PORTLAND — Dr. Raymond “Ray” Lucien Lebel, 86, died Sept. 16 after a long illness. On April 22, 1923, he was born in Lewiston, the son of Lucien Joseph and Victorine (Bourgoin) Lebel. After growing up in Lewiston, he served in the Navy as a fighter pilot during World War II. After he returned from […]

FREEPORT — Eleanor “Ellie” Bell, 92, formerly of Needham, Mass., died Sept. 25.   She was born in 1917 to Edward and Sarah “Sadie” Kruger, and was raised in Everett, Mass. She had three sisters, Frances, Evelyn and Ruth and a brother, Harold.   While working as the executive secretary to the president at Austin-Hastings, […]

FALMOUTH — Theodore Hayes Warner, 90, died Sept. 24 at Sedgewood Commons. On Oct. 13, 1918, he was born in Trenton, N.J. He was educated at Lehigh University and at the American Institute of Banking at New York University. In 1941 he joined the Army and served as a communications officer in the second armored […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Michael John “Mike” Eastman, beloved husband of Linda Silver Eastman and loving and proud father of Chad Eastman and Allyn “Lynne” Eastman Joys, died Sept. 14 from a heart attack while exercising at a local gym. Born Oct. 6, 1939, to John and Margaret Eastman, he was raised by his aunt Marion […]

SOUTH PORTLAND – Arthur T. Stough, 59, died Sept. 18 at a local hospital. On Jan. 5, 1950, he was born in Portland, and was educated in South Portland schools. He worked at Barber Foods and Jordan Meats, and was most recently employed in the maintenance department at the University of Southern Maine. For many […]

DURHAM — Walter R. Brooks, 65, formerly of Brunswick, died Sept. 16 at home after a long illness, with family at his side. He was born in Brunswick on Dec. 30, 1943, a son of Harry R. and Edna (Bragdon) Brooks. After graduating from Brunswick High School in 1962, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy […]

BRUNSWICK — Jeanne M. La Vance, 78, died Sept. 13 at Maine Medical Center. She was born in Dover, N.J., June 27, 1931, the daughter of Oakley and Florence (Podesta) La Vance and attended local schools. In 1951, she graduated from Stafford Hall, a two-year business school. Her business career spanned 30 years at the […]

TOPSHAM — Richard A. “Pete” Burt, 85, of Amenity Manor, died Sept. 17 at Mid Coast Hospital.  He was born in Park Ridge, N.J., Sept. 25, 1923, the son of Chester A. Jr. and Esther M. (Puasley) Burt and attended local schools.  In 1953 he graduated from Rutgers University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. […]

PORTLAND — Nancy (Baldwin) Adams, 76, of Chebeague Island, died Sept. 19. Born in Springfield, Mass., she was a daughter of Dr. Edward H. Baldwin and Mrs. Marguerite S. Baldwin. She graduated from Classical High School and later graduated from Colby Junior College in New London, N.H. In 1953, she married David L. Adams and […]

PORTLAND — Keith Edward Casey, 83, of Cumberland Foreside, died Sept. 17 at Maine Medical Center. A native of Calais, he attended local schools and the Calais Academy From 1943 to 1946 he served in the U.S. Marine Corps on the Marinas Islands of Timian, Guam and Rota Islands. He attended Connecticut State College for […]