YARMOUTH — David Lee Welker, 79, of Yarmouth, died Aug. 31 in Portland. He was born June 6, 1934, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Paul Lee Alexander Welker and Edith Fern Ricketts. He lived most of his childhood in Jackson, Tenn. He married Marian Risk in 1956, and they resided in the Washington, D.C., area with […]
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Janet Richardson, 84: Active in her community, enjoyed traveling
PORTLAND — Janet Alpers Richardson, 84, of Portland, died from complications related to Wegener’s disease Sept. 5, at the Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough, with her family by her side. Born in New York City, she was the daughter of Ernest and Margaret Alpers. Richardson graduated from Westfield, N.J., High School in 1946, and then Smith […]
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Gertrude LaBrie, 93
SOUTH PORTLAND — Gertrude Bertha LaBrie, 93, died Tuesday at Sedgewood Commons in Falmouth after a period of declining health. LaBrie was born July 20, 1920, in Coaticook, Quebec, a daughter of Camille and Celerise Roy. LaBrie married Gene J. LaBrie July 6, 1946, at St. Marc Church in Quebec. They moved to Portland to start […]
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Wilfred J. Dionne Jr., 87: Local family man, veteran
BRUNSWICK — Wilfred J. Dionne Jr., 87, of Brunswick, died Aug. 22, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Togus. He was born in Brunswick, June 20, 1926, the son of Wilfred Sr. and MarieAnna Pelletier Dionne. He attended Brunswick schools and was drafted into the U.S. Army at the age of 20 for World War […]
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Barbara J. Williamson, 81
SCARBOROUGH — Barbara J. Williamson, 81, of Scarborough, died Saturday, Aug. 31, at Maine Medical Center with her family at her side. She was born in Boston on Jan. 3, 1932, a daughter of Thomas J. and Mary A. Lynch. She graduated from Rosindale High School with the class of 1949, and received a bachelor of […]
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Carole A. Eaton, 77: Loving nurse, loved to travel
SOUTH PORTLAND — Carole Ann Eaton, 77, of South Portland, died Aug. 28 at Mercy Hospital with her family by her side. Eaton was born Aug. 11, 1936, in North Monmouth, a daughter of Stanley and Regina Mary Arsenault Barbour. She attended school in North Monmouth and was a 1954 graduate of Monmouth Academy. Eaton also […]
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Lee G. White, 64
YARMOUTH — Lee G. White, 64, of Yarmouth, died Aug. 31 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, with his two sons by his side. White was born Jan. 31, 1949, in Rumford, a son of Jeanette and Ernest White. He was educated in Portland schools and graduated from Portland High School, class of 1968. He […]
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Bertram Davis, 94: Survived Pearl Harbor attacks
FALMOUTH — Bertram Earl Davis, 94, of Falmouth, died Aug. 30, at Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris. He was born in Lynn, Mass., April 12, 1919, the son of Florence and Harry Davis. With his father in the Navy, the family traveled extensively. Davis followed in his father’s footsteps and enlisted in the Navy after […]
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Edith Sweeney, 83
FREEPORT — Edith C. Sweeney, 83, died Aug. 26 at Mid-Coast Medical Center, after a brief illness. Sweeney was a long-time pillar of the South Freeport community. She was born in June 1930, in Tarrytown, N.Y., to Katherine and William Carpenter. Growing up in Tarrytown and the Bronx, she came to Maine in 1948 to […]
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Antonio Bifulco, 80: Loved friends, family and the Red Sox
PORTLAND — Antonio Bifulco, 80, of Portland, died Aug. 24. Bifulco was born Feb. 11, 1933, to Michelina and Leopoldo Bifulco, in Comiziano, Italy. He was one of nine children and loved being a part of a large Italian family. He worked as a butcher and enjoyed playing soccer for his town. In 1954 he married […]