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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph W. Brown | 80 | Portland | November 17, 2024 | |
| Mark E. Susi | 72 | Pittston | November 3, 2024 | |
| Daniel J. Quinn | 75 | Kennebunk | October 18, 2024 | |
| Charles L. Nickerson | 91 | Wells | October 14, 2024 | |
| Samuel Nesbit, Jr. | 85 | Fryeburg | October 1, 2024 | |
| Howard T. Reben | 79 | Bradenton, Florida | August 1, 2024 | |
| David J. Ferrucci | 70 | Portland | May 27, 2024 | |
| Marianne McGettigan | 73 | Freeport | May 5, 2024 | |
| Martin B. Burke | 84 | Rockville, CT | January 24, 2024 | |
| Paul L. Rudman | 88 | Bangor | January 4, 2024 | |
| James P. Dunleavy | 84 | Presque Isle | December 10, 2023 | |
| David W. Crook, Esq. | 77 | Rome | November 11, 2023 | |
| Robert F. Preti | 99 | Cape Elizabeth | November 10, 2023 | |
| Louise K. Thomas, Esq. | 71 | Cape Elizabeth | September 3, 2023 | |
| James M. Shepard-Kegl, Esq. | 69 | North Yarmouth | August 22, 2023 | |
| Charles E. Miller | 75 | Scarborough | August 4, 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 | |
| Steven J. Blackwell, Esq. | 68 | Bangor | March 6, 2023 | |
| William C. Henderson II, Esq. | 80 | Naples Italy | February 25, 2023 | |
| Jeremiah Dexter Newbury | 88 | Scarborough | December 27, 2022 | |
| Craig T. Gardner, Esq. | 62 | North Waterboro, ME | December 23, 2022 | |
| Robert B. Carpenter, Esq. | 73 | Boston, MA | December 21, 2022 | |
| Thomas W. Tavenner, Esq. | 90 | Boothbay | December 5, 2022 | |
| Michael J. Gentile, Esq. | 81 | Augusta, ME | October 19, 2022 | |
| Eric E. Wright, Esq. | 74 | Denver, CO | October 13, 2022 | |
| William B. Jordan, Esq. | 70 | Portland, ME | October 6, 2022 | |
| Paul M. Koziell, Esq. | 55 | Freeport, ME | October 5, 2022 | |
| Richard A. Davis | 90 | Portland | September 28, 2022 | |
| Peter J. Kaynor, Esq. | 63 | Rumford, ME | September 18, 2022 | |
| Gerard O. Fournier, Esq. | 68 | Mount Desert, ME | September 17, 2022 | |
| Ronald D. Bourque, Esq. | 75 | Orchid, FL | September 17, 2022 | |
| Sanford Roberts, Esq. | 76 | Portsmouth, ME | September 11, 2022 | |
| James A. Houle, Esq. | 73 | Scarborough, ME | September 5, 2022 | |
| John R. Coon, Esq. | 67 | Brunswick ME | August 24, 2022 | |
| Thomas Needham | 87 | Bangor | August 2, 2022 | |
| William P. Hardy, Esq. | 79 | Napa, California | July 16, 2022 | |
| Kerry Clark Jordan, Esq. | 63 | Orono, ME | July 13, 2022 | |
| John C. Hunt, Esq. | 78 | Kennebunkport, ME | June 17, 2022 | |
| Andy M. Cohen, Esq. | 54 | Portland, ME | June 15, 2022 | |
| Arthur John Greif Esq. | 70 | Bar Harbor ME | June 1, 2022 | |
| Eliot Field, Esq. | 76 | Dresden | May 26, 2022 | |
| Maryanne Melko Prince, Esq. | 70 | Augusta, ME | May 20, 2022 | |
| 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 | |
| Roger L. Hurley, Esq. | 74 | Camden, ME | March 25, 2022 | |
