Portland High School Maine Alumni Obituaries

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...

She was born October 18 1941 in Philadelphia PA to Philip and Eleanor Jensen. When Prue was a toddler the family moved to Yarmouth Maine. Prue graduated from Portland High School and ColbySawyer College. She worked in Boston and New York City. In 1964 she married Peter Heard in They eventually moved...

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 ...

Donald James Thompson 69 passed away peacefully on January 6 2026 in Newport News Virginia. He was born in Maryland grew up in South Portland Maine and graduated from South Portland High School 1975. He served his country in the United States Navy from 19811985 and was assigned to the USS Stump at N...

Charles Henry Horton III passed away suddenly on January 31 2026 in Rangeley Maine. Born in Burlington Vermont on March 21 1958 he was the son of the late Charles Horton Jr. and the late Elizabeth Betty Black Horton. Charlie grew up in the Stroudwater neighborhood of Portland graduated from Portland...

TOPSHAM Dr. Thomas T. Allen died at home on October 14 2017. He was born in Kirksville MO on October 8 1923 to Drs. Mason H. Allen and Margaret Baker Allen. He attended local schools and graduated from So. Portland High School in 1941. He entered the University of Maine in 1941 and his education wa...

Richard Lawler 84 of Merrimack NH passed away on Tuesday February 10th 2026 after a period of declining health. He was born on July 27 1941 in the front room of a farmhouse in Weston Maine to the late Alton and Doris Dwyer Lawler. He was raised in Maine where his family later welcomed a daughter Wen...

Felicia Hidish Blanchard passed away peacefully on January 14, 2026 at Stephen’s Memorial Hospital in Norway, Maine. She was being treated for heart issues when she passed.She was born on June 28, 1943 to Alexander Joseph Hidish and Helen Kosarovich in Portland, Maine and lived in Portland for the v...

SOUTH PORTLAND Peter Owen Guitard 68 of South Portland passed away unexpectedly on Aug. 5 2023. He was born in Westbrook on Aug. 31 1954 to Raymond and Mary Lou Randall Guitard. The family moved to High Street in South Portland soon after. One of 10 children he grew up in the Ferry Village neighbor...

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...

Robert Bradford Ward lovingly called "Brother" age 83 of South China Maine died on October 18 2019 at the Gray Birch Nursing Home in Augusta Maine. Robert was born in Portland Maine on March 3rd 1936 to the parents of Helena June Brogan Ward and James Edward Ward. Robert received his education from ...

Reginald "Reggie" B. ThorneRumford Reginald "Reggie" B. Thorne 89 of Rumford Maine passed away peacefully August 5 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough Maine supported by his loving family. Reggie was born on January 25 1929 in Portland Maine. He is the son of Charlotte Dunham Thorn...

BRUNSWICK Mary Jean Eltman 68 of Brunswick died on Tuesday August 1st 2017 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born on April 19 1949 in Portland Maine the daughter of John P. and Jennie J. Atripaldi Eltman. Mary graduated from Portland High School the class of 1967. In the ear...

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...

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...

SCARBOROUGH Reginald Thomas Lombard Jr. 83 Colonel U.S. Army Retired died peacefully in his sleep on March 18 2011 in Scarborough. He was born on Labor Day Sept. 7 1927 at the State Street Hospital in Portland the son of Dr. Reginald T. Lombard and Dorothy Jewett Lombard. Reg graduated from South P...

FalmouthShirley V. Griffin 89 of Falmouth passed away peacefully on December 15 2010 at Maine Medical Center Portland. She was born in Portland Maine on May 26 1921 to Cora Ames Pennell and Theopholis Pennell. Shirley was the last surviving child of seven children. Shirley graduated from South Portl...

Mark A. Maclean died peacefully on December 4 2025. Mark was born in Brunswick Maine in 1947 to Ralph and Natalie Maclean. His father was a Canadian citizen and had been in Maine since the Depression. His Mothers people came from Aroostic County. The family spent much of the year in Brunswick and su...

Ralph Spiers 80 of South Portland and Auburn passed away peacefully on December 17 2022 at the Androscoggin Hospice House after 3 years of declining health. Ralph was born in Brookline Massachusetts on May 16 1942. At the age of six he was adopted by his grandmother Marion Spiers and her husband Ral...

Brian James Spencer 53 of South Portland ME passed away on January 7 2022 at Maine Medical Center. A beloved son brother uncle and friend Brian failed his save and entered his Blue Tardis for parts unknown Brian graduated from Portland High School in 1986 and spent his formative years in the city. H...

David W. StuartYarmouthDavid W. Stuart 86 of Yarmouth died July 22 2019 at his home. He was born in Portland November 12 1932 a son of Wallace and Irene Cesarine Comeau Stuart. David attended Portland High School and following service in the U.S. Marines and Maine National Guard he worked for Union ...

Felicia Hidish Blanchard passed away peacefully on January 14, 2026 at Stephen’s Memorial Hospital in Norway, Maine. She was being treated for heart issues when she passed.She was born on June 28, 1943 to Alexander Joseph Hidish and Helen Kosarovich in Portland, Maine and lived in Portland for the v...