In Memoriam

In Memoriam provides members of the Maine Bar with timely information regarding the passing of fellow colleagues. Death notices (name, age, city, date of death) are posted as they are made available and confirmed by Board staff and will remain on the site for 12 months.

When available, links to full obituaries and news articles are also available. Click on Obituary and/or Article to access this information. Please understand that overtime links may be deactivated. Also, some links may require readers to scroll through complete listings to access information regarding the lawyers denoted below.

If you are aware of an attorney who has recently passed away who is not on in the below list, please contact the Board.

Name Age City Date of Death Obituary/Article
Paul L. Rudman 88 Bangor January 4, 2024

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James P. Dunleavy 84 Presque Isle December 10, 2023

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David W. Crook, Esq. 77 Rome November 11, 2023

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Louise K. Thomas, Esq. 71 Cape Elizabeth September 3, 2023
James M. Shepard-Kegl, Esq. 69 North Yarmouth August 22, 2023
Richard A. Foley, Esq. 95 Naples, FL July 5, 2023
Harold J. Friedman, Esq. 80 Cape Elizabeth May 17, 2023
Donald Terhune Massey, Esq. 71 Yarmouth, ME March 15, 2023

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Steven J. Blackwell, Esq. 68 Bangor March 6, 2023
William C. Henderson II, Esq. 80 Naples Italy February 25, 2023

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Craig T. Gardner, Esq. 62 North Waterboro, ME December 23, 2022
Robert B. Carpenter, Esq. 73 Boston, MA December 21, 2022

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Thomas W. Tavenner, Esq. 90 Boothbay December 5, 2022

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Michael J. Gentile, Esq. 81 Augusta, ME October 19, 2022

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Eric E. Wright, Esq. 74 Denver, CO October 13, 2022

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William B. Jordan, Esq. 70 Portland, ME October 6, 2022

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Paul M. Koziell, Esq. 55 Freeport, ME October 5, 2022

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Richard A. Davis 90 Portland September 28, 2022
Peter J. Kaynor, Esq. 63 Rumford, ME September 18, 2022

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Gerard O. Fournier, Esq. 68 Mount Desert, ME September 17, 2022

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Ronald D. Bourque, Esq. 75 Orchid, FL September 17, 2022

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Sanford Roberts, Esq. 76 Portsmouth, ME September 11, 2022

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James A. Houle, Esq. 73 Scarborough, ME September 5, 2022

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John R. Coon, Esq. 67 Brunswick ME August 24, 2022

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William P. Hardy, Esq. 79 Napa, California July 16, 2022
Kerry Clark Jordan, Esq. 63 Orono, ME July 13, 2022

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John C. Hunt, Esq. 78 Kennebunkport, ME June 17, 2022

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Andy M. Cohen, Esq. 54 Portland, ME June 15, 2022

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Arthur John Greif Esq. 70 Bar Harbor ME June 1, 2022

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Eliot Field, Esq. 76 Dresden May 26, 2022
Maryanne Melko Prince, Esq. 70 Augusta, ME May 20, 2022

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Elaine S. Falender, Esq. 69 Cape Elizabeth, ME April 21, 2022
Sally H. DeMartini, Esq. 73 Bath, ME March 31, 2022
Malcolm L. Lyons, Esq. 80 Manchester, ME March 28, 2022

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Roger L. Hurley, Esq. 74 Camden, ME March 25, 2022

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Peter G. Hastings, Esq. 86 Fryeburg, ME March 5, 2022

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Margaret R. Brann, Esq. 61 Brunswick ME March 4, 2022

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Warren C. Shay, Esq. 73 Skowhegan, ME February 28, 2022

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Roger A. Putnam, Esq. 96 Portland, ME February 17, 2022

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Nan Heald, Esq. 66 Portland, ME January 28, 2022

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Brian H. Mahany, Esq. 63 Bandera, TX January 18, 2022
Martha J. Hallisey-Swift Esq. 53 Brunswick ME January 13, 2022

