Beacon High School Alumni Obituaries

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Mary Ola Virginia Lemings Sparks who departed this life on Monday December 22 2025 at the age of 91. She was the daughter of the late Velvert J. and Bonnie Pruett Lemings. Mary Ola was a cherished wife mother sister grandmother grea...

Francis Scott Keegan lovingly known by many as Scott passed peacefully and with dignity at Yale Smilow Cancer Center surrounded by family on June 17 2024. Scott was born in New Brunswick New Jersey on February 3 1961 to Michael and Marilyn Keegan. Scott graduated from Bethel High School in 1979 and ...

Joyce Brenda Simmons 68 of Crescent City FL was born October 22 1957 in Palatka FL to George Meltona Ash Simmons She graduated from Crescent City Jr Sr High School and attended Edwards Waters College earning her bachelors degree in social work she was employed for many years at the Hastings Youth A...

Catherine D. Merritt 66 of Pomona Park FL was born September 1 1959 in Palatka Florida to the late Jack Simmons Dorothy Deleston. Catherine aka Monk was educated at Crescent City High School Class of 1978 She was employed as a Youth Worker at Hastings Youth Academy for over 20 years In Monk spare t...

Evelyn L. Smiley, affectionately known as Evie to her friends and family, was a beacon of love and faith throughout her 96 years of life. Born in July 1929, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Marie and William Thomas, Evie was the vibrant heart of a large and loving family. She grew up alongside her se...

LATASHA RACHELLE GAULDEN JACKSON 47 affectionately known as Mug was a beacon of love and kindness. Latasha was born on June 10 1978 to Janice Jackson Bush and Anthony R. Gaulden and she departed this life on November 20 2025. Latasha spent her early years growing up in a warm and loving family envir...

Richard Loring Green 85 passed away peacefully Wednesday December 13 2023 at the Maine Veterans Home in Augusta. He was born on August 28 1938 to the late Garnett and Marguerite Peggy OHara Green of Lubec Maine. Richard graduated Lubec High School in 1956. On August 16 1956 he joined the US Navy and...

Anna Mary Snell Curtis 77 of Fayette ME passed away on October 12th 2022 at the Oak Grove Nursing and rehabilitation center in Waterville ME. She passed from a broken heart after losing her husband. Walter James Curtis of 61 years 3 weeks prior . She was surrounded by family in her final days and pa...

Augusta George J. Palmer 87 passed away on February 29th 2024 at home after battling a long illness. George was born August 2nd 1936 at home in Augusta ME the son of Roe and Wilma Palmer. He was the youngest of 5 siblings. He found his church and peace in the woods streams and lakes as an avid hunt...

She was born March 18 1928 in Haverhill MA to Olive Worthen. She graduated from Edward Little High School in 1945. In June of 1948 she married Leo "Bunny" Gousse of Danville ME where they raised their three daughters. Shirley enjoyed music and dancing. She was an avid seamstress including making eac...

WATERFORDMark J. Danico 55 of Waterford ME lost his battle with Pancreatic cancer on Oct. 24 2014. Mark was born in Norway ME on Feb. 6 1959 and graduated from the Oxford Hills High School Class of 77. He worked at the Thurston Dairy Farm in North Norway for many years and at Robinsons Mill in Oxfor...

He was bornin Little Rock Arkansas on July 6 1941 the second son of W Ernest Blevins and Hazel Dickson Blevins and grew up in St Louis. Toms studies reflected his expansive curiosity first at Wesleyan then a year abroad in Paris where he discovered the art of mime then moving back to the Midwest to ...

Pauline Jacqueline Turcotte 87 of Lewiston passed away in her home Sunday December 6thsurrounded by her loving family. She was born August 4th 1933 in Auburn to Laurent and Helen Dennis. She was a graduate of Edward Little High School and attended Central Maine School of Business. She worked many ye...

Ronald Arthur MurchLewistonRonald Arthur Murch died Sunday January 29 2017 at dYouville Pavilion in Lewiston Maine. He was born in Rockland Maine on April 21 1928 the son of Malcolm and Lena Barnes Murch. After graduating from Bridgton High School in 1947 he went on to Aurora College now Aurora Univ...

Rodney Edward Theriault 57 GrayRodney E. Theriault passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on February 1 2018. He was born January 25 1961 in Petaluma CA to Walter Muriel Theriault. He graduated Greely High School in 1980. Rodney was also very involved with Cub Scouts Boy Scout Troop 86....

