HEBRON — Karen Wrentzel, 34, was killed Saturday, Oct. 28, in Hebron. She was born in Lewiston on March 13, 1983, and grew up in Auburn. She started cooking at Mac’s Grill as a teenager, and except for a few months at J.F. Murphy homes as a caretaker and some other minor jobs, had been cooking […]
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Joan Chellis
AUGUSTA — Joan (Johanna) Chellis, 67, of Wayne, died Friday, Oct. 27, at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta. Joan was born in Augusta on Nov. 12, 1949, the daughter of Peter Lansing, MD, and Carolyn (Osgood) Lansing. She was a graduate of Cony High School and the University of Maine, Orono. Joan became an accomplished fabric […]
Franklin T. Gish
LEWISTON — Franklin T. Gish, of Lewiston, formerly of Limestone, died Wednesday, Nov. 1, at Marguerite d’Youville Pavilion with his loving family by his side. Frank was born in Winner, S.D., on Nov. 5, 1938, the son of Leonard & Rose Snow Gish. He attended Colome local schools and graduated from Colome High School with the […]
Sadie Wing
LEWISTON — Sadie Wing, 71, of Auburn, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 31, at Central Maine Medical Center. She was born in Belfast on Oct. 22, 1946, the daughter of Charles and Virginia Harvey Moody Sr. Sadie graduated from Jay High School and had been employed at Hale Mill for many years and later at Bass Shoe, […]
Alfred Silva
AUGUSTA — Alfred Silva, 80, of Lewiston, went home to be with God on Wednesday, Oct. 25. He was the son of Virgilio and Beatrice Burean Silva. He leaves behind his wife, Yvette Therrien; sons, Alan and Christopher; grandson, Alexander Silva; sisters, Rita (Levin) Barker and Joan Hully; and brothers, John (Jeanne) Silva and Charles (Mariette) […]
Lillian M. Davis
LEWISTON — Lillian Marie (Griffin) Davis, of Lewiston, went to her heavenly reward on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at the age of 108. Loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Lillian was born in Cambridge, Mass., on May 28, 1909, to Patrick F. Griffin and Mildred Steinhart Griffin. As a very young child she moved with […]
Kenneth P. Husman
AUBURN — Kenneth P. Husman, 52, died Wednesday, Nov. 1, at Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice in Auburn. Kenneth was born May 7, 1965, in Portsmouth, Va., to Donald L. and Betty Jane (Pimmel) Husman. Kenneth graduated from Brunswick High School with the Class of 1983. He has been a resident of Auburn since 1996 and […]
Michael A. Matthews
LISBON FALLS — Michael Alan Matthews, 63, recently of Lisbon Falls, passed away of natural causes in his home on the evening of Oct. 28. He was born to Phyllis Rogers and Jesse Matthews in 1954, under a table on a naval base in Kittery, during a blackout caused by the devastating Hurricane Carol as it […]
John Denison Cole
PORTLAND — John Denison Cole, 83, died peacefully Friday, Oct. 27, after a short illness. John was born in St. Louis, Mo., on July 13, 1934, the second of three sons to Sanford Henry and Louise Moffett Cole. He graduated from Littleton High School in New Hampshire and attended the School of the Museum of Fine […]
Paul E. Medlen
LISBON FALLS — Paul Eugene Medlen, 79, of Lisbon Falls, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Nov. 1, at his home, with his loving family by his side. He was born June 12, 1938, in Flat Rock, Ill., to Ralph “Ted” Medlen and Rebecca Edith Medlen. He attended grade school in Robinson, Flat Rock and Palestine, Ill. He […]