPORT — Judy Rutter, 60, of Freeport, died Sept. 12, in an accident while hiking with friends in the Dolomite Mountains in Italy. Rutter was born June 7, 1953, in Andover, Mass. In her youth, she was an accomplished equestrian, earning a stellar reputation in the show ring across New England. She moved from Andover to […]
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Alice M. Crowley, 95
FALMOUTH — Alice M. Crowley, 95, formerly of Yarmouth and Hallowell, died Sept. 9 in Falmouth, after a brief illness. The daughter of Thorsten and Marie Akermark, she was born in Boston on Feb. 15, 1918, and lived there for most of her life. A graduate of Hyde Park High School, she married her high school […]
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Catherine Revie, 62
PORTLAND — Catherine Revie, 62, of Portland, died Sept. 18 at her residence. She was born Jan. 4, 1951, in Portland, a daughter of Francis Emery and Anna L. McCarthy Filieo. She was educated locally and graduated from McAuley High School. She graduated as an x-ray technician from Mercy Hospital. Revie was a life communicant of […]
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Victor E. Thayer, 77: Escorted President Eisenhower, skilled metalworker
PORTLAND — Victor E. Thayer, 77, died Sept. 15, following a brief illness. He was born in Portland, a son of Richard L. and Rose Marie Thayer. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Germany where he was a military policeman. One of his fondest memories was escorting President Dwight Eisenhower […]
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Violet J. Waggoner, 90: Navy WAVE in World War II
BATH — Violet Juanita Waggoner, 90, of Bath, died at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough with her family by her side. Waggoner was born Feb. 2, 1924, in Monterey, Tenn., the daughter of Richard and Angeline Bledsoe. She married James Waggoner on April 5, 1945, in Baltimore, Md. He died in April 1957 as a […]