FREEPORT — Charles A. “Cy” Tompson, Sr., 78, died July 24 surrounded by his family at his Freeport home, following a six-month battle with brain cancer. Born in Westbrook, a son of John E. and Vyra R. Hamilton Tompson, he graduated from Greely Institute in 1951 and served in the U.S. Air Force as an […]

TOPSHAM — George Dyer Senter, 93, died July 21 at Cadigan Lodge, The Highlands.   Born on April 13, 1918, in Portland, he was the seventh of eight children of Emma Thompson and Wilbur Fiske Senter of Brunswick. After attending public schools in Brunswick, he transferred to Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J., where he graduated […]

SCARBOROUGH — Arthur Hansen Stolpestad, 69, of South Portland, died July 24 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House from an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Born in Medford, Mass., on Oct. 7, 1941, he was the son of Birger Hansen Stolpestad of Oslo, Norway, and Martha Hille Danielsen Stolpestad of Mandal, Norway.   In 1959 […]

BRUNSWICK — Barbara Lynn Hunter Cady, 85, died July 23 after a brief illness. Born Aug 3, 1925, in New York City, she spent her youth in Larchmont, N.Y., and attended Wheaton College and Columbia University, where she earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in English literature.   She worked in New York City for the […]

BRUNSWICK — Edith Christina “Tina” Baldwin, 45, died peacefully July 24 with family by her side at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N.H., after a six-month battle with leukemia. Born Oct. 2, 1965, in Concord, Mass., she was the daughter of Peter Tileston Baldwin and Nicole Bellefeuille Baldwin. Her family moved to Maine in September 1975, […]

PORTLAND — Barry A. Wilcox, 70, of Falmouth, formerly of Cumberland, died unexpectedly on July 22.   Born on Nov. 25, 1940, in Brockton, Mass., he was the son of Marion (Bruns) and Roy T. Wilcox.   In 1959 he graduated from Deering High School, and in 1963 he graduated from University of Maine Orono […]

SOUTH FREEPORT — Howard Thure Nielsen, 77, died at his home in South Freeport on July 20 after a brief illness. On May 3, 1934, he was born in New York City, and grew up with his father, Olaf Nielsen, and mother, Kathryn Coleman,  in New York City and Manchester, Vt., where he graduated from […]

PORTLAND — Timothy J. O’Donovan Jr., died July 22 at Maine Medical Center. Born in Lynn, Mass., on Feb, 21, 1936, a son of E. Marie (Hansen) O’Donovan and Timothy J. O’Donovan Sr., he was raised and educated in Portland. He attended Cheverus High School, where he forged many lifelong friendships. After he graduated from […]

PORTLAND — Harry Albert Rogers, 51, died peacefully July 14 in the arms of his adoring wife and surrounded by his loving family at Maine Medical Center. Born in Quantico, Va., on Oct. 18, 1959, he was a son of enlisted Marine Harry Rogers and Dorothy Rogers. In 1977 he graduated from Deering High School […]

BRUNSWICK — James Matthew Knowlen, 37, died July 17 as a result of an accidental drowning in Woolwich. Born in Portland on Aug. 22, 1973, he was a son of Sandra E. Morrell Knowlen.   In 1993 he graduated from Gray-New Gloucester High School and had worked at Publix Grocery Store in Gainesville, Fla., Shaw’s […]