Portland High School Connecticut Alumni Obituaries

Karen Jacquith Henderson Arsenault 80 passed away on April 16 2023 in Casco Maine due to complications associated with Alzheimers. She was surrounded by her daughter Cindy soninlaw Steve and sister Vicki at the time of her passing. Karen was born in Portland Maine in 1942 and attended Waynflete in P...

Alfred S. Patricia Benson age 82 and a 50 year resident of Alfred Maine passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on July 6 2024. Born in July 1941 as Sarah Patricia McMahon in Philadelphia Patty grew up with her parents and two brothers in Pawnee Mission Kansas and felt like Dorothy dropped ...

Reinhold Taylor Wappler 35 passed away at home in Portland Maine on March 15 2021. Taylor was born in 1985 in Rochester New York to Ron and Kelly. For most of his adulthood he struggled with addiction and was taken from this world prematurely due to an overdose. Taylor enjoyed boating on the lake go...

TOPSHAM Cornelius Edwards Clark Jr. age 95 of Center Ossipee NH and Topsham ME passed away from liver cancer on March 19 2018 at his winter home in Topsham. Known to family friends and colleagues as Neil he was born in 1922 at DoverFoxcroft ME to the late Susie and Cornelius E. Clark Sr. of Portlan...

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 ...

Bowdoin Penelope Anne Penny Savage died June 23 2021 at her home in Bowdoin after a long struggle with Alzheimers disease. She was born on June 26 1947 in Hollywood California the daughter of the late David Savage and Carol CurtisBrown Savage. She spent her childhood in Connecticut and New Jersey gr...

James J. Haversat of Falmouth passed away January 8 2010 at the Gosnell House in Scarborough after a short illness. A native New Englander Jim the only child of John J. Haversat and Alice Petersen Haversat was born in Seymour Connecticut on October 17 1926. He graduated from Seymour High School and ...

BAILEY ISLAND Brian T. Sullivan 73 of Bailey Island Maine formerly of Waterford Connecticut passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family on December 27 2017. Brian was born in Hartford CT on December 26 1944 the son of John and Teresa Sullivan. He attended Waterford High School. After gr...

We regretfully announce the passing of Tammy Parks McKeen 51 of Lebanon on April 7th 2022. Tammy was surrounded by her family and passed away peacefully at Androscoggin Hospice Home in Auburn. Tammy was born and raised in Bangor. She graduated from Bangor High School in 1988. Tammy later went on to ...

LEWISTONKarl Michael Windischhofer age 87 born on March 23 1934 in Lewiston Maine to Charles and Roma Windischhofer passed unexpectedly on February 22022. Karl was educated in a one room school in Greene and later graduated from Lewiston High School in 1952.After high school Karl joined the Navy and...

Catherine Isabel Libby Mills of Hallowell Maine died on October 11 2018 at the age of 91. She passed peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family as she had wished. She was born on June 11 1927 in Portland Maine to Ruth Emerson Heiskell and Frank Milton Libby. She is predeceased by her sibling...

LEWISTONRuthann Munroe Gideon Mangan 73 of Auburn Maine passed away on January 17 2014 at Central Maine Medical Center following a short illness. She was born in Somerville Massachusetts on April 17. 1940 to Beatrice E. Smith Munroe Blaney and James Clayton Munroe. Ruthann graduated from Nashua High...

The family of Joseph Klenk is saddened to announce his passing on June 21 2024 at Mercy Hospital in Portland Maine. His long life was filled with joy service travel and love for our big family and friends. He will be remembered most for his gift of jokes and laughter his engaging storytelling and hi...

Harpswell Karin Marie Zetterstrom was born on February 27 1940 in Great Barrington Massachusetts and grew up in Canaan Connecticut the first daughter of Olle and Martha Zetterstrom both natives of Sweden. Younger brother Tom and sister Ingrid were born several years later. A curious and whimsical ch...

Brunswick Margaret MacKinnon Beaven 91 of Brunswick died peacefully at Mid Coast Hospital on May 15 2020 in the presence of her husband. She was born on Jan. 21 1929 in Newark N.J. the daughter of William MacKinnon and Emmy Wickfors MacKinnon and lived in West Orange N.J. When the family moved to W...

Barry was born in Hartford Connecticut the second son of Gerda Margaret Fuchs Watson and Carlisle Vives Watson on October 18th 1948. He graduated from Yarmouth High School in 1966. Enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on June 26th 1968 Barry served two tours of duty in Vietnam attaining the ra...

Lucille Rioux BelangerLewistonLucille Rioux Belanger age 77 quietly passed away at her home in Lewiston Maine on September 7th 2017 after living several years with heart ailments. Born in Lewiston on February 1st 1940 to Cyril and Lucia Rioux she lived worked married and received her high school dip...

TOPSHAM Stella Jennie Borkowski Patten passed away on July 11 her mothers birthday with her daughters by her side. Stella was an unforgettable combination of brains strength and stunning beauty. Born in Old Town Maine on March 12 1926 she was the only daughter of Polish immigrant parents Janina Tyc...

John Jack Carrington 74 of Brunswick ME passed away on Saturday September 27 2014 at Maine Medical Center in Portland ME. Jack was born August 4 1940 in Waterbury CT son of the late John Carrington and Hazel Cook Carrington. Jack graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Waterbury CT in 1959 and at...

TOPSHAM By the time you read this I will be off on my next great adventure At two years my maternal grandmother moved in with us. She was a constant companion and minder while growing up. I was blessed to be born into a family who thought "messing about in boats" was just the best thing. At eight y...

Prolific and insightful writer inspiring educator and visionary college president Ronald R. Thomas 74 departed this life for his next great adventure on April 17. He passed peacefully at the home he shared on Vashon Island WA with his beloved wife and partner in life Dr. Mary Domingo Thomas and thei...

Dorothy Dottie Dillon 86 of Gales Ferry passed into her heavenly home on Tuesday January 6 2026. She was surrounded and comforted by family who loved her deeply. Dottie was a proud native of Portland Maine. Born into a large family on June 9 1939 she was one of 10 children of Matthew Maloney and Eli...

Robert William Lowell of Winsted, Connecticut, passed away peacefully at his home on January 6, 2026, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on August 18, 1943, in Portland, Maine.Robert is survived by his wife of 52 years, Judith Lowell, with whom he shared a life filled with love, laughter, and...