1950 – 2015 OXFORD — Paul Edward Derenburger, 65, of Oxford passed away Monday, Sept. 14, at home surrounded by family after a long courageous battle with cancer. He was born Sept. 8, 1950, in Newton Township, Ohio, to Anna and Hollis Irvin Derenburger. He married Elizabeth Plummer on Dec. 18, 1971, and had three […]
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Margaret Vaillancourt
1951 – 2015 WALES — Margaret “Jeanine” (Gomes) Vaillancourt died on Monday, Sept. 7, as a result of a motorcycle accident, which also took the life of her husband, Patrick. Jeanine was born on March 27, 1951, in Newark, Ohio, to Charles Raymond Reece and Dorothy Jean (Loar). She was one of eight children and […]
Virginia K. Johnson
1927 – 2015 PORTLAND — Virginia K. Johnson, 87, of Rangeley and formerly of Yarmouth, Mass., died Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Maine Medical Center in Portland after a brief illness. She was born in Springfield, Ohio, to William White Kiefer and Virginia Paine Kiefer. As a child, she lived with her family in Forest Hills, […]
Richard Joseph Potvin Jr.
1930 – 2015 AUBURN — Richard Joseph Potvin Jr., 84, shoe industrialist, real estate developer, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, of Auburn and Miami Beach, Fla., passed away peacefully on Friday, June 12, at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, with his loving wife by his side. Richard fought off COPD and death with his […]
Colman L. Sanders
1924 – 2015 CANAL FULTON, Ohio — Colman L. “Coke” Sanders, 91, of Canal Fulton, Ohio, passed away early Sunday morning, June 7. He was born in Evansville, Ind., on Feb. 20, 1924, a son to the late J. Stanley and Annie (Johnson) Sanders. Coke spent his boyhood in the village of Turner before arriving […]
Ardeen W. ‘Dean’ Ayer
1934 – 2015 GALION, Ohio — Ardeen W. “Dean” Ayer, 80, of Galion, Ohio, died Saturday, May 2, at Millcreek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Galion. Born June 13, 1934, in Lewiston, he was the son of Carroll A. and Eleanor A. (Daggett) Ayer. He married Virginia M. (Fayle) Ayer on June 25, 1955, and […]
Jo Ellen Winslow
1955 – 2015 ROXBURY — Jo Ellen Winslow, 59, a resident of Roxbury, died unexpectedly, Sunday, April 26, at her home. She was born May 3, 1955, in Martins Ferry, Ohio, the daughter of John and Ruth (Kenney) Padgett. Jo Ellen was a 1973 graduate of Martins Ferry High School. On Oct. 3, 2009, in […]
Thomas H. Naragon
1947 – 2015 AUBURN — Thomas H. Naragon, 68, of 6 Hope St., Lisbon Falls, died after three years of fighting pancreatic cancer with his family by his side and parachuted into the Lord’s arms on Saturday, April 18. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, on Feb. 6, 1947, the son of Ruth I. (Hiles) […]
Romeo A. ‘Meo’ Leclair
1933 – 2015 SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. — Romeo A. “Meo” Leclair, DDS, 81, of Sierra Vista, Ariz., died peacefully on Tuesday, April 14, at his home, with his wife, Terri, by his side, after losing his battle with diabetes. He was born in Chisolm on June 21, 1933, the son of Lucien and Adrienne (Fortier) […]
Virginia Ann Smith
1968 – 2015 LEWISTON — Virginia Ann Smith, 46, of Lewiston died unexpectedly on Thursday, April 2, at her home. She was born on May 30, 1968 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, a daughter of Michael and Betty (Flanders) Smith of Northwood, N.H. Virginia graduated from Brunswick High School in 1987 and also from Mid-State College […]