PORTLAND — Richard J. Lafavore, 79, died on Oct. 25 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He was born in Portland on May 22, 1933, the son of Joseph C. and Irene J. (Austin) Lafavore. Lafavore grew up in Portland and attended area schools. In 1950, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He served for […]
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Audrey L. Wilson, 96
BRUNSWICK — Audrey L. Wilson, 96, died Oct. 15 at Mid Coast Hospital after a brief illness. She was born Jan. 1, 1916, in Freeport, the daughter of Fred M. Parker and Blanche E. Grant. In 1953, she married Lee A. Wilson and resided in Topsham where she lived until 2010. She then made her […]
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Mary Elizabeth Johnson Butler, 91
BRUNSWICK — Mary Elizabeth Johnson Butler, 91, died Oct. 16 in Brunswick. Born at the family home in Topsham on Sept. 28, 1921, to Arthur Berry and Angela (Hazelton) Johnson, she attended Topsham schools and graduated from Brunswick High School in 1938. Butler attended Wellesley College, graduating in 1942. She then worked as a […]
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Walter Crockett, 79: veteran, rehabilitation advocate
SCARBOROUGH — Walter Crockett, 79, died Oct. 20 at a Portland hospital. He was born March 28, 1933, in Portland, to Harrison Crockett and Delia Clancy Crockett. He was one of 10 Crockett children. He grew up on Munjoy Hill and worked as a longshoreman, bricklayer, and painter. From 1950-1953, he served in the U.S. […]
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Loring F. Nies, 78
BRUNSWICK — Loring F. Nies, 78, of Sparwell Lane, died Oct. 16 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He was born Feb. 21 1934, the son of Loring Frederick and Margaret Catherine Holland Nies, in Lynn, Mass. Nies graduated from Swampscott High School and Tufts University’s College of Engineering. He received a master’s degree from […]
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Brian Allen Foster, 63: lover of history, antique radios
BATH — Brian Allen Foster, 63, died Oct. 12 at Mid Coast Hospital after a long struggle with cancer. Foster was born in Bath on July 19, 1949, the son of Oliver and Germaine (Gagnon) Foster. He graduated in 1967 from Morse High School, where he was an active member of the band and later […]
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Clarence Emery Hilyard, 88
BRUNSWICK — Clarence Emery Hilyard, Sr., 88, died Oct. 14 at the VA Medical Center in Augusta following a long illness. He was born Aug. 8, 1924, in Fort Fairfield, a son of Daniel Thomas and Elvira Mae (Emery) Hilyard. He attended schools in Fort Fairfield and graduated from Fort Fairfield High School. Hilyard served […]
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Joseph F. Skelton, 37
TOPSHAM — Joseph F. Skelton, 37, died Oct. 15 at Maine Medical Center in Portland after a long illness. He was born in Brunswick on Sept. 29, 1975, the son of Leonard O. Jr. and Theresa A. Smothers Skelton. Skelton attended Bowdoinham and Topsham schools and was a 1995 graduate of Mt. Ararat High School. […]
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Phyllis Rosemary Keough, 89
TOPSHAM — Phyllis Rosemary Keough, 89, of Old Farm Road, died Oct. 14 at Freeport Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 30, 1923, in Bangor, a daughter of Merle N. and Gladys M. Doble Crossman, and was educated in the local schools. Keough married James E. Keough Sr. and they made their home in Topsham. […]
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Lauriette Caron, 88
BRUNSWICK — Lauriette Caron, 88, died Oct. 16. She was born in Brunswick June 15, 1924, the daughter of Antoine and Aldea Duval Tetreault. She graduated from St. John’s Catholic School. On June 28, 1947, she married Lawrence Bernard Caron. Caron worked at Verney Mill from 1939 until her marriage. After her children were grown, […]