BRUNSWICK — Maurice Laurendeau, 67, died on May 20 at his home after a nine-month battle with leukemia. He was born Aug. 16, 1944, to Maurice and Lydia Laurendea of Lewiston. He graduated from Lewiston High School in 1962, from Notre Dame University in 1966, from Princeton University in 1968 and received his doctorate in mechanical […]

BRUNSWICK — Jane Murchie LaCroix Jackson, 66, died May 15 at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston. She was born in St. John, New Brunswick, on Aug. 15, 1945, to Louis Joseph and Harriett H. Horton LaCroix. She attended school in Calais and graduated from Calais High School in 1963. She later graduated from the […]

CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Jean Dyer, 89, died May 16. She was born Oct. 21, 1923, to Clarence and Elva Lombard of Dedham, Mass. As a child, she spent her summers on Chebeague Island. She graduated from Bates College in 1943 and served as secretary of her class from graduation until her death. Before marrying Henry Dyer, […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — Ruth Pullen Ristich, 97, died at he home on May 7. She was the last surviving child of Leon Cecil Pullen and Julia Madelon Mellen. She graduated from Portland High School in 1933 and attended Westbrook Junior College and Harrisonburg Virginia State Teachers College (James Madison University). From 1937 to 1940, she taught […]

CUMBERLAND — William Goodrich Lyford, 75, died on April 30 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice house with his wife by his side. He was born in Presque Isle on June 5, 1936, to Charles W. and Anna L. Lyford. He grew up in Presque Isle and graduated from the local high school. He went on to […]

YARMOUTH — Frank A. Knight, 103, died on May 14 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House. Knight was born in Pownal on Oct. 17, 1908, to Frank A Knight and Kate Hodson Knight. He attended school in Pownal and graduated from North Yarmouth Academy. His education continued at the University of Maine, where he graduated with a […]

PORTLAND — Janice Malley Hawkins-Donovan, 85, died on May 19. She was born in Newton, Mass., on March 31, 1927, to James Francis and Marguerite Malley. She attended Newton Country Day School from the second grade as a day student and later as a weekly boarder when her family moved to Somersworth, N.H., in 1939. She […]

SCARBOROUGH — Ruth Clark Nelson, 92, died May 10. Nelson was born in Eugene, Ore., the daughter of Herman Clark and Helen Mutch Clark. After being raised in Ripon, Wis., she graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women (Chatham College) in Pittsburgh, Pa. and earned her masters degree in social work at Case Western Reserve University in […]

BRUNSWICK — Jack L. Swindler, 84, died May 14 at his home after a long illness. Swindler was born on Jan. 14, 1928, in Dayton, Ohio to Muriel and Vernon Swindler. He attended schools in Dayton, Ohio and, in his early adult life, played the drums in a band. He joined the U.S. Navy in July […]

WEST BATH — Sally G. Coffin, 75, died May 9 at Mid Coast Hospital. She was born in Woolwich on Aug. 25, 1936, a daughter of Floyd W. and Catherine E. Goodell Jr. On May 15, 1959, she married Carroll Coffin. She helped her husband with the many businesses that they owned and was employed at […]