BATH — Edward H. Van Buren, 82, of Bath, died March 8 at Mid Coast Hospital with his family by his side. He was born in Bath Sept. 2, 1930, the son of Edward H. Sr. and Helen Van Buren. He grew up living mostly with his grandparents, Daniel and Ruby Hall in Bath, and graduated from […]
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Henry A. 'Bud' Griffin Jr., 91: A kind and happy man
SOUTH PORTLAND — Henry A. “Bud” Griffin Jr., 91, of South Portland, died peacefully with his family by his side Feb. 23 after a brief illness. He was born the son of Henry A. Griffin Sr. and Isabelle E. Griffin Aug. 3, 1921, in their cottage on Willard Beach in South Portland. They later lived on Smith St. […]
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Edith 'Betty' Kennedy, 94
SOUTH PORTLAND — Edith “Betty” Kennedy, 94, of South Portland, died Sunday at Mercy Hospital. She was born in South Portland Jan. 12, 1919, a daughter of Patrick L. Halloran and Alice E. Halloran. She grew up in Portland and graduated from Deering High School in 1936. She also graduated from Northeastern Business College. Before her […]
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J. Louis Ouellette, 87
BRUNSWICK — J. Louis Ouellette, 87, of Brunswick, died March 8 at Hawthorne House in Freeport. He was born Dec. 13, 1925, in Edmundston, New Brunswick, to Vital and Anna Emond Ouellette. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1952. On April 30, 1949, he married Cecile Lachance […]
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Myrna G. Pierce, 97
BRUNSWICK — Myrna G. Pierce, 97, of Brunswick, died Saturday at Mid Coast Senior Health Center. Pierce was born Nov. 10, 1915, in Georgetown, the daughter of Byron and Grace Humphrey Campbell. She attended schools in Georgetown. She married her husband, Paul Pierce, on April 5, 1946, in Bath. He died in 1996. Pierce worked at […]
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Wayne Kaye Nickerson, 64: A true outdoorsman
YARMOUTH — Wayne Kaye Nickerson, 64, of Yarmouth, died unexpectedly Friday as the result of a snowmobile accident. Nickerson was born Feb. 11, 1949, in Portland, the son of Adeline Norton Nickerson and Kaye Nickerson. He was educated in local schools and graduated from Yarmouth High School, class of 1968. He was a member of […]
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Lawrence Yates, 85
YARMOUTH — Lawrence Wilbur Yates, 85, of Yarmouth, died Sunday at home after a brief period of declining health. Yates was born May 25, 1927, in Huntington Park, Calif., the son of Katherine and Everett W. Yates. The family relocated to North Yarmouth when he was 3 and he attended local schools and graduated from North […]
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Roy E. Howland, 96
CUMBERLAND — Roy E. Howland, of Conway, N.H., and Cumberland, died March 7 at Mineral Springs Nursing and Rehab in North Conway, N.H. He was surrounded by his family. Born Oct. 4, 1916, in Stark, N.H., he was the son of Delivin and Mary Maquire Howland. He served in the army during World War II. […]
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Robert Hayden Miller, 71
PORTLAND — Robert Hayden Miller, 71, of Portland, died Feb. 25 at Mercy Hospital after a long illness. Miller was born Aug. 13, 1941 in Portland, a son of James and Evelyn Miller. He attended local schools, graduating from Deering High School, followed by service in the National Guard. Miller’s obsession was newspapers of any kind, […]
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Phillip Eugene MacLean, 91: Hard worker, devoted family man
PORTLAND — Phillip Eugene MacLean, 91, died peacefully at home March 7 following a five-year battle with melanoma and prostate cancer. MacLean was born April 27, 1921, in Lynn, Mass., the eldest child of Ethelreda Saunders MacLean and Arthur Flagg MacLean. He grew up in Swampscott, Mass., surviving a serious hernia and an episode of scarlet […]