AUBURN — Joan Betty Stock, 83, died Jan. 28 at Clover Manor in Auburn after a year of declining health.   The only child of Francis Herbert Willmott and Edith (Singer) Willmott, she was born in Bournemouth, England, on March 12, 1927. In 1947 she left England and moved to Portland, where she eventually met and […]

ORR’S ISLAND — Warren S. ”Bill” Williams, 79, died peacefully at home Jan. 29 of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Born in Harpswell on Feb. 5, 1931, the son of Leland and Marion Corbett Williams, he attended Harpswell schools and graduated from Brunswick High School in 1949. In 1951 he joined the U.S. Navy […]

TOPSHAM — Betty Brooke Raber, 94, died peacefully at home Jan. 28. On Sept. 15, 1916, she was born in Albany, N.Y., a daughter of Frank Wharton Brooke and Gertrude Travis Brooke, and  graduated from the Winchester-Thurston School in Pittsburgh, Penn. in 1934. She attended Allegheny College, and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in […]

BRUNSWICK — Louise Mae Russell, 80, died Jan. 30 at a Portland hospital. Born in Calais on June 15, 1930, a daughter of Melvin E. and Doris Grasse Walls, she attended Brewer schools and graduated from Brewer High School in 1948. A homemaker most of her life, she also worked as a secretary in Bangor. […]

PORTLAND — Juan Mauricio Zarco, 54, died peacefully Jan. 25 with his wife, son, and pastor by his side, of complications from several strokes that occurred on Jan. 19. Born on Aug. 4, 1956, in Bogota, Columbia, he grew up in Barranquilla, Colombia, where he studied architecture, construction and design. In 1993 he visited his […]

PORTLAND — Diane Elizabeth Baunach-Ruggiero, 67, of Yarmouth, died unexpectedly Jan. 17, at Maine Medical Center. Born in Long Island, N.Y. on April 18, 1943, to Edward and Elizabeth Ganly, she was raised in Essex, England and attended the London School for Girls. The family later returned to New York, where she graduated from Garden […]

PORTLAND — Captain Adam Theodore “Ted” Herman, 84, of Scarborough, formerly of Cumberland, died Jan. 18. Born May 7, 1926, in Detroit, Mich., he was a son of Walter and Helen (Szasty) Herman, and attended Detroit schools. After graduating from high school in 1943, he entered the U.S. Navy as an Apprentice Seaman, and was […]

SCARBOROUGH — Christopher Ray Hinton, 38, died peacefully in his sleep Jan. 17. On Sept. 29, 1972 he was born in Louisville, Ky., the son of Kenneth Ray and Peggy (Holsclaw) Hinton.   Before moving to Maine in 2000, he worked for distribution companies in Louisville and was a cross-country truck driver. While living in Maine, he […]

FALMOUTH — Dorcas Davis Hathaway, 92, of South Portland, died peacefully on Jan. 21 at Falmouth by the Sea. Born in Paterson, N.J. on July 2, 1918, a daughter of Edmund Hall and Frieda Krogel Davis, she was educated at Paterson High School and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y.  On June 8, 1940, she […]

BATH — Angelina Rugar, 76, died Jan. 24 at Mid Coast Hospital. Born in Plymouth, Mass., on April 4, 1934, she was the daughter of Charles and Geraldine (Stevenson) Boucher and attended local schools. On April 28, 1964, she married James Rugar, and raised their family in Massachussetts until they retired to Bath. Nothing was […]