1955 – 2015 HANOVER, Va. — Chrystal (Andrews) Lapointe, 60, a resident of Quinton, Va., died Friday evening, Aug. 21, at Memorial Regional Medical Center in Hanover, Va., surrounded by her family. She was born April 21, 1955, in Lewiston, the daughter of the late Lorraine (Pelletier) Gray and Bernard Gray and the late Richard […]
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William Robert Chouinard Sr.
1926 – 2015 LEESBURG, Va. — William Robert Chouinard Sr. passed away on Friday, June 26, in Leesburg, Va., after a lengthy illness. Bob was born Dec. 21, 1926, in Lewiston, the oldest of four children. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1943 and served for eight years through World War II and the Korean […]
Laurent Rene Doyon
1927 – 2015 LEWISTON — Laurent Rene Doyon, 87, of Lewiston, passed away in his home on Sunday, June 28, due to a heart attack. He was born on Nov. 28, 1927, in Lewiston. He attended Hotel Road Country School, Walton Junior High School and Edward Little High School, all in Auburn. He served in […]
Laurent Rene Doyon
1927 – 2015 LEWISTON — Laurent Rene Doyon, 87, of Lewiston passed away in his home on Sunday, June 28, due to a heart attack. He was born on Nov. 28, 1927, in Lewiston. He attended Hotel Road Country School, Walton Junior High School and Edward Little High School, all in Auburn. He served in […]
Martha Lynn Jordan
1942 – 2015 LEWISTON — Martha Lynn Anderson Jordan, 73, a resident of Turner, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 9, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Martha was born May 17, 1942, in Lewiston, the daughter of Clayton and Helen DeCoster Anderson. She was raised in Auburn and graduated from Edward Little High […]
Gary K. Price
1923 – 2015 WALES — The Rev. Dr. Gary Kilmer Price, 92, a resident of Witherell Road, Wales, died Friday, April 10, at the Hospice House in Auburn. He was born March 28, 1923, in Swarthmore, Pa., the son of William S. and Ethal M. (Kilmer) Price. He was educated in the grammar schools of […]
Barry W. Smith
1943 – 2015 FAIRFAX, Va. — Barry W. Smith, “Bear,” son of the late Albert and E. Elizabeth Smith of Dixfield, died on Easter Sunday, April 5, in Fairfax, Va. Barry was born in Rumford and raised in Dixfield, where he founded the Chicken Coop Clubhouse, played marbles in the street and was always first […]
Data from Maine’s VA facilities show shorter wait times
Get appointment data from around the country PORTLAND (AP) — The nation’s oldest veterans’ hospital in Augusta is also among the VA sites where patients are less likely to have to wait a long time for treatment. The Associated Press analyzed six months of appointment data at 940 VA hospitals and clinics nationwide to identify […]
Joan Blair Putnam
1928 – 2015 ARLINGTON, Va. — Joan Blair Putnam, 86, formerly of Bethel and Bryant Pond, died Thursday, Feb. 26, in Arlington, Va. She was born in Great Barrington, Mass., on Nov. 6, 1928, the daughter of William R. Blair and Frances Harper. She married Norman A. Putnam on Aug. 21, 1948. Joan was known […]
Maine wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery
ARLINGTON, Va. — Thousands of Maine-made wreaths are due to be placed on headstones at Arlington National Cemetery. This is the 100th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery, and Wreaths Across America is aiming to have a wreath for every headstone — more than 200,000 of them. Hundreds of volunteers were to place the wreaths on […]