South Portland High School Maine Alumni Obituaries

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...

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...

NEW GLOUCESTER Forest W. Littlefield died peacefully at his home in New Gloucester on July 10 with his loving wife and son Randy by his side as he wished. He was born July 22 1921 a son of the late Maurice and Florence Littlefield of South Portland. Forest attended South Portland schools and after ...

Barbara Elizabeth Burns Homer a resident at Montello Manor Lewiston Maine formerly of Augusta Maine died on April 7 She was born in Mars Hill Maine September 23 1917 to William and Cora White Burns. When she was six they moved to Fort Fairfield where she attended school and was graduated from Fort F...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

Norma Elaine Rattigan died peacefully in her sleep on 16 October 2022. She was born in Jonesboro Maine 25 June 1925 the daughter of Rae Lowe and Alonzo Hatch. In 1942 she graduated high school from a one room school house and at eighteen she and her mother left for Boston to work in a factory contri...

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...

John P. Davidson Sr. 88 of Waterville passed away peacefully with his children by his side at Glenridge Comfort Care in Augusta on December 10th 2021. John was a talented singer who performed at the playhouse in Chautauqua NY during his High School summer breaks. John also had a love of mechanics an...

Dorothe R. Hallenbeck of Thornton Hall Brunswick died peacefully at Midcoast Hospital on November 7 2018. Born on September 25 1918 in Schenectady New York to Claude and Anna Posson she was 100 years old. She was active throughout her life. A popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and early 1930...

PortlandRussell C. Lund of Windham Maine passed January 30th 2012. Russell was born on Feb. 17 1932 son of Albert and Marie Lund of Falmouth where he lived up until the last eight years when he and his wife moved to Cumberland and subsequently to Windham Russ was a 32nd degree Mason and for many yea...

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...

Janet Stewart Geer 90 passed away peacefully at Gosnell House Hospice in Scarborough Maine on Sunday December 5 2021. Janet was born in Fairfax Vermont on October 17 1931 to the late Frank Clifford and Rena Stebbins Stewart. Her early education was at Bellows Free Academy in Fairfax where she loved ...

Dan was born in Portland Maine on February 2 1957 to the late Louise and Herbert Pusey. He attended school in South Portland where he set a track record for his running. He graduated from Yarmouth High School and earned his degree at Northeast Technical Institute. He was a truck driver by trade doin...

Ken Bedder 71 of Freeport passed away at home on March 10th with family by his side . He had endured a year long battle with cancer. Ken was born in Yonkers New York. At age 20 he traveled to Maine with high school friends and never looked back. Ken was in awe of Maines forests coastline and wildlif...

SOUTH PORTLAND Robert E.Bob Durkee 97 of South Portland son of the late G.Adelbert and Jennie Durkee passed away August 18 2016 at the Hawthorne House of Freeport under the special care of HospiceVNA. Bob was born on 700 Acre Island near Islesboro. Maine graduated from Islesboro High School 2nd in ...

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...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Bob Bernier on December 28 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer. Bob was born on November 16 1965 to parents Ora and Edmond Bernier. He grew up in Auburn Maine graduating from Edward Little High School. Bob became a firefighter and EMT w...

AUBURNEsther Merrill Carrigan 85 of Auburn died peacefully on Aug. 11 2011. She was surrounded by the dedicated staff of Clover Health Care where she had been a resident for the past several months. Esther Merrill was born in Randolph ME February 8 1925. She graduated from Gardiner High School in 19...

I dont know how much value I have in this universe. But I do know that I made a few people happier than they wouldve been without me. And as long as I know that Im as rich as Ill ever be. Robin Williams Auburn Amy Bray Peterson 52 died on December 31 2021 at home in Auburn Maine surrounded by her ...

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 ...

Christopher Woodruff passed away at home in Westbrook Maine on January 21 2020. He was born at the WentworthDouglas hospital in Dover New Hampshire on February 8th 1974 and lived most of his life in Maine. Chris grew up in Bath Maine and was a 1992 graduate of Morse High School where he enjoyed play...

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...