Portland High School Maine Alumni Obituaries

PhippsburgTamlyn Tami Lee McNelly 57passedaway on Wednesday October 82025at her residence in Phippsburg Maine. Tami was born in Portland on August 9 1968 a daughter of Leslie A. and Donna V. Holland McNelly. She graduated from Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham andTeikyoWestmarCollege with a Bachelor...

Bridgton – Janice Ruth (Ripley) Nichols, age 79, was a beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, with a heart of gold. Janice passed away on October 28, 2025, surrounded by several loved ones at Woodlands Memory Care of Bridgton after a longbattle with Alzheimer's.Janice, a daughter of the late James a...

South Paris - Lloyd Alex Watt passed away peacefully November 28th, 2025, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris after many years of battling Parkinson’s disease and metastatic prostate cancer-right up to the end; he was a fighter.Lloyd was born July 24, 1941, in Blanchard, Maine, to Rena Mae (F...

SOUTH PARIS- Charles E. Gowell, 89, of South Paris, passed away on Friday, January 9, 2026 at the Hospice House in Auburn. He was born in Norway, son of Dwight and Flora (Johnson) Gowell on July 21, 1936.He attended Paris High School. He worked for a short time at Portland Pipe Line, and in the woo...

South Portland and HoultonJune Elaine Harbison, 79, passed away December 4, 2025, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Maine after a brief illness. She was born January 14, 1946, in Houlton, Maine, the daughter of Harvey and Doris Currie Harbison.June grew up in Houlton and in 1964 marr...

SOUTH PARIS- Charles E. Gowell, 89, of South Paris, passed away on Friday, January 9, 2026 at the Hospice House in Auburn. He was born in Norway, son of Dwight and Flora (Johnson) Gowell on July 21, 1936.He attended Paris High School. He worked for a short time at Portland Pipe Line, and in the woo...

Mary Alice Dudley was born on Friday January 10 1944 and took her final breath on December 15 2025just 50 feet from where she was born. The years in between she lived. Mary Alice graduated from Spearsville High School in 1961 and later attended BMI Bish Mathis Institute in Monroe until her marriage ...

Robin Curtis 65 of Brunswick ME passed away unexpectedly Sunday November 23 2025. Robin was born in Portland Maine the daughter of Sharon Holbrook and Forrest Snow. Robin grew up in Old Orchard Beach Maine before the family relocated to Bath Maine the familys hometown. Robin graduated from Morse Hig...

James Gregory Finn Sr. 88 died Friday December 12 2025 at HillHouse Assisted Living in Bath. Born in Lewiston on November 23 1937 he was the son of John A. Finn Jr. and Mary Ault Finn. After graduating from Lewiston High School in 1956 he studied at Saint Michaels College in Winooski Vermont and the...

Vendela Elaine Carlson 77 passed away on Saturday November 2 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston Massachusetts. She was surrounded by friends and family. A native of Portland Maine she was born on December 27 1946 to the late Velma Irene Flannery Carlson of Fort Fairfield Maine and Joh...

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...

Josephine Josie Anna Ciulla 83 of Saco Maine passed away on Monday January 12 2026 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Josie was born in East Boston on November 15 1942 the only daughter of Michael and Lucia Lancia Ciulla. She received her elementary education in East Boston and graduated from Ever...

She was born in Biddeford on June 13 1927 a daughter of Edwin and Yvonne Richards Willette. She attended Portland High School. June worked as a Certified Nurses Aide for geriatric homes nursing homes and in the private sector throughout York County. She was well known for the care and support she ga...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

BRUNSWICK Greta Joan Banda 81 of Brunswick passed away peacefully at her residence on February 22 2015. She was born in Portland on April 14 1933 to Gerald P. Dunn and Lucille Edgerly Dunn. Greta was a graduate of Deering High School class of 1952. She married Lionel C. Banda and raised her five ch...

Matthew Max Griffeth 62 of Lisbon Falls Maine passed away on 01302022 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston ME after a hard fought battle with Covid19. Matthew was born to Marion Frances Griffeth and Burton Roberts Griffeth on 12261959 in Portland Maine. Matthew spent his childhood on lake Tho...

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...

David A Martin72 of Portland passed away peacefully on December 29 2019 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. David was born in Van Buren Maine on April 19 1947. He is the son of Emilien C. and Geraldine R. Cyr Martin. David was raised in Van Buren. After high school David joined the...

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 ...

1947 in Portland Maine a daughter of Paul and Beatrice Grant Crawford. Dianne attended Portland schools and graduated from Deering High School in 1965. She worked for many years at Fairchild National Semiconductor and was a legal secretary at several Portland law firms before she became disabled in ...

YARMOUTH Theodore Merrill Russell MD age 84 died at his home in Yarmouth Maine on March 28 2015 after a long illness. Born September 11 1930 at St. Barnabas Hospital in Portland Maine he was the son of Carl Asa Russell and Ruth Merrill Russell of Falmouth. Ted grew up in Falmouth with his brothers ...

Deborah Van Hoewyk of Portland and West Bath Maine passed away on August 28 2025 following a brief illness. Deborah was born in Barrington Rhode Island the daughter of Schuyler S. Sampson and Alice Mansur Sampson. Deborah moved to Cumberland Maine with her parents and brother as a young child and at...

Topsham After a short illness Lorraine "Lorrie" M. Gaisford 93 passed away peacefully at home with family at her bedside on Friday September 13. She was born on April 15th 1931 in Westbrook Maine the daughter of Walter W. and Mildred M. Hayes Smith. She graduated from Standish High School in 1948 a...

William E. Redmun Jr 70 of Auburn Maine passed away at home Saturday July 5 2025 with family by his side. Bill was born March 21 1955 in Lewiston Maine. The son of William E. Redmun Sr and his mother Marilyn Redmun. Bill grew up in Danville Maine. He was educated in Auburn schools. Bill graduated fr...

Brian E. Wilson 65 of Falmouth slipped peacefully into eternal life with his Lord and Savior on November 29th at Gosnell House after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer recently. Brian was born January 20 1957 in Portland. He was the middle son of Norma and Carroll Wilson Sr. He grew up in Falmou...

YARMOUTH Frederick George Anthony 84 passed away peacefully on January 3rd at Maine Medical Center. He was born in Medford Mass. on Sept.7th 1932 to Frederick and Dorothy Anthony. Frederick or Ray as some called him attended school in Foxboro Mass where he graduated from high school in 1951. He was...