FREEPORT Rebecca Eleanor Williams Wright 71 died peacefully on February 9 2020 surrounded by loved ones. Becky was born on September 17 1948 in Bar Harbor Maine to Warren and Harriet Williams. Growing up Becky lived in Monmouth and then Belfast. Becky was involved in numerous organizations while at...

James John Stroumbos Papou of Old Orchard Beach Maine was born March 4 1958 and passed on April 1 2015. He was born to James T. and Rita E. Duffy Stroumbos in Tripoli Libya while his father was on active duty. James attended school in Chicopee Massachusetts where his family still lives. James gradua...

Jane Jenny Neely Wright 79 passed peacefully with family at her side onDec. 5 2023. Born May 6 1944 Jenny was a beacon of strength and resolvefor her family her students and her community. Born in Los Angeles herfamily relocated to Willoughby Ohio before moving to Urbanna VA where shegraduated from ...

Claude Crocker Elliott Sr. 75 of Harpswell passed away after a long battle with heart disease on November 20 2024. Born in Damariscotta Maine on June 24 1949 the son of Joyce Crocker Coleman and Norman Elliott Jr. of Bristol Maine. Claude grew up in Bristol with many fond memories of lobstering with...

Linda Mae Turner Roman 1942 2019 Auburn Linda Mae Turner Roman 76 passed away to be with the Lord on 9242019 at Clover Manor. Born November 18 1942 in Lewiston the daughter of Reginald and Martha Caldwell Turner. She graduated from Edward Little High School in 1961 attended Nyack Missionary Colleg...

Freeport Lucille Jordan 90 of Freeport ME passed away peacefully on June 21 2020 at the Hawthorne House nursing home facility. Lucille was born in Portland ME on December 28 1929 at the State Street Hospital. She was the daughter of Milton and Mildred Hale Dill of Freeport. Lucille grew up in Freep...

Waterville Carlton L. Fitzgerald 89 passed away on April 6 2024 after an extended time of declining health. He was born on Sept. 15 1934 in China ME to Lloyd F and Hazel Esancy Fitzgerald. Carlton was a lifelong resident of China attended the South China Village School and was a member of the first ...

Karole Lynne Johnson 66 of CAPE ELIZABETH ME died peacefully on Thursday December 3rd 2020 at Maine Medical Center surrounded by her family. The youngest of four children she was born on March 31st 1954 to her loving parents Carolyn Johnson Peterson and Gordon Johnson in Caribou Maine. She grew up i...

Bethelyn Sweatt FushimiAuburnBethelyn Sweatt Fushimi 91 passed away July 16 2018 at the Sarah Frye Home in Auburn where she had resided for the past four years. Beth was born in New Gloucester Maine on May 8 1927. She was the daughter of Dr. Linwood Sweatt and his wife Vivian Marden Sweatt. She grad...

1947 in Portland Maine a daughter of Paul and Beatrice Grant Crawford. Dianne attended Portland schools and graduated from Deering High School in 1965. She worked for many years at Fairchild National Semiconductor and was a legal secretary at several Portland law firms before she became disabled in ...

HARPSWELL Toni Bryant 78 of Harpswell passed away Thursday December 29 2016 after a brief stay at the Hawthorne House in Freeport. She was born Antoinette L. Baker Feb. 11 1938 in Bath the daughter of Kenneth R. and M. Hilda Henderson Baker. She attended Woolwich schools and graduated from Morse Hi...

Jolene "Jo" Mae Perry 23 of Farmingdale died on Sunday October 12th at home due to complications sustained in an automobile accident in May surrounded by her loving family. The daughter of Alva Chang grew up in Farmingdale and graduated from HallDale High School in the Class of 2020. As a teenager J...

Marilyn Jean Bates 80 a lifelong resident of Greene passed away peacefully at home March 25th 2020 surrounded by her family. Marilyn was born June 6th 1939 to Doris Richard Hodgkins. She attended grammar school in Greene and graduated from Edward Little High School in 1957. She married Carl Bates t...

GATCHELL Herman H. Cherished husband brother father and grandfather passed away on March 1 2020 at the age of 81 surrounded by his loving wife and children. Herman was born in Lewiston on October 27 1938 graduated from Lewiston High School in 1957 and joined the U.S. Marine Corps. He was stationed i...

Robert J. TrefsgerAuburnRobert James Trefsger 97 a lifelong resident of Philadelphia PA passed away at his sons home in Auburn on November 17 2017 under the compassionate care of Beacon Hospice. Robert was born at his home in Philadelphia PA on October 10 1920. He was the youngest son of Louis A. Tr...