FREEPORT – Lawrence  L. “Larry” Mitch Jr., 61, died June 30.  On May 18, 1948, he was born in Watertown, N.Y., a son of Concetta (Galante) and Lawrence L. Mitch Sr.  He grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and attended local schools before attending Unity College.  After graduation, he began a 34-year teaching career for the […]

PORTLAND — Thomas Arthur Herbert Jr., 86, died July 3. He was born in Portland on April 3, 1923, a son of Thomas A. and Eleanor M. (Alexander) Herbert Sr. In 1941, he graduated from Portland High School. He later attended Morehead State Teachers College in Morehead, Ky. During World War II, he served in […]

SCARBOROUGH — Patricia Ann “Patti” Sanford, 54, died June 23 at Maine Medical Center surrounded by family and friends after a lengthy illness. She was born in Portland, the daughter of George Jr., and Bernadette Meserve. After graduating from Scarborough High School, she attended Airline School in Missouri for one year. Following school, she worked […]

BAILEY ISLAND — George G. Johnson Sr., 82, died unexpectedly June 25 at Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick. On April 7, 1927, he was born on Bailey Island, a son of Harvey and Lizzie (Gregory) Johnson. After graduating from Brunswick High School, he served with the Merchant Marines during World War II, and was […]

HARPSWELL — John L. Mace, 82, died June 21 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. He was born in Springfield, Mass., Oct. 17, 1926, the son of Dr. Roswell Greenwood and Elizabeth (Trask) Mace.  In 1947, he graduated from Bowdoin College. He married Elizabeth Norris in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1950. A proud Bowdoin alumnus, he […]

CUMBERLAND — Keith “Tiny” Terison, 42, died June 26 following a long illness with family and friends at his side at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass. On July 27, 1966, he was born in Portland, the son of Carl Terison Jr., and Maureen (O’Rourke) Terison. He grew up in Cumberland and graduated from Greely […]

PORTLAND – Dorothy A. (Pelletier) DiBiase, 74, died June 26 at Maine Medical Center.  On Feb. 16, 1935, she was born in Nashua, N.H., a daughter of Ernest A. & Catherine G. (McCann) Pelletier.  She met her future husband, William J. “Bill” DiBiase, while she was head cheerleader and he was a football player at […]

SCARBOROUGH — Reverend Charles “Charlie” Ludeking, 90, died June 19 after a brief illness at his Piper Shores residence with his wife and children at his side. He was born July 7, 1918, in Elizabeth, N.J., the son of Charles and Alice (Sweeney) Ludeking. He graduated from Columbia Bible College in Columbia, S.C., where he […]

BAILEY ISLAND — Charles “Russell” Goodwin, 85, died June 20 at the Freeport Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a long illness. He was born in Lisbon Falls on Feb. 22, 1924, the son of Roy B. and Ethel Marr Goodwin. He graduated from Becker College in Worcester, Mass., and also attended Middlebury College in California. […]

TOPSHAM — David L. Pitt died June 16 at the Midcoast Senior Health Center. He was born Dec. 29, 1924, in Worcester, Mass., the son of Lester and Ruth (Candlin) Pitt. He attended Wesleyan University in Connectictut until he was inducted into the U.S. Navy Air Corps in 1943. He married Mary Greet Geron on […]