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Wendy Baillargeon, Esq. 52 Knightdale, NC December 25, 2021

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David F. Click, Esq. 74 Jupiter, FL November 29, 2021
James L. Audiffred 78 Biddeford November 8, 2021

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David T. Flanagan, Esq. 74 Manchester, ME October 13, 2021

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Charles F. Darlington, Esq. 84 South Casco, ME October 12, 2021
Gerard A. Poissonnier, Esq. 66 Winslow, ME October 1, 2021

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Reginald E. Burleigh, Esq. 81 Fort Fairfield, ME August 31, 2021

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Bradley D. Berryman, Esq. 50 Bandera, TX June 29, 2021

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Wayne Theriault 74 Waterville April 24, 2021

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Thomas E. Delahanty II 75 Falmouth April 12, 2021

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Gerald M. Amero 82 South Casco March 31, 2021

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Judith A. Plano, Esq. 82 Augusta, ME February 11, 2021
Peter E. Haller, Esq. 55 Scarsdale, NY February 9, 2021
Cathy Skeirik Roberts, Esq. 64 Falmouth, ME February 2, 2021
Jon R. Doyle, Esq. 83 Richmond, ME January 30, 2021
James E. Patterson, Esq. 72 Ellsworth, ME January 16, 2021
James B. Bartlett, Esq. 72 York January 8, 2021

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Charles E. Moreshead 81 Old Orchard Beach December 14, 2020

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Lewis Epstein 69 Westbury, NY N/A

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Jerome S. Matus 92 Holliston, MA November 29, 2020

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Daniel T. Rush 68 Kennebunk November 9, 2020

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Walter E. Corey 79 Cumberland Foreside October 31, 2020

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Philip Stanley Bird 91 Waterville October 2, 2020

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Joseph L. Bornstein 74 Scarborough October 1, 2020

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Philip Stephen Cohen 51 Waldoboro September 26, 2020

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Bruce A. Coggeshall 78 Falmouth September 14, 2020

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Bruce W. Chandler 89 Portland August 26, 2020

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Juliet C. Holmes-Smith 57 Portland August 14, 2020

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Nicholas Bull 75 Lovell August 9, 2020

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Martaine John Lapin 88 Orono July 30, 2020

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Wayne Thomas Adams 79 Kennebunkport July 28, 2020

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Brian Aromando 57 Ogunquit July 18, 2020

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Michael R. Poulin 70 Lewiston July 16, 2020

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John G. Richardson, Jr. 62 Brunswick June 16, 2020

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Darrell Sweeney Nichols 71 Wiscasset June 9, 2020

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Elmer E. Runyon 97 Cumberland June 3, 2020

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N. Paul Gauvreau 71 Lewiston April 7, 2020

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Carl O. Bradford 87 Yarmouth March 29, 2020

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James Clark Hunt 77 Portland March 1, 2020

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Raoul E. Paradis 97 Biddeford January 13, 2020

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Harold E. Woodsum, Jr. 88 Portland January 5, 2020

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Victor Manougian 59 York December 22, 2019

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Edward Collins 64 Rockland December 12, 2019

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Hugh MacMahon 81 Falmouth September 23, 2019

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Anthony Shasta, II, Esq. 66 Madison September 2, 2019
John Paul Jabar 91 Waterville July 15, 2019

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Christopher Simpson 64 Whitefield July 9, 2019

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William H. Clifford, Jr. 89 Lewiston July 4, 2019

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Michael Lawrence Sheehan 59 Scarborough June 2, 2019

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Laurier T. Raymond, Jr. 87 Auburn May 25, 2019

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Richard G. Hamann 72 Lewiston May 21, 2019

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James E. Davitt 76 Hampden May 1, 2019

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Kevin Cuddy 75 Holden April 23, 2019

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Dale J. Denno 68 Cumberland April 16, 2019

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Terry N. Snow 75 Scarborough April 9, 2019

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Rebecca Webber 60 Auburn March 30, 2019

