WEST BATH — Eva Cartsunis Bottai, 94, known to family and friends as “great Eva,” died peacefully Jan. 21 at Mid Coast Hospital. Born on May 25, 1916, in Boston, Mass., she was one of eight children of Helen and Peter Cartsunis. She was a career woman and a homemaker. For many years she worked […]

WEST BATH — Margaret E. “Peg” Williams, 94, died Jan. 22 at the Hawthorne House in Freeport. Born in Southwest Harbor on June 30, 1916, she was a daughter of Fred J. and Ethel L. Higgins, and attended Bath schools. In 1938 she graduated from Colby College, and also attended the University of Rhode Island. […]

WESTBROOK – Marjorie “Marj” Stewart, 86, of Yarmouth, died Jan. 16 at Springbrook Nursing Home after a long period of declining health.   On May 20, 1925, she was born in Needham, Mass., a daughter of Ruth (Barnard) and Harold M. Fisher. After she graduated from Fitchburg High School, she attended Pierce Secretarial School in […]

YARMOUTH — Diane Linda Geist, 51, died peacefully at home Jan. 15, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on July 22, 1959, in Fort Ord, Calif., where her father, Donald Geist, was stationed while serving in the U.S. Army. Growing up with her brother Dale and sister Jan in Buffalo, Cortland, and Plattsburgh, […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — Alfred Lee Colesworthy, Jr., 95, died Jan. 15. Born in Portland on Feb. 18, 1915, he was the only child of Alfred Lee and Harriett Crocker Colesworthy.  A lifelong love of the ocean, his grandfather, Captain William Crocker, built him his first boat when he was 8 years old, and he owned […]

PORTLAND — Mary B. O’Sullivan, 94, died Jan. 10. A woman of great intelligence and sharp wit, she possessed a near encyclopedic knowledge of poetry, music and Latin. She graduated from the University of Rochester and later earned her master’s degree in library science at Columbia University. For 50 years she was married to George […]

BATH — George “Bud” Pilgrim, 84, died peacefully Jan. 17 at MidCoast Hospital with his family by his side. Born in Berlin, N.H., on Jan. 24, 1926, he was the son of Fredrick and Hilda (Beckwith) Pilgrim, and attended local schools. After he graduated from Berlin High School in 1944, he was drafted into the […]

PORTLAND — Stanley John Norbert, 81, of Falmouth, died Jan. 14 surrounded by loving family at Maine Medical Center following a brief illness. Born on a farm in Wales, on Jan. 4, 1930, he was the son of Lithuanian immigrants, Stanley B. and Pauline (Diringis) Norbert.  Raised in Lewiston by his widowed mother who labored in […]

FREEPORT — Georgia Condon Small, 83, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Jan. 15. Born in Brunswick on Feb. 15, 1927, she was a daughter of Sara (Temple) and Raymond Condon. On May 15, 1942, she married Glendon “Smally” Small and they raised five children together. For 33 years she was a […]

COUSINS ISLAND – A. Catherine England, 80, died Jan. 13 at the Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough. On Jan. 3, 1931, she was born in Lowell, Mass., the second daughter of Robert and Alice (Higgins) Crowley. For many years she worked at the Bon Secour Hospital in Methuen, Mass., before moving back to Maine, where […]