PHIPPSBURG — Samuel E. “Sam” Burgess Jr. passed away on Jan. 25, 2016, at his home in Sebasco Estates, Maine. He was 71 years old. Born in Bath on Oct. 5, 1944, the son of Samuel and Edith (Alexander) Burgess. He grew up in Sebasco Estates and attended Morse High School, he was a member […]

BATH — Arvilla Ames, 93, died on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at Winship Green Nursing Center in Bath. She was born in North Newcastle on March 21, 1922, a daughter of Thomas Edward and Belle Hardy (Knowlton) Yarbrough. She attended Whitefield schools and on Nov. 15, 1941, married Charles Linwood Ames. She enjoyed sewing, gardening […]

Laura L. Robbins RICHMOND — Laura Lee Robbins, age 48, formerly of Brunswick, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at Mid Coast Hospital. Visiting hours will be held Friday, Jan. 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick. Condolences may be expressed and a video tribute viewed at […]

PHIPPSBURG — Robert C. (Bob) Cummings, who reported on environmental and energy matters for the Portland newspapers for more than two decades, died at home on Jan. 21, 2016. Cummings, 86, first called attention to Maine’s public lots — 400,000 acres of forest land the state had preserved when 6 million acres of public lands […]

LEWISTON — Sister Rita Bourassa, O.S.U., also known as Sister Clotilde Angela, died peacefully at St. Mary’s Hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. She was born on July 24, 1925, to Melinda Fontaine Bourassa and Jean Baptiste Bourassa in Lewiston, Maine, in the very hospital in which she died. She was preceded in death by […]

John H. Kellogg of Concord, MA, died peacefully at the age of 92 on Jan. 20, 2016. He was the beloved husband of Annabelle Cook Kellogg. Jack, as he was known to friends and family, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 5, 1923, the son of Hannah Witkop and J. Hall Kellogg. He traveled […]

BRUNSWICK AND DEXTER — Joan Peabody Granger, 86, died peacefully in the early morning hours of Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, in Pemaquid. She was born on Sept. 5, 1929, in Gloucester, MA, to Samuel S. and Helen C. Peabody. Joan was raised in Manchester-by-the- Sea, MA and Wenham, MA. She graduated from Beverly High School […]

PHIPPSBURG — Samuel E. Burgess Jr., 71, passed away at his home on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016. To share your thoughts and condolences with the family, visit www.desmondfuneralhomes.com. Full obituary to follow.

Wayne B. Dudley, 71, of 4 Dudley Way, died on Jan. 19, 2016, at his home. He was born in Brunswick on Aug. 3, 1944, the son of Leamon B. and Virginia F. Doughty Dudley. He attended Harpswell schools and Brunswick High School. Mr. Dudley was employed for many years by Grumbacher Brush Co. in […]

James M. Baysinger, 84, of Brunswick and Rangeley, Maine, passed on Jan. 11, 2016, at Togus, Maine. He was a survivor of the Korean War, the battle of the Chosin Reservoir and other skirmishes where he was wounded and consequently awarded two Purple Hearts. James was born in Chicago, Illinois, although he grew up in […]