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John K. Craford 73 Cape Elizabeth March 16, 2019

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Harold Shapiro 86 Gardiner February 23, 2019

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Peter James Rogers 98 Portland February 14, 2019

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James A. Connellan 89 Brunswick February 14, 2019

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Daniel J. Desmond 73 Falmouth February 10, 2019

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James A. Goodman 82 Naples February 9, 2019

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John K. Dineen 91 Boston February 4, 2019

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Dorothy M. Wentworth 69 Scarborough January 27, 2019

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Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr. 88 Falmouth January 22, 2019

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Keith Neal Edgerly 93 Cottonwood, AZ January 1, 2019

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Rosalyne Spindel Bernstein 90 Portland December 30, 2018

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Harold C. Hamilton 67 Bangor December 30, 2018

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Scott David Giese 51 Old Orchard Beach December 5, 2018

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Donald E. Eames 92 Norridgewock November 22, 2018

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Andrew J. Cloutier 56 Portland November 20, 2018

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Richard A. Lord 82 Brunswick November 3, 2018

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Brent Rexford Slater 71 Bangor October 25, 2018

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Lola Stendig Lea 84 Freeport October 11, 2018

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Frank H. Bishop 73 Scarborough September 30, 2018

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Keith R. Varner 70 Augusta September 16, 2018

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Francis David Ackerman 66 Augusta August 12, 2018

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David Evans Hunt 65 Portland July 31, 2018

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David E. Hunt 65 Portland July 31, 2018

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Alan J. Azzara 72 Westport Island July 20, 2018

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Rand N. Stowell Jr. 77 South, Freeport July 12, 2018

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Thomas Edward Powers 78 Cumberland June 1, 2018

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Robert J. Stolt 74 Chesterville June 8, 2018

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Edward Caron 73 Merritt Island, FL May 27, 2018

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Charles Veilleux, Sr., Esq. 84 Skowhegan June 6, 2018

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Laurence Bradner Carroll III 73 Scarborough May 27, 2018

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Richard N. Goodwin 86 Concord, MA May 20, 2018

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Eugene W. Beaulieu 88 Old Town April 29, 2018

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Wendell Graham Large 65 Portland April 7, 2018

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Julius B. Levine 79 Brookline, MA April 10, 2018

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Merton G. Henry 92 Scarborough April 6, 2018

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Irving Isaacson 102 Auburn March 28, 2018

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David J. Van Dyke 58 Lewiston February 23, 2018

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Louise Berlin 71 Portland February 22, 2018

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Douglas J. Thornsjo, Sr. 90 Sedona, AZ February 13, 2018

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Christopher G. Limberis 68 Bangor February 11, 2018

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Merle Stanley Snowman 83 Millinocket January 10, 2018

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Alan D. Graves 83 Machias December 26, 2017

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Bernard "Ben" Devine 92 Falmouth December 11, 2017

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Elton Arthur Burky 80 McKinleyville, CA December 6, 2017

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Albert Laurier Bernier 95 Waterville December 3, 2017

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Joseph Richard Hunt 62 Bangor November 21, 2017

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Marvin H. 'MG' Glazier 73 Bangor November 23, 2017

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Gregory Laurence Foster 69 South Bristol November 10, 2017

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Robert A. Marden 90 Waterville October 29, 2017

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Ernest Manderson 80 Gorham August 19, 2017

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John M. Whalen 71 Auburn August 12, 2017

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Orville T. "Tex" Ranger 90 Topsham August 5, 2017

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Francis M. Lynch 61 New York, NY July 12, 2017

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Lore Ford III 76 Whitefield July 6, 2017

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Robert M. Napolitano 78 Portland June 17, 2017

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Paul Hazard 74 Belfast June 5, 2017

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Floyd L. Harding 93 Ocala, Florida April 23, 2017

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Deborah Curtis 64 Portland May 8, 2017

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Edward Saxby Jr. 61 South Portland May 6, 2017

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Barry Pretzel 63 Thomaston April 28, 2017

