PORTLAND — Helen B. Carrick, 91, of Portland and formerly of Springfield, Mass., died at Maine Medical Center on July 1. She was born July 17, 1921, in Springfield, the daughter of Arthur and Florence Johnson. She grew up in Springfield, attending local schools and later Bay Path College in Boston. Carrick worked for many years […]
Forecaster Obituaries
Justin L. Ingersoll Jr., 85: Led a long, rich life
BATH — Justin L. Ingersoll Jr. died July 6, with his family around him. He was 85 years old and had spent 59 of those years beside his companion and the love of his life, Joan. Ingersoll was born in Gloucester, Mass., on March 1, 1928, to Justin L. Ingersoll Sr. and Amanda Callahan Ingersoll. He worked […]
Sandra Berry, 72
SOUTH PORTLAND — Sandra Berry, 72, of South Portland, died July 7 after an illness. She was born Sept. 13, 1940, the daughter of Edward and Hazel Whittmore. Berry is survived by husband Kenneth Berry Jr., daughter Delrene Crockett, and three grandchildren, Timothy and Sandra Crockett and Dustin Berry. Berry was a member of the Ladies […]
Bruce H. Lindau, 69
BATH — Bruce H. Lindau, 69, of Bath, died June 28. He was born the son of Herbert and Virginia Lindau on April 14, 1944, and grew up in Bath, graduating from Morse High School. He was married to Marcia Lindau, who passed away in October 1996. Lindau was a loving person with a big heart. […]
Ethel Ruth Phillips, 80: Seamstress, mother of 4
SOUTH PORTLAND — Ethel Ruth Phillips, 80, of South Portland, died July 5 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House. She was born in Portland, a daughter of James and Evangeline Brady Norton, and attended Portland schools. She married Anthony Phillips on May 18, 1958, and together they raised four daughters. Phillips worked at Norge Village Laundromat and […]
Ernest 'Mac' McKenzie, 98: Avid football fan
CUMBERLAND — Ernest “Mac” McKenzie, 98, died June 29 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, in Scarborough. McKenzie was born April 19, 1915, in Everett, Mass., a son of David McKenzie and Hulda McKenzie. He grew up in Melrose, Mass., and moved to Naugatuck, Conn., in his senior year of high school, where he graduated in 1933. […]
Betsey Ann Ross, 75
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Betsey Ann Ross, 75, of Chebeague Island, died May 18 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House after a brief illness. She was born Aug. 25, 1937, in Portland, the older of two daughters of Pearl and Everett Ross. She was educated in Chebeague Island schools and graduated as the sole alumna from the […]
Anne Elizabeth Whittemore, 51
YARMOUTH — Anne Elizabeth Whittemore, 51, of Yarmouth, died April 29. Whittemore was born in Groton, Mass., on Jan. 31, 1962. She graduated from Lawrence Academy in 1980 and was an Ada Comstock Scholar at Smith College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature in 1991. Under the tutelage of her brother […]
Gertrude L. Knight, 88: Traveled the world
HARPSWELL — Gertrude L. Knight, 88, died June 24 at Mid Coast Hospital with her granddaughter, Rachael, by her side. Knight was the daughter of Margaret Anna (Fitzgerald) Barnes and William Stover Barnes. She was born in the same house as her father and grandmother in North Harpswell on Sept. 23, 1924. A lifelong Harpswell […]
George R. 'Papa' Mulcahy, 100
SCARBOROUGH — George R. “Papa” Mulcahy, 100, died peacefully June 27 at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Scarborough. Mulcahy was born March 24, 1913, in Fall River, Mass., eldest of the six children of George P. and Susan (Blake) Mulcahy. At 13, his father died of tuberculosis, making Mulcahy the sole provider for the family. […]