PORTLAND — Dayton O. Serber, 90, of Falmouth died Jan. 27 at Maine Medical Center after a brief illness.  He was born in North Holston, Va., on Sept. 15, 1919, one of 13 children of William and Sarah (Tolbert) Surber.  At age 16 he left school to join the Civil Conservation Corps. In 1938 he […]

YARMOUTH — Wendell P. Johnson, 87, died in his sleep on Feb. 1. He was born Nov. 1, 1922, to Clinton and Gladys Cushing Johnson and raised on Long Island. After graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering, he served with the U.S. Navy SEABEES Construction Battalion in the Philippines near […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — John James Devine, Jr., 89, died peacefully Jan. 30 with his beloved children at his side.  On April 29, 1920, he was born in South Portland, the oldest son of John James Devine, Sr. and Mary Eulalia Duddy.  He graduated from South Portland High School and briefly attended Bowdoin College before serving in World […]

SCARBOROUGH — Roger Everett Cabana, 90, died Jan. 15 surrounded by his family at The Maine Veterans Home. Born Feb. 11, 1919, in South Portland, he was a son of Guy and Mabel (Jordan) Cabana and attended local schools, graduating from Portland High School in 1936. During World War II he served in the U.S. […]

BRUNSWICK — Emma S. Smith, 86, died Jan. 27 at Mid Coast Senior Health Center.  Born in Lewiston, July 11, 1923, she was the daughter of Frank and Angelina Deschenes Stebbins. She attended Lisbon schools until she transferred to St. Joseph’s Academy, graduating in 1941.  After two years of business college, she worked in a […]

TOPSHAM — Doris Elizabeth Wyngaard, 88, died Jan. 24 at her home surrounded by family. Born at the Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, known as “Bug Light,” in South Portland on Aug. 3, 1921, she was a daughter of Captain Harold F. and Gladys Bell Simmons Marr. Her grandfather, Preston Marr, was the last lighthouse keeper at […]

CUMBERLAND — Robert E. Andreasen, 71, died Jan. 25 at Mercy Hospital in Portland.  Born in Falmouth on Feb. 24, 1938, he was a son of Ruth (Menter) and Ejner Andreasen.  In 1956 he graduated from Falmouth High School, with a dream written in his yearbook, “To Be A Maine State Trooper.” Shortly after he […]

PORTLAND — E. Frances Johnson, 91, died Jan. 26 at St. Joseph’s Manor. She was born in Portland, daughter of William and Margaret Coffin Wing and attended Deering High School. Following school, she worked for Burnham and Morrill where she met her future husband, Arvid A. Johnson. They married on May 20, 1939, at Sacred […]

PORTLAND — William Gibbons Rodimon, 89, died Jan. 17 at Maine Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Born on Feb. 26, 1920, in Northampton, Mass., son of Walter S. Rodimon and Gladys Gibbons Rodimon, he attended local schools. During World War II he enlisted in the Navy, serving in the South Pacific as […]

YARMOUTH — Ruthanne Wheelock, 68, died Jan. 22 at home surrounded by family and close friends. She was born March 2, 1941, in Gloucester, Mass., the daughter of Charles and Lilla (Wheelock) Smith. After working for many years in daycare centers, she became a private nanny until she retired in March 2009. She was an […]