All Obituaries

On Sunday, April 11, 2021, Jeremy Robert Smit, loving husband and father of 3 children, passed away unexpectedly at the age of 42. Jeremy was born on April 30, 1978 in Fort Collins, Colorado, to Kevin Smit and Shirley Riewerts. He spent the earliest part of his childhood in Loveland, Colorado and moved with his family to Biddeford, Maine, when he was 8 years old. There, he attended Biddeford High where he met several of his lifelong friends and his loving wife and best friend,...

Scott Harlan Whitehouse Libby lost his brave and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer on the afternoon of April 7, 2021, at his home surrounded by his family.  He will be forever missed as a loving husband, devoted father, thoughtful son, beloved brother, caring uncle, wonderful teacher and loyal friend.  He was born on September 10, 1969 at Rumford Community Hospital.  He graced the stage of Mexico High School with outstanding musical performances in Little Shop of...

William Gary L’Hommedieu, a warrior, bravely fighting the terrible, terrible battles he had to face, but he was destined to lose, finally at peace, finally out of physical and psychological pain, FINALLY FREE!  Reaching the other side, at last, on the afternoon of April 7, 2021. Hopefully reuniting with the loved ones, badly missed, who went ahead...leaving behind caretakers, who struggle to make things easier for them...in spite of all the odds stacked against them...now left...

Clayton V. Huntley, Jr., 69 of Newcastle, passed away peacefully on the morning of April 2021.  Born on February 25, 1952 in Augusta, Maine to Clayton and Reta Huntley, he was the middle child to six sisters, Lorraine, Cathy, Carol, Lucille, Cindy and Brenda. Clayton attended Franklin Grammar School and Lincoln Academy.  He married his high school sweetheart, Margo Pinkham, and raised two wonderful sons, David and Matthew who also live in Newcastle. This year, Clayton...

Patricia Anne Conley, 85 of Boothbay, passed away on the evening of March 23, 2021 at the Maine Medical Center in Portland.  Pat was a devout Christian who lived her faith. She was born on St. Patrick’s Day in 1936, and grew up in Newton, MA, graduating from Newton High School in 1954. She worked as a secretary and then a bank accountant. On the day before Easter in 1956, Pat met her future husband, Arthur, while roller-skating.  She married Arthur Conley on December 15,...

Eleanore Benson Carver died unexpectedly, but peacefully, on March 23rd, at the LincolnHealth - Miles Campus, with family by her side. She was 95 years old.  She was born in Laurel, Delaware, on May 15, 1925, the second daughter of Cecil R. and Eleonore Bie Benson. She grew up in Philadelphia, where her father had a lumberyard, during the Depression. Times were hard but standards were always high!  After high school she was enrolled first at the University of Pennsylvania and...

Lucy Arlene (Hagar) Russell, 88, of Largo, FL and formerly of Alna, Maine, passed away at her home, surrounded by family, on March 19, 2021.   She was born at home in Damariscotta Mills, to Edith “Muriel” (Edwards) Hagar and Harry Hagar on December 6, 1932. Lucy had four siblings in life; Randall Hagar, Burton Hagar, Isabel Hagar Kelsey and Harry Hagar, Jr. Growing up, she attended and graduated from Lincoln Academy.  Four years after graduation, she married...

On March 14th, Suzanne Treidler passed away at home with her husband and mini labradoodle, (never quite forgiven for not being a golden retriever), at her side. Suzanne was born on April 7,1936 at Rockville Center, New York. During her childhood, she lived at a different Long Island or Queens address every year of her elementary schooling. Attending a different school each year with no existing friends was difficult for a young child, and affected her for her entire life. She was the first...

Margaret W Pulliam, 92, of Damariscotta and Islesboro, Maine, died on March 14, 2021 at her home in Damariscotta surrounded by family.  Margaret was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on August 11 1928, and spent her childhood in Marblehead before attending Fryeburg Academy in Maine for high school. It was while at Fryeburg that she met her first husband, George S. Nevens of Damariscotta.  After high school, Margaret attended Syracuse University before marrying George, and pursuing a...

Dawn Royer Westcott, 77, died on February 27, 2021 at Maine Medical Center after a brief but catastrophic illness. Dawn, the daughter of Ernest and Ethel Royer, grew up in Pennsylvania where she graduated from college with a degree in Chemistry, and met and married her husband Michael. After marrying the couple moved to Maine. In 1966, Dawn, using waitressing money she earned and saved prior to her marriage, purchased a summer home and seven acres on Louds Island. The family shared some of...