PORTLAND — Virginia Mae Currier, 81, died unexpectedly on Nov. 8 after a brief illness. Currier was born Virginia Mae Downs in Brewer on Aug. 10, 1931, to Percy James Downs and Hazel M. Kent Downs. She enjoyed lunch out and shopping on Saturdays with her daughters, grandchildren, and longtime family friend, Karen Boucher. […]
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Colleen Fay Wilbur, 86
BRUNSWICK — Colleen Fay Wilbur, 86, died Nov. 1 at Mid Coast Hospital. Wilbur was born in Harmony on Oct. 10, 1926, a daughter of George and May Gilman Chadbourne. She graduated from Harmony High School in 1946, and married Ernest R. Wilbur in Minot in 1966. Wilbur worked in shoe shops in Skowhegan, Harmony […]
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Louise Boucher Dumais, 90
BRUNSWICK — Louise Boucher Dumais, 90, died Oct. 27 at Freeport Place assisted-living home. The daughter of the late Alma (Emma) Dufresne and Frank Boucher, she was born on May 17, 1922, in Brunswick and lived there most of her life. In 1943, she married Robert Dumais in Brunswick. He died in 1997. Although Dumais […]
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Marion G. Hawkins, 92: Enjoyed connecting with nature
SOUTH PORTLAND — Marion G. Hawkins, 92, died Nov. 3 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Hawkins was born Feb. 9, 1920 in Gorham, N.H., the daughter of Abigail and Harold Shorey. She attended Keene State Teachers College. On Dec. 24, 1942, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., she married Benjamin Hawkins. They enjoyed 55 years […]
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Suzanne Marie Robshaw, 46
BATH — Suzanne Marie Robshaw, 46, died at Winship Green on Nov. 1 after a long illness. Robshaw was born in Bath on Nov. 15, 1965, the daughter of Judith Ames and Paul Kurt Hecht. Educated at Georgetown and Bath schools, she graduated in 1983 from Morse High School. She then attended the University of […]
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Lawrence Bernard Caron, 89: often found on golf fairway
BRUNSWICK — Lawrence Bernard Caron, 89, of River Road, died Nov. 3 at his home. He was born in Brunswick May 1, 1923, the son of Elzear Joseph and Henriette Poirier Caron. He graduated from St. John’s Catholic School and attended Brunswick High School. On June 28, 1947, he married Lauriette Tetreault. She died […]
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Jason Orrin Phipps, 36: Loved his family and harness racing
YARMOUTH — Jason “Jake” Orrin Phipps, 36, of Yarmouth, died unexpectedly on Nov. 2 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Phipps was born Dec. 15, 1975, in Portland, a son of William and Patricia (Kelley) Phipps. He grew up in Yarmouth and graduated from Greely High School, class of 1995. Over the years Phipps […]
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Leon Russell Bornstein, 94: entrepreneur, family man
PORTLAND—Leon Russell Bornstein, 94, known as “Russ” died unexpectedly Nov. 2 at the Osher Inn at Cedars. He was born in Boston, Mass. on Oct. 11, 1918, the son of Lillian and Nathan Bornstein. He was a graduate of Brighton High School and Wentworth Institute in Boston. He started ABC Electric Co. in 1945 […]
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Muriel Tompkins Marston, 93
BRUNSWICK — Muriel Tompkins Marston, 93, of Bowdoin, died Oct. 25 at her residence. Marston was born in Hyde Park, N.Y., on Sept. 23, 1919, a daughter of Jesse and Ethel Foreman Tompkins. She graduated from Rhinebeck High School in Rhinebeck, N.Y., class of 1936. She later graduated from New Paltz State Teachers College in […]
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James Storer, 90
BRUNSWICK — James Storer, 90, died Oct. 27. He was born and raised in Watertown, N.Y. Storer was a former professor and dean of Bowdoin College in Brunswick from 1948 to 1969. He served as director of the Department of Fisheries, at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Italy from 1969 to 1973. He […]