WASHINGTON — Talbot (Sonny) C. Cooley, Jr. passed away peacefully in the morning of February 6, 2023 at his home in Washington. Sonny was born on October 26, 1951 in Augusta, Maine to Talbot C.…

ROCKLAND — Philip E. ‘Sonny’ Myers, Jr., 72, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side, Sunday, January 29, 2023, following a courageous battle with cancer.

Born in…

WALDOBORO — David A. Lawrence, 87, died unexpectedly at home on February 5, 2023. The son of Charles and Alberta (Nickerson) Lawrence, David was a member of the Waldoboro High School Class of 1953…

UNION — Claris A. Tweedie, 91, passed away on February 2, 2023, with her family by her side at the Sussman House in Rockport.

Born in Waterville on April 14, 1931. She was the daughter of…

PORTLAND — Kathleen (Katie) Dailey sadly passed away on January 27, 2023 at the age of 73. She left us far too soon.

The youngest of five children, Katie was born in Hartford, Connecticut…

UNION — Sally A. Balsley, passed away on January 4, 2023 at Pen Bay Medical Center with her loving family by her side. Born in Rockland, at the Knox County General Hospital, January 15, 1945, she…

ROCKLAND — Bruce E. DeVarney, 74, died unexpectedly following a cardiac event, Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

Born in Derry, New Hampshire, March 5, 1948…

TENANTS HARBOR — Nadina Katherine Knisch, 67, passed away peacefully on January 30, 2023, at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport.

Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 20, 1955, she was…

OWL’S HEAD — Bonnie Post, of Owls Head, dedicated a lifetime to helping others in myriad ways. She died peacefully January 29, 2023, at the Owls Head Homestead, after a period of declining health…

WASHINGTON — On the evening of January 30, 2023, Philip W. Mank, 71, passed away peacefully at his home with his loving family by his side. Phil was born on August 5, 1951 to Roger and Gloria (…

ROCKLAND — Leo C. Dostie, 92, died peacefully, Friday, January 27, 2023.

Leo was born in Augusta, on May 26, 1930, the son of Leo J. and Matilda Gilbert Dostie. He graduated Cony High…

ROCKLAND — Rockland’s Inaugural Poet Laureate, Kendall Arthur Merriam, died peacefully January 28, 2023 in hospice care at The Sussman House in Rockport, Maine in the embrace of his loving wife,…

WALDOBORO — Anthony “Tony” Michael Chaisty, 58 of Waldoboro, passed away unexpectedly on December 13, 2022 at Maine Medical Center. Tony was born on January 20, 1964, in Taunton, Massachusetts to…

LINCOLNVILLE — Robert Payne, 66 of Lincolnville, passed away Sunday January 28, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport.

He was born on October 4, 1956, in Searsmont and moved with his…

ST. GEORGE — Donald ‘Jake’ Jacobson, passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at Maine Medical Center in Portland surrounded by close loved ones, the Cyrs and the Mynicks.

Jake was born…

BELFAST — Raymond L. “Skip” Davenport, a resident of Belfast, passed away peacefully on January 19, 2023 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough.

Skip was born in Ashland on July…

MALVERN, Pennsylvania — Mary Daniels Sohier died January 27, 2023, two weeks after her 102nd birthday. Born in Boston in 1921, she was the second of three children of Edward Perry Daniels, a…

CAMDEN — Betty Stetson Cameron, 93, widow of the late Clifford R. Cameron, Sr., died on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport. 

A complete obituary will be published…

LITCHFIELD — Stephen W. “Big Guy” Leppanen, 49, died unexpectedly from complications of heart disease, Thursday, January 19, 2023 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Born in Camden,…

ROCKLAND — Esther Dondis, better known known as Essie, died on Sunday, January 22, 2023, at the Sussman House in Rockport after a short illness. She was 98 years old.

Essie Hoffman, along…

THOMASTON — Karen Rhodes Clarke, 77, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 16, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport, Maine with her loving family by her side. Karen was born in Boston,…

ROCKLAND — Charlotte J. Root, 95, passed away peacefully at the Knox Center, Sunday, January 22, 2023, surrounded by her family. Born in Bristol, Connecticut, December 19, 1927, she was the…

DOVER FOXCROFT — Marlene Wentworth Dodge, 71, formerly of Rockport, died on December 24, 2022 at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center. Born in Camden on August 4, 1951, she was the daughter…

BURKETVILLE — Joyce Elaine Cressler, passed away in Rockport, on Friday, January 13, 2023, at the age of 91.

She was blessed to live the last 20 years of her life with her daughter at her…

FRIENDSHIP — On January 18, Richard “Dick” Wilshire, 89, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend to many passed at the Sussman House where he was surrounded by family and friends. While…

BELFAST — Francis A. Dudley, 89 of Belfast, died January 20, 2023 at Waldo County General Hospital, Belfast, Maine.

