BRUNSWICK — Calvin F. Taylor, 79, died June 23 at his home. Taylor was born in Brunswick on Oct. 5, 1934, the son of Calvin B. and Helen Linnie Taylor. He graduated from Brunswick High School with its class of 1953. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He also served as a […]
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Martha C. Downing, 80
TOPSHAM — Martha C. Downing, 80, died June 24 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. She was a teacher for many years while living in New Jersey before retiring to Topsham in 2005. The family vacationed at their home in western Massachusetts. Downing is survived by her four children, Christy Lopez, Lindsay Schiafo and husband […]
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Margery Coon Kepes, 87
CUMBERLAND — Margery Coon Kepes, 87, of Cumberland Foreside, died peacefully on June 24 at Sedgewood Commons in Falmouth. She was born on Aug. 4, 1926, to Charles and Ida Coon, and grew up in Ashland, New Hampshire. Her love of the Maine coast began during childhood, when she spent weeks spent at Moody Beach in […]
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Doramay Bragg, 89: Longtime hairdresser, supportive matriarch
YARMOUTH — Doramay Bragg, 89, died peacefully in her sleep on June 17. She was born in Stearns, Kentucky, on June 30, 1924, and spent her early years in Winfield, Tennessee. Following the death of her father, her mother, Frances Terry, returned to the family’s home in Maine, bringing 11-year-old Bragg and her younger brother, Wilbert. […]
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Loring Arthur Nesbit, 79: Patriot, loyal and hard-working
PORTLAND — Loring Arthur Nesbit, 79, of Portland, died June 25 after a courageous battle with leukemia, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on April 26, 1935, in Avon, Massachusetts, the son of Arthur H. and Drusilla F. Nesbit. He was the older brother of Drusilla Nesbit Pedro, of Portland. Nebit grew up in […]
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Frederick Mitchell Haggett, 89
PHIPPSBURG — Frederick Mitchell Haggett, 89, died peacefully at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, June 16. The son of Frederick Hazen and Gladys Haggett, he was born March 6, 1922, in Rockland. His father was a freight train conductor for the Maine Central Railroad, his mother was a housewife. In 1922, the family moved from Rockland to […]
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Ernest L. Frost Sr., 84
BRUNSWICK — Ernest L. Frost Sr., 84, died June 15 at his home in Brunswick. Born in Brattleboro, Vermont, on Aug. 19, 1929, he was the son of Harry and Mary Frost. He attended schools in Massachusetts, Missouri, and Vermont, then joining the Navy in 1945, where he served as a machinist’s mate on the USS […]
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Gail F. Rice, 57: Cape Elizabeth Education Foundation co-founder
CAPE ELIZABETH — Gail F. Rice, 57, died June 21 at her home after a two-year battle with cancer. She was born June 17, 1957, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, a daughter of Toivo O. and Anna Maki. She graduated from Gardner High School in Massachusetts, Class of 1975. She received her associate’s degree in office management from […]
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Harland Hatch, 90: Lifelong engineer, active in community
BOWDOIN — Harland Hatch, 90, died June 20. He was born in Bath on April 12, 1924, the oldest child of Oscar and Elizabeth Freeman Hatch. He was educated in the Bowdoin schools and graduated from Brunswick High School in 1941. His college education was interrupted after his sophomore year by World War II and service […]
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Joan Elinor Wilson Laskey Hoppe, 85
TOPSHAM — Joan Elinor Wilson Laskey Hoppe, 85, of Topsham, died June 17 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, following a brief illness. She was born April 12, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York, a daughter of Floyd and Gladys Wilson. She attended Bunganuc Rural School, graduated from Brunswick High School and Maine General School of Nursing […]