BATH — Jeanette F. Oliver, 89, died peacefully March 29 at the Hill House, where she had spent the past five years.  She was born in 1920, the only daughter of Harold and Mildred Plant Dowling, and grew up in Bath. After she graduated from Morse High School in 1939, she worked for J.J. Newbury […]

BRUNSWICK — Richard D. Pelletier, 95, formerly of Topsham, died March 28 at Hill House Assisted Living. Born Aug. 17, 1914, in Eagle Lake, he was a son of Donat and Darumiene Lang Pelletier.  For 35 years he worked for Bath Iron Works until retiring in 1976.  On May 30, 1940, He married Rita Girardin […]

BRUNSWICK — Dr. Edward Atkinson McFarland, 94, died March 23 at Mid Coast Senior Health Center. Born at McFarland’s Corner in Montville on June 28, 1915, he was the only child of Aaron Pratt and Nettie Ramsay McFarland. He was educated in Waterville and Lisbon Falls schools, and graduated from Maine Central Institute in 1932. […]

BRUNSWICK — Ruth F. Driscoll, 88, died March 24 at Amenity Manor Nursing Home. On March 18, 1922, she was born in Salem, Mass., a daughter of Francis and Marion Frost Herlihy, and attended Salem schools. On Jan. 10, 1943, she married Murray Driscoll. After the death of her husband on Oct. 1, 1988, she […]

PORTLAND — Lilian “Lou” Cameron (Holmes) Morgan, 89, a resident of Falmouth for nearly 60 years,  died peacefully at St. Joseph’s Manor March 12. Born Nov. 19, 1920, she was the third daughter of William Holmes and Helen Ryan Holmes in Brighton, Mass. After graduating from Brighton High School in 1938, she attended the Katherine […]

FALMOUTH — Dr. Michael L. Rayder, 78, died unexpectedly at home March 27.  Born April 4, 1931, in Summit Hill, Penn., he was a son of Mary and Frank Rayder. He graduated from Philips Andover Academy in 1949, Williams College in 1953 and Tufts Medical School in 1957.  On June 30, 1956, he married Doris […]

PORTLAND — Priscilla “Nan” Currier Hilfrank, 82, died Feb. 5 at St. Joseph’s Manor in Portland.  Born March 30, 1927, in New Bedford, Mass., she was the daughter of Leila and George Currier of Colebrook, N.H. After graduating from Northfield Mount Herman, she received a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Skidmore College.  She taught […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Inez Isabelle Morrell, 95, of South Portland, died March 18 surrounded by loving family at Brentwood Manor in Yarmouth. Born in Portland, she was a daughter of Louis and Ella (Thompson) Proctor, and attended South Portland schools. For many years she worked at Minotts and Vose Smith Florists shops. She was a […]

BATH — Marguerite E. Kelley, 96, died March 21 at Amenity Manor Nursing Home in Topsham. Born in Stockholm, on June 20, 1913, a daughter of Frank R. Sr.,  and Emma (Trueworthy) Kelley. She was educated in the local schools and graduated from Somerset Academy in Athens, and later received her master’s degree from Farmington State […]

TOPSHAM – Mary Hill, 82, a resident of The Highlands, died March 18.  Born in Bath on July 17, 1927, she graduated from Morse High School in 1945 and Westbrook Junior College in 1947. She met her husband, Bill, at Popham Beach and eventually settled in Naugatuck, Conn., where they raised their family.  In 1998 […]