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Obituaries

  • Edward H. Van Buren, 82: Never failed to make time for his family

    BATH — Edward H. Van Buren, 82, of Bath, died March 8 at Mid Coast Hospital with his family by his side. He was born in Bath Sept. 2, 1930, the son of Edward H. Sr. and Helen Van Buren.  He grew up living mostly with his grandparents, Daniel and Ruby Hall in Bat...

  • Henry A. 'Bud' Griffin Jr., 91: A kind and happy man

    SOUTH PORTLAND — Henry A. "Bud" Griffin Jr., 91, of South Portland, died peacefully with his family by his side Feb. 23 after a brief illness. He was born the son of Henry A. Griffin Sr. and Isabelle E. Griffin Aug. 3, 1921, in their cottage on Willard Beach in South P...

  • Edith 'Betty' Kennedy, 94

    SOUTH PORTLAND — Edith "Betty" Kennedy, 94, of South Portland, died Sunday at Mercy Hospital. She was born in South Portland Jan. 12, 1919, a daughter of Patrick L. Halloran and Alice E. Halloran. She grew up in Portland and graduated from Deering High School in 1936. She a...

  • Lawrence Yates, 85

    YARMOUTH — Lawrence Wilbur Yates, 85, of Yarmouth, died Sunday at home after a brief period of declining health. Yates was born May 25, 1927, in Huntington Park, Calif., the son of Katherine and Everett W. Yates. The family relocated to North Yarmouth when he was 3 and he attend...

  • Roy E. Howland, 96

    CUMBERLAND — Roy E. Howland, of Conway, N.H., and Cumberland, died March 7 at Mineral Springs Nursing and Rehab in North Conway, N.H. He was surrounded by his family. Born Oct. 4, 1916, in Stark, N.H., he was the son of Delivin and Mary Maquire Howland. He served in the army during W...

  • Wayne Kaye Nickerson, 64: A true outdoorsman

    YARMOUTH — Wayne Kaye Nickerson, 64, of Yarmouth, died unexpectedly Friday as the result of a snowmobile accident. Nickerson was born Feb. 11, 1949, in Portland, the son of Adeline Norton Nickerson and Kaye Nickerson. He was educated in local schools and graduated from Yarmouth High ...

  • Robert Hayden Miller, 71

    PORTLAND — Robert Hayden Miller, 71, of Portland, died Feb. 25 at Mercy Hospital after a long illness. Miller was born Aug. 13, 1941 in Portland, a son of James and Evelyn Miller.  He attended local schools, graduating from Deering High School, followed by service in...

  • Phillip Eugene MacLean, 91: Hard worker, devoted family man

    PORTLAND — Phillip Eugene MacLean, 91, died peacefully at home March 7 following a five-year battle with melanoma and prostate cancer. MacLean was born April 27, 1921, in Lynn, Mass., the eldest child of Ethelreda Saunders MacLean and Arthur Flagg MacLean.  He grew u...

  • Jane Claudette Leighton, 66: Dedicated to charity

    BRUNSWICK — Jane Claudette Leighton, 66, of Brunswick, died Monday at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice house in Scarborough. She was born May 21, 1946, in Skowhegan, the daughter of Noel and Rose Helene Bolduc.  She was educated at Notre Dame deLourdes Elementary School ...

  • Althea J. Vose, 96

    TOPSHAM — Althea J. Vose, 96, of Topsham, died March 1 at Mid Coast Senior Health Center in Brunswick. Vose was born Sept. 17, 1916, in Gardiner to Raymond and Minne Merrill.  She attended schools in Belfast and was a graduate of Crosby High School, class of 1934. Sh...