BAILEY ISLAND — Joan B. Johnson, 86, died June 16 at the Hospice House in Auburn. Born on Orr’s Island, April 29, 1925, a daughter of Albert W. and Iona Libby Black, she attended Orr’s Island schools and graduated from Brunswick High School in 1944. On Dec. 6, 1947, she married Bernard W. Johnson in […]

PORTLAND — Alta Everett Watson, 92, died June 21 in Portland. Born in Lewiston on July 21, 1918, the daughter of Bernard G. Everett and Frances Marston Everett, she attended Auburn schools and graduated from Edward Little High School in 1936. After high school, she attended Bliss Business College. She lived and worked in the […]

BRUNSWICK — Bruce McDonald, 75, died unexpectedly June 15. Born in Portland, July 10, 1935, he was the only child of Vera (Fales) McDonald and Ralph Edmund McDonald. He graduated from Cony High School and Bowdoin College. Upon graduation he married Elizabeth “Buff” Wagner Grant and enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in the Reserves. […]

FREEPORT — Roberta Helen (Soule) Bailey Nason, 89, died peacefully June 14. A daughter of Robert Soule and Margaret Curtis Soule Leighton, she was born on Sept. 16, 1921, in Lisbon Falls and educated in Freeport schools. In 1939 she married Harold Bailey of Freeport and worked at local shoe manufacturers for some time. She […]

YARMOUTH — Josephine “Jo” Hersey, 77, died June 12 in Yarmouth. Born in Long Island City, N.Y. on Dec. 7, 1933, she grew up in Irvington-on-the Hudson, N.Y., where she graduated from high school in 1951. She later attended Ricker College in Houlton, where she met her husband, Linwood R. Hersey. They had three children […]

BRUNSWICK — Isabel “Betty” Firuski Thacher, 91, died May 27 at Thornton Oaks. The daughter of Maurice and Isabel Jennings Firuski, she was born on Dec. 4, 1919, in Cambridge, Mass. She attended The Buckingham School in Cambridge, spent a memorable year at La Villa Yema in Neuchatel, Switzerland, and graduated from the May School […]

BRUNSWICK — Lewis E. Palmer, Jr., 74, died June 9 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Born in Bath, Sept. 22, 1936, a son of Lewis E. Palmer, Sr. and Gertrude Joy Tibbetts, he attended Bath Schools and Morse High School. During the Korean War he served in the U.S. Air Force stationed in Germany. […]

YARMOUTH — James M. Meikle, 83, died June 8 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick surrounded by family. Born Jan. 21, 1928, in Arlington, Mass., the son of James Meikle and Agnes “Nancy” Tait. He was immensely proud of his Scottish heritage and was a 50-year life member of the Scots Charitable Society. During World […]

YARMOUTH — William E. “Bill” Miles, Jr., 74, died June 4 surrounded by loved ones after a long battle with cancer. Born in South Portland on Sept. 18, 1936, he was a son of William E. and Marion Miles and graduated from South Portland High School. From 1957 to 1961 he served in the U.S. […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Helen Theresa (McCue) Gillis, 87, died June 9 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House following a brief illness.   Born Oct. 19, 1923, in Portland, she was the youngest daughter of John B. and Helen A. McCue.  The family lived on Munjoy Hill, and she attended Cathedral Grammar School, graduating from Cathedral High […]