HARPSWELL – John Pierpont Woods, 94, died at his home on May 23. Woods was the son of Arthur Woods and Helen Morgan Woods and was born in New York City on Feb. 6, 1918. He was in the fifth graduating class of Brooks School and received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University. He had […]

BATH — John Gerard Lebel, 85, died May 25 at Mid Coast Hospital. Lebel was born on March 4, 1927, the last of nine children of Peter and Josephine Lebel. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War in Italy. Lebel worked as a welder at Hardings and at BIW, a trade he both […]

NORTH YARMOUTH – Doris B. Hooper, 86, died March 21. A celebration of her life will be held June 1 at Lindquist Funeral Home, One Mayberry Lane, Yarmouth. Visiting hours begin with a breakfast buffet at 8 a.m. and will be followed by tributes and commemorations at 9 a.m. Burial will follow at Hallowell Cemetery […]

PORTLAND — Harold Willis Brown, 91, died May 20 at Sedgewood Commons. He was born in Freeport to Frederick A. and Hattie M. Lord Brown. He attended local schools and was a 1940 graduate of Freeport High School. Brown served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. On Nov. 6, 1949, he married Claire Hannon […]

WEST BATH — John “Jack” W. Waterhouse Jr. 78, died May 19 at Mid-Coast Hospital with his family by his side. He was born in Bath on May 3, 1934, to John W. and Susie Waterhouse Black. He grew up in Bath and graduated from Morse High School in 1953. While he was in high school, […]

SCARBOROUGH — Georgiana Pratt Chase, 91, died on May 17. Chase devoted many years of volunteer service to the Scarborough Conservation Commission, the Tate House Museum, Prouts Neck Sanctuary and the St. James Church. She was a longtime member of the Maine Audubon Society and authored a book detailing the history of Stratton’s Islands of Saco […]

BRUNSWICK — Brenton Albert Carr, 80, died on May 14. Carr was born in Portland on Jan. 18, 1932, to Homer and Phyllis Carr. He grew up in Falmouth, where he was president of his senior class and a varsity basketball and baseball player. Carr served in the Korean War before beginning his career. In 1953, […]

TOPSHAM — Paul G. Blauvelt, 59, died at his home on May 19 after a battle with esophageal cancer. He was born in Hackensack, N.J., on Feb. 20, 1953, the youngest son of Richard G. and Aline Blauvelt. He was raised in Glen Rock and Ridgewood, N.J. where he attended Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Grammar […]

BATH — H. Macy Whitehead, 88, died May 16. Whitehead was born May 14, 1924, in Stratford, Conn. to the Rev. Robert Charles Whitehead and Miriam Macy Whitehead. His ties to Maine were established by his family’s involvement in the cooperative summer community called Brightwater in Phippsburg. He dedicated most of his adult life to helping […]

BATH – Charles J. Turcotte, 78, died May 13 at his home. Turcotte was born in North Weymouth, Mass. on May 5, 1934, to Alphonse H. and Annie Saide Turcotte Sr. He graduated from Morse High School, attended Kents Hill Prep School, and the University of Maine for one year. He entered the U.S. Army […]