PORTLAND — Theodore James Volger Jr., 50, died Dec. 6 at his home with his family by his side. Despite the challenges he faced battling cancer over the last four years, he remained a remarkably strong person with a zest for life and infectious vitality. Volger was born on March 15, 1961 to Theodore James […]

FALMOUTH — David Astor, 92, died suddenly on Dec. 10 after a heart attack. Born on Sept. 26, 1919, he grew up on Munjoy Hill where he met his wife Esta Venner; they shared over 61 years of marriage before she died in 2007. Astor graduated from Portland High School and from the University of […]

BRUNSWICK — Janet Gwillim Whitney, 95, died Nov. 16 at Midcoast Senior Health Center in Brunswick. Born Nov. 5, 1916 in Passaic, N.J., she was the daughter of Edward Pierpont Gwillim and Mabel Sweet Gwillim. Her family moved to West Newton, Mass., where she graduated from Newton High School. She later attended the Chamberlain School […]

BRUNSWICK — Judith Costain Walsh, 75 died on Dec. 1 in Bath. Walsh was born in Bath on Dec. 29, 1935 and was the daughter of George T. and Grace E. (Messier) Costain. She grew up in Bath and graduated from Morse High School in 1953 and later graduated from Fisher Jr. College in Boston. […]

BRUNSWICK — Donald J. Murchie, 92, of Brunswick died Nov. 30 at Parkview Hospital. He was born in South Portland on May 30, 1919, the son of William and Alma Murchie. He graduated from Woodbridge High School in New Jersey and the R.C.A. Institute in New York as well as from the Air Corp Pilot […]

BATH — Burman Lee “Bill” Morris, 86, died on Dec. 3 at Mid-Coast Hospital surrounded by his family. Born July 21, 1924, in Thurman, Iowa, he was the son of Arthur and Maire Weight. He grew up on his grandfather’s farm before enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1943. He served in the Pacific during […]

BRUNSWICK — Natalie O. Morgan, 81, died Dec. 3 at Sedgewood Commons in Falmouth. Morgan was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on March 7, 1930, the only child of Clifton and Lila Merrill. At the age of three, her family moved to Medford and later Reading, Mass. After graduating from Reading High School, she attended the […]

PHIPPSBURG — Shirley H. Murphy, 91 died Dec. 1 at Mid-Coast Hospital in Brunswick. Born on July 8, 1920 in Phippsburg, she was the daughter of Henry W. and Estella (McKenney) Alexander. She married Arthur F. Murphy on Jan. 16, 1938. Until her retirement she worked at the Sebasco Freezer, dug clams and work at […]

BRUNSWICK — Helen “Becky” Demetra Koulouris, 58, died Dec. 1 at Midcoast Hospital. Born in Stoneham, Mass. on Jan. 1, 1953, she was the daughter of George and Ethel Scruftis Koulouris. She attended Wakefield, Mass. schools and was a graduate of Wakefield High School. She received a bachelor of arts degree from the honors program […]

BRUNSWICK — Sandra E. Chase, 71, died on Dec. 2 surrounded by her family at Mid-Coast Hospital. Born April 25, 1940 in Portland, she was the daughter of Earl and Eva Libby Rollins. She attended Portland schools and graduated from the Plus School of Business. On August 18, 1962, she married Robert N. Chase. Until […]