PORTLAND — John Everett “Jack” Whitten, 66, died May 21 at Maine Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Portland on July 14, 1944, a son of James Foster Whitten and Arbyne Fairfield Whitten, he attended Scarborough schools and graduated from Scarborough High School.   From 1962 to 1966 he served in the U.S. […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Ann Maguerite Foley Bertsch, 90, formerly of Massachussetts, died May 21. On Nov. 10, 1920, she was born in Newton, Mass., the daughter of Thomas Francis and Katherine Monica Tolan Foley, and was educated in local schools. For many years she worked at the Burr School and the Auburndale Ladies Library in […]

BATH — Antoinette M. Ross, 85, died May 19 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. On Aug. 31, 1925,  she was born in Millinocket a daughter of Leona M. (Murray) and Henry Madore, Sr., and attended Millinocket schools. Over the years she worked at Sampson’s Grocery Store in Bath and at Bath Memorial Hospital as […]

BRUNSWICK — Natalie M. Roy, 82, died May 20 at Mid Coast Senior Health Center.   Born in Waldoboro, March 6, 1929, she was the daughter of Harvey and Evelyn Welt Simmons.   On Aug. 29, 1947, she married Lawrence J. Roy, Sr. She worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant in nursing homes throughout Brunswick […]

PORTLAND — Dr. Louis J. Zglobicki, 67, of Cumberland Foreside, died unexpectedly May 20 at Maine Medical Center.   Born Oct. 12, 1943, in New York, N.Y., he was a son of Wanda and Mieczyslaw Zglobicki.   After he graduated from the New England College of Optometry, he served in the U.S. Navy.   After […]

SCARBOROUGH — Edward Joseph “Ted” Twomey, 82, of Freeport, and formerly of South Portland, died April 29 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House after a brief illness. Born on March 7, 1929, in Portland, the only son of Edward R. and Emma T. (Marchi) Twomey, he grew up in South Portland and attended local schools, graduating […]

PORTLAND — H. Vance Smith, 80, of Freeport, died May 23 at Maine Medical Center in Portland.   Born in Jay, Aug. 23, 1930, the eldest of three sons of Audrey (Calden) and Harold C. Smith, he attended local schools and graduated from Wilton Academy. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force […]

PORTLAND — Barbara Jean (Chase) Ramsey, 72, died May 17 at the Barron Center. On Aug. 10, 1938, she was born in Portland, a daughter of Leslie N. Chase and Marjorie (Greene) Chase, and attended local schools. She enjoyed shopping and talking on the phone. She loved children and enjoyed babysitting whenever the chance arose.   […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Herbert E. “Spike” Stinson, 70, died from cancer May 17, surrounded by his loving family at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House. Born in Bangor on Oct. 15, 1940, he was raised by Archibauld and Ellenor Mishio in Portland, where he attended local schools. In 1957 he enlisted in the National Guard and was […]

TOPSHAM — Dorothy V. “Dotty” Gardner, 86, died May 8. Born May 24, 1925, in Auburn, a daughter of Leonard and Blanche Johnson Verrill, she grew up in Minot and Cape Elizabeth and graduated from Cape Elizabeth High School in 1943. At a community dance on Great Island, Harpswell, she met Paul K. Gardner while […]