SOUTH PORTLAND — George A. Norton III, 85, died Oct. 11 in his sleep. Born in Portland on Jan. 19, 1924, he was the son of George A. Norton Jr. and Ethel L. O’Donnell. In 1942 he graduated from South Portland High School. During World War II he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, flying […]

BOWDOIN — Alice H. Morton, 97, died Oct. 16. Born on Sept. 13, 1912, in Washington Township, Ohio, she was a daughter of Enos and Columbia Corley Hayhurst. On Aug. 25, 1932, she married Paul W. Morton in Freeport, Ohio, and they lived there together until March 1997 when they moved to Maine to be […]

WINTHROP — Joseph “Fern” Langlais, 81, formerly of Brunswick, died Oct. 13 from injuries sustained in a car accident. He was born on June 10, 1928, the son of Edward and Delina (Albert) Langlais. In 1943 he and his family moved to Brunswick and he graduated from Brunswick High School in 1947. After graduation, he […]

TOPSHAM — Felix O. Pinette, 78, died from lung cancer Oct. 2 with family by his side. He was born in Topsham, Dec. 28, 1930, one of 11 children to Alphonse and Cecile (Beauregard) Pinette. From 1951 to 1954, he served in the Army with his twin brother Phillip in Alaska. On June 19, 1954 […]

BOWDOIN — Belle Ethel Luetchford, 84, formerly of Solvay, N.Y., died Oct. 11. The daughter of Harry and Ethel Luetchford, she was born and raised in Solvay, N.Y. She lived in the family home for 80 years until 2005 when she moved to Bowdoin to live with her sister Norma and niece Kay. A graduate […]

PORTLAND — Albert Joseph Moreau, 79, a longtime resident of Falmouth, died Oct. 13 at Maine Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Waterville on Sept. 22, 1930, he was the son of Harvey and Mildred Moreau. While attending school in Falmouth he worked at Skillins Greenhouse. He served with the U.S. Marines during […]

BRUNSWICK — Joan Snook Thurlow, 67, of Freeport, died Oct. 13 at Mid Coast Hospital with her family by her side. Born on Feb. 5, 1942, in Trenton, N.J., she was the only child of Olive (Hagerman) and Donald Davis Snook. She married Everett Thurlow on June 16, 1962, in Titusville, N.J. In 1978 they […]

PORTLAND — John Oleh Chopak, 86, of Portland, formerly of Pennsylvania, died Oct. 5 at Maine Medical Center surrounded by family. Born on Sept. 20, 1923, in Canonsburg, Pa., a son of John O. Chopak and Pearl Doroszovak, he attended local schools and went on to graduate from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree […]

SCARBOROUGH — James E. “Jim” Hastings, 87, died Oct. 7 at Maine Medical Center. He was born on July 27, 1922 in Bangor, a son of James and Susie Hastings, and attended local schools. Upon graduating from the University of Maine, he enlisted in the Navy. In 1944, he married his high school sweetheart, Priscilla […]

BOWDOINHAM — Phylis B. Nile, 85, died Oct. 10 at home with her daughter and her six Boston Terriers at her side. On Sept. 20, 1924, she was born in Bowdoin, the daughter of Frederick and Minnie Douglass and attended local schools. On June 28, 1941, she married Frank O. Nile. An excellent homemaker and […]