SOUTH PORTLAND — Flora Susanne Van Mater, 59, died unexpectedly at home on June 17. On Nov. 29, 1950, she was born in New Brunswick, N.J., a daughter of John S. Van Mater, Sr. and Flora (Faulkingham) Van Mater. She attended Endicott College in Massachussetts.   After spending time in Colorado, she lived in Keene, […]

TOPSHAM — Joseph F. Cook, 83, of the Highlands, died June 19 at Parkview Adventist Medical Center. On March 13, 1927, he was born in Rye, N.Y., the son of Joseph F. and Theresa S. Lesher Cook, and attended local schools. After graduating from the Taft School in 1945 he attended Yale University until he […]

FIVE ISLANDS — Christania Stevens, 95, holder of Georgetown’s Boston Post Cane, died June 20 at Winship Green Nursing Center. Born July 8, 1914, she was a daughter of Charles H. and Ida M. Davis Pinkham of Five Islands and attended local schools. In 1933 she married Franz B. Stevens and had four children together. […]

BRUNSWICK — Gloria (Norton) Howard, 88, died peacefully on June 17 at her Sunnybrook Village home with family by her side. On June 17, 1922, she was born in Augusta, the seventh of eight children of Josiah and Eva Norton. After graduating from Cony High School in Augusta, she attended Franklin Normal School in Machias. […]

YARMOUTH — A memorial service celebration of life for Lucille Fuller Bradford, who died Jan. 28, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 26 at First Parish Congregational Church of Yarmouth, 116 Main St., Yarmouth. Arrangements are by Independent Death Care, 660 Brighton Ave., Portland.

PORTLAND — Vincent Martin “Vinny” Coyne, 59, died June 17 at Maine Medical Center with his loving family by his side. Born May 22, 1951, he was a a son of Irish immigrants Joseph E. and Sarah (Donahue) Coyne. After he graduated in 1970 from Portland High School, he attended the University of Southern Maine. […]

SCARBOROUGH — Richard Carter Frederick, 90, died June 4 at his home in North Ft. Myers, Fla.   He was born in Scarborough on Nov. 5, 1919, son of George and Della Carter Frederick. After graduating from Scarborough High School, he worked as a salesman for Cushman Bakery in Arundel and married Dorothy Johnson. In […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Sally Diane O’Malley, 57, died June 11 at Maine Medical Center.   Born in Portland on Nov. 20, 1952, she was a daughter of Lewis and Lillian (Goodell) Paige, and attended Portland schools. On Aug. 19, 1967, she married John O’Malley, who predeceased her.   For 23 years she was a dedicated […]

DAMARISCOTTA — Dorothy Marr Chapman, 95, died peacefully at home on May 19. Born in Alna, on March 27, 1915, she was the second of four daughters of Harrison G. and Edith Boynton Marr and grew up in Newcastle. After she graduated from Lincoln Academy in 1931 she worked at the Newcastle Post Office. In […]

TOPSHAM — Anna Hale Bowditch, 98, died June 9 in Brunswick. Born in 1912, she was a proud graduate of Wellesley College. A lifelong educational leader and counselor, she served as director of development at the Walnut Hill School in Natick,  Mass., headmistress of the Day Prospect Hill School in New Haven, Conn., and was […]