BUCKSPORT Leona E. Clapper, 90, passed away peacefully on June 28, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on March 11, 1930, in North Haven to Clarence and Lena Stone. She spent most of her adult life in Bucksport, where she raised her 12 children with her husband of 67 years, Charles. She …
PROSPECT HARBOR Bruce Wayne Merchant, 53, went home to be with the Lord, and his dad, due to a car accident on June 19, 2020. He was born on June 29, 1966, son of the late Sherman Lee Merchant II and Ella Merchant. He leaves behind his wife, Melissa; son, Ty; two daughters, Felecia (Rob) …
GOULDSBORO Retired U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer-4 Tracy Hoyt Young, 95, died a natural death at home on June 29, 2020. He was born Nov. 30, 1924, in Gouldsboro, the son of Harold Francis Young and Henrietta Havey (Tracy) Young. Following high school, he enlisted into the U.S. Army in 1942 and served in the …
Hancock County Francis “Frank” R. Bartley, 89, of Bucksport, June 24, at Togus Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Alan Scott Brown, 56, of Verona Island, June 17. Graveside service 11 a.m. July 8, Silver Lake Cemetery, Bucksport. Nanita-Lynn Hardie, 48, of Orland, June 9. Celebration of life to be held at a later date. Edwin Adams …
Bangor A graveside service for Joyce M. Burrill, which was scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, July 17, 2020, at Riverview Cemetery, Bucksport, has been postponed. For updated service information as it is learned, please visit Brookings-Smith.com
MOUNT DESERT Beverly Joyce Paigen, Ph.D., died peacefully in her home overlooking Long Pond on Mount Desert Island on June 26, 2020. She was surrounded by family. She was 81 years old. Her husband of 50 years, Kenneth Paigen, predeceased her by five months. Bev was born in 1938 in Chicago. She received her bachelor’s …
HANCOCK Richard R. Lemoine, known as Dick, died peacefully, surrounded by his family on June 27, 2020. He was born on Oct. 18, 1942, in Methuen, Mass., the son of Romeo and Lauretta Michaud Lemoine. A graduate of Methuen High School, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and proudly served his country for …
HANCOCK Robert James Lee Jr., 76, died peacefully at Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital June 26, 2020. He was born in Bar Harbor, March 13, 1944, the son of Robert James and Catherine (McGrath) Lee Sr. Robert attended the Old Bar Harbor High School and began his career with Harold McQuinn Inc. immediately after graduation. …
ELLSWORTH Edwin Adams Jeffery, 86, died peacefully of congestive heart failure at home with his loving wife of 66 years, Sharon L. (Odom) Jeffery, by his side. Edwin was born on July 11, 1933, in Brockton, Mass., son of Clifton A. Jeffery and Katherine W. (Plummer) Jeffery. Edwin graduated from MIT with a degree in …
ORLAND Nanita-Lynn Hardie, 48, of Orland, passed away, June 9, 2020, unexpectedly. Nanita was born July 19, 1971, in Panama, to Edward S. Hardie and Diane S. (Nightingale) Hardie. She spent the first two years of her life in Panama. Nanita then moved to Germany for three years. After Germany, she lived in Fort Sill, …
Washington County Florence L. Colson, 90, of Steuben, June 18, at her home. Paul Gordon, 60, of Machias, June 12. Thomas A. Ippolito of Columbia, June 18, at Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor. Graveside service Tuesday, June 23, Cedar Brook Burial Ground, Limington. Susan McCray, 74, of Baileyville, June 16. Maurice A. Moon Sr., 85, …
WINTER HARBOR Jan Lanning, wife of the late Bruce E. Lanning, left for her Eternal Home on June 23, 2020. She was born in Ellsworth on Aug. 21, 1940, the daughter of Erma Grace (Welch) and Charles Albert Crowley. She graduated from Ellsworth High in 1958 and attended Washington State Teachers College and New Brunswick …
