BRUNSWICK — Irene C. Labrecque, 80, passed away Oct. 26 at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick. Born in Topsham on Sept. 21, 1931, she was the daughter of Frank and Marie Louice Fortin Beaudoin. She graduated from St. John’s School and attended high school in South Berwick. On Sept., 24, 1959, she married Clement Labrecque who […]

SCARBOROUGH — Alice Conlon Lake, 82, died Oct. 31 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough after suffering a major stroke. Born in the Bronx, N.Y. in 1929 to Joseph M. and Mary E. Conlon, her family later moved to Bergenfield, N.J. when her younger brother was born. She attended parochial schools growing up and […]

WEST BATH — Lauraine Thomas Pluto, 64, passed away at home on Oct. 1 after battling pancreatic cancer. She was born Nov. 25, 1946 in Beverly, Mass., the daughter of Elmer B. Thomas III and Laura Catherine Cooney. Raised in Rockport, Mass. and Brunswick, she graduated from Brunswick High School in 1965 and Bates College […]

PORTLAND — Dr. Donna Jean Carr, 63, of Portland, died on Oct. 25 in Portland. She was born Oct. 6, 1948 in Newton, Mass., daughter of Ernest W. Gonyer and Eunice Gonyar Pollard. Carr attended Smith College and in 1986 graduated from the University of New England’s osteopathic medicine program. She completed her residency at […]

YARMOUTH — Paul A Flaherty Jr., 68, died on Oct. 14 surrounded by his family. Born January 31, 1941, he was the only child of Paul A Flaherty and Helen Marshman Flaherty. He grew up in the Woodfords and Rosemont areas of Portland and graduated from Deering High School in 1961. He went on to […]

TOPSHAM — Phyllis T. Choate, 90, died Oct. 28 at her home in Topsham. Born Nov. 20, 1920, in Salem, Mass., Choate was the daughter of Harold W. and Edith F. Temple Kingston. She attended school in Salem and graduated from Salem High School in 1938. During WWII, she faithfully served her country in the […]

BRUNSWICK — John T. Smith, 86, died at his home in Brunswick on Oct. 21. He was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston, the son of Julia and Thomas Smith. He was married to Emma (Stebbins) Smith for 64 years when she passed away in January 2010, they spent most of their lives in […]

BATH — Carl Kamphausen, 80, died on Oct. 22 at HillHouse in Bath after a long struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. Born in New York, N.Y. on Feb. 27, 1931, he spent summers as a boy in Green Port, Long Island where his family owned and operated the Townsend Manor Inn. It was there that his […]

BRUNSWICK — Salvatore Joseph Sciascia, 89, died Oct. 17 at Mid Coast Senior Health Care in Brunswick. Sciascia was born in New York, N.Y. on July 9, 1922, the son of Salvatore G. and Marion (Vionito) Sciascia. He served in the United States Air Corp. during World War II and retired from the United States […]

BRUNSWICK — Carrie A. Johnson, 79, died Oct. 23 at her home. She was born in the Philippines on August 10, 1932, the daughter of Rafael and Romualda Salazar Alcala. In 1954 she graduated from Women’s College. Two years later on Dec. 8, 1956 she married Robert A. Johnson in the Philippines. Throughout their marriage […]