PORTLAND — Marjorie Gertrude “Nanny” Lowell, 79, of Freeport, died Dec. 23 in Portland after a period of declining health. Born in Portland on April 5, 1931, she was a daughter of Marion B. (Pearson) and Charles T. Miller and graduated from South Portland High School in 1949. On April 30, 1954, she married Robert […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Rosemarie Willitts, 69, died Dec. 21 at Maine Medical Center. Born in Riverside, N.J., she was a daughter of Elwood and Gertrude O’Brien McGarrigle, and attended Riverside schools. For three years she served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. On Oct. 19, 1968, she married Norris Albert Willitts, Jr., and lived […]

BRUNSWICK — Craig Burton Gilliam, 39, died Dec. 20 at his residence. On Jan. 19, 1971, he was born in Brunswick, the son of Burton A. “Burt” and Nicola A. “Nikki” (White) Gilliam, and attended Brunswick schools. After he graduated from Brunswick High School in 1989, he attended New Hampshire College. He worked as a […]

CUMBERLAND — Anna Louise (Whittier) Shorey, 82, died Dec. 20 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Born in Bangor on Feb. 2, 1928, she was a daughter of Ethel (Chipman) and Levens H. Whittier, and graduated from Bangor High School in 1946. On Dec. 21, 1947, she married Walter G. Shorey Jr., of Veazie, […]

PORTLAND — Patricia Levasseur, 67, died Dec. 20 surrounded by loved ones at Gosnell Hospice after a lengthy illness. Born in Portland on Aug. 15, 1943, to Patrick and Anna Crowley, she grew up in Portland’s West End, attended St. Dominic’s School and graduated from Cathedral High School. In 1961 she married David Levasseur of […]

BATH — Elsie Mae Stillwell, 83, died Dec. 13 at the Winship Green Nursing Center. On Sept. 22, 1927, she was born in Swarthmore, Penn., the daughter of Horace P. and Grace B (Brown) Stillwell, and attended Swarthmore schools. Over the years she worked in retail at F.W. Woolworth, Spear’s Clothing Store, and as a […]

SCARBOROUGH — Sarah “Sally” Stewart Gates, 75, formerly of Ocala, Fla., died peacefully Dec. 17 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House after a courageous battle with cancer. Born Jan. 6, 1935, in Glasgow, Scotland, she was the daughter of William and Janet Thompson and a graduate of Eastbank Academy. Much of her adult life was spent […]

BATH – Althea P. Gessner, 91, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, at Winship Green Nursing Center.   Born on June 12, 1919, she was the youngest of eight children of George and Grace (Lane) Wallace and attended Morse High School. On Oct. 12, 1940, she married Edward Gessner in Bath, where they lived and raised their son. […]

BRUNSWICK — Richard K. Strout, 93, died Tuesday, Nov. 30, at Mid Coast Senior Health Care. Born in Rockland, Oct. 7, 1917, he was the son of Charles L. and Lilla Kuhn Strout. After he graduated from Brunswick High School, he worked at Harry Smart “Ford” Garage in Brunswick before operating Dick’s Mobile in Bath […]

SCARBOROUGH — Thomas P. Sesto, 58, died unexpectedly Dec. 8 at his residence. Born in Portland, a son of Pat C. and Dorothy (Snow) Sesto, he was raised and educated in South Portland. After he graduated from South Portland High School in 1971, he attended the University of Maine, and graduated in 1975. He also […]