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Obituaries

  • Joan Rice Lausier, 68

    SCARBOROUGH — Joan Rice Lausier, 68, of Scarborough, died Feb. 21 following a brief battle with leukemia. She was born March 22, 1944, in Liverpool, England, to Charles and Ellen Rice.  In January 1972, she met the love of her life, Paul R. Lausier of Augusta, in Aug...

  • Leverette "Lev" Parker, 84

    NORTH YARMOUTH — Leverette "Lev" Parker, 84, of North Yarmouth, died Feb. 15. He was born in Braintree, Mass., in 1928, the fourth of five children of Charlotte and Arthur Parker.  Growing up in Gardiner, Parker's first job was working for his father at Gardiner Shoe...

  • Gilbert "Buddy" Earle, 64: 'Consummate family man,' beloved teacher

    FALMOUTH — Gilbert “Buddy” Earle, 64, of Falmouth, died Feb. 21 of complications from a heart attack and diabetes. Earle was born April 2, 1948  in Rockville Centre, N.Y., to Gilbert Earle Sr. and Ethel Rose Earle. His father died when Earle was young and the family ...

  • Julia Dorothy 'Duddy' Simoneau Ball, 56: Led the way with empathy and kindness

    PORTLAND — Julia Dorothy "Duddy" Simoneau Ball, 56, of Portland, died Feb. 14 from injuries sustained in a fire. She was surrounded by loved ones. Ball was born Dec. 30, 1956, to Eugene and Elaine Farr Simoneau and graduated from Portland High School with honors in 1975.

  • Daniel D. Lorello, 87

    PORTLAND — Daniel D. Lorello, 87, of Portland, died peacefully Feb. 19 at Brentwood Manor in Yarmouth. He was born on Aug. 4, 1925 in Portland, the son of Frank and Sarah McMonagle Lorello. Daniel attended local schools and was a 1943 graduate of Portland High School.

  • Robert John Daniels Sr., 71: Devoted grandfather

    SCARBOROUGH — Robert John Daniels Sr., 71, of Scarborough, died Feb. 14 at his home, surrounded by family. Daniels was born Jan. 22, 1942, in Portland to John Francis and Kathleen Daniels. He grew up in Portland, attending Cathedral Grammar School and Portland High School.

  • Alice May Gauvin Cyr, 76

    SOUTH PORTLAND — Alice May Gauvin Cyr, 76, of South Portland, died Monday at her home. Born in Caribou to Marie Anna “Diana” Gauvin Tuttle, she was a 1954 graduate of Our Lady of the Mountains Academy in Gorham, N.H. She married John P.R. Cyr in 1955 and ...

  • Mary Eva McGinnis, 92

    SOUTH PORTLAND — Mary Eva McGinnis, 92, 0f South Portland, died Sunday at her home. McGinnis was born in Ramer, Tenn., to Evan and Linda Jaggers. A free spirit, she moved as a young woman to Beverly Hills, Calif., where she was rumored to have beguiled many an up-and-comi...

  • William Dewey Blake, 94: Distinguished medical researcher

    BATH — William Dewey Blake, 94, of Bath, died at home Feb. 3 of cancer. Born June 27, 1918, Blake graduated Dartmouth College in 1940 and spent summers doing scientific research at The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Salisbury Cove. He continued this work ... 1

  • Lesley Hobson, 93

    TOPSHAM — Lesley M. Hobson, 93, of Topsham, died Feb. 13 at Mid Coast Senior Health Center in Brunswick, following a long illness. He was born Oct. 10, 1919, in Tacoma, Wash., to Louise Walter and Hattie Belle Hobson. He attended schools there and graduated high school in 1937.