| Peter G. Hastings, Esq. | 86 | Fryeburg, ME | March 5, 2022 | |
| Margaret R. Brann, Esq. | 61 | Brunswick ME | March 4, 2022 | |
| Warren C. Shay, Esq. | 73 | Skowhegan, ME | February 28, 2022 | |
| Roger A. Putnam, Esq. | 96 | Portland, ME | February 17, 2022 | |
| S. James Levis | 78 | Kennebunkport | February 15, 2022 | |
| Nan Heald, Esq. | 66 | Portland, ME | January 28, 2022 | |
| Brian H. Mahany, Esq. | 63 | Bandera, TX | January 18, 2022 | |
| Martha J. Hallisey-Swift Esq. | 53 | Brunswick ME | January 13, 2022 | |
| Wendy Baillargeon, Esq. | 52 | Knightdale, NC | December 25, 2021 | |
| David F. Click, Esq. | 74 | Jupiter, FL | November 29, 2021 | |
| James L. Audiffred | 78 | Biddeford | November 8, 2021 | |
| David T. Flanagan, Esq. | 74 | Manchester, ME | October 13, 2021 | |
| Charles F. Darlington, Esq. | 84 | South Casco, ME | October 12, 2021 | |
| Gerard A. Poissonnier, Esq. | 66 | Winslow, ME | October 1, 2021 | |
| Reginald E. Burleigh, Esq. | 81 | Fort Fairfield, ME | August 31, 2021 | |
| Bradley D. Berryman, Esq. | 50 | Bandera, TX | June 29, 2021 | |
| Wayne Theriault | 74 | Waterville | April 24, 2021 | |
| Thomas E. Delahanty II | 75 | Falmouth | April 12, 2021 | |
| Gerald M. Amero | 82 | South Casco | March 31, 2021 | |
| 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 | |
| Charles E. Moreshead | 81 | Old Orchard Beach | December 14, 2020 | |
| Lewis Epstein | 69 | Westbury, NY | N/A | No obituary published. |
| Jerome S. Matus | 92 | Holliston, MA | November 29, 2020 | |
| Daniel T. Rush | 68 | Kennebunk | November 9, 2020 | |
| Walter E. Corey | 79 | Cumberland Foreside | October 31, 2020 | |
| Philip Stanley Bird | 91 | Waterville | October 2, 2020 | |
| Joseph L. Bornstein | 74 | Scarborough | October 1, 2020 | |
| Philip Stephen Cohen | 51 | Waldoboro | September 26, 2020 | |
| Bruce A. Coggeshall | 78 | Falmouth | September 14, 2020 | |
| Bruce W. Chandler | 89 | Portland | August 26, 2020 | |
| Juliet C. Holmes-Smith | 57 | Portland | August 14, 2020 | |
| Nicholas Bull | 75 | Lovell | August 9, 2020 | |
| Martaine John Lapin | 88 | Orono | July 30, 2020 | |
| Wayne Thomas Adams | 79 | Kennebunkport | July 28, 2020 | |
| Brian Aromando | 57 | Ogunquit | July 18, 2020 | No obituary published. |
| Michael R. Poulin | 70 | Lewiston | July 16, 2020 | |
| John G. Richardson, Jr. | 62 | Brunswick | June 16, 2020 | |
| Darrell Sweeney Nichols | 71 | Wiscasset | June 9, 2020 | |
| Elmer E. Runyon | 97 | Cumberland | June 3, 2020 | |
| N. Paul Gauvreau | 71 | Lewiston | April 7, 2020 | |
| Carl O. Bradford | 87 | Yarmouth | March 29, 2020 | |
| James Clark Hunt | 77 | Portland | March 1, 2020 | |
| Raoul E. Paradis | 97 | Biddeford | January 13, 2020 | No obituary published. |
| Harold E. Woodsum, Jr. | 88 | Portland | January 5, 2020 | |
