EAST WATERBORO – Marjorie Abbott’s world revolved around her family. “She was always home with us when we’d get home from school,” her daughter Shirley Hutchins remembers. “Her family life was her whole life.” Not only was she always home for her children, she baby-sat her grandchildren as well. Melissa Giles remembers that they would […]

PORTLAND — Dorothy Clark’s daughters say she was the “perfect” mother. “She was very resourceful,” said her daughter, Deborah Gray. When the family learned of the decommissioning of the City of Portland III, the fireboat that Gray christened back in 1959, Mrs. Clark called the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram to find out if she […]

BRUNSWICK — Margaret Teal Tappan was absolutely obsessed with politics. A lifelong Democrat, Mrs. Tappan campaigned for Gov. John Baldacci, supported legalizing gay marriage in Maine, volunteered for the League of Women Voters when she lived in Florida and followed the more recent health care debate. “She read newspapers, and every night she watched “CBS […]

FREEPORT – James Thomas Mann moved five times during his lifetime, but he never left Wolfe’s Neck. “He spent 90 years living on the same road,” and contributed a lot to the Freeport area during his lifetime, his son Ken Mann said. Mr. Mann died Monday at age 90. After serving stateside in the U.S. […]

BIDDEFORD — Joel Potvin was involved in sports from the time he started Pee Wee Football as a child to when his children played in local leagues, and even after that. “Both of us grew up in families with parents that were giving to the athletics we were in,” said his wife, Marie Potvin. “It’s […]

GRAY – Robert “Pat” Carