SCARBOROUGH — Professor Veselin Kesich, 91, an expert on Eastern Orthodox theology, early Christianity and Serbian Church history, died July 3 at his home. Kesich was a professor of New Testament studies at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York from 1953 to 1991. He was also a member of the faculty at Sarah […]

BRUNSWICK — Rhea M. Pelkey, 73, died June 30 at home with her family. She was born July 2, 1939, daughter of Edouard Bernier and Alfreda Martin Bernier.  Pelkey attended St. Johns and Brunswick High Schools. She was married to Patrick Pelkey March 12, 1957, in Atlanta, Ga. The couple owned and operated Pelkey Motors in Brunswick, […]

FREEPORT — Barbara Ann Gordon Spiegel, 77, of Vero Beach, Fla., died of respiratory failure on May 26 in Portland, Oreg. She was the daughter of Bernard and Sara “Peggy” Gordon of Swampscott, Mass. She enjoyed writing poetry, sailing Casco Bay, playing bridge, picking wild blueberries, listening to jazz and beachcombing. She had a spirit of […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — William “Bill” Gaddis, 75, of North Yarmouth died as a result of an ultralight aviation accident on June 24. He was born in Gary, Ind., the son of Catherine (Pester) Gaddis and William E. Gaddis.  Enlistment in the U.S. Navy brought Gaddis to Brunswick Naval Air Station. Soon after he met Marilyn Grover […]

PORTLAND — Arthur Adams Peabody, 90, died on June 25. Peabody, commonly known as “Red,” was born in Portland on April 10, 1922, the only son of Velma Greenlaw Peabody and Henry Adams Peabody, of Cape Elizabeth. Arthur attended Cottage Farms School as a child where he met his wife of many years, Joan Cleveland […]

PORTLAND — William David Holt, “David”, 57, died at Springbrook Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on June 28. He was born in Decatur, Ga., the son of William and Elizabeth (Gailmard) Holt. Holt is survived by his wife, Mary J. Holt; his children, Andrew and Danielle Holt, all of Portland; his brothers Don Holt and his wife, […]

FREEPORT — Inez Mabel Davis, 101, died June 27. She was born on January 6, 1911, in Auburn, a daughter of Susan Mae (Abbot) and Edward Lewis Lothrop.  She graduated from Edward Little High School in 1929. Davis worked as a clerk in several stores in Auburn and Lewiston before working in an insurance company. She […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Adrian Daigle, 93, died June 20 at South Portland Nursing Home. He was born in Portage on September 19, 1918, son of Rene and Odelie (Duprey) Daigle. During the Great Depression he served in the Civilian Conservation Corp. and during World War II he served in the U.S. Army in the Philippines and […]

PORTLAND — Louise “Weezy” Jean Gallagher Cavallaro, 72, died June 18 in Portland. Cavallaro was born in Portland on Oct. 21, 1939, a daughter of Walter Francis Gallagher and Dorothy Scott Gallagher. She spent her childhood on Munjoy Hill, attending local schools and graduating from Portland High School in 1957. She married Anthony C. Cavallaro on […]

CUMBERLAND — Bertha E. (Cram) Davis, 82, passed away unexpectedly at a Florida Hospital on May 25. Born to Frank and Mary Cram in Yarmouth on April 15, 1930, she was the tenth child of 12. At a young age the family moved to Windham, where she attended local schools. Bertha married her first husband Phillip […]