YARMOUTH — Barbara Speirs Pendleton, 74, of Yarmouth and Islesboro, died unexpectedly at her home on May 30. She was born in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 24, 1934, the daughter of Douglas and Mary Speirs. After graduating with honors from McKinley High School in 1953, she attended Strayer College. She met her husband Bernard Pendleton […]

SCARBOROUGH — Harold W. Melvin, 87, of Piper Shores Retirement Community, died May 25 after a short illness. On May 21, 1922, he was born in Boston, son of Harold W. Sr., and Jessie S. Melvin.  He was a graduate of Harvard University, Harvard Divinity School, the Episcopal Theological School and Boston University School of […]

TOPSHAM — Lucy Ann Neron, 72, died May 25 at her home with family by her side after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Brunswick, on Aug. 10, 1936, the daughter of Clementine V. Cloutier and attended Brunswick Schools. On Feb. 19, 1954, she married Louis J. Neron. For 30 years, she […]

ORR’S ISLAND — Kenneth C. Cary, 84, died May 22. On Feb. 27, 1925, he was born to William and Helen Cary in Newark, N.J. He attended Rutgers University in New Jersey and Bates College in Lewiston. After serving in the U.S. Army, he married Susan Crombie. They moved to Orr’s Island in 1948 and […]

BRUNSWICK — Oscar Henry King Jr., 63, died May 31 at his home. He was born in Bath on Jan. 31, 1939, the son of Oscar H. Sr., and Georgia E. (Pinkham) King. On Aug. 30, 1962, he married Donna G. Ambrose. For more than 50 years, he worked at Bath Iron Works as a […]

ORR’S ISLAND — John E. “Ted” Bear Jr., 66, died May 29 at his home after a brief battle with cancer. On April 17, 1943, he was born in Brunswick, a son of John Edwin Sr., and Ruth Eleanor (Leeman) Bear. He attended schools in Tampa, Fla., and graduated from Florida State University. He was […]

FREEPORT — Margaret Rogers Larrabee, 96, died May 22 at Hawthorne House. She was born in Topsham, June 3, 1912, the daughter of Percy and Annie (Rogers) Marriner. She graduated from Brunswick High School. On Aug. 30, 1931, she married Walter W. Larrabee. Over the years, she worked at local drug and variety stores and […]

FREEPORT — Mary Sawyer Briggs, 93, died May 29 at Hawthorne House. She was born in Topsham, June 25, 1915, daughter of Henry and Emily Fox and attended local schools. She married James “Cyclone” Sawyer in 1933. He died on June 15, 1935. In 1941, she married George L. Briggs. For many years, she worked […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Gordon Franklin Adams, 79, died peacefully at his home on June 1. On Feb. 11, 1930, he was born in Portland, son of George Franklin and Marion (Wentworth) Adams. He graduated from Deering High School in 1948; Portland Junior College in 1950; and University of Bridgeport in 1952 with a degree in […]

PORTLAND — Phyllis Virginia (Ford) Mitton, 89, died May 22 at Mercy Hospital in Portland.  She was born on July 10, 1919, in Hartland, daughter of Bertha (Halliday) and Carroll L. Ford. In 1940, she married Garold C. Mitton and lived in Dexter for 15 years where their four children were born. She was a […]