PORTLAND — Donato (“Danny”) Ferrante, 78, a former Portland business owner, died Dec. 4 after a long illness. Ferrante was born July 13, 1936, in Lettomanoppello, Italy, the youngest of nine children of Rocco Ferrante and Giovina DiMatteo. He left Italy as a young man and found work in Switzerland, Germany and Belgium before coming […]
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Isabelle S.K. Wendelken, 85
BRUNSWICK — Isabelle Susan K. Wendelken, 85, died peacefully Nov. 29, surrounded by her family. She was born June 10, 1929, in Biddeford, the daughter of David Alfred and Elsa Marie Nyden Kennedy. She graduated from Thornton Academy and went on to work for Saco Lowell. On June 27, 1953, she married Frederick Wendelken Jr. […]
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Edward Dewey, 88: Active volunteer helped make Eagle Island a landmark
BAILEY ISLAND — Edward (“Ned”) Dewey, 88, of Bailey Island, died Nov. 20 in Brunswick, surrounded by his family. He was the son of William R. and Katharine Pratt Dewey Jr,. of Weston, Massachusetts, and the husband of the late Zella Thomas Dewey. Dewey attended the Belmont Hill School and graduated from Harvard College with […]
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Steven H. Warner, 65
BATH — Steven Harry Warner, 65, of Valley Road, died Nov. 24 at his residence, surrounded by his family. He was born in Bath on Dec. 25, 1948, a son of Harry and Nola Mattie (Belanger) Warner. Warner graduated from Morse High School in the Class of 1967 and was drafted into the U.S. Army, […]
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Douglas G. Holmes Jr., 69
SOUTH PORTLAND — Douglas G. Holmes Jr., 69, formerly of South Portland, died Nov. 23 in Billings, Montana, after struggling with complications from bypass surgery. Holmes was born in Portland on Feb. 12, 1945, to Douglas G. Holmes Sr. and Marion Dyson Holmes. He attended South Portland schools and then served in the U.S. Air […]
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Peter A. Evans, 78
TOPSHAM — Peter A. Evans, 78, of Middlesex Road, died Nov. 30 at his home. Evans was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 1, 1936, the son of M. Albert and Eleanor Fowler Evans. He graduated as valedictorian of the Class of 1954 from Mercersburg Academy, and went on to earn an undergraduate degree, cum […]
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Nancy G. Britz, 83
CAPE ELIZABETH — Nancy Gould Britz, 83, died peacefully at her home on Dec. 1, surrounded by her children. She was born Dec. 7, 1930, the elder daughter of Toledo, Ohio, attorney George Gould and pianist-composer Elizabeth Davies Gould. She lived many exciting lives, beginning as a pianist who played four-hands concerts with her mother. […]
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Vincent L. McKusick, 93: Leading Maine jurist loved law, friends, family
FALMOUTH — Vincent Lee McKusick, 93, former chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, died peacefully at Legacy Memory Care on Dec. 3. McKusick was born Oct. 21, 1921, in Parkman, to Carroll L. and Ethel (Buzzell) McKusick. The judge was educated at Guilford High School and graduated in 1943 from Bates College. He later […]
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Eric A. Allred, 28
FALMOUTH — Eric Alan Allred, 28, died Nov. 29, 2014. Allred was born March 6, 1986, the son of Bruce and Lucy O’Donal, of Falmouth. He was the father of Nevaeh Allred and Tana Coulombe, of South Portland. He also is survived by three sisters, Roxanne Flick and husband David, of Lewiston, Jennifer O’Donal and Mariah O’Donal; […]
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John Joyce, 89: Army hero served in 5 WWII campaigns
PORTLAND — John “Jack” Joyce, 89, formerly of Portland, died Dec. 4 at Togus VA Medical Center. Joyce was born March 25, 1925, in the Gorham’s Corner section of Portland, to Martin and Delia (Connolly) Joyce. During World War II, he served honorably in the U.S. Army, taking part in campaigns in Italy, Germany, Austria, […]