| Victor Manougian | 59 | York | December 22, 2019 | |
| Edward Collins | 64 | Rockland | December 12, 2019 | |
| Hugh MacMahon | 81 | Falmouth | September 23, 2019 | |
| Anthony Shasta, II, Esq. | 66 | Madison | September 2, 2019 | |
| John Paul Jabar | 91 | Waterville | July 15, 2019 | |
| Christopher Simpson | 64 | Whitefield | July 9, 2019 | |
| William H. Clifford, Jr. | 89 | Lewiston | July 4, 2019 | |
| Michael Lawrence Sheehan | 59 | Scarborough | June 2, 2019 | |
| Laurier T. Raymond, Jr. | 87 | Auburn | May 25, 2019 | |
| Richard G. Hamann | 72 | Lewiston | May 21, 2019 | |
| James E. Davitt | 76 | Hampden | May 1, 2019 | |
| Kevin Cuddy | 75 | Holden | April 23, 2019 | |
| Dale J. Denno | 68 | Cumberland | April 16, 2019 | |
| Terry N. Snow | 75 | Scarborough | April 9, 2019 | |
| Rebecca Webber | 60 | Auburn | March 30, 2019 | |
| John K. Craford | 73 | Cape Elizabeth | March 16, 2019 | |
| Harold Shapiro | 86 | Gardiner | February 23, 2019 | |
| Peter James Rogers | 98 | Portland | February 14, 2019 | |
| James A. Connellan | 89 | Brunswick | February 14, 2019 | |
| Daniel J. Desmond | 73 | Falmouth | February 10, 2019 | |
| James A. Goodman | 82 | Naples | February 9, 2019 | |
| John K. Dineen | 91 | Boston | February 4, 2019 | |
| Dorothy M. Wentworth | 69 | Scarborough | January 27, 2019 | |
| Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr. | 88 | Falmouth | January 22, 2019 | |
| Keith Neal Edgerly | 93 | Cottonwood, AZ | January 1, 2019 | |
| Rosalyne Spindel Bernstein | 90 | Portland | December 30, 2018 | |
| Harold C. Hamilton | 67 | Bangor | December 30, 2018 | |
| Scott David Giese | 51 | Old Orchard Beach | December 5, 2018 | |
| Donald E. Eames | 92 | Norridgewock | November 22, 2018 | |
| Andrew J. Cloutier | 56 | Portland | November 20, 2018 | |
| Richard A. Lord | 82 | Brunswick | November 3, 2018 | |
| Brent Rexford Slater | 71 | Bangor | October 25, 2018 | |
| Lola Stendig Lea | 84 | Freeport | October 11, 2018 | |
| Frank H. Bishop | 73 | Scarborough | September 30, 2018 | |
| Keith R. Varner | 70 | Augusta | September 16, 2018 | |
| Francis David Ackerman | 66 | Augusta | August 12, 2018 | |
| David Evans Hunt | 65 | Portland | July 31, 2018 | |
| David E. Hunt | 65 | Portland | July 31, 2018 | |
| Alan J. Azzara | 72 | Westport Island | July 20, 2018 | |
| Rand N. Stowell Jr. | 77 | South, Freeport | July 12, 2018 | |
| Thomas Edward Powers | 78 | Cumberland | June 1, 2018 | |
| Robert J. Stolt | 74 | Chesterville | June 8, 2018 | |
| Edward Caron | 73 | Merritt Island, FL | May 27, 2018 | |
| Charles Veilleux, Sr., Esq. | 84 | Skowhegan | June 6, 2018 | |
| Laurence Bradner Carroll III | 73 | Scarborough | May 27, 2018 | |
| Richard N. Goodwin | 86 | Concord, MA | May 20, 2018 | |
| Eugene W. Beaulieu | 88 | Old Town | April 29, 2018 | |
| Wendell Graham Large | 65 | Portland | April 7, 2018 | |
