FALMOUTH — Virginia Lorraine Barchard, 92, died on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 25. Born in Portland, Aug. 17, 1918, she was a daughter of Ruth (Nichols) and S. Arthur Paul, and graduated from Portland schools. While on break from attending Colby-Sawyer College, she met the love of her life, Rex W. Barchard, and on Sept. 1, […]

PORTLAND — Luke Aaron Clements, 27, of Portland and Cumberland, died unexpectedly on Monday Nov. 22, as a result of complications from diabetes. On Sept. 3, 1983, he was born in Portland, the son of Amy (Hooper) Clements and Douglas Clements and was educated in Cumberland schools. Artistically inclined, he played the French horn and […]

BATH — Timothy A. Henderson, 62, died Nov. 21 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. On Oct. 2, 1948, he was born in Bath, a son of Ralph F. and Eva M. (Fayle) Henderson and attended local schools. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany.   Later on, he worked at […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Frances “Louise” Reynolds Welch, 91, died Nov. 18 after a long illness while surrounded by her loving family. On May 13, 1919, she was born in South Portland, the daughter of Charles Edward and Bertha Viola Arey Reynolds and attended local schools, graduating from South Portland High School in 1937. During World […]

BRUNSWICK — Nancy L. Marquis, 80, died Nov. 17 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. Born in Brunswick on Dec. 28, 1929, a daughter of Eddie and Yvonne A. Helie Paiement, she was educated in local schools, graduating from Brunswick High School in 1947. On July 4, 1953, she married Joseph F. Marquis at St. […]

TOPSHAM — Jerome B. Creeden, 83, died Nov. 19. Born in Lewiston on April 9, 1927, he was a son of Jeremiah and Margaret Murphy Creeden. In 1952 he graduated from the University of Maine, Orono, and began working in the field of computer science for government and defense contractors. On Nov. 16, 1957, he […]

YARMOUTH — Margaret Wallace “Maggie” Soule died gracefully Nov. 15 after battling a recurrent illness. Born in Portland on Sept. 16, 1941, the eldest child of William Enos and Jean “Polly” Soule, she attended Yarmouth schools and graduated from Waynflete School in Portland in 1959. After she received her bachelor’s degree from Smith College and […]

YARMOUTH — Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Fitts Thurston, 87, died Nov. 15  in Yarmouth. Born in Baldwin on May 15, 1923, to Mary (Norton) and Harland Black, she was educated in Baldwin schools and graduated from New Gloucester High School in 1941. Later that year she married Lester Fitts; they made their home in Yarmouth, where […]

PORTLAND — Ann Wakefield Morrill, 53, died Thursday, Nov. 18, after a courageous 18-month battle with brain and lung cancer. Born in Portland, Dec. 3, 1956, she was the youngest child of Mildred A. and William C. Morrill Jr., and attended Portland schools. After she graduated from Deering High School in 1975, she attended the […]

TOPSHAM — James C. Hill, Sr., 64, died unexpectedly Saturday, Nov. 13, at a hunting camp in New Vineyard. Born in Shreveport, La., Nov. 24, 1945, a son of James B. and Amy Clarice Prudhomme Hill, he attended Shreveport schools. After graduating from St. Joseph’s School in Shreveport, he joined the U.S. Navy, serving for […]