SCARBOROUGH — Emery M. “Nick” Nickerson, 90, of Piper Shores, formerly of Cape Elizabeth, died April 10 surrounded by his family. He was born in Portland, July 19, 1918, the son of Clinton A. and Marion Nickerson. In 1936, he graduated from South Portland High School. After graduating from the Randle School in Washington D.C., […]

BRUNSWICK — Schuyler L. Merry, 60, died April 6. He was born in Wiscasset, May 19, 1948, the son of Bernard A. and Edith R. (Sprague) Merry. In 1967, he graduated from Wiscasset High School. For more than 32 years, he worked at Bath Iron Works as a machinist, retiring in 2006 for health reasons. […]

YARMOUTH — Alan MacNeill Rand, 78, died April 7 at Brentwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born on May 26, 1930 in Bangor, the son of Frank Sterling and Willena (MacNeill) Rand. His family moved to Yarmouth in 1937 after his mother purchased the Seth Mitchell Tavern. In 1950, he graduated from Portland High […]

FALMOUTH — Nancy B. Cushman, 88, of North Yarmouth, died April 9 at Falmouth by the Sea after a short illness. She was born on April 28, 1920 in Utica, N.Y., the daughter of Helen (Ball) and Dwight P. Bone. She was predeceased by her husband, Gordon H. Cushman and a daughter, Polly. She is […]

FALMOUTH — Marcella Davis Wilson, 87, died April 7 at Falmouth by the Sea. She was born in Machias on June 8, 1921, the daughter of Calvin Leon and Alice E. (McLaughlin) Davis. She graduated from Washington State Teachers College and later received her master’s degree from the University of Maryland. The majority of her […]

FALMOUTH — Robert Jean Cyr, 84, of North Yarmouth died April 5 at Sedgewood Commons. He was born in Sanford on Dec. 24, 1924, son of Amanda (Beland) and Omer Cyr. He served in the U.S. Army after high school and was part of the 1944 D-Day landing in France. After the war, he graduated […]

PORTLAND — Harold E. Richards, 64, died April 10 surrounded by family after a lengthy illness. He was born in Portland on May 17, 1944, son of Marguerite E. (Nickerson) Richards Bowden and Arnold Richards Sr. He was raised by his mother and John Bowen and attended local schools in Portland. He worked for the […]

BRUNSWICK — Florence Louise Coombs, 80, died March 28 at Amenity Manor in Topsham. She was born in Brunswick Nov. 5, 1928, daughter of Irving and Ruth (Little) Prince. On Oct. 11, 1958, she married Bertram Coombs. While she was a homemaker most of her life, she ran a home day care for some time […]

TOPSHAM — Louis Eric Johnson, 81, died March 29 at the Maine Veteran’s Home in Augusta. He was born in Ridgewood, N.J., March 6, 1928, a son of Otto H. and Mary M. (Dorion) Johnson. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 24 years, including during World War II and the Korean War. After […]

GEORGETOWN — Barbara L. French, 80, died April 5 at Mid Coast Hospital. She was born in Kingfield, Nov. 11, 1928, a daughter of Edgar E. and Cora L. (Howard) Vose. As a young woman working in a Kingfield boarding home, she met Stanley C. French. They eloped on July 10, 1948, and moved to […]