Francis was born July 1, 1933 in Brooks, Maine to Frederick W. Dudley…

SPRUCE HEAD — Ruth V. Peterson, 86, of Spruce Head passed away peacefully at the Sussman House in Rockport on January 19, 2023. Ruth was born on March 25, 1936, to Eskil Peterson and Gerta Lind.…

CAMDEN — Jeffrey Colquhoun, 75, died from complications of Lewy Body Dementia on January 20, at his home in Camden, Maine. Jeff passed away in his bed overlooking his beloved Penobscot Bay with…

Penelope Victoria Padden died peacefully at Penobscot Bay Medical Center on December 8, 2022 after an extraordinarily brief struggle with cancer. Penelope (Pene) was 62 and had lived in Rockland,…

MONTVILLE — Neal Francis Taylor, 64, of Montville, Maine, died unexpectedly on Monday, December 26, 2022, at his residence.

Neal was born in the Bronx, New York on January 24, 1958, to…

ROCKLAND — Walter J. Matson, 75, died peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, following a long and hard fought battle with cancer, Saturday, December 31, 2022. Born in Warren, March 31, 1947…

UNION — Dorothy L. Dinsmore, 98, passed away peacefully at Clover Health Care in Auburn on January 15, 2023. She was born in Corinna, Maine on December 15, 1924, one of seven siblings of Helen (…

OWLS HEAD — Thomas Gerard Spearin, Jr., 77, died Friday, January 6, 2023, at the Sussman House in Rockport after a period of declining health. Born in Rockland, February 14, 1945, he was the son…

LINCOLNVILLE — Kevin W. Curit, 47, a twenty year resident of Lincolnville, died unexpectedly on Friday, January 6, 2023 in Lincolnville. Born in Rockport on July 14, 1975, he was the son of Bruce…

Nichole (Nikki) Marie Cayton, left this world unexpectedly on December 1, 2022. Nikki was only 34 years young. Our family has suffered a great loss and the world is a bit darker without her bright…

LINCOLNVILLE — Frances Adeline Hastings Knight, 91, passed away December 31, 2022 due to natural causes, surrounded by family in the home she built with her husband and raised her three sons.…

LINCOLNVILLE BEACH — Patricia Ann Ballou, 87, widow of Richard Ballou Sr., died at Knox Center For Long Term Care in Rockland, on January 6, 2023. 

A complete obituary will be published…

ROCKPORT — Kevin Alden Dow, 68, passed away on December 30, 2022, at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport, following a cardiac event. Born in Camden on April 3, 1954, he was the son of Alden and…

ROCKPORT — Robin A. Mahoney passed away suddenly and unexpected of natural causes, Friday, January 6, 2023. Robin had suffered with declining health for the past 10 years and lost her battle with…

BELMONT — Barbara Anne Emery, 84, of Belmont, passed away of natural causes at Harbor Hill Center in Belfast on January 2, 2023. She was born in Searsmont on July 22, 1938, the daughter of Everett…

CAMDEN — Eunice Roth Michaels, 96, of Camden, died on January 5, 2023 at Lakewood Long Term Care in Waterville. 

A complete obituary will be published later. 

Condolences and…

LINCOLNVILLE — Jamie Clark Cole, 58, died of cardiac arrest December 22, 2022. He was born May 13,1964, in Annapolis, Maryland, the son of Katherine (Davidson) and John Owen Cole.

Jamie,…

SOUTH THOMASTON — Florence E. ‘Flo’ Leach, 76, died Thursday, January 5, 2023, at her home surrounded by her family.

Born at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, February…

ROCKLAND – Wayne P. Nelson, 81, died peacefully after a brief illness surrounded by the love of his family, Thursday, December 29, 2022 at the Sussman Hospice house in Rockport.

Born in…

BELFAST — Mario “Butch” J. Nardone passed away at 95 on January 6, 2023 at Tall Pines, Belfast, Maine after a brief illness. He was born on June 4, 1927 in Lynn, Massachusetts to the late Mario…

SWANVILLE — Dennis Irving Sholes, 71, moved onto his next adventure January 3, 2023, where he’s having a “smoke,” listening to the birds, watching the clouds and embracing the warm sun. Surrounded…

BELFAST — Ramona H. Dorgan, 88, entered her eternal home on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at Tall Pines Nursing Home in Belfast, Maine, where she had resided for the past 9 years.

Ramona was…

ROCKLAND — William O. ‘Bill’ Rytky, Jr, 78, died January 6, 2023 at Maine Medical Center in Portland after a period of declining health. Born in Rockland, October 9, 1944, he was the son of…

MORRILL — Catherine Ann Reynolds, 63, of Morrill, passed away on January 5, 2023, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on September 28, 1959, in Belfast. 

Cathy is survived…

CAMDEN — Douglass C. Knowlton, 32, of Camden, passed away after a brief illness, in Boston, Massachusetts. Douglass was born on September 28, 1990, in Rockland, Maine to Scott D. Knowlton and…