BATH — Barbara Wilson Beck, 76, died Aug. 9 at Hill House in Bath.     Born in Berlin, N.H., Oct. 11, 1934, a daughter of Dr. Harry M. Wilson, and Alberta Wight Wilson, she was raised in Bethel, and eventually Bath, where the family resided for many years.    She graduated from Morse High School […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Percy Henry Farr, 93, of South Portland, died Aug. 5 at a Portland nursing home. Born in Westbrook, July 28, 1918, the son of Percy Freeman Farr and Alice Furlotte Farr, he graduated from Westbrook High School in 1937. For 37 years he worked for Northern Utilities before spending 20 years working […]

BRUNSWICK — Sharon Irene Bisson, 58, of Freeport, died peacefully Aug. 3 after a four-year battle with cancer.  Through it all she was an inspiration as a wife, mother, grandmother and friend.   Born in North Conway, N.H., Sept. 17, 1952, a daughter of Alfred and Beryl (Woodbery) Monson, she grew up in Denmark, and […]

PORTLAND — James Augustus Cassidy III, 60, of Yarmouth, died Aug. 1 from cancer. Born in Portland, on June 4, 1951, a son of James W. and Helen (Latini) Cassidy, he graduated from Portland High School in 1969. After serving as a U.S. Marine Corps Reservist, he was a co-owner of J.W. Cassidy and Sons, […]

CUMBERLAND — William Parker “Bill” Ward, 67, died Aug. 4 surrounded by his family and friends at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House following a severe stroke. Born Aug. 7, 1943, in Portland, a son of Parker and Barbara (Galloway) Ward, he grew up in Prides Corner, Westbrook, and graduated from Westbrook High School in 1961. After […]

PORTLAND — Michael Aaron Schlemann, 39, died unexpectedly Aug. 2 at his Shalom House apartment in Portland. Born in Pomona, Calif., on Aug. 22, 1971, he moved to Yarmouth at age 6 and attended Yarmouth schools. After graduating from Yarmouth High School in 1990, he attended Sienna College in Albany, N.Y., before he returned to […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — John J. Cray Jr., 84, of South Portland, died July 30 after a brief illness. Born in New York City, a son of John James Cray, Sr., and Margaret (Belford) Cray, he was a graduate of Bay Shore High School in New York. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy. […]

BATH — Lester E. Williams, 59, died July 15 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Born in Bath on Jan. 2, 1952, he was the son of Edward and Ruby Williams. As a child Lester liked to go to firemen musters. A hard worker and lifelong truck driver, over the years he worked for his father […]

BATH — Frank P. Sylvester Jr., 97, died July 27 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. Born in Bath on Sept. 6, 1913, the youngest of four children of Frank and Annie (McCabe) Sylvester, he was raised and educated Bath, and graduated from Morse High School in 1933. On May 28, 1938, he married the […]

TOPSHAM — Robert J. Meeks, 68, died at home Aug. 1.   Born Jan. 28, 1943, in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of Carroll W. and Mary J. (Wolfe) Meeks. For 35 years he worked as a truck driver for Hartt Transportation, Pioneer Plastics and Carl Subler Trucking. He loved driving a truck and […]