CALAIS – A popular former mayor who wielded a gavel with the best of them died Monday after a long illness. Harold Clark was 74. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
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ORONO – The news that Stuart James Bullion, former chairman of the University of Maine journalism department, Vietnam veteran and teacher, died after a six-month battle with cancer sent a wave of sorrow over the campus. “When I heard he was sick with liver cancer,… Read More
WATERVILLE – Viola “Vi” Quirion, a longtime employee of C.F. Hathaway Co. and an activist for senior citizens’ and labor issues, died Sunday at a nursing home in Waterville. She was 77. Quirion was employed at the Hathaway shirt plant for 44 years before it… Read More
SOUTH THOMASTON – The death Thursday night of Ed Sleeper, an aviator and former Knox County commissioner, left those knew him shocked. Though Sleeper was 67, his friends described him as full of vitality, apparently healthy and living an active life. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE, France – Philip Jutras, a World War II veteran who devoted three decades to keeping alive the memory of the Normandy invasion, has died at his home in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, the first town liberated by the Americans, a family friend said Tuesday. He was 87. Read More
Emily Morison Beck, who edited three editions of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, adding comments by an astronaut, a prizefighter and several folk singers to a collection more often associated with poets, philosophers and world-class statesmen, died March 28. She suffered kidney failure and died at home… Read More
BANGOR – The founder of Sprague’s Nursery, a garden center and landscaping business, died March 28. Mildred Sprague, 78, was born on July 4, 1925, in Bangor to Leaman and Ida (Fletcher) Hamm. She and her husband, Harvey Sprague Sr., started the nursery in 1947… Read More
OAKFIELD – Residents mourned the death early this week of veteran educator Beverly D. Clark, who taught school or was principal for 37 years at schools in Oakfield, Houlton and Dedham. Clark, 74, died Tuesday after battling cancer. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
JONESBORO – Theone Look, whose service in town, county and state government stretched over 50 years, was remembered with fondness Wednesday. Look, 79, collapsed after attending Monday’s annual town meeting and died Tuesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
JONESBORO – Theone F. Look, a feisty businesswoman and legislator for some 50 years, died Tuesday from a brain hemorrhage she suffered after the annual town meeting in her beloved hometown. She was believed to be 79. Look was flown to Eastern Maine Medical Center… Read More
AUBURN – JoAnn Pike, founder of the Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn, died March 17 at age 62. Pike, who was being treated for cancer, died at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. She had retired three weeks ago from running the food bank… Read More
AUGUSTA – Jack Havey, the founder of an award-winning advertising agency and an acclaimed artist in the tradition of Norman Rockwell, died Wednesday at MaineGeneral Medical Center. He was 75. Havey, a Winthrop resident, died from complications of liver cancer. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BOSTON – The son of Hall of Famer Ted Williams died late Saturday of leukemia in a hospital in Los Angeles, an attorney for Ted Williams’ family said. John Henry Williams was 35. Peter Sutton said Williams died at UCLA Medical Center with family members… Read More
WELLS – Alberta Wentworth, who had the distinction of being Maine’s most senior state representative while serving in the 1980s, has died at age 97. Wentworth died Saturday after a brief illness. A New Hampshire native, she attended Harvard University and moved to Wells in… Read More
BANGOR – A former Bangor social worker and philanthropist died Feb. 24 in Bangor at the age of 86. Catherine “Kae” Barrett of Bangor was born Catherine Pauline Rogan on June 29, 1917, in the middle of the Penobscot River. In 1917, expectant mothers in… Read More
BAY HEAD, N.J. – Adrian Lopez, who published niche magazines on many subjects for 60 years, died on Jan. 27 at Medical Center of Ocean County’s Brick Township campus. He was 97. The cause was complications from dialysis treatments, his son Barry said. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
ROBBINSTON – The town lost one of its lifelong residents Friday when Robert Carlow, 88, died from injuries suffered in a collision with a school bus on Route 1 in Perry. Carlow’s vehicle struck the rear end of the bus filled with 33 pupils from… Read More
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PORTLAND – Tom Rowe, who played bass and sang in the popular folk trio Schooner Fare, died Saturday at the age of 53. Rowe, an Auburn resident, had been undergoing treatment for throat cancer. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
