SOUTH PORTLAND — Aline A. Serabia, 90, died Saturday at St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation Center in Portland. She was born Nov. 17, 1922, in Sanford, a daughter of Hollis J. and Adrienne Sevigny. She attended St. Ignatius Grammar school and graduated from Sanford High School, class of 1941. Serabia worked at the Naval Air Station Brunswick for 23 […]
Forecaster Obituaries
Patricia E. Welner, 54
HARPSWELL — Patricia E. Welner, 54, died March 11 at her home in Cundy’s Harbor. Welner was born April 22, 1958, in Brunswick, the daughter of James T. Welner Jr. and Mary Eastman Welner. She grew up in Topsham and Cundy’s Harbor. She attended Brunswick High School, Dublin Christian Academy in New Hampshire, and graduated from Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham. Welner was employed at […]
Paul N. Roy, 90: Navy veteran, loved working in his garden
FREEPORT — Paul N. Roy, 90, of Freeport, died peacefully Saturday at Freeport Nursing Home. He was born Feb. 25, 1923, in Brunswick, the son of Lucia and William Roy. Roy entered the Navy in 1942, serving in the Pacific Theater on USS LSTs 457, 458 and 46 during World War II. He was awarded an Asiatic […]
Walter James Hynes, 87: Leader in the defense industry
TOPSHAM — Walter James Hynes Jr., 87, of Topsham, died March 14 with his family by his side, following a battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Hynes was born Nov. 1, 1925, in Darien, Conn., to Paula Alvine Yunkes and Walter James Hynes Sr. Hynes enlisted during World War II at age 17 and was assigned to the 8th […]
Michelena Napolitano Maietta, 99
SCARBOROUGH — Michelena Napolitano Maietta, 99, died peacefully March 9 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Known to many as “Aunt Kay,” she was born July 14, 1913, in Portland, the daughter of Chiarina and Raffaelo Napolitano. She attended Portland schools and in 1942 married Jeremio “Jim” Maietta. He died in 1980. Maietta worked as sales clerk for […]
Gretchen Margaret "Marge" Wood, 92
SOUTH PORTLAND — Gretchen Margaret “Marge” Wood, 92, died March 11 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. She was born in Omaha, Neb., on October 14, 1920, the daughter of Sylvia S. Murphy and Charles G. Lytle. Wood met her beloved husband, Charles Willard “Woody” Wood in Santa Monica, Calif., and they married in 1947. They spent […]
Donald Allen Gavan, 87
BRUNSWICK — Donald Allen Gavan, 87, died peacefully March 14 with his children by his side. Gavan was born in Milwaukee, Wis., on July 10, 1925, the son of the late Harold L. and Loraine E. Gavan, and older brother to the late Joan Shawy. The family lived first in Jeffersonville, Ind., and ultimately made their […]
Martin Joseph Reagan, 59: Lover of animals and all things Irish
PORTLAND — Martin Joseph Reagan, 59, died unexpectedly at his home March 11. He was born in Portland, a son of John P. and Theresa McLinden Reagan. He attended St. Dominic’s Grammar School and was a 1972 graduate of Portland High School. Reagan worked for the City of Portland for almost 34 years, retiring from the […]
Alice E. Calderwood, 90
PORTLAND — Alice E. Calderwood, 90, of Portland, died peacefully in her sleep March 4 at Maine Medical Center. She was born April 15, 1922, in Portland, the daughter of Albion E. and Lillian O. Henry and she resided there her whole life. She attended Portland schools and graduated from Portland High School and Gray’s Business School. […]
Claire Stone Clifford, 95
PORTLAND — Claire Stone Clifford, 95, of Portland, died March 7 in Scarborough. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Thursday at the Blessed Sacrament Church in Worcester, Mass., followed by burial at St. John’s Cemetery in Gardner, Mass.