Orono High School Maine Alumni Obituaries

John J. McGee 81 passed away Monday January 12 2026 in Scarborough ME at the Maine Veterans Home. John was born in Orange California on September 16 1944 a son of Roger and Mary McGee. John grew up in Portland and was an altar boy at St. Josephs Church in his youth. He was educated in Catholic schoo...

Neal D. Hallee of Auburn ME went home to God on August 23rd 2023 in Auburn. He was born on October 21st 1943 the son of Florian and Constance Hallee of Waterville. He graduated from Waterville High School the University of Maine Orono and Penn State. He was an internationally published Agricultural ...

Robert George Cressey 89 of Brunswick Maine died on December 10 2021 in Brunswick. He was born in Gardiner Maine on April 15 1932 to Everett R. and Gertrude Harris Cressey. He was a graduate of Gardiner High School and the University of Maine in Orono and earned a Masters Degree from the University ...

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...

Stephen Risley Collins passed away on Wednesday August 25th 2021 at MidCoast Hospital in Brunswick Maine due to complications from pneumonia. Steve was born in Lewiston Maine on December 18th 1938 and was the only child of Helen Campbell Collins and Charles Sidney Collins. Steve attended Cushing Aca...

AUGUSTA Charles Longstaff age 73 of Winthrop entered into eternal rest on Monday April 26thfollowing a brief illness. Charlie was raised in Fairfield Maine by his mother Edith C. Longstaff having lost his father Percy Longstaff at a young age. He graduated from Lawrence High School and the Universi...

Brunswick Vivian Lebel Wing of Brunswick Maine died peaceful in her sleep on July 12 2021 after a long illness. She was born in Brunswick Maine on September 26 1926 daughter of Thaddie and Marianna Lebel. She graduated from Brunswick High School and attended the University of Maine in Orono until he...

Wesley Verrill Ryder of Auburn born April 29 1936 passed away peacefully on Saturday October 7th 2023. He was a 1954 graduate of Edward Little High School where he was a member of the marching band that participated at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C. in 1952. He earned his Bachelors D...

Richard L. Duplisea age 84 of Auburn Maine passed away on Monday March 24 2025. He is survived by his wife Nancy of 30 years his daughter Ann Elizabeth Elz Howe husband Eric and granddaughter Acadia and his daughter Deborah Marie Elz Hammond husband Barrett granddaughter Emma Bard husband Logan and ...

Donna B. GibbsLewistonDonna B. Gibbs of Lewiston passed away on August 31 2020 in Auburn following a long illness. She was born on December 12 1949 in Lewiston a daughter of Donald and Eleanor Nelson Conant. Donna graduated from Edward Little High School and the University of Maine at Orono with a d...

Susan was born in CambridgeMassachusetts on January 15 1951 the daughter of Jack F and Josephine M.Mahoney Driscoll. She attended high schoolin Stoneham Massachusetts Class of 1969 and at the University ofMassachusetts class of 1973 graduating with honors in the field of EarlyChildhood Development. ...

Richard Dick Frank Ham 92039 61421 Richard Frank Ham of Lisbon Falls passed away on June 14 2021 with his family by his side. Richard was born in Lisbon Falls to Frank Ham and Margaret Ham Gamache on September 20 1939. He graduated from Lisbon High School in 1956 and continued his education at the ...

BRUNSWICK Louise Litchfield McIntire 88 passed away peacefully Oct. 31 2016. She was born in Lowell Massachusetts to Doris and Paul Litchfield. She was predeceased by her parents her husband Justin McIntire and brothers Paul and Dan Litchfield. She is survived by a daughter Gail and husband Charles...

Stanley Lamont Pratt 84 a lifelong resident of the Capital City died on November 1 2014 at Eastern Maine Medical Center Grant 1 ICU Bangor from complications of respiratory failure and pneumonia. He had a been a patient there for two weeks. Born in Augusta on July 17 1930 he was the son of Leon Stan...