LEWISTON – George Simones, whose restaurant became a regular stop for politicians, has died at age 85. Simones died Saturday with his family at his side at St. Marguerite d’Youville Pavilion, a nursing home, family members said. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
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Last weekend, almost unnoticed, one of Maine’s most influential literary figures of the last 30 years slipped out. In the past decade, his name seldom appeared in university press releases, and he never made the billboard of Maine’s po-biz theater, but now on his death at the age… Read More
BANGOR – Carroll Franklin “Terry” Terrell, a retired University of Maine English professor, was remembered Tuesday by friends and colleagues as a “buoyant” and “colorful” man. He died on Nov. 29 at Eastern Maine Medical Center at the age of 86. Gail Sapiel, who worked… Read More
ROCKLAND – When John L. Knight walked into a room there was “a little less sadness, a little less gloom and a little more happiness,” the Rev. Mark Reinhardt said Wednesday during Knight’s funeral Mass at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church. Knight, a former state legislator… Read More
WATERVILLE – Al Corey, a saxophonist and band leader who played big band music for Maine audiences for more than half a century, died Sunday at a nursing care center. He was 86. Corey, whose full name was Elias J. Corey, started El Corey’s Big… Read More
Jane Gerow Dudley, formerly of Alexander, died at her Iowa home Saturday, Oct. 25. Dudley was a well-known writer and naturalist who lived in Maine from the mid-1960s until the early ’90s. The lengthy list of publications she contributed to as a journalist, columnist and… Read More
VERONA – Franklin P. Eggert, a former professor and graduate school dean at the University of Maine, died at a Bangor health care facility on Tuesday at the age of 83. Eggert was actively involved in starting the organic farming movement in Maine and was… Read More
CALAIS – Praised by those who knew him as a man of grace and integrity, longtime city solicitor Francis Brown, 81, died Sunday at the Maine Veterans Home in Bangor after a long illness. “All of the older lawyers still practicing in Calais were, to… Read More
PORTLAND – A memorial service was planned Sunday for Robert Philbrook of Portland, who for decades was a fixture in the State House advocating for Maine’s poor. Philbrook, who was 72, died Tuesday. Philbrook founded the group We Who Care, which called for temporary housing… Read More
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND – Craig Greene, a botany professor at the College of the Atlantic for more than 20 years, died at his home Thursday at the age of 54. He had been battling pancreatic cancer for almost three years. “I’m so proud of the… Read More
FORT KENT – The Rev. Alphee Marquis, 94, a Roman Catholic priest for 64 years and a chaplain for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts for decades in Maine, died Wednesday after a long illness. The Most Rev. Joseph J. Gerry, bishop of the Portland diocese,… Read More
BLUE HILL – Friends and co-workers remembered Jerry Durnbaugh on Wednesday as a dedicated journalist, a committed community member, a deliberate curmudgeon with a heart of gold, and as a good friend. Durnbaugh died Wednesday in a Boston hospital. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BANGOR – The flag at Miller’s drugstore on State Street flew at half-staff Monday in honor of its founder, Abe Miller, as family, friends and employees began the process of adjusting to his death. Miller died peacefully at Eastern Maine Medical Center on Sunday evening,… Read More
BANGOR – Mary M. Smith, a longtime political activist and labor leader, died Sunday in Bangor. She was 70. Smith, a leader in the Democratic Party in the 1970s and 1980s, was a tireless advocate for women in the workplace and adult education among other… Read More
ORRINGTON – Merrill ‘Richie’ Richardson died Tuesday at the age of 94. Richardson worked 50 years at the Bangor Daily News, retiring in 1979. When he joined the paper it was located on Exchange Street, had 20 pages and sold for three cents. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Johnny Cash, a towering musical figure whose rough, unsteady voice championed the downtrodden and reached across generations with songs like “Ring of Fire,” “I Walk the Line” and “Folsom Prison Blues,” died Friday. He was 71. Cash, known as “The Man in… Read More
INDIAN TOWNSHIP – Sylvia Gabriel, a master Passamaquoddy basket maker from Indian Township, died Friday at a Bangor hospital at the age of 73. Gabriel was a nationally recognized basket maker and was well-respected and looked up to for her work. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – His trademark may have been the unlit cigar stub he clenched between his teeth, but his legacy was his civic-mindedness. Ruel Cross, 77, a hard-working man who spent a lifetime serving the public, died of cancer Sunday surrounded by his family at his… Read More
