SOUTH PORTLAND — Alice Joanne (Lydon) Linehan, 81, of South Portland and formerly of Cape Elizabeth, died Aug. 5 at Seaside Nursing Home in Portland, after a long illness. Linehan was born Aug. 21, 1932, in Cape Elizabeth, the daughter of John and Alice (Twomey) Lydon. She attended Cottage Farms Elementary School in Cape Elizabeth, […]
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Glenys M. Grant, 81
BRUNSWICK — Glenys Mary Michaud Grant, 81, died Aug. 3 at Mere Point Senior Center. She was born in Winn on March 10, 1933, the daughter of John and Hazel Michaud. As an adult, she loved playing bingo and cribbage, enjoyed watching game shows, and was known for her memory of trivia. Grant was predeceased […]
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Joan W. Leslie, 92: Loved outdoors, studied with architecture greats
BRUNSWICK — Joan Warland Leslie, 92, died Aug. 4 in Brunswick. She was born in Boston on Nov. 30, 1921, to Marion Sortwell Warland and William Seaver Warland. She was also the the granddaughter of Alvin Foye Sortwell, the former mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and grew up there and in Wiscasset, the home of her […]
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Elizabeth A. Fortin, 89
PORTLAND — Elizabeth A. Fortin, 89, of Freeport and formerly of Country Lane, Brunswick, died Aug. 9 at Maine Medical Center. Fortin was born March 10, 1925, in Bath, the daughter of Joseph and Teresa Conley Clancy. She attended Fort Fairfield schools and graduated from Bath High School in 1943. She then attended the Golden Beauty […]
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Emile J. Chonko, 81
HARPSWELL — Emile Joseph Chonko, 81, of Harpswell, died peacefully on Aug. 8 at his home, surrounded by his family. Chonko was born Jan. 14, 1933, to Slovak immigrants Suzie and John Chonko, of Topsham. A graduate of Lisbon High School, he went on to become actively involved in the community, serving on the Topsham […]
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Valerie Y. Murray, 87: Devoted life to faith, family and science
FREEPORT — Valerie Young Murray, 87, died Aug. 8 at her home in Freeport. Murray was born Jan. 9, 1927, in Augusta, to Cecil Knowlton and Ida Muriel (Young) Knowlton. As a child, she lived with her mother and grandparents, Daniel S. Young Jr. and Maud Young, who raised her and her sister, Patricia. She […]
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Mary E. McGovern, 91: Mother of 10, worked at Pentagon
PORTLAND — Mary Ella McGovern, 91, died peacefully July 23 at her Warwick Street home, with her family by her side. McGovern was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on Sept. 2, 1922, the daughter of Dan and Mary Dallas Hall. She attended local schools and graduated from Central High School in Muskogee in 1940. She soon traveled […]
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Katherine B. Jaques, 90
SOUTH PORTLAND — Katherine Beatrice (Willwerth) Jaques died July 27, shortly before her 91st birthday. She was born in Portland on Aug. 5, 1923, the third of four children of Mary J. (Quinn) and Wendell L. Willwerth, of South Portland. She learned the value of hard work and the importance of charity at an early […]
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Joe A. Kinnard, 56
TOPSHAM — Joe A. Kinnard, 56, died from complications of pancreatic cancer on July 29, surrounded at home by his family. Kinnard was born July 1, 1958, in Laredo, Texas. He attended school in New Mexico, Indiana, Alabama and Missouri, as well as in Germany. As a young man, he loved to read and was […]
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Robert J. Kaler Sr., 88
BATH — Robert James Kaler Sr., 88, of Bath, died July 27 at Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick. He was born in Bath on Dec. 22, 1925, the son of Howard E. and Dorothy (Travis) Kaler. He grew up in Bath and attended Morse High School. Kaler served in the U.S. Army for two […]