TOPSHAM — Ray Milford Weymouth, Jr., 77, died June 4 after a brief illness at Maine Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Born in Winslow, April 13, 1934, a son of Ray and Angelina (Blais) Weymouth, he graduated from Winslow High School in 1953. He served in the U.S. Army 78th Engineer Battalion in […]

BOWDOINHAM — Douglas Owen Tuck, 73, died June 1 at his home after a long illness.   Born Feb. 15, 1938, in Calais, he was a son of Josiah H. and Laura C. Sennett Tuck, and grew up in Bath and Portland. In 1955 he joined the U.S. Air Force, and served in various places […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Martha Louise Mills, 82, died June 5 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Born in South Portland on Sept. 11, 1928, a daughter of Patrick T. and Mattie Malia Norton, she attended local schools and graduated in 1946 from South Portland High School. On July 2, 1949, she married Arthur P. Mills and […]

CUMBERLAND — Douglas A. “Doug” Moody, 60, died at home June 4 following a six-month battle with cancer. Born in Portland, April 11, 1951, he was a son of David B. Moody Sr., and Carrie Elizabeth Moody. He died as he had lived: peacefully, gently and surrounded by those who loved him. He grew up in […]

PORTLAND — Sharon Lee Richard, 64, died suddenly June 3 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Born in San Francisco, Calif., March 21, 1947, she was a daughter of Chester A. and Jean Sherman Savery. Shortly following her birth, her mother died, and her father remarried Mary Ann O’Neil, who raised her from infancy. In […]

BRUNSWICK — Ralph C. Knowles, Sr., 85, died May 29 at Mid Coast Hospital. Born in Green, June 24, 1925, the son of Ralph W. C. and Edith Merrill Knowles, he graduated from Edward Little High School.   On Dec. 15, 1960, he married Joyce Newton, and they lived in Greene, where they operated a […]

FALL RIVER, Mass. — Benjamin Alexander Brick, 38, died May 26. Born on May 10, 1973, in New Kensington, Penn., he was a son of Ralph and Peggy (Copp) Brick. He was raised in Maine, attended Durham Elementary School and graduated from Brunswick High School in 1991. After attending the University of Maine at Farmington […]

FREEPORT — Dennis Ivan Proctor, Sr., 74, died at home May 24 surrounded by family. On Feb. 21, 1937, he was born in Hartford, Conn., the son of Alton and Thelma (Lee) Proctor-Gaskell. He attended school in Maine and California, and later served eight years in the National Guard Reserves. Over the years he worked […]

YARMOUTH — Frederick W. “Ted” Canfield, 81, died peacefully May 22 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough.   A Navy veteran and successful businessman, he was devoted to, and loved by, his family. Born in Boston on Feb. 1, 1930, the eldest son of Haskins Bishop Canfield and Anne Waterman Canfield of Belmont, Mass., […]

PORTLAND — Dennis Patrick Farrell Jr., 41, of Great Diamond Island and Savannah, Ga., died May 22 at Maine Medical Center. Born in Worcester, Mass., on Dec. 11, 1969, he graduated from Cheverus High School in 1988 and later received a bachelor’s degree from Saint Anselm College. He served as director of admissions at Cheverus […]