John Gould, whose dry humor laced his well-read newspaper columns and books about his adopted state of Maine, died Sunday at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He was 94. Gould, who chronicled Maine life in more than 30 books and thousands of columns, had been… Read More
BANGOR – Mr. Paperback stores were closed for four hours Thursday to honor the memory of Evelyn A. Foss, one of the bookstore chain’s founders. Foss was vice president and her late husband, John C. Foss, was president of Mr. Paperback, Newspapers Inc. and Magazines… Read More
FARMINGDALE – Emilien Levesque, 80, a war hero, Maine legislative and labor leader, died on Thursday in Waterville. Levesque served during World War II as a staff sergeant heavy machine gunner, and was a prisoner of war in Germany. He received a Purple Heart, Combat… Read More
BANGOR – Most of the District Court lawyers and their clients who appeared before Judge Robert L. Browne were apt to be struck by his patience, aplomb and disarming wit. Few were aware that the Bangor jurist presiding before them had actually penned many of… Read More
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – Biologist William L. Russell, a pioneer in the study of the genetic dangers of radiation, has died at 92. Russell, who died July 23 at his home, conducted research on the way radiation affected mice at the genetic level. His work… Read More
BANGOR – David Oaksman Smiley III, a noted member of the greater Bangor community and former downtown ladies’ clothing retailer, died Friday at the age of 86 following a long illness. His son, Thomas Smiley of Brewer, on Monday described his father as a “very… Read More
UNITY – Dairy farmer and longtime Waldo County Commissioner Kenneth M. Murch has died.Murch, 87, who served as commissioner from 1971 through 1996, died unexpectedly at home on Tuesday. He lived all his life in Unity and ran a farm in partnership with his brother… Read More
BANGOR – One of the state’s most beloved, controversial and legendary lawmen died Tuesday after a 45-year career that included 10 years as sheriff of Penobscot County. Otis LaBree died Tuesday afternoon. He was 88. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
Robert McCloskey, whose interests shifted from drums, oboes and harmonicas to tinkering with motors to – ultimately – picture books that endeared him with young readers, has died. He was 88. The author of “Make Way for Ducklings,” “Blueberries for Sal” and “One Morning in… Read More
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BAR HARBOR – Retired Maine District Court Judge Edwin R. Smith of Bar Harbor died Tuesday at his home. He was 93. Smith was appointed to the District Court in 1966 by Gov. John Reed. He presided regularly until 1978. He then was appointed as… Read More
Former Old Town High School principal Don Sturgeon perhaps summed up the legacy of the late Bernard “Mac” MacKenzie best. “Anyone who knew him, can’t speak highly enough about him. Nobody had a bad word to say about him,” said Sturgeon. “He really took a… Read More
BRUNSWICK – John Quincy Adams, an architect, conservationist and the direct descendant of two presidents, died April 30 from complications related to a broken hip. He was 95. Adams, who went by Quincy, was the great-great-grandson of the country’s sixth president and the great-great-great-grandson of… Read More
BANGOR – Don Dorr wasn’t much for the limelight, but the Bangor businessman and farmer made sure important matters, such as the sacrifices of veterans and the struggles of the agricultural industry, weren’t forgotten. Dorr, 74, died Friday morning at a local hospital, leaving a… Read More
ASHLAND – A well-known and respected Millinocket pilot died Sunday when his single-engine plane crashed about 41 miles west of Ashland. Representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash that killed John “Jack” McPhee, 65, who was alone in his plane when it… Read More
PORTLAND – J. Donald MacWilliams, a longtime television sports reporter and anchorman, died March 31. He was 86. MacWilliams, former sports director at WCSH-TV, Portland, served as the station’s sports anchorman from 1953 until his retirement in 1977. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
ORONO – Well-known author and local philanthropist Dorothy Clarke Wilson died Wednesday morning at the age of 98. Wilson wrote about 25 books, including “Doc Pritham” and “Lincoln’s Mother,” but it was her 1949 novel “Prince of Egypt” that brought her large-scale recognition. A fictional… Read More
STONINGTON – She was best known as a painter and sculptor, but Emily Lansingh Muir’s life stretched far beyond her studio. Muir – the artist, peace activist, environmentalist, writer, architect and visionary – died in her home Wednesday night surrounded by friends. She was 99. Read More
A pioneer in Maine’s winter sporting scene died Feb 19 in Lewiston. John A. Millar II, 85, died at a Lewiston health care facility. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
