Gorham High School Maine Alumni Obituaries

GORHAM Ernest Lawry Manderson 80 died peacefully on August 19 2017 at Maine Medical Center. He was born to Ernest V. and Jacquelyn K. Graves Manderson on July 28 1937 in Portland where he grew up with his two sisters. He attended Portland grade schools and graduated from Cheverus High School in 195...

With Profound sadness we announce the passing of our Beloved Jason on Friday August 28 2020 in a tragic accident. Jason passed away doing what he loved riding his Harley. Jason was born in Loma Linda California to James Jim Cyr and the late Evelia Eve Leyva Cyr. Jason moved across country with his p...

AUBURN R. Viles Beedy 77 of Dixfield passed away after a lingering illness on December 7th 2010 at the Hospice House. Born in Farmington Me. on May 5 1933 the second son of Paul Drew Flora Elizabeth Viles Beedy. Maternal grandparents are Willis Nellie Edwards Viles. Paternal grandparents are Osca...

She was the salutatorian of the class of 1954 at Walker High School in Liberty Maine where she enjoyed playing on the basketball and softball teams followed by attending Gorham State Teachers College. On February 11 1955 she married Burton W. Smith. They lived in Orono Ashland Edgecomb Auburn Searsm...

Richard "Dick" Mitch of Brunswick passed away peacefully at the home of friends on July 18th 2010 in Brunswick Maine after a short illness. Richard graduated from Westbrook High School in 1954 and Gorham State Teachers college in 1958. He worked as a school teacher in Hallowell and Boothbay Harbor a...

Wilma Elizabeth DeTar Kinney was born on January 26 1923 in Anthony Kansas and passed away on December 17 2014 in Portland Maine. Right after her high school graduation in Kansas she moved to Stratford Connecticut at the incredible and life changing invitation to live with her older brother Don his ...

Linda Violet Gagnon Dow age 77 of Topsham Maine passed away peacefully on December 15 2024 after a brief illness. Linda was born on July 25 1947 to the late Roger and Violet Ouellette Gagnon in Van Buren Maine. Linda graduated from Hermon High School in 1965 and married her high school sweetheart Ri...

Brunswick Donna Elizabeth Day Begley On January 31 2022 a few days ago now I went in to give Donna her morning meds. With just a little of dawns light illuminating the room I looked at her and knew she was gone. I sat next to her put my hand on her chest and just sat there. In that next hour I thou...

Stephen Steve Walter Norton 81 of Freeport passed away January 9 2026 with family and friends by his side. Steve was born in Damariscotta Maine to Everett and Margaret Prentice Norton. He grew up in Bristol and Bath Maine where he graduated from Morse High School in 1962. At Morse Steve played baske...

It is with deep sadness as well as gratitude for a life welllived that we announce the passing of Martha Marti Geneva Haskell Collins who passed away peacefully on April 3 2025 at the age of 85. Born on February 5 1940 in Portland Maine Marti was the second child of Frances Elizabeth Johnson Haskell...

Donald Maurice Dube 78 of Saco a loving husband father and grandfather passed away on Sunday February 1 2026 at Maine HeathMaine Medical Center in Biddeford. He was born in Biddeford Maine on January 21 1948 a son of Leo and Alberta Taylor Dube. Don was educated in the Biddeford School System and gr...

FREEPORT Esther Davis OBrien a long time teacher died on July 5 2015 at Hawthorne House in Freeport. She was born May 22 1918 the daughter of Fred and Edith Davis of Freeport. She attended Freeport schools graduating from Freeport High School in 1935 and then graduating from Gorham Normal School in...

For 91 years the heart of Marys life was family especially the holidays that wove generations together. Christmas Thanksgiving and Fourth of July were more than dates on a calendar in the Rogers Webber and Barnard families they were sacred reunions where cousins siblings nieces nephews aunts and unc...

RICHMOND Cheryl Johnson Walker passed away on February 5 2018. Born to Edith Hall and Kenneth Johnson she grew up in the Midcoast area. She attended elementary school at Bowdoin Central and Brunswick High School. After graduation she attended nursing school at Central Maine Medical Center. After ob...

Virginia died peacefully at the Oddfellows and Rebekahs Home of Maine in Auburn. Ginny was the first child of Franklin and Melita Gerry. She was a 1956 graduate of Edward Little High School and a 1960 graduate of University of Southern Maine. She married Alan Eugene Hale from Millinocket on June 25 ...

Randolph Edward Francis Gorham 78 passed on at home holding hands with his family on September 27 2022. Eddie was born in his beloved Portland on March 8 1944 to Elizabeth Greene Gorham and Joseph Michael Gorham. He grew up running through the streets of Munjoy Hill and graduated from Cheverus high ...