| Julius B. Levine | 79 | Brookline, MA | April 10, 2018 | |
| Merton G. Henry | 92 | Scarborough | April 6, 2018 | |
| Irving Isaacson | 102 | Auburn | March 28, 2018 | |
| David J. Van Dyke | 58 | Lewiston | February 23, 2018 | |
| Louise Berlin | 71 | Portland | February 22, 2018 | |
| Douglas J. Thornsjo, Sr. | 90 | Sedona, AZ | February 13, 2018 | |
| Christopher G. Limberis | 68 | Bangor | February 11, 2018 | |
| Merle Stanley Snowman | 83 | Millinocket | January 10, 2018 | |
| Alan D. Graves | 83 | Machias | December 26, 2017 | No obituary published. |
| Bernard "Ben" Devine | 92 | Falmouth | December 11, 2017 | |
| Elton Arthur Burky | 80 | McKinleyville, CA | December 6, 2017 | |
| Albert Laurier Bernier | 95 | Waterville | December 3, 2017 | |
| Joseph Richard Hunt | 62 | Bangor | November 21, 2017 | |
| Marvin H. 'MG' Glazier | 73 | Bangor | November 23, 2017 | |
| Gregory Laurence Foster | 69 | South Bristol | November 10, 2017 | |
| Robert A. Marden | 90 | Waterville | October 29, 2017 | |
| Ernest Manderson | 80 | Gorham | August 19, 2017 | |
| John M. Whalen | 71 | Auburn | August 12, 2017 | |
| Orville T. "Tex" Ranger | 90 | Topsham | August 5, 2017 | |
| Francis M. Lynch | 61 | New York, NY | July 12, 2017 | |
| Lore Ford III | 76 | Whitefield | July 6, 2017 | |
| Robert M. Napolitano | 78 | Portland | June 17, 2017 | |
| Paul Hazard | 74 | Belfast | June 5, 2017 | |
| Floyd L. Harding | 93 | Ocala, Florida | April 23, 2017 | |
| Deborah Curtis | 64 | Portland | May 8, 2017 | |
| Edward Saxby Jr. | 61 | South Portland | May 6, 2017 | |
| Barry Pretzel | 63 | Thomaston | April 28, 2017 | |
| Franklin Fox Stearns, Jr. | 92 | Saco | April 23, 2017 | |
| Francis J. Scanlon | 70 | Nashville, TN | April 22, 2017 | |
| Henry Crowley | 85 | Norridgewock | March 21, 2017 | |
| Daniel G. Lilley | 78 | Falmouth | March 11, 2017 | |
| Calvin B. Sewall | 97 | Wilton | March 2, 2017 | |
| Daniel L. Lacasse | 60 | Calais | January 31, 2017 | |
| Thomas F. Monaghan | 85 | Portland | January 7, 2017 | |
| Robert Michael Knight | 67 | Freeport | December 14, 2016 | |
| Clinton B. "Bill" Townsend | 89 | Canaan, Maine | December 8, 2016 | |
| John Godfrey Richardson | 73 | Rochester, N. H. | December 1, 2016 | |
| Philip P. Mancini | 53 | Scarborough | November 11, 2016 | |
| Adam D. Harville Esq | 37 | Skowhegan | October 29, 2016 | |
| John Carroll Everett, Jr. | 69 | Norwich, VT | October 4, 2016 | |
| Thomas M. Brown | 75 | Bangor | September 29, 2016 | |
| Christopher D. Hardy | 62 | Camden | September 28, 2016 | |
| C. Martin Berman | 87 | Naples | September 19, 2016 | |
| Diane M. Edgecomb | 51 | North Berwick | September 16, 2016 | |
| Jean B. Chalmers | 88 | Hanover, N.H. | September 12, 2016 | |
| James Edward Mitchell | 74 | Vassalboro | September 9, 2016 | |
| Jane Parker Morse | 65 | Phippsburg | August 22, 2016 | |
