Nancy Randall Clark, the first woman to serve as Maine’s Senate Majority Leader, passed away on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, at the age of 77 surrounded by her beloved birds, squirrels, and other family members at her home on Brigantine Cove in South Freeport. This was her wish. She was born in Portland, ME, on […]

Marilyn M. Bruce WEST BATH — Marilyn M. Bruce, 75, of West Bath, died on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. To share your condolences, please visit www.desmondfuneralhomes.com. Full obituary to follow.

Barbara Ann Pfeiffer (née Homan), 73, passed away in Littleton, Massachusetts, on Dec. 22, 2015, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born in Bath, Maine, to Jesse and Sara (Wheatley) Homan and attended Morse High School. Barbara moved to Old Lyme then Westbrook, Connecticut, where she raised her family and worked as an […]

BOWDOINHAM — Vala T. Kotow, 51, of Bowdoinham, died on Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at her home. She was born on Jan. 11, 1964, in Gardiner, Maine, the daughter of Nicholas and Vera Kotow, sister of Eva Pickett, brothers Russell and Nicholas Jr. Kotow, an aunt to Alex Jr. and Steven Griatzky, Toby Cross, and […]

Lucille Thibodeau Lucille Thibodeau, formerly of Prospect Street in Topsham, passed away in Choctaw, Oklahoma, on Jan. 4, 2016. She was 103 years old. A funeral service will be held on May 12 at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Church, followed by burial in St. John’s Cemetery in Brunswick. Edward F. Thornton Jr. BRUNSWICK — […]

On Jan. 7, 2016, nine days before her 78th birthday, Marjorie Burton passed away comfortably in her sleep in an excellent rehabilitation facility in Manassas, Virginia. Over the past eight weeks, Marj suffered two bouts of pneumonia and was unable to recover from the respiratory/ cardiac damage. Marjorie Catherine Burton was a vibrant woman who […]

Charles James Spies Jr., 84, of Boonton Township, New Jersey, and retired to Phippsburg, Maine, passed away on Jan. 5, 2016, in Bath, Maine. Charles is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Elizabeth Jane Spies of Bath, Maine. Along with his five children, Carolyn E. Spies, Charles J. Spies III, his wife Bonnie, […]

OSSIPEE, NH — Allison E. (Henderson) Robertson, 87, of 1 Sunset Place, Center Ossipee, died on Jan. 4, 2016, in Warner, NH. Born on Sept. 30, 1928, in Houlton, ME, daughter of the late Albert and Mildred (Tidd) Henderson, she grew up in Maine and lived most of her adult life in the Merrimack Valley […]

BRUNSWICK and BROOKSVILLE — Barbara Littlefield Pluff died peacefully on Aug. 20, 2015, in Yarmouth, Maine, at the age of 88. Barbara is survived by her three sons, Clayton W. Pluff Jr. of Coconut Grove, FL; Frederic Pluff of Newton, NH and Jonathan Pluff of North Yarmouth, ME. Additionally, she is survived by four grandchildren […]

TOPSHAM — Mary Elizabeth LaMotte, 78, of The Highlands, died peacefully at her home on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. She was born in Bethesda, MD, on March 9, 1938, the daughter of David J. and Gertrude (Jones) Williams. She graduated from The Punahou School in Hawaii in 1956 and received her associate’s degree from Mt. […]