SACO – Rena Deis was known as a “consummate historian.” One of her most extensive collections was “The Living History in Costume,” more than 2,000 items that Mrs. Deis accumulated over the years and showed off at fashion shows throughout Maine. She encouraged her family and friends to get involved and model various fashions, from […]

BOOTHBAY – Daniel Kaler’s family remembered him Wednesday as someone who “enjoyed life to its fullest.” Demonstrating his lightheartedness and zest for life, Mr. Kaler would round up diners at his restaurant, Kaler’s Crab and Lobster House, for “tide celebrations.” Passing out cowbells and hats shaped like top halves of lobsters, he would lead the […]

WESTBROOK — John Pizzo asked for only the simple things in life. “He was always wanting to be happy and make other people happy and see people happy,” said his daughter Elizabeth Pizzo. Mr. Pizzo died Monday. He was 73. When he turned 18, Mr. Pizzo began working for Tally’s Wholesale Tobacco. He worked there […]

PORTLAND – When someone asked Dr. William MacVane Jr. what kind of doctor he was, he always responded, “a good one.” Despite that, his daughter Lesley MacVane said, “he never boasted about anything he did.” Maine General Hospital’s first surgical resident and well-respected thoracic surgeon died Sunday. Dr. MacVane was 95. A lifelong resident of […]

NOBLEBORO — Beverly Hancock rarely said no to anyone. Even when she was asked if she wanted to ride in the sidecar of her friend’s German-made, Russian-designed motorcycle, she still said yes. “She couldn’t say no,” said Britt Hatch, her niece. “She hopped in and was nervous as hell. She ended up having the best […]

SACO — When Evelyn Stackpole’s daughter graduated from high school, she asked for a dog. Not just any dog — a Doberman pinscher. “I don’t know why, but I came up with a Doberman,” Susan Skaggs said. “That was Diamond.” Diamond turned out to be Mrs. Stackpole’s introduction to a breed that quickly became devotion. […]

SCARBOROUGH – Material items were never important to Ruth Wakem — it was more about family, and saying her priority in life was her family is almost an understatement. Today, her two sons, one of her grandsons and one of her granddaughters are all neighbors to the home where she and her husband lived. “That […]