ORONO – The owner of this university town’s landmark restaurant died Thursday afternoon at home surrounded by his family. Pat Farnsworth was 93. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
BANGOR – Eastern Maine is mourning the death Wednesday of a woman whose community leadership spanned more than four decades. Catherine E. Cutler was remembered Thursday as a tireless advocate for family and child services, mental health care reform and education in eastern Maine, both… Read More
THOMASTON – A Thomaston man is being remembered as a talented artist and a warm friend. Lawrence Largay, 66, died Sunday at Maine Medical Center in Portland from injuriessuffered when he was struck by a pickup truck while crossing a street in Thomaston on Jan. Read More
LEWISTON – Dr. Merrill S.F. Greene, a family doctor who served for more than 60 years as a medical examiner for Androscoggin County, died Tuesday at the age of 102. The Harvard-educated doctor probably served longer as a medical examiner than anyone in the country,… Read More
BAR HARBOR – Longtime educator Richard E. McFalls was remembered Friday as a strong supporter of education, an old-time ski bum, and a leader in the 1970s fight to repeal Maine’s uniform property tax. McFalls died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 70. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BANGOR – R. Christopher Almy remembers being a fresh-faced prosecutor learning on his feet under the careful watch of the strict and sometimes stoic Justice Ian MacInnes, or Judge Mac as he was known around legal circles. In what should have been a simple case… Read More
NEW YORK – Harvey B. Scribner, the former New York City schools chancellor who presided over the system during a period of tumultuous change in the early 1970s, died Monday in Waterville, Maine. He was 88. Scribner became chancellor in 1970, one year after the… Read More
Respected, feared, revered and resented during more than 20 years as the Bangor Daily News’ uncompromising arts and music critic, Robert Henry Newall died Sunday at a Bangor nursing facility. He was 78. Born in Philadelphia, Jan. 20, 1924, Newall began piano lessons at the… Read More
BATH – Peace activist Philip Berrigan was remembered outside Bath Iron Works by about two dozen supporters who said his death should not still his message. “He was a teacher who taught us about consciousness,” said Jack Buzzell of Portland, representing Veterans for Peace. “If… Read More
BANGOR – George Bartlett, known locally for his longtime service at the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building on Harlow Street, died Wednesday at his Bangor home. Bartlett had been battling esophageal cancer for the last few months. He was 65. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – Evamarie Mathaey, one of the founders of Nature Photographer Magazine, which eventually reached 20,000 subscribers worldwide, died Monday in a car crash. She was 65. Mathaey and two others started the magazine 13 years ago with 300 subscribers. The how-to magazine,… Read More
Roger F. Luce, one of the region’s leading horticulturists who was nicknamed “the dean of magnolias,” has died at the age of 82. A Newburgh native, he was known in Maine gardening circles for his expertise and his quiet passion for plants. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BLUE HILL – Well-known educator, author and local historian Esther Wood died over the weekend. She was 97. A Blue Hill native, Wood was known for her love of her hometown, which she chronicled in a regular newspaper column and in several books, and her… Read More
Vincent Hartgen, the prolific painter and passionate art teacher who influenced a generation of artists and established the University of Maine art department, as well as its extensive art collection, died Wednesday in Bangor after a long illness. He was 88. A visionary whose approach… Read More
With spoons and the piano, he entertained; with compassion and surgical instruments, he saved lives. The former chief of surgery at Eastern Maine Medical Center, Dr. Maynard Beach, had a penchant for music and the arts. He died early Thursday morning at the age of… Read More
Eddie Bracken, 87, an actor who was the embodiment of sweet befuddlement for seven decades, from two glorious Preston Sturges comedies in the 1940s to “National Lampoon’s Vacation” in the 1980s, died Nov. 14 at a hospital in Montclair, N.J., of complications from surgery for a crushed disk… Read More
GUILFORD – Warren “Pete” Myrick, 58, who worked tirelessly to enrich the lives of others and to improve the economy in Piscataquis County, died Sunday. The former SAD 4 adult education director died at a Washington, D.C., hospital, a day after the state recognized his… Read More
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MACHIAS – State Rep. Martha A. Bagley was remembered Tuesday as a champion for Washington County and working people throughout the state. The Machias Democrat died Monday night at her home, surrounded by her family. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
