TOPSHAM — Dorothy F. Goodenow, 79, died March 16 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. She was born in Chelsea, April 27, 1930, a daughter of Stanley and Regina Morgan Sherman. In 1948 she graduated from Gardiner High School. On Oct. 25, 1969, she married John A. Goodenow Jr. A homemaker devoted to raising her […]

Topsham — Louise I. Cloutier, 79, died March 21 at her home. Born in Brunswick, July 8, 1930, she was a daughter of J. Albert and Agnes Cloutier, and attended local schools. For 46 years she worked as a press operator at J.J. Cleaners in Brunswick until retiring in 1995. She was a longtime faithful […]

FALMOUTH — Floris Perle Higgins Jones, 83, died from cancer March 20. Born Aug. 3, 1926, in Hartford, Conn., she was the daughter of Wyman and Alice (Peterson) Higgins.  A student of piano and voice for many  years, she was a lifelong learner. Early in her professional life, she was a licensed securities broker and […]

FREEPORT — Joanna A. Lemont, 74, died March 21 at her home surrounded by family. Born in Bath on Oct. 11, 1935, she was the daughter of Albert and Caroline Small Larrabee. After graduating from Brunswick High School in 1953, she attended Gorham State Teacher’s College. On May 10, 1968, she married Charles M. Lemont […]

PORTLAND — Phyllis A. Pelosi, 89, died March 17 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice in Scarborough. Born in Dover-Foxcroft on June 1, 1920, she was a daughter of Robert H. and Mona Gould Jones. She graduated from Foxcroft Academy, Trull Nursing School in Biddeford and the University of Maine. She was later certified as an occupational […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Robert Wallace “Bob” Smith, 86, died peacefully at Village Crossings on March 10 after a long illness. Born in Hanover, N.H. on July 28, 1923, he was the eldest of three sons of Robert Whitelaw and Mary Jane (Wallace) Smith. He grew up in White River Junction, Vt., in a neighborhood surrounded by […]

BAILEY ISLAND — Captain  Jeffrey A. Johnson, 69, of Bailey Island and Port Charlotte, Fla., died peacefully March 6 at the VA Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., surrounded by his family. He was born Sept. 1, 1940, in Brunswick, the first son of Eileen and Lawrence E. Johnson of Bailey Island.  He grew up on […]

BRUNSWICK — Irene E. Rush, 93, died March 12 at Hill House Convalescent Center. She was born in Augusta, July 25, 1916, a daughter of Herbert and Annie Cressey Newton.  On July 9, 1932, she married Roland M. Rush, Sr., in Brunswick.  She was predeceased by her husband Roland on Aug. 1, 1998; her daughter, […]

LEXINGTON PARK, Md.— Deborah L. “Debbie” Olson, 48, formerly of Brunswick, died unexpectedly March 9 at her home. She was born in Inglewood, Calif., a daughter of Ronald Chadwick and Carol Armstrong.  On Dec. 20, 1986, she married Michael Olson in San Diego and  was a dedicated military wife during his Navy career.  They moved […]

HARPSWELL — Virginia M. Lucas, 82, died March 12 at her home surrounded by family and friends. She was born in Harpswell, Oct. 26, 1927, a daughter of Elton and Gladys Gott Pinkham and attended Harpswell and Brunswick schools. On March 3, 1945, she married Paul R. Lucas in Brunswick, and moved to Beacon Falls, […]