YARMOUTH – Dorothy “Dot” (Kelly) V. Harrington, of Littlejohn Island, died Jan. 25, after a long illness. Born in Boston May 29, 1923, Harrington grew up in Brighton and resided in Braintree and Framingham, Massachusetts, but she always lived on her beloved island, summers only at first, then year-round after retiring 33 years ago. She […]

PORTLAND — John Kinkead Jones died peacefully while holding hands with his devoted wife, Elaine, in Portland on Jan. 17. The only child of Celtic immigrants, he was raised in upstate New York, attended the University of Michigan and earned a degree of Juris Doctor at SUNY Buffalo. He served in the Army during the […]

BRUNSWICK — Wayne B. Dudley, 71, of 4 Dudley Way, died Jan. 19, at his home. Dudley was born in Brunswick Aug. 3, 1944, the son of Leamon B. and Virginia F. Doughty Dudley. He attended Harpswell schools and Brunswick High School. He was employed for many years by Grumbacher Brush Co. in Brunswick. Dudley […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Peter Allan Reynolds Sr., 76, of South Portland, died at his home Jan. 23, after a brief illness. He was born Oct. 24, 1939, in Westbrook, the son of Advah H. Reynolds and Audrey A. Reynolds. Reynolds attended Deering High School, where he was president of the Student Council. He received the […]

SCARBOROUGH — Sylvia A. Adams, 75, of Scarborough, died Jan. 18, in Scarborough. She was born in Portland, the daughter of George and Dorothy “Vickerson” Hodgkins, and grew up in South Portland. Adams worked in real estate from 1977-2008 as a sales agent at Harnden Realty. She was a manager and vice president of sales […]

BRUNSWICK — William E. “Bill” Hackett Sr., 82, of Brunswick, died at home Jan. 24. He was born in Brunswick, Nov. 25, 1933, the son of Geneva Daniels Hackett and Harold E. Hackett. He grew up in Bowdoinham and moved to back to Brunswick in 1949. Hackett graduated from Brunswick High school in 1953, and […]

WINDHAM – Dorothea Agnes Dunton, 92, died Jan. 21 due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was born in Portland, Aug. 29, 1923. After graduating in 1942 from Scarborough High School, she married William Burnell. While he was serving in the Army, Dunton traveled with him and worked in several defense plants in support of […]

WEST BATH — Marilyn Marie “Guppy” Macklin Bruce died Jan. 13. She was born Sept. 15, 1940, and raised in Medford, Massachusetts, the daughter of Earl and Marie (Wendt) Macklin. She attended Community Baptist Church, and began her career as a registered nurse by volunteering as a candy striper at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. After graduating […]

SOUTH PORTLAND – Marjorie Eunice Wood York Godbois, 94, died Jan. 7. She was born on Christmas Day in 1921, one of nine children born to Lester Eldon and Leah Mae (Gould) Wood, and raised on a dairy farm in Danforth. Godbois graduated from Danforth High School in 1938. After graduation, she moved to South […]

BRUNSWICK — Louis Levesque, 88, of Brunswick, died Jan. 16, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. He was born in Brunswick, a son of Charles and Marguerite Schinck Levesque, and attended St. John’s School in Brunswick. On June 19, 1948, he married Rita H. Gamache. Levesque worked in construction and as a truck […]