YARMOUTH — Gilberte A. Davis, 94, of Portland, died Jan. 9 at Coastal Manor in Yarmouth. Born in Brunswick on June 5, 1916, she was the first daughter of Charles J. and Eva Gamache Charron, and attended Brunswick schools. In 1934 she married John B. Davis. While her husband served in the U.S. Navy during World […]

FREEPORT — Nancy Powers Martin, 96, of South Freeport, died Jan. 4 of pneumonia. Born in West Medford, Mass., on Dec. 20, 1914, a daughter of Albert Blake Powers and Katherine Gertrude Bacon, she attended Medford schools, graduated in 1937 from the University of New Hampshire, and took graduate courses at the University of Maine […]

BRUNSWICK — Larry T. Beatty, 79, died Jan. 2 at Amenity Manor in Topsham. On Sept. 4, 1931, he was born in Devils Lake, Mich., a son of Joseph and Jean Tyler Beatty, and attended Detroit schools. During the Korean War he served in the U.S. Air Force and later joined the VFW. In 1953 […]

SCARBOROUGH — David Ernest Blanchard, 66, died unexpectedly Jan. 1. Born Dec. 2, 1944, in Salem, Mass., he was the son of Donald N. and Charlotte (Smith) Blanchard, and grew up in Winthrop and Lewiston. After he graduated in 1963 from St. Dominic High School in Lewiston, he attended Maine Central Institute, studied engineering at […]

BRUNSWICK — Alexander C. “Alex” Labbe, 13, died Dec. 30, 2010 at Maine Medical Center in Portland from complications of a heart condition. Born in Portland on June 30, 1997, he was a son of Peter L. and Judy R. (Labbe) Labbe. He had attended Longfellow Elementary School in Portland and was currently in seventh […]

BRUNSWICK — Gertrude Bedard Bergeron, 89, died Jan. 2 at Parkview Adventist Medical Center. Born in Lewiston, July 31, 1921, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Plante Bedard, she attended Lewiston schools and graduated in 1940 from Lewiston High School. On Nov. 26, 1949, she married Gerard Bergeron. For 14 years she lived at Pejepscot […]

TOPSHAM — Mary Chevalier, 85, formerly of Cliffwood, N.J., died while sleeping on Dec. 27, 2010 at Amenity Manor in Topsham. She was born in 1925, a daughter of Margaret Shields and Alfred Shields of Newark, N.J. Her husband Henry J. Chevalier predeceased her in 1998. She is survived by her loving daughter, Renee Chevalier, […]

SCARBOROUGH — George A. Blake, 85, of Falmouth, died Dec. 26, 2010 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Born in Windham on Jan. 12, 1925, he was a son of Luella A. (Sawyer) and Arthur J. Blake and attended Windham schools. In 1943 he was inducted into the U.S. Army and served in Normandy, […]

Yarmouth – Edwin C.  “Brownie” Brown, 96, died peacefully Dec. 18 after a short illness.   Born in New Gloucester on Oct. 11, 1914, the only child of Chester A. and Bessie (Rowe) Brown, he attended New Gloucester schools and later moved to Yarmouth, where he graduated from Yarmouth High School in 1931 at age […]

FREEPORT — Sonja L. Nadeau, 64, died Dec. 30 at Parkview Hospital with her family by her side after a long illness. She was born in Bath on Aug. 10, 1946, the daughter of John H. and Thelma L. (Simpson) Hudson and attended local schools in Bath and graduated from Morse High School in 1965. […]