BRUNSWICK — Frances Clark Hokanson, 90, died April 29 at Sedgewood Commons.   Born in Melrose, Mass., on Sept. 16, 1920, a daughter of George S. and Bessie Baillie Clark, she was raised in Quincy, Mass. and graduated from Quincy High School in 1938.   After graduating from The Charles School for secretarial studies in […]

TOPSHAM — Rockwell H. Potter, Jr., 95, died April 26 at The Highlands. Born May 26, 1915, in Hartford, Conn., a son of Rockwell H. Sr.,  and Jean Gilchrist Potter, he attended Harvard, Yale and Cornell universities.   On Sept. 3, 1942, he married Althea Rathbone. During World War II he served in the U.S. […]

BRUNSWICK — Caroline L. Johnson, 88, died peacefully surrounded by her family April 22 at Amenity Manor in Topsham. Born in Portland, Feb. 7, 1923, the daughter of Walter E. and Olive Richardson Gilliam, she attended Orr’s Island schools and Brunswick High School. On New Year’s Eve, 1941, she married Edward R. Johnson. They lived […]

FALMOUTH — Robert Norwood Coale, 93, died April 11 after a brief stay at Falmouth-by-the-Sea.   Born in Baltimore, Md., Aug. 31, 1917, the son of Rev. S. Carroll Coale and Ann Brocker Coale, he grew up in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Dickinson College in 1939. Later on after he graduated with honors from […]

FALMOUTH — Albertine “Tina” Parker, 82, died at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House April 29 with her loving family at her side after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. A daughter of Arthur Leslie and Cora Stults Foster, she was born in Portland and raised in Falmouth, where she lived her entire life. She met her […]

PORTLAND — Terry Tzovarras, 60, died April 26.  A son of Jean Campobasso of Yarmouth, he was born in Island Falls on Dec. 22, 1950, and grew up in East Haven, Conn.  After retiring from Bath Iron Works, he spent time traveling. A life-long outdoorsman, he enjoyed canoeing and hiking.  He was also an avid […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Thomas Victor Laprade, 44, died suddenly April 29 at Maine Medical Center from complications of a heart infection. On Sept. 28, 1966, he was born in Burlington, Vt., a son of Victor A. and Lucille L. (Lamoureux) Laprade. After he received his bachelor’s degree in government from St. Lawrence University he pursued a […]

BRUNSWICK — Beverly A. Coombs Dyer, 76, died April 23. Born in York on Dec. 17, 1934, she was the daughter of LaForest and Beatrice (Freeman) Coombs. In 1953 she graduated from Morse High School. For 19 years she worked at Bath Iron Works until retiring in 2000. She also worked part-time for Laverdiere’s and […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Norman L. Parrott, 61, died April 20 surrounded by his loving family at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House following a lengthy illness. Born in Portland, the son of Norman H. and Lois Libby Parrott, he moved to Long Island, N.Y. as a child, where he was educated and graduated from Garden City […]

BRUNSWICK — Florence A. Marino, 85, died April 22 at Mid Coast Senior Health Center.   Born in Brunswick, July 28, 1925, a daughter of Ernest and Rose Ouellette Gagne, she was raised in Brunswick and attended St. Peter’s School in Lewiston.   After she married Benito J. Marino they moved to New York and […]