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...

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...

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 ...

SCARBOROUGH Helen Christine Nielsen Manderson 81 died peacefully at home on April 1 2020 following a brief illness. She was born to Peter and Mary Josephine Reardon Nielsen on February 6 1939 in Portland. Her father died when she was young. She grew up with her mother sister and stepfather John Per...

He was born August 191937 in Lewiston Maine the son of Romeo J Poliquin and Anna R Leber Poliquin. He was educated in Catholic schools graduated from St. Josephs grammar school St. Dominics HighSchool both of Lewiston. He obtained a BA in History from St Michaels College in Vermont. Dick entered the...

Louise Hanson Townsend AustinAuburnLouise Hanson Townsend Austin died Wednesday November 6 2019. She was born with a twin sister Laurel on November 10 1921 to Arthur and Rena Hanson. She grew up in Lexington MA where she graduated from high school. After graduating from Westbrook Junior College in P...

John F. Bicknell III 76 of Gorham Maine and formerly of Rangeley Maine transitioned through the challenges of metastatic prostate cancer and passed forward peacefully on December 2nd 2018 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough Maine. Born July 5th 1942 in Worcester MA John was the son of J...

BRUNSWICK Judith Forbes Elliott Wilson of 34 McLellan Street Brunswick passed away surrounded by loved ones on Thursday October 4th after a long illness. Judy was born in Boston Massachusetts on August 23 1943 the eldest daughter of Albert William and Emma Laetitia Elliott. When Judy was nine the f...

FALMOUTH Stevie Louise Sawyer Reiche 89 of Falmouth died on Wednesday April 12 2017 at Sedgewood Commons in Falmouth. She was born November 19 1927 in Biddeford Maine the daughter of George and Edith Ford Sawyer. Stevie attended South Portland High School for two years and the Kents Hill School for...

Michael Jon Walton 76 of Auburn Maine left his earthly presence and entered into the arms of the Lord on Monday Feb. 9 surrounded by his wife and daughters while under the care of the staff at Androscoggin Home Hospice Center in Auburn. Michael was born on January 6 1939 in Framingham MA son of Cla...

Doris L. Johnson died peacefully at St. Josephs Rehabilitation and Residence on January 21 2014.. She was born in Methuen MA April 1 1929 the daughter of G. Elmer Johnson and Marion Jacoby Johnson. She was a graduate of Deering High School and a Portland business school. In her early years she work...

Lewiston George P. Gosselin Jr. 79 a resident of Lewiston Maine Passed away Wednesday September 15 at Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn. He was born July 31 1942 in Lewiston the son of George P. Gosselin Sr. and Faye Wilson Gosselin. He graduated from Lewiston High School. He owned and operated ...

Richard Paul LabonteLewistonRichard Paul Labonte 83 of Lewiston and Minot Maine died July 18 at his oldest sons home surrounded by his loving family after a long battle with cancer. Richard was born in Auburn July 27 1937 the son of Arthur and Henriette Labonte. He was educated at St. Francis High S...

Dennis W. Delmonico Jr 56 of Fryeburg ME formerly of Stratford CT passed away on November 27 2020 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after a brief illness. His beloved wife of 32 years Debra W. Delmonico was by his side. He is survived by their daughter Elizabeth I. Delmonico his mother Lor...

GORHAM Catherine Ann Letourneau 97 of Gorham passed away peacefully on Monday January 12 2026 with her family by her side. Catherine also known as "Cathie" "Nana" or "Great Nana" was born in Farmingdale on January 2 1929 to Harold Raymond and Mary Martha Rose Berran Small. A caring and intelligent ...

Barry William Dolley died peacefully at home in Harpswell on May 31 2024 amongst loving family following a long battle with cancer. He lived most of his life in Winslow before retiring to Harpswell in 2005 with his wife Sandy. Born prematurely at 3 lbs. 2 oz. on November 8 1939 Barry defied expectat...

Diana Mary Howe passed away peacefully after a short illness on October 6 of lung disease at the age of 89. A longtime resident of Scarborough Diana was born May 31 1931 in Brookline MA. Daughter of Lincoln Howe and Mary Daly. At age 9 Diana came to Portland to live with her Fathers sister her Aunt ...

Ruth A. Gammon Tucker 103 passed peacefully at the Odd Fellows Rebekahs Home of Maine on January 5 2020. She was born in Hartford Maine on May 25 1916 to the late James G. and Ida Benson Gammon. In later years the family moved across the Nezinscot River to the Foggy Valley Farm in East Sumner. She ...

YARMOUTHRichard C. Erskine 84 of Yarmouth died peacefully on Thursday June 15th 2017 at Oak Grove Rehabilitation and Living Center in Waterville Maine where he resided for the last several years. He was born in Damariscotta Maine on June 29 1932 the son of Alson and Helen Erskine. Richard graduated ...