| Michael M. McAleer | 63 | Orono | August 15, 2016 | |
| Marcel R. Viger | 87 | Kennebunk | August 10, 2016 | |
| Douglas B. Chapman | 79 | Bar Harbor | July 19, 2016 | |
| Vincent A. Drosdik Jr. | 85 | Augusta | July 8, 2016 | |
| Philip L. Ingeneri | 74 | Del Ray Beach, FL | July 6, 2016 | |
| Thomas M. Mangan | 72 | Lisbon | June 27, 2016 | |
| Janet Carol McCaa | 73 | Cape Elizabeth | June 5, 2016 | |
| Stephen Bunker Rohrbaugh | 77 | Hallowell | June 1, 2016 | |
| George Backus Hefferan Jr. | 80 | South Casco | May 30, 2016 | |
| Peter J. DeTroy III | 68 | Portland | May 28, 2016 | |
| Dr. Lewis P. Fickett Jr. | 89 | Fredericksburg, VA | May 17, 2016 | |
| Edward T. Richardson Jr. | 94 | South Portland | April 18, 2016 | |
| Robert C. Robinson Sr. | 95 | Falmouth | April 20, 2016 | |
| Hon. Allan Woodcock Jr. | 95 | Bangor | April 4, 2016 | |
| Lendall B. Knight | 96 | Cumberland Foreside | March 27, 2016 | |
| Andrew J. Smith | 50 | Corinth | March 31, 2016 | |
| Hon. William S. Brodrick | 81 | Sarasota, FL | March 6, 2016 | |
| Burton G. Shiro | 92 | Waterville | March 5, 2016 | |
| Donald Charles Crandlemire Jr. | 49 | Concord, NH | March 5, 2016 | |
| Wayne B. Hollingsworth | 82 | Port Orange, FL | March 4, 2016 | |
| Hon. Ronald L. Kellam | 87 | Parachute, Co | February 17, 2016 | |
| Richard H. Broderick, Sr. | 90 | Lincoln | January 31, 2016 | |
| Ellerbe P. Cole | 71 | Augusta | January 23, 2016 | |
| Cynthia J. Dresden | 53 | Brunswick | January 22, 2016 | |
| Peter W. Greenleaf | 68 | Yarmouth | January 2, 2016 | |
| Max S. Cohen | 90 | Augusta | December 21, 2015 | |
| John S. Jerabek | 75 | Lamoine | December 18, 2015 | |
| Robert M. Neault | 56 | Naples | November 24, 2015 | |
| Marya R. Baron | 41 | Portland | November 18, 2015 | No obituary published. |
| John W. Philbrick | 78 | Portland | October 20, 2015 | |
| Paul R. Buckley Sr. | 80 | Cumberland Foreside | October 4, 2015 | |
| Janet M. McClintock | 58 | Harpswell | September 28, 2015 | |
| William Paul "Bill" Niehoff | 90 | Waterville | September 15, 2015 | |
| Peter B. Sang | 74 | Cape Elizabeth and Trenton | September 9, 2015 | |
| Frederick C. Emery, II | 67 | Cape Elizabeth | September 4, 2015 | |
| Thomas J. Reagan Jr. | 88 | Kennebunk | August 21, 2015 | |
| Hon. Marilyn E. Stavros | 76 | Kennebunkport | July 16, 2015 | |
| Basil L. Kellis | 78 | Wells | May 19, 2015 | |
| Stanley E. Sproul | 95 | Augusta | May 13, 2015 | |
| Hon. William E. McKinley | 89 | Scarborough | May 6, 2015 | |
| Theodore S. Curtis Jr. | 74 | Orono | April 24, 2015 | |
| Peter J. Rubin | 70 | Scarborough | April 17, 2015 | |
| Orman F. Cummings Jr. | 75 | Windham, ME and Forest City & Fort Myers, FL | March 18, 2015 | |
| Myer M. Marcus | 100 | Portland | March 2, 2015 | |
| James Giblin Lynch | 82 | Brewer and Holden | March 1, 2015 | |
| Pamela Dianne Chute | 63 | Brewer | February 17, 2015 | |
