CUMBERLAND — Jane S. Callaghan, 85, died peacefully at her daughter’s home March 12. On Dec. 27, 1924, she was born Lucy Jane Smith in Wilkinson County, Ga. During World War II, she met and married Hugh Nichols Callaghan of Philadelphia while he was serving in the U.S. Army in Georgia. After the war, she […]

YARMOUTH — Thomas M. “Tom” Wood, 83, died March 11 surrounded by his family after a brief illness.  He was born on Oct. 9, 1926, on Long Island, the son of Lida and Thomas F. Wood and attended the island school before graduating from Portland High School in 1944. Following his graduation, he entered the […]

FALMOUTH — Hiram Dexter, Jr., 92, died peacefully surrounded by family, on March 12.  The son of Hiram and Ola (Cole) Dexter, he was born in Brookline, Mass., Sept. 27, 1917. As a child he spent his summers in Maine in a house built by John Cole, his maternal grandfather. He eventually moved to Maine […]

PORTLAND — Martin F. “Mert” Concannon, 88, died peacefully March 7 at Sedgewood Commons with his loving family by his side. He was born in Portland on July 6, 1921, a son of Michael and Annie (Curran) Quincannon. After graduating from Cheverus High School in 1939, he attended Western Reserve University. During World War II […]

SCARBOROUGH — Allen V. Smith, 78, died at home surrounded by his family March 6 after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. After attending South Portland schools, he served in the U.S. Navy and the Naval Reserves from 1951–1959. On April 17, 1954, he married Edna Wilbur and together had two children, Sally and Allen. After […]

SCARBOROUGH — Barbara Campbell Jannelle, 79, died at the Pine Point Nursing Center March 4 with family at her side after a long illness. Born in Boston on March 18, 1930, she was a daughter of Stanley S. and Alma Curran Campbell. In 1953 she married Neal Alan Janelle, Sr., and had four children together, […]

TOPSHAM — Judith A. (Sym) Koenig, 70, died from cancer March 3 at Bodwell house in Brunswick. She was born Oct. 6, 1939, in Queens, N.Y., a daughter of John and Dorothy Sym. After graduating from Newtown High School in 1957 she worked for Brown Bros. Harrington Bank on Wall Street in New York City. […]

BRUNSWICK — Royal Delesednier Farmer, 75, died March 2 at Mid Coast Hospital, surrounded by his family. Born May 25, 1934 in Lubec, he was the youngest of 12 children of Aubrey and Lovina Farmer. In 1952 he graduated from Lubec High School. On Nov. 12, 1953, he married Mary Irene Campbell. Shortly after moving to […]

CUMBERLAND — Marshall Reed Turner, 82, died at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House March 1 surrounded by his family.  He was born in Yarmouth on Feb. 11, 1928, son of Charles Frederick and Harriet Smith Turner, and attended local schools, graduating from North Yarmouth Academy. On June 25, 1950, he married Glenna Lee Burnell. As an […]

YARMOUTH — Annette B. Hertz, 86, died March 5 at Maine Medical Center in Portland.  Born in Chicago on July 15, 1923, she was the daughter of Mack and Lillian Adler Orenstein. On Aug. 12, 1945, she married Leroy J. Bieringer in Chicago. They moved to Hartsdale, N.Y. in 1957 where they raised their family.  […]