All Obituaries

On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, right on cue for her afternoon nap, our beloved mother, Laura Ida Cook, decidedly said her goodbyes without any regrets and closed her eyes to take her turn to finally lay her soul to rest.  She leaves behind four children, Melissa Shaw, Mark House, Jason Cook and Jared Cook; three daughters-in-law, Neilie House, Rosemary Cook and Tina Cook; nine grandchildren, Mariah Marceau, Jonathan Cook, Nicholas Cook, Zander House, Martina Auger, Alexis Cook, Madison...

Eileen Mary Harvey, 69 of Damariscotta, passed away at home on the morning of May 10, 2022. She was born in 1952 in Dublin, the Republic of Ireland. She immigrated to the United States in 1955.  Eileen did her nurses training in England, University of Greenwich, graduating in 1978.  She met the love of her life, by accident, in 1977. They married in 1979 and enjoyed 43 years of wedded bliss.  In 1982 she moved permanently to the United States with her husband and small child....

Ethel M. Bell passed away at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta, in the early hours of May 5 at the age of 95.  She was born on August 8, 1926, the third child of Ethelyn (Nelson) Knowlton and Allan Cobb Knowlton in Liberty, Maine, where she grew up on the family farm during the Depression and WWII, both of which left deep and lasting impressions on the way she lived her life.  She attended the local schools and then Gorham Normal School (now the University of Southern Maine). Her...

Cynthia Jeanette Banks, 95 of South Jefferson, passed peacefully at home on the evening of April 29, 2022, in the care of her loving daughters.  Born in Camden on August 9, 1926, she was the oldest daughter of Wallace and Nellie (Carter) Jackson. She met Irving Banks, the love of her life, in her early school years.  They married in 1943, and made their home and family on the South Clary Road.   After all the kids were in school, she worked at the former Crummet’s...

Maurice Joyce Curran, III, of Wiscasset, passed away on the morning of April 29, 2022 at Sunnybrook Senior Living in Brunswick; he was 91. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 17, 1930, he was predeceased by his parents, Maurice J. Curran, Jr. and Annette (LaFrance) Curran; as well as his sisters, Annette Curran Conlon and Joyce Curran Nunez. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Kate Walker Curran of Wiscasset; their sons, Maurice J. Curran IV and his wife Kelly of Wayne,...

Kenneth Arthur Lutte passed away on April 26, 2022, from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease) at the age of 75.  He was surrounded by his family. Born on November 20, 1946, the son of Arthur Dale (“Flick”) Lutte and Polly Pendexter Lutte, Ken grew up in Fryeburg, Maine, and attended Fryeburg Academy.  At a party while attending Bowdoin College (Class of 1969; Chi Psi), he met Pamela Sandblom.  They were married in 1968 – before...

Maura Anne Doherty, 41 of Damariscotta, passed away suddenly on the afternoon of April 25, 2022 at the Maine Medical Center in Portland.  Born in Lewiston on September 21, 1980, she was the daughter of Vincent and Mary (Hourihan) Doherty. Maura grew up locally, showcasing her beautiful smile, playing sports, attending local schools, and graduating from Lincoln Academy in 1999.  Shortly after graduating, she moved to Arizona where she would go on to give birth to three beautiful...

Christopher Francis Conlin, 55, longtime resident of Barnstable, MA passed away after a brief illness April 20. He was a 1984 graduate of St. Bernard’s CCHS in Fitchburg, MA and 1990 graduate of University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was the loving and devoted husband of Kristen (Vennberg) Conlin for 22 years. He and Kristen moved to Newcastle on the coast of Maine in 2017 where they enjoyed renovating an old farmhouse & their 2 Great Pyrenees Grumble & Leo. Christopher was...

  Marilyn Ann Leeman, 82, of Round Pond, died on Tuesday evening, April 19, 2022 at the Miles Campus of Lincoln Health in Damariscotta with her loving family by her side. She was born October 26, 1939 in Danforth, Maine a daughter of the late Earl and Emma (Sanders) Lisheness and was a graduate of Danforth High School, a member of the class of 1955. Shortly after graduation, she moved to Westbrook where she met the love of her life and on December 31, 1959 she married Donald K....

Kenneth P. Chaney, 102, passed away on Monday, April 18, 2022, at the Maine Veterans’ Homes in Augusta, where he had been cared for since September 2016.  Born on November 15, 1919, in Bath, Maine, he spent a good deal of his time at his Grandfather Chaney’s farm on Golden Ridge Road in Alna, Maine.  He met the love of his life, Margaret A. (Graffam) Chaney of Whitefield in 1940. They married on New Year’s Day 1941 and began raising their family on “the...