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Franklin Fox Stearns, Jr. 92 Saco April 23, 2017

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Francis J. Scanlon 70 Nashville, TN April 22, 2017

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Henry Crowley 85 Norridgewock March 21, 2017

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Daniel G. Lilley 78 Falmouth March 11, 2017

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Calvin B. Sewall 97 Wilton March 2, 2017

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Daniel L. Lacasse 60 Calais January 31, 2017

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Thomas F. Monaghan 85 Portland January 7, 2017

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Robert Michael Knight 67 Freeport December 14, 2016

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Clinton B. "Bill" Townsend 89 Canaan, Maine December 8, 2016

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John Godfrey Richardson 73 Rochester, N. H. December 1, 2016

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Philip P. Mancini 53 Scarborough November 11, 2016

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Adam D. Harville Esq 37 Skowhegan October 29, 2016

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John Carroll Everett, Jr. 69 Norwich, VT October 4, 2016

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Thomas M. Brown 75 Bangor September 29, 2016

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Christopher D. Hardy 62 Camden September 28, 2016

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C. Martin Berman 87 Naples September 19, 2016

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Diane M. Edgecomb 51 North Berwick September 16, 2016

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Jean B. Chalmers 88 Hanover, N.H. September 12, 2016

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James Edward Mitchell 74 Vassalboro September 9, 2016

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Jane Parker Morse 65 Phippsburg August 22, 2016

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Michael M. McAleer 63 Orono August 15, 2016

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Marcel R. Viger 87 Kennebunk August 10, 2016

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Douglas B. Chapman 79 Bar Harbor July 19, 2016

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Vincent A. Drosdik Jr. 85 Augusta July 8, 2016

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Philip L. Ingeneri 74 Del Ray Beach, FL July 6, 2016

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Thomas M. Mangan 72 Lisbon June 27, 2016

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Janet Carol McCaa 73 Cape Elizabeth June 5, 2016

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Stephen Bunker Rohrbaugh 77 Hallowell June 1, 2016

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George Backus Hefferan Jr. 80 South Casco May 30, 2016

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Peter J. DeTroy III 68 Portland May 28, 2016

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Dr. Lewis P. Fickett Jr. 89 Fredericksburg, VA May 17, 2016

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Edward T. Richardson Jr. 94 South Portland April 18, 2016

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Robert C. Robinson Sr. 95 Falmouth April 20, 2016

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Hon. Allan Woodcock Jr. 95 Bangor April 4, 2016

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Lendall B. Knight 96 Cumberland Foreside March 27, 2016

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Andrew J. Smith 50 Corinth March 31, 2016

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Hon. William S. Brodrick 81 Sarasota, FL March 6, 2016

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Burton G. Shiro 92 Waterville March 5, 2016

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Donald Charles Crandlemire Jr. 49 Concord, NH March 5, 2016

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Wayne B. Hollingsworth 82 Port Orange, FL March 4, 2016

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Hon. Ronald L. Kellam 87 Parachute, Co February 17, 2016

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Richard H. Broderick, Sr. 90 Lincoln January 31, 2016

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Ellerbe P. Cole 71 Augusta January 23, 2016

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Cynthia J. Dresden 53 Brunswick January 22, 2016
Peter W. Greenleaf 68 Yarmouth January 2, 2016

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Max S. Cohen 90 Augusta December 21, 2015

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John S. Jerabek 75 Lamoine December 18, 2015

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Robert M. Neault 56 Naples November 24, 2015

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Marya R. Baron 41 Portland November 18, 2015

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John W. Philbrick 78 Portland October 20, 2015

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Paul R. Buckley Sr. 80 Cumberland Foreside October 4, 2015

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Janet M. McClintock 58 Harpswell September 28, 2015

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William Paul "Bill" Niehoff 90 Waterville September 15, 2015

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Peter B. Sang 74 Cape Elizabeth and Trenton September 9, 2015

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Frederick C. Emery, II 67 Cape Elizabeth September 4, 2015