| Thomas L. Jones | 62 | Bangor | February 7, 2015 | |
| Lloyd P. LaFountain | 84 | Biddeford | February 9, 2015 | |
| Stephen T. Emery | 66 | Bangor | February 5, 2015 | |
| Phillip Minchin Kilmister | 81 | Augusta and St. Augustine, FL | January 29, 2015 | |
| Ray Russell Pallas | 72 | Windham | January 21, 2015 | |
| John James Walsh | 89 | Portland | January 15, 2015 | |
| C. Wesley Crowell | 59 | Kennebunk | January 2, 2015 | |
| Grover G. Alexander | 86 | Scarborough | December 22, 2014 | |
| Richard Salewski | 56 | Damariscotta | December 7, 2014 | |
| Nicholas J. K. Mahoney | 49 | Davis, CA | December 6, 2014 | |
| Hon. Vincent L. McKusick | 93 | Falmouth | December 3, 2014 | |
| H. Michael Alpren | 76 | Portland | December 2, 2014 | |
| Robert F. Hannigan | 88 | Cape Elizabeth | October 2, 2014 | |
| Daniel R. Donovan | 77 | Bath | September 25, 2014 | |
| Philip C. "Gee" Roberts | 89 | Fort Fairfield | September 21, 2014 | |
| C. Donald Briggs | 60 | Camden | September 7, 2014 | |
| Patrick E. Joyce | 77 | Wilton | September 3, 2014 | |
| Robert V. Reagan | 67 | Greenville | August 16, 2014 | |
| John D. Cameron | 71 | Laconia, NH | August 14, 2014 | |
| Earl S. Laidlaw | 85 | Norway | July 25, 2014 | |
| Jerome A. LePelletier | 84 | Old Orchard Beach | July 23, 2014 | |
| Richard D. Hewes | 87 | Cape Elizabeth, ME | July 8, 2014 | |
| Richard S. Stern | 80 | Skowhegan, ME | June 27, 2014 | |
| William G. Rhines | 86 | Wells, ME | June 21, 2014 | |
| Frank Briggs Walker | 80 | Surry, ME | June 20, 2014 | |
| Cynthia L. Fallon | 49 | Sarasota, FL | June 14, 2014 | |
| Jonathan Weil Reitman | 65 | Brunswick, ME | June 7, 2014 | |
| Catherine R. Johns | 78 | Rockland, ME | May 20, 2014 | |
| Lt. Col. Robert P. Crowley | 51 | Norridgewock, ME | April 13, 2014 | |
| Paul F. Macri | 65 | Lewiston, ME | April 9, 2014 | |
| Everett W. Gray | 87 | Ormond Beach, FL | March 12, 2014 | |
| James David Simmons | 53 | Plainville, MA | January 24, 2014 | No obituary link found. |
| Richard E. Dill | 90 | Newport, VT | January 14, 2014 | |
| James M. Coyne | 100 | Belfast/Caribou | January 11, 2014 | |
| Lawrence R. Sawyer | 60 | South Casco | January 9, 2014 | |
| The Honorable Herbert T. Silsby II | 88 | Ellsworth | December 29, 2013 | |
| David N. Veilleux, Esq. | 42 | Turner | December 27, 2013 | |
| Thomas M. Dudley, Jr. | 83 | Durham, NH | December 26, 2013 | |
| Wakine G. Tanous | 82 | East Millinocket | November 7, 2013 | |
| David W. Winters | 69 | Cheshire, CT | August 29, 2013 | |
| Earl Stanley "Sonny" Tyler Jr. | 84 | Bangor | June 25, 2013 | |
| William D. Hathaway | 89 | MacLean, VA | June 13, 2013 | |
| William D. Lopez | 63 | Pittsburgh, PA | December 31, 2012 | No obituary link found. |
| Miles P. Frye | 89 | Waterville | October 25, 2012 | |
| Garth K. Chandler | 64 | Bangor | December 2, 2004 |
