All Obituaries

Rosetta Burns, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, passed away at home in Alna, surrounded by her family on the afternoon of June 2, 2023.   Born in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, NH on June 14, 1933, she was the daughter of Linwood and Rosetta (Kennison) Bailey.  The family lived in New Hampshire until moving to Alna, ME.  Rosetta then attended the Bridge Academy in Dresden. On April 4, 1954, she married Sidney C. Burns, Jr,. and together they raised...

Richard Bartley of Damariscotta, Maine, died on May 29, 2023, at the age of 82. He was born in Amesbury, MA, the son of the late Mary A. (Shaughnessy) and Louis J. Bartley. Richard leaves his wife Sally, children Rick, Stephanie, and Lucy, grandchildren Patrick, Nathaniel, Margaret, Wyatt, and Sarah, siblings Mary Louise, Margaret (Peggy) Roche, and Paul, and many nieces and nephews. His brothers Daniel, Reverend David, and James predeceased him.   Especially as he got older,...

David Scott Gilbert, 63 of Damariscotta, passed away peacefully on the afternoon of Saturday, May 27, 2023.  Born on February 28, 1960, he was the son of Georgia Brewer of Newcastle and Rowland Gilbert, Sr. of Damariscotta. After graduating from Lincoln Academy, Dave went on to proudly serve in the United States Navy from 1978 until 1982.  He served aboard the USS TATTNALL DDG 19, and obtained the rank of Machinist Mate Second Class Petty Officer. As a lifelong fisherman, Dave...

Rebecca Marie Malone, 91 of Damariscotta, passed away peacefully on the morning of May 27, 2023 at Cove’s Edge following a brief illness. She was born at her family home on West Neck Road in Nobleboro, ME, on December 8, 1931, the daughter of George W. and Ruth (Marsh) Hodgkins. Becky met and married George A. Malone of Haynesville in 1955.  Together, they raised their four boys in a loving home in Hampden and Bangor.  After George passed in 1981, she returned to...

Elizabeth (Betty) Anne Reilly, aged 91, passed away peacefully on May 25, 2023 at St Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor, following a long battle with dementia/Alzheimer’s. The only child, born April 27, 1932 to Lincoln and Allene Dwinell, Betty spent most of her life in New Harbor. Betty married Reginald Reilly and together they ran the family grocery store, CE Reilly and Son, while raising their three children. Betty spent more than fifty years doing the bookkeeping and many other...

Myrna Louise Stetten Paye, 96 of Newcastle, passed away at her home on the morning of May 22, 2023.  Born on May 9, 1927 in Adrian, Michigan, she was the daughter of Kitti M.Dermyer and James W. Stetten. She graduated from Adrian High School in 1944, after which she attended Sienna Heights Academy, majoring in fine arts.  After the death of her mother in 1946, she moved to Rochester, NY, working for the University of Rochester Cyclotron Lab where she met through a friend, Glenn...

Shirley McDowell, 86, of Scarborough, ME passed away peacefully on Monday May 22, 2023 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Troy, NY on Feb 6, 1937, Shirley was the oldest daughter of Randall and Ruth Manchester. She attended Emma Willard School in Troy and graduated from Middlebury College with her Bachelor of Science in Geology, where she met her future husband Lester McDowell while skating at the college ice rink. Shirley went on to work for the USGS in Washington DC before later...

Jane Shields, 82, passed away on the afternoon of May 20, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport after a period of declining health. She will be laid to rest privately at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction and care of the Strong-Hancock Funeral Home, 612 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME 04543.      

On the morning of May 18th, Mary Elizabeth Anderson died peacefully in her sleep after a year-long decline in health. She was 82. Mary was born on March 24, 1941 in San Diego, CA, to parents Julia and John Horvath, of Colorado, while John was serving in WWII. Mary was content with the life that being a mother and housewife offered, but her marriage was untenable, and she divorced in 1975. Being a divorced woman with children in 1975 was challenging. Despite being told she needed to find a...

Jim Williams, 69 of Newcastle, passed away with his family by his side on the morning of May 17, 2023 at the LincolnHealth - Miles Campus in Damariscotta.  Born in Augusta on November 19, 1953, he was the son of Ralph and Ruth (Reay) Williams. Jim had a huge smile that lit up a room, and an even bigger heart.  He was genuine, caring, strong, special and sometimes stubborn.  He only saw the good in people and would do anything for anybody.  Jim took care of so many...