BATH — Peter Anson Buxton, 53, died Jan. 29, at The Hospice House of Auburn, from complications of the stroke he suffered following a heart surgery. Buxton was born in Augusta, June 7, 1960, the son of Raymond L. Buxton Sr. and Elsie L. Bowler Buxton. He was one of ten children. He attended Edgecomb Eddy […]
Forecaster Obituaries
Elena M. Charlton, 86
SOUTH PORTLAND — Elena M. Charlton, 86, died Feb. 8, at Fallbrook Woods in Portland with her son by her side. She was born in Portland, the daughter of Santo and Luisa Cereste Mancini. She attended local schools including Portland High School. She worked as a waitress at the Miss Portland Diner and at Boone’s Restaurant […]
Robert James Rose, 88
BRUNSWICK — Robert James Rose, 88, died Feb. 9, at Winship Green in Bath. He was born Nov. 15, 1925, in Mexico, Maine, a son of Ambrose and Ethelyn Rose. He attended Yarmouth and Brunswick schools. Rose served in the U.S. Army during World War II as an artillery observation sergeant and was active in the […]
Edward Perry Harding, 90: Lifelong leader, photographer, competitive sailor
BRUNSWICK — Edward Perry Harding, 90, of Brunswick, died Feb. 2 at Maine Medical Center in Portland, surrounded by his family. Harding was born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 8, 1923, the sixth of seven children of Francis Austin Harding and Dorothy Sherburne Warner. He attended Dexter School in Brookline and Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, […]
Joseph E. Gray, 95: Lifelong engineer, met Henry Ford
CUMBERLAND — Joseph E. Gray, 95, died peacefully Jan. 20, at the home of his daughter, Colleen Allen, in Cumberland. He was surrounded by his children. Gray was born Jan. 1, 1918, in Toledo, Ohio, the first of five children to Hubert and Lucy Gray. He attended Toledo schools and moved to Detroit, Mich., to attend […]
Shirley Malia Kirk, 75
CUMBERLAND — Shirley Malia Kirk, 75, of Cumberland, died Feb. 3. She was born Sept. 4, 1938, in Portland, a daughter of John M. and Gladys M. Malia Sr. She was a proud 1956 graduate of Portland High School. After high school, she worked for the Government Employee Federal Credit Union, Portland Teachers Federal Credit Union […]
Alan Lloyd Sargent, 60
PORTLAND — Alan Lloyd Sargent, 60, of Portland, died Feb. 7, at his residence after a brief illness. Sargent was born in Portland on Jan. 7, 1954, a son of Leighton Burleigh Sargent Sr. and Helen Merle Sargent. He attended Portland schools and was a graduate of Deering High School, class of 1973. He served in […]
Michael Joseph Keane, 77
PORTLAND — Michael Joseph Keane, 77, died Feb. 8, at his home in Portland after a brief battle with cancer, surrounded by family, relatives and friends. Keane was born March 23, 1936, in Polleeny, County Galway, Ireland to Thomas and Annie Keane. He was born the seventh of 11 children. He attended schools in his village […]
Phyllis Alley Snell, 91
BRUNSWICK — Phyllis Alley Snell, 91, died Jan. 28, at a local hospital. She was born Sept. 2, 1922, the daughter of Gladys Raymond Alley and Harold Alley. She grew up in Vinalhaven and South Bristol and graduated from Vinalhaven High School in 1939. Snell went on to Farmington Normal School and received her degree in […]
Margaret A. Bertocci, 94
BRUNSWICK — Margaret A. Bertocci, 94, died Jan. 26, at her home at Sunnybrook Village in the loving care of family and friends. She was born July 11, 1919, in Lewiston to Eleanor Margaret True and Charles Edward Allen, both of Freeport. Raised in Auburn, she graduated from Edward Little High School in 1937 and Mount […]