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Thomas J. Reagan Jr. 88 Kennebunk August 21, 2015

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Hon. Marilyn E. Stavros 76 Kennebunkport July 16, 2015

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Basil L. Kellis 78 Wells May 19, 2015

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Stanley E. Sproul 95 Augusta May 13, 2015

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Hon. William E. McKinley 89 Scarborough May 6, 2015

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Theodore S. Curtis Jr. 74 Orono April 24, 2015

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Peter J. Rubin 70 Scarborough April 17, 2015

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Orman F. Cummings Jr. 75 Windham, ME and Forest City & Fort Myers, FL March 18, 2015

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Myer M. Marcus 100 Portland March 2, 2015

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James Giblin Lynch 82 Brewer and Holden March 1, 2015

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Pamela Dianne Chute 63 Brewer February 17, 2015

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Thomas L. Jones 62 Bangor February 7, 2015

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Lloyd P. LaFountain 84 Biddeford February 9, 2015

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Stephen T. Emery 66 Bangor February 5, 2015

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Phillip Minchin Kilmister 81 Augusta and St. Augustine, FL January 29, 2015

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Ray Russell Pallas 72 Windham January 21, 2015

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John James Walsh 89 Portland January 15, 2015

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C. Wesley Crowell 59 Kennebunk January 2, 2015

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Grover G. Alexander 86 Scarborough December 22, 2014

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Richard Salewski 56 Damariscotta December 7, 2014

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Nicholas J. K. Mahoney 49 Davis, CA December 6, 2014

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Hon. Vincent L. McKusick 93 Falmouth December 3, 2014

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H. Michael Alpren 76 Portland December 2, 2014

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Robert F. Hannigan 88 Cape Elizabeth October 2, 2014

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Daniel R. Donovan 77 Bath September 25, 2014

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Philip C. "Gee" Roberts 89 Fort Fairfield September 21, 2014

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C. Donald Briggs 60 Camden September 7, 2014

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Patrick E. Joyce 77 Wilton September 3, 2014

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Robert V. Reagan 67 Greenville August 16, 2014

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John D. Cameron 71 Laconia, NH August 14, 2014

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Earl S. Laidlaw 85 Norway July 25, 2014

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Jerome A. LePelletier 84 Old Orchard Beach July 23, 2014

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Richard D. Hewes 87 Cape Elizabeth, ME July 8, 2014

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Richard S. Stern 80 Skowhegan, ME June 27, 2014

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William G. Rhines 86 Wells, ME June 21, 2014

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Frank Briggs Walker 80 Surry, ME June 20, 2014

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Cynthia L. Fallon 49 Sarasota, FL June 14, 2014

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Jonathan Weil Reitman 65 Brunswick, ME June 7, 2014

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Catherine R. Johns 78 Rockland, ME May 20, 2014

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Lt. Col. Robert P. Crowley 51 Norridgewock, ME April 13, 2014

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Paul F. Macri 65 Lewiston, ME April 9, 2014

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Everett W. Gray 87 Ormond Beach, FL March 12, 2014

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James David Simmons 53 Plainville, MA January 24, 2014

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Richard E. Dill 90 Newport, VT January 14, 2014

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James M. Coyne 100 Belfast/Caribou January 11, 2014

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Lawrence R. Sawyer 60 South Casco January 9, 2014

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The Honorable Herbert T. Silsby II 88 Ellsworth December 29, 2013

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David N. Veilleux, Esq. 42 Turner December 27, 2013

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Thomas M. Dudley, Jr. 83 Durham, NH December 26, 2013

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Wakine G. Tanous 82 East Millinocket November 7, 2013

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David W. Winters 69 Cheshire, CT August 29, 2013

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Earl Stanley "Sonny" Tyler Jr. 84 Bangor June 25, 2013

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William D. Hathaway 89 MacLean, VA June 13, 2013

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William D. Lopez 63 Pittsburgh, PA December 31, 2012

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Miles P. Frye 89 Waterville October 25, 2012

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