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Margaret Thornton Genthner, 103: Matriarch, proud of Irish heritage

PORTLAND — Margaret Thornton Genthner, 103, died peacefully Jan. 10, at her home in Portland. She was born Aug. 17, 1911, the fourth of nine children to John Thornton and Mary Walsh Thornton. Her parents immigrated to Portland from County Galway, Ireland, where they met as teenagers, and married in Portland. She was very proud […]

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Barbara R. Moran, 84: Dedicated to her family, enjoyed crocheting

SCARBOROUGH — Barbara R. Moran, 84, died peacefully Jan. 11 following a long illness, with her family by her side. Moran was born in Biddeford, Oct. 26, 1929, the daughter of Leon and Sarah J. Healey Lamb. She attended Biddeford schools, graduating from St. Andre’s School where she was class president all four years. She furthered […]

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Lorraine Phoenix, 78: Admirer of the ballet, loved world travel

BRUNSWICK — Lorraine Phoenix, 78, died Jan. 7 at Mid Coast Senior Health Center in Brunswick. Phoenix was born April 2, 1935, in Newton, Mass., a daughter of Ira and Ida Dean. She was educated in Wellesley, Mass., schools and was a graduate of Wellesley High School. She attended The Boston School of Ballet and also […]

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Wladislaw Finne, 95: Well-known book designer, loved animals

YARMOUTH — Wladislaw Finne, 95, died peacefully Jan. 10, at his home. Born May 5, 1919, in Krasnodar, Russia, his family fled the Russian Revolution and ultimately settled in Split, Yugoslavia, where Finne and his sisters spent their childhood. He studied airplane engineering at Belgrade’s Institute of Technology. Changing his focus to art, and avoiding Nazi […]

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Elizabeth Hamill, 80

FALMOUTH — Elizabeth Hamill, 80, died Dec. 24. She was born in 1933 in New London, Conn., the daughter of Elizabeth Warner and Sherwood Picking. As a child of a naval officer, she had the wonderful opportunity to live in the Philippines, China and Panama before moving to Falmouth Foreside, in 1941. She attended the Waynflete […]