OLD TOWN – A funeral is scheduled Friday for Eugene Paradis, a former Maine legislative leader from Old Town who died Monday at a Bangor hospital. Paradis was 79. Paradis served several terms in the state House of Representatives, in which he was elected assistant… Read More
PORTLAND – J. Frances Hapgood, who for 32 years wrote the popular Clearing House column in the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, died Friday at Mercy Hospital. She was 94. Referring to herself as Ye Ed, Hapgood used the daily column to help… Read More
DAMARISCOTTA – Edward Myers, the founder of Maine’s aquaculture industry, is dead at age 85. Myers died Sept. 19 at Miles Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
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ROCKLAND – Bob Gagnon, a former city councilor and Rockland’s favorite grocer, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. Gagnon, 55, a native of Fort Kent, served three terms on the Rockland council from the late 1980s through the mid-1990s, where he earned the… Read More
BANGOR – Two weeks after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, composer Kay Gardner walked into the offices of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra with a prelude titled “Lament for Thousands.” After hearing of Gardner’s sudden death this week, symphony officials decided to schedule Gardner’s… Read More
BAILEYVILLE – Flags flew at half-staff Wednesday in honor of a man who was remembered for the years he served in the Legislature and on the Town Council. Tony Tammaro, 85, was at his home on Spruce Street on Tuesday night in Baileyville, or, as… Read More
ORLAND – Local filmmaker Diane M. Lee, 61, died Tuesday night from injuries she suffered in a two-car crash on Route 1. According to police reports, Lee was traveling alone east on Route 1 at about 6 p.m. when her car crossed the centerline and… Read More
ELLSWORTH – John Linnehan Sr., a noted Ellsworth businessman, died Wednesday afternoon at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital at the age of 77. Linnehan died as the result of various illnesses, including cancer. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
UNITY – Colleagues and friends from town government and business agreed that the death of First Selectman Richard “Dick” Whitney would leave a void in the community. Whitney, who was left paralyzed after a May car accident, died Sunday at his home at the age… Read More
WASHINGTON – Richard I. Queen, one of the Americans taken hostage by Islamic militants who seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, in November 1979, died Aug. 14 of complications from multiple sclerosis. He was 51. Queen, of suburban Falls Church, Va., had been a… Read More
Marshall L. Stone, a former Bangor Daily News managing editor known for his staunch commitment to editorial independence, and whose barbed Column One often jabbed his own newspaper and other powerful Maine institutions, died Friday at an Ellsworth health care facility at the age of 81. Read More
BANGOR – Longtime Penobscot County Sheriff Edward Reynolds died early Wednesday at Eastern Maine Medical Center after a year-and-a-half-long struggle with cancer. He was 66. Reynolds ran the county sheriff’s department for the past 18 years, elected in 1984 after retiring as a lieutenant from… Read More
MECHANIC FALLS – Daniel J. Callahan Sr., who along with his brother built scores of bridges in Maine and New Hampshire, has died at age 86. Working with his brother Fred, the pair formed Callahan Bros. in 1953 and specialized in bridges, building the international… Read More
BAILEYVILLE – A man who was described by friends as a devoted community leader Down East died during the weekend. Milton Annis, 81, died at the Calais hospital after a brief illness. For 38 years Annis served as town clerk, and, according to Baileyville Town… Read More
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PORTLAND – Sumner T. Bernstein, one of Maine’s most prominent lawyers, died June 25 of complications from prostate cancer. He was 78. Bernstein, who was known for his public and professional service, began practicing law in his father’s and uncle’s law firm, Bernstein & Bernstein, in 1949 when… Read More
BRIDGEWATER – A well-known Presque Isle physician was killed late Monday afternoon when his car crashed on Route 1. Dr. Naveed Q. Farooki, 55, was driving north about 5:20 p.m. when he apparently fell asleep. His 2000 Mitsubishi failed to negotiate a curve and went… Read More
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NEW CANADA – A Woodland man was killed Tuesday morning when the pickup truck he was driving collided with a dump truck at about 6:15 on Route 161. Kevin M. Brissette, 41, was driving north when the vehicle he was driving, a 2001 Chevrolet pickup… Read More
WESTBROOK – A former president of New Hampshire’s Keene State College was killed and another motorist injured early Friday in a two-car crash that closed a section of Route 22 for three hours. Leo F. Redfern, 79, of Bowdoinham was dead at the scene, police… Read More