SOUTH PORTLAND — Elaine Millicent Flaherty, 93, died Feb. 24 at South Portland by the Sea, surrounded by family. She was born Jan. 9, 1920, in Hollis to Laurence A. and Mildred Johnson Sawyer. She was salutatorian and a 1937 graduate of Samuel D. Hansen High School in Buxton. She married Thomas S. Flaherty Oct. 14, […]
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Marguerite Steele Nelson, 85: Active in her community
SCARBOROUGH — Marguerite Steele Nelson, 85, of Scarborough, died Feb. 23 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born in Portland June 8, 1927, to William H. Steele and Mary J. Gorrivan. Nelson attended Portland schools. As a young girl she worked in the kitchen at Queen’s Hospital, now known as Mercy Hospital, and […]
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Charles H. Horne, 79
SCARBOROUGH — Charles H. Horne, 79, of Scarborough, died Saturday following a period of declining health and lung disease. Horne was born in Mexico on Sept. 22, 1933, a son of Wirt T. and Isabelle Horne. He graduated from Mexico High School, in 1950. Horne married the love of his life, Marlene J. Murphy, on May […]
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Althea J. Vose, 96
TOPSHAM — Althea J. Vose, 96, of Topsham, died March 1 at Mid Coast Senior Health Center in Brunswick. Vose was born Sept. 17, 1916, in Gardiner to Raymond and Minne Merrill. She attended schools in Belfast and was a graduate of Crosby High School, class of 1934. She worked as the manager of the cosmetic […]
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Jane Claudette Leighton, 66: Dedicated to charity
BRUNSWICK — Jane Claudette Leighton, 66, of Brunswick, died Monday at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice house in Scarborough. She was born May 21, 1946, in Skowhegan, the daughter of Noel and Rose Helene Bolduc. She was educated at Notre Dame deLourdes Elementary School and Mount Merici Academy, and graduated from Bloomfield Academy in Skowhegan in 1964. She […]
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Arthur "Art" H. DeBoer, 93
BRUNSWICK — Arthur “Art” H. DeBoer, 93, of Brunswick, died Feb. 24 at Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick. He was born Dec. 19, 1919, in Gage County, Neb., the youngest son of Samuel and Henrietta Abbink DeBoer. His early schooling was in the Grandview School and he later completed a sheet-metal course prior to enlisting […]
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Perley E. Anderson, 81
YARMOUTH — Perley E. Anderson, 81, of Yarmouth, died Jan. 31 at Mercy Hospital in Portland. Anderson was born Dec. 7, 1931 in Portland and grew up in Yarmouth, graduating from North Yarmouth Academy. Anderson was very active. Among his many hobbies, he enjoyed collecting and repairing jukeboxes and pinball machines. He worked at Burnham and […]
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Margaret "Polly" Bradley Sherk, 98: Loved art, swimming and gardening
YARMOUTH — Margaret “Polly” Bradley Sherk, 98, of Yarmouth, died Feb. 21. Sherk was born Sept. 13, 1914 in New Haven, Conn., the eldest daughter of Seymour Mersick Bradley and Ruth Bostwick Bradley. She attended Worthington Hooker School, Miss Day’s School and was a graduate of Briarcliff Manor College. While working at The Foote School, Polly met […]
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Lillian A. Knight, 89
PORTLAND — Lillian Audrey Knight, 89, died Feb. 11 at the Barron Center in Portland. She was born in Milwaukee, Wis., a daughter of Peter and Sophie Jans. She was predeceased by her husband, Philbrook H. Knight, and her daughter, Patricia Yates. She is survived by a grandson, Allen Yates, and granddaughter, Sarah Thibeau. A Mass of […]
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Eileen Mary Goepner, 71: Former teacher, loved life and family
PORTLAND — Eileen Mary Goepner, 71, of Portland, died Friday at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born Dec. 18, 1941 in Everett, Mass., to John and Kathleen Foresteire. She graduated from Everett High School and Boston State College. Goepner was a teacher in Westbrook schools for 28 years, where she earned the love […]