TOPSHAM — Betty Landell, 87, died on Nov. 23 at home in her sleep. Born on Nov. 17, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pa., Landell attended Lower Merion, Pa. schools and later Rollins College and Bryn Mawr College. In 1945 she married Dana Fernald and lived in Rosemont, Pa. for many years while raising their three children. […]

SOUTH FREEPORT — Stuart Edward Jones Jr., 78, died unexpectedly Nov. 23 at Maine Medical Center surrounded by his family. Born on Jan. 1, 1933 he was the only son of Frances Paxson Jones and Stuart E. Jones Sr. Jones was raised and educated in Maryland and graduated with a degree in history from the […]

PORTLAND — Marjory Knapp, 77, died on Nov. 29 after a long illness. Born in Wilton, she was the daughter of William and Bernice Knapp. Knapp grew up in the Nason’s Corner area of Portland, attended Portland Public Schools, and graduated from Deering High School in 1952. She lived in Portland for most of her […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Cecelia L. Lindholm, 99, died Nov. 27 at Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford. Lindholm was born Feb. 20, 1912 in Cape Elizabeth, the daughter of Harry C. Sweetsir and Mary Isabell Messer. She grew up at her family home on Sweetsir Road, and attended Cape Elizabeth schools. On June 6, 1936, […]

SCARBOROUGH — Carol Anne Kramer, 66, of Falmouth, died on Nov. 20. She was born in Buffalo, N.Y. and attended Winchester High School in Winchester, Mass. She later graduated from the University of Michigan. She worked as a social worker, a teacher for Head Start, a small business owner, and a substitute teacher for the […]

BRUNSWICK — Evelyn Joy, 93, formerly of Falmouth, died Nov. 29 in Brunswick. She was born April 19, 1918 in Pittsfield, the daughter of Arnold and Afton Dodge.  She graduated from MCI and Bates College and married Elwyn “Al” Joy in 1946. Together they built a home in Falmouth and lived there for 53 years, […]

BATH — Blanche “Connie” Kneeland, 77, died Nov. 26 at Hillhouse with her family by her side. Born in March 30, 1934 in Bath, she was the daughter of Earl F. Haines and Estella M. Haines. She attended Bath Schools and worked in nursing homes, restaurants, and in the Bath School Department as a custodian […]

BRUNSWICK — Harold E. Emerson, 73, died Nov. 21 in hospice care at Bodwell House surrounded by family and friends after a long, courageous battle with prostate cancer. Born in Brunswick on Sept. 7, 1938 to Norman and Edith Emerson, he was the first of three sons in a family dedicated to public service. His […]

FREEPORT — Dorothy “Dot” Livinia LaPierre, 93, of Freeport died Nov. 16 at Maine Medical Center. She was born Jan. 22, 1918 in Phippsburg, the daughter of Charles H. and Jane Koehling. She grew up attending Phippsburg and Bath Schools. In her youth she earned money by harvesting sea moss in Sebasco. She married Harold […]

BRUNSWICK — Edward T. Holbrook, 94, formerly of Brunswick, died Nov. 20 at Falmouth by the Sea. He was born in Calais on Sept. 12, 1917, the son of George and Irene Holbrook. Growing up in Vanceboro, he graduated valedictorian from Vanceboro High School in 1935. On April 29, 1941, he married Mary I. Dougherty; […]