TOPSHAM — Patricia Morrison Guild, 82, died of cancer Jan. 22 at her home in Topsham, surrounded by her family. Guild was born in Boston, Mass. on March 19, 1929 as the daughter of Lawrence Winifred Jarrett and Evelyn Victoria Randall. She lived in Douglaston, N.Y. until age 10 when her mother and step-father, Alfred […]

BRIDGTON — Mary Alice Champagne, 97, formerly of Brunswick, died Jan. 17 at Bridgton Hospital. Born in St. Honore, Quebec, Canada on Jan. 10, 1915, she was a daughter of Hermenegilde and Marie LaPoint Boutin. On May 6, 1936 she married Dominque Champagne and in August of 1944 they moved to the United States. She […]

WESTBROOK — Martha Louise Lambert, 82, of North Yarmouth, formerly of Hampden, died Jan. 15 at Springbrook Nursing Care. Born Dec. 20, 1929 in Brunswick, she was a daughter of Emma and Harold R. Given. She graduated from Brunswick High School and the University of Maine and was a sixth grade teacher at the Weatherbee […]

YARMOUTH — Robert Hulbert “Bob” Harris, 80, died Jan. 17 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House with his family by his side. Born Nov. 6, 1931 in Portland, he was the son of Reginald Hulbert Harris and Alice Eugenia Hupper. After spending the first years of his life in Cape Elizabeth and Gorham, the family moved […]

PORTLAND — Lee Joseph Leavitt, 50, died on Jan. 4. Leavitt was born on Oct. 30, 1961. Although he accomplished much in his life, the gift he shared was the love that he demonstrated every day. His family and friends knew his willingness to continue to fight in face of the challenges he confronted throughout […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Richard Flynn, 82, died Jan. 13 after a battle with cancer. He was born on Oct. 9, 1929, the son of Catherine and Edward Flynn. During high school he worked behind the counter at Taylor’s Drug Store in Thornton Heights where Sally Jackson used to buy candy; they started dating after she […]

TOPSHAM — John Clark “Jake” Rogers, 93, died Jan. 7 at the Governor King Wing of The Highlands in Topsham. Born July 6, 1918 in Newton, Mass., he was the only child of John J. and Genevieve Clark Rogers. His mother died in the influenza pandemic in 1919 and he spent his early childhood in […]

PORTLAND — Dorothy A. Larsen, 80, died Jan. 12 at Maine Medical Center with her family by her side. She was born in Portland on June 26, 1931, and was the daughter of Edward L. Sr. and Mary Frances Levesque Delaney. She received her education at Sacred Heart School, later graduating from Portland High School […]

SCARBOROUGH — George Arthur Robinson, 88, died on Jan. 8 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House after a year of declining health. Born in Cumberland on Feb. 14, 1923, he was a son of Lydia and Fred Robinson.  He attended local schools, graduating from Greely Institute. He was in college when he was drafted and served […]

BRUNSWICK — Anna E. Courson, 97, died in her sleep on Dec. 28, just days after celebrating what she called her “best Christmas ever” with family and friends. Born in Soldier Pond on July 9, 1914, Courson was the 13th of 15 children born to Willie and Vitaline Levesque Bouchard. A bright and ambitious child, […]