SOUTH PORTLAND — Jane K. Cote, 91, of South Portland, died Jan. 31, peacefully, at her residence, following a brief illness. She was born July 10, 1922, in Evanston, Ill., the daughter of Joseph and Natalie DuPlessis Kowalski. She attended Mount Saint Scholastica, a private Catholic boarding school in Kansas, graduating in 1940. As a teenager, […]
Forecaster Obituaries
Louise J. Callahan, 96
SCARBOROUGH — Louise Jeannette Callahan, 96, died Jan. 29, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House. She was born April 2, 1917, in Berlin, N.H., to William E. and Mamie King Lemerise, and graduated from Berlin High School. After moving to South Portland, she worked for Paul Revere Life Insurance Company until her retirement in 1982. She also […]
Dorothy A. Favreau Robinson, 94: Fancy stitcher, enjoyed many activities
BRUNSWICK — Dorothy A. Favreau Robinson, 94, died Jan. 31. She was born in Brunswick Feb. 9, 1919, the daughter of Telesphore and Zepherina Schinck Favreau. She attended Brunswick schools. On Sept. 6, 1941, she married Carl D. Robinson at St. John’s Church and they celebrated over 41 years of marriage before his death Jan. 9, […]
J. Louise Whittier, 92
BRUNSWICK — J. Louise Whittier, 92, died Jan. 27, at Hawthorne House, Freeport. She was born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 17, 1921, the daughter of Charles E. and Florence Phillips. She graduated from Milton High School in Massachusetts and lived there until marrying Nathaniel T. Whittier Sr. They moved from Massachusetts to Maine to North Carolina […]
John E. Deady, 90: Lifelong educator, dedicated to civil rights
FREEPORT — John E. Deady, 90, died Jan. 8. He was born and raised in Amherst, Mass. He graduated from Amherst High School in 1941, attended Deerfield Academy for one year, then went on to obtain a bachelor’s from Amherst College, where he majored in history, played football and sang in the glee club and double […]
Thomas W. Kelly, 72
FALMOUTH — Thomas W. Kelly, 72, died Jan. 20 at Maine Medical Center. Kelly was born Jan. 12, 1942, in Millinocket, the son of Lawrence and Catherine Kelly. He attended Stearns High School and Husson College and served as a Husson Trustee for many years. He began working for Great Northern Paper Company in 1968, and […]
Olive M. Collins, 86: Portland native, longtime telephone operator
PORTLAND — Olive M. Collins, 86, died Jan. 28 at Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born May 9, 1927, in Portland a daughter of Stanley and Mary Jurczyk Moski. She attended local schools and was a 1945 graduate of Portland High School. Collins worked for many years as a telephone operator with the telephone […]
Louis B. Maietta Sr., 77
SOUTH PORTLAND — Louis B. Maietta Sr., 77, died peacefully Jan. 25, following a long battle with cancer. His loving family was by his side. Maietta was born in Portland on Feb. 3, 1936, the son of Aniello and Saveria Tenerillo Maietta. He attended local schools until the seventh grade, when he went to work for his […]
Marilyn L. Alger, 69
BRUNSWICK — Marilyn L. Alger, 69, died Jan. 13, peacefully in her home. Alger was born in Johnson City, N.Y., on Aug. 5, 1944, the daughter of Raymond and Laura Cook Crumm. She attended Binghamton, N.Y., schools and was a 1963 graduate of Binghamton Central High School. Alger received a degree in interior design from Broome […]
Margret Yvonne Grant Hamblen, 86
BATH — Margret Yvonne Grant Hamblen, 86, a longtime resident of Bath, died Jan. 14. Hamblen was born Dec. 5, 1927, in New Harbor, the daughter of Valverdie and Myrtle E. Grant. She attended Bath schools and graduated from Morse High School. She later completed secretarial school in Portland, and then began her career at Bath […]