LEWISTON — Phyllis A. Brochu, 87, formerly of Lisbon, passed away Friday, Aug. 24, at Russell Park Healthcare, with her family by her side. She was born Oct. 10, 1930, in Farmington, a daughter of the late Chesley and Fannie (Bennett) Williamson. She attended school in East Wilton and later in Lewiston. She lived most of […]
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Beatrice L. Pierce
LEWISTON — Beatrice L. Pierce, 89, a resident of Livermore Falls, passed away Monday morning, Aug. 13, at Marshwood Center in Lewiston. She was born March 21, 1929, in Lewiston, the daughter of George and Gladys Sampson. She attended school in Jay. On Oct. 25, 1947, in Phillips, she married Richard Phair. He passed away in […]
Marlene A. Gendreau
LEWISTON — Marlene A. Gendreau, 85, of Lewiston was peacefully called to be with the Lord and her husband, Roland, while at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, surrounded by family on Friday, June 8. Marlene was born in Lewiston on Jan. 24, 1933, a daughter of Ernest and Adelia (Roy) Turcotte. She […]
Louise W. Gerrish
PERU — Louise W. Gerrish, 94, died Wednesday, Nov. 22, at her residence in Peru. Louise was born in Dixfield on Aug. 2, 1923, the daughter of Clyde and Harriet (Farrar) Wright, and graduated from Dixfield High School, Class of 1941. For many years she worked in area shoe shops and woolen mills as a factory […]
Bert D. Mathieu, nearly eight decades in shoe shops
LEWISTON — Every weekday at 5:50 a.m., Bert D. Mathieu stops into Labadie’s Bakery for two plain donuts and coffee and heads into work at Pamco Shoe Machinery. He’s 91, and, strictly speaking, a volunteer. “I locate all the parts needed so they don’t have to chase around and look for them,” Mathieu said. “I’m […]