PORTLAND — Jane Wilder Chandler, 64, of Yarmouth, died Sept. 17 at Maine Medical Center. Born in Manchester, N.H., on March 23, 1945, she was a daughter of Jeannette (Purinton) and Vincent Chandler. She graduated from Gorham High School and the University of Maine in Orono. She is survived by her brother William Chandler of […]

POWNAL — Ruth A. Purinton, 79, died Sept. 6. She was born in Brunswick, Sept. 21, 1929, daughter of Louis and Mildred (Spaulding) Catlin and attended Brunswick schools. In 1962, she married Robert Dudley Purinton in Lewiston. Most of her career was spent working in the restaurant industry in Lewiston, Freeport and Yarmouth. She enjoyed […]

SCARBOROUGH — Donald J. McNaughton, 82, formerly of Portland, died Sept. 16 at the Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough after a long illness. Born in Portland on May 15, 1927, he was the son of Daniel A. and Rose (St. Croix) McNaughton. In 1944, he graduated from Cheverus High School. After graduation, he enlisted in […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Helen Fifield Lowell, 84, died Sept. 5 at Cedars Nursing Home. Born in Portland on July 5, 1925, she was the daughter of Alvin R. and Glenda L. Lowell Fifield. After she graduated from Portland High School in 1944, she made floral arrangements for Vose Smith Florist in Portland. During World War […]

BRUNSWICK — Violet I. Bolduc Dulac, 99, died Sept. 6 at her home. Born in Winslow, Aug. 27, 1910, she was the daughter of Antonio J. and Anastasia M. (Bourgoin) Bolduc. She was educated at Mount Merici Convent, a private school in Waterville. On Sept. 27, 1930, she married Donald A. Dulac of Dexter. She […]

BATH — Richard Earl MacDonald, 77, died Aug. 25 at Winship Green Nursing Center. Born in Bath on Nov. 18, 1931, he was the son of Francis G. and Edna C. MacDonald. In 1950 he graduated from Morse High School. From 1952 to 1954, he served in the U.S. Army and later attended the Maine […]

CUMBERLAND — Raymond Edwin Jacobson, 74, died Sept. 11 at home with family by his side. On March 25, 1935, he was born in Worcester, Mass., a son of Helga (Nystrom) and Gustaf Jacobson. In 1954, he graduated from Millbury High School. While in high school, he excelled at basketball, baseball and football. On Nov. […]

PORTLAND — Frank Thomas Tyson, 77, of Cumberland, died Sept. 8 with family by his side. Born on Feb. 7, 1932, in Canton, Ohio, he was a son of Maxine E. (Carpenter) and Miller S. Tyson. He attended schools in Massachusetts, graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. While in college, […]

YARMOUTH — Janis Theriault, 60, died unexpectedly at her home on Sept. 9. Born on Nov. 2, 1948, in Fort Kent, she was a daughter of Jeannette (Michaud) and Fernando Theriault. In 1967, she graduated from Fort Kent High School. She worked as an administrative assistant for a local paper company and later for an […]

CUMBERLAND — Jane Elizabeth Collins, 47, died suddenly at her home on Sept. 8. A daughter of Joan and Paul Collins of Warwick, R.I., she graduated from Toll Gate High School in Warwick, R.I., the University of Maine at Orono, and Andover College in Portland. She was most recently employed by CAFE, Inc., which serves […]