1930 – 2013 RUMFORD — Dr. Robert Saisi, 82, died Monday, Aug. 12, at his residence on Holyoke Avenue, Rumford. He was born in Rumford on Sept. 29, 1930, son of the late Natale and Cleofe (Corti) Saisi. Dr. Saisi, valedictorian of Stephens High School (Rumford) Class of 1948, earned a E.D.D. in education administration/supervision […]
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Alden R. Prada
1953 – 2013 AUBURN — Alden R. Prada, 59, of South Paris was called home to his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Aug. 6. He was born in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on Aug. 17, 1953, the son of Raymond and Alita Moriarity Prada. He graduated from Oxford Hills High School in 1972 and attended the […]
Irene S. White
1915 – 2013 AUBURN — Irene Sarring (Zarina) White, M.S., M.A., 97, of Auburn, biochemist, professor and author, moved to “better hunting grounds” (as she liked to say) on Monday, July 29, at Androscoggin Hospice House. She was born in Riga, Latvia, on Oct. 28, 1915, in the midst of World War I, the daughter […]
Hampden Academy graduate assumes command of USS Constitution
CHARLESTOWN, Mass. — A Hampden Academy graduate assumed command of the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat during a ceremony on Friday. Cmdr. Sean Kearns assumed command of the USS Constitution during a change of command ceremony aboard the ship at the Charlestown Navy Yard on Friday morning. Kearns, a 1987 graduate of Hampden Academy, became the […]
Maine woman dies after I-495 crash in Mass.
AMESBURY, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts State Police say a Maine woman is dead after she struck several vehicles on Interstate 495 not far from the New Hampshire state line. Authorities say 73-year-old Patricia Foley, of Limerick, Maine, hit five vehicles in Friday afternoon’s crash in Amesbury. She was pronounced dead at a Boston hospital. Investigators […]
Frances Rolfe McKnight
1921 – 2013 TOPSHAM — Frances Rolfe McKnight, 92, of Rumford and Auburn, died Thursday, July 25, at The Highlands in Topsham. She was born July 18, 1921, in Rumford, the daughter of Cliff and Grace Rolfe, and graduated from Stephens High School and then Bates College in 1943 with a degree in religious studies. […]
Virginia ‘Ginny’ (Willis) Litchfield
died 2013 WEYMOUTH, Mass. — Virginia “Ginny” (Willis) Litchfield of Holbrook, Mass., 69, formerly of Weymouth, Mass., and Sumner, died Wednesday, July 17, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Ginny worked for Morgan Linen Services for over 15 years. After her retirement in 2008, she went on to work for Babies R’ Us for three […]
William A. Witt
1946 – 2013 HARTLAND — William A. Witt, 66, of Harmony, met “The Great Spirit,” while doing one of the things he loved the most — fishing on Great Moose Lake in Hartland, a place where he found peace and tranquility. Bill was born in Boston on Nov. 28, 1946, the son of Eugene Witt […]
Michael L. Fuller
1944 – 2013 LEWISTON — Michael L. Fuller, 68, of Lewiston, passed away on Sunday, July 14, at CMMC. He was born on Nov. 17, 1944, in Cambridge, Mass., the son of Elizabeth Seavey and Charles (Chuck) Stadleman. Michael was a cook in the Coast Guard. He also worked for many years in the mental […]
Thomas Cushman Sr.
1953 – 2013 LEWISTON — Thomas Cushman Sr., 59, of Oxford, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, at Central Maine Medical Center. He was born in Boston, Mass., on Sept. 8, 1953, the son of Donald and Sylvia Hall Cushman. He worked in the Lumber industry for 40+ years. On June 18, 1988, he married […]