BRUNSWICK — Irene Edna Alden, 94, died March 30 at Brunswick Hospice. On Jan. 19, 1916, she was born in Leeds, a daughter of John Alden and Charlotte Baker Alden. She graduated from Monmouth Academy in 1933, and Farmington Normal School in 1935. From 1935 to 1942 she taught at the Brick School in Leeds. […]
Forecaster Obituaries
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Danny R. Profenno, 51
BRUNSWICK — Danny R. Profenno, 51, died suddenly at his Brunswick home on April 2. Born May 29, 1958, in Portland, he was a son of Camillo R. Profenno and Evelyn Maguire Ashby. He attended Freeport schools, graduating from Freeport High School in 1976. The following year he joined the U.S. Navy, and served for […]
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John Quatticci, 77
NORTH YARMOUTH — John Quatticci, 77, died April 2 after a period of declining health. He was born and raised in Portland. From 1952 to 1958 he served in the U.S. Army. While working at Calderwood’s Bakery, he meet Claudia Atkins and they married Dec. 1, 1967. For many years he worked for the Portland […]
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Greta M. Pierce, 83
PORTLAND — Greta M. Pierce, 83, died Feb. 22 at Seaside Nursing Home. She was born in Lewisville, New Brunswick, Canada, a daughter of Harold and Jeanette (Turner) Stoddard. For many years she worked in accounting at S.D. Warren. Her hobbies included knitting, crocheting and needlepoint. She was predeceased by her husband, Wesley E. Pierce […]
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Dr. Robert G. "Bob" Sommer, 76: Portland doctor who loved fishing
FALMOUTH — Dr. Robert Georg “Bob” Sommer, 76, died from heart failure on April 1 surrounded by his family. Born in 1933 in Vienna, Austria, he was the son of Robert Sommer and Mathilde Eberling. In 1939 he was evacuated from Vienna to a foster home in England after the Nazis incarcerated his father. After […]
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With women in space, four’s a crowd
For the first time, four female astronauts will be in outer space, working aboard the space station.
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Front row for Final Four
Ashley Cimino, a former McAuley High player, has helped Stanford continue to chase a women’s basketball title.
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Joan F. Neill, 85
SOUTH PORTLAND — Joan F. Neill, 85, died March 20 at Seaside Rehabilitation Center in Portland. She was born in Sussex, England, on May 14, 1924, the daughter of John and Emily (Taylor) Relf. On Feb. 10, 1945, she married John Neill. During World War II she served nearly four years in the British […]
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Dorothy P. Spear, 80: Valued family, friends, faith
SOUTH PORTLAND — Dorothy Perry “Dot” Spear, 80, died March 26 surrounded by family at Maine Medical Center in Portland . On June 4, 1929, she was born in South Portland, a daughter of Fredrick Harris and Doris Moody Perry and graduated from local schools. She married Willis M. Spear of South Portland and […]
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Sydney R. Woodbury, 72: Founding member of Oratorio Chorale
BRUNSWICK — Sydney R. Woodbury, 72, died March 27 at her home with family at her side. On April 23, 1937, she was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., the daughter of Bryant and Louise Locke Minot and graduated from local schools. For many years she spent summers in Harpswell until she moved there in 1959. […]