YARMOUTH — Janice Marie Bondeson died April 15 after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. She was born on March 11, 1938, in Freeport, Ill., daughter of Clifford E. and Dorothy L. (Kencke) Gartman. As a child, she discovered classical music and it became a lifelong source of comfort and pleasure. In 1955, she graduated […]

PORTLAND — Edmund Bennett Gomes Sr., 88, died on April 23 surrounded by family after battling cancer. He was born in Portland, April 21, 1921, the son of Anthony B. and Marion (Machado) Mitchell Gomes. In 1939, he graduated from Portland High School. Two years later, he married Mary G. Farrell of Portland. After her […]

SCARBOROUGH — Jessie “Jed” Frease Steele died April 14 surrounded by family at Piper Shores. She was born in Canton, Ohio on Sept. 11, 1917, daughter of Pauline Rider Frease and William A. Frease. She graduated from the Hathaway Brown School in Cleveland and Briarcliff College in Tarrytown, N.Y. An exceptional horsewoman, tennis player and […]

BRUNSWICK — Doris Lane Dunham, 88, died April 18 at Parkview Medical Center. She was born in Wellington on Sept. 11, 1920, the daughter of Calvin H. and Grace (Pike) Lane and attended Harmony High School. She moved to Brunswick in 1942 and worked for various employers over the years, including the Hotel Eagle, the […]

BRUNSWICK — Edward Torrey Sr., 76, died April 13 at Mid Coast Hospital. He was born in Bath on March 14, 1933, a son of J. Haviland and Bernice (Worrey) Torrey. In 1952, he graduated from Morse High School and subsequently served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He married Kathleen Grover in […]

BRUNSWICK — Marilyn Ring Blackburn, 81, died April 13 at her home in Brunswick with family at her side. She was born on Jan. 26, 1928, in Lynn, Mass., a daughter of Dr. Frank and Harriet Palmer Ring. After graduating from Swampscott High School in 1945, she attended Boston University, graduating in 1949 with a […]

YARMOUTH — Howard Ingalls Small, 93, died April 15 in Portland. He was born in North Wilbraham, Mass., a son of Howard B. and Anna (Cook) Small. He attended schools in Sturbridge, Mass., before returning to Maine at age 10. Adept at numbers, he was hired at a young age as a budget statistician at […]

CUMBERLAND — Beryl Lillian Cushing Lowell, 90, died April 11 at Mercy Hospital. She was born in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 12, 1918, daughter of Florence (Woodman) and Benjamin Hilton Cushing. She grew up in Portland and spent summers with family on Long Island at the Casco Bay House. In 1938, she graduated from Draughn’s […]

Freeport — Glenice B. “Glennie” Mayo, 86, a lifelong resident of Freeport, died April 19 at Mid-Coast Hospital. She was born in Freeport on Dec. 3, 1922, the daughter of Lewis and Florence (Everett) Strout. After graduating from Freeport High School, she worked for many years at Free-Moc Shoe in Freeport. Later in life, she […]

PORTLAND — Elizabeth M. “Betty” McKague, 71, died April 15 at Maine Medical Center. She was born in St. Albans, Vt. on Aug. 2, 1937, a daughter of Ralph E. and Hazel M. (Tracy) Moore. In 1955, the family moved to Peaks Island. She graduated from Portland High School and worked in housekeeping for the […]