Alden H. Grant Jr. born to Alden H. Grant Sr. and Louise C. Grant on February 11 1939 passed away with his loving wife at his side Thursday February 27 2025. Alden attended Leavitt Institute and graduated from Freeport High School in 1957. He attended the University of Maine Orono earning a Bachelor...

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 ...

Travis W. Crafts 52 of Durham Maine passed away in the arms of his loving wife on March 19 2025 after a hard fought battle with esophageal cancer. If only he had been able to be frozen in carbonite until a cure was found. Travis was born in Brunswick Maine to Paul F and Sylvia J Crafts. Raised in Li...

Thomas F. Coady 87 of Lewiston died March 30th 2023. He was born in Lewiston on June 4th 1935. He was the son of Francis and Evelyn Parker Coady. He graduated from Lewiston High School in 1954 and married his high school sweetheart Joan Bolduc. In 1961 he built a home on East Ave. Lewiston back when...

Bruce Small a lifelong resident of Bowdoin died on March 3 2020. He was the son of Alice and Milton Small. He graduated from Lisbon High School and the University of Maine at Orono. Bruce is survived by his wife of 64 years Dolores Dolly. He is also survived by his daughter Dianne Carl children Alis...

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...

Augusta Roxann Shirley Stobie of Windsor Maine passed away on 122920 at Maine General Medical Center Augusta Maine after a long brave fight with cancer. She was born on May 28 1950 to Shirley and Charles Hunsinger. However she was raised by her grandparents Arthur Buddy and Lena Smith. Roxann attend...

HarpswellSharon B. Merrill died on February 6 2021 from Covid 19 at the Governor King memory care wing of Catagan Lodge The Highlands in Topsham Maine. A beautiful gracious gifted and talented lady she will be sorely missed by all of us that knew and loved her. Sharon was born on March 10 1943 in Fr...

Whitefield Lore Hemenway Ford III 76 of 755 East River Road died at his home on July 6 2017 after a brief illness. Born in Lewiston on January 1 1941 he was the son of Lore H. Ford II and Marjorie Rowena Chase Ford. Raised by his grandparents Harry and Emma Chase after the early death of his mother...

Coopers Mills Betty Crocker left this life Sunday August 20th surrounded by her four children. Betty was born May 7th 1946 the youngest child of Delbert F and Inez R Sproul Brann. In her early years she sold Grit newspapers and was very active in Grange and 4H winning many ribbons for crafts and li...

Richard J. Moseley 81 of Harpswell ME passed away peacefully on August 272024 surrounded by his family at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick ME. He graduated from Cheshire High School Cheshire CT The Culinary Institute of America Hyde Park NY and University of Maine Orono ME. He married Anne Elizabeth ...

Auburn Paul Grant Sheehy 85 formerly of Main Street Lewiston died following a long illness at Clover Manor on Thursday October 20. He was born in No. Norridgewock Maine the son of Thomas J. Sheehy and Gertrude Grant Sheehy. He was a resident of this community for most of his life. Paul was educated...

Bath Maine Jennifer Michelle Bailey age 32 passed away unexpectedly at her home on Sunday October 6 2024. Jennie was the beloved daughter of Lisa Bailey of Bath. Jennie is survived byher brother Christopher Bailey of Bath her sisterbychoice Kerry and Trevor Smith of Lewiston her Nana Violet Martin ...

Jane went to kindergarten in Augusta Maine in a oneroom schoolhouse. She graduated from Uniondale High School in Uniondale New York. She attended the University of Maine in Orono and then transferred to North Carolina State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in History. Jane was a crea...

Bowdoinham Judith Thibeault 80 died on October 21 2025 peacefully in Brunswick. She was born in Brunswick on March 7 1945 the daughter of Charles and Claire Stockford. Judith graduated from the University of Maine at Orono. She was a history teacher at King Jr Highschool in Portland and a French te...

Bath Meet Gerard Francis Dorian who was born on November 18 1926 in Rumford Maine the son of Joshua and Olive Doucette Dorion. After his mothers passing in 1944 Gerard who suffered from tuberculosis entered the Hebron Sanitorium where he received treatment into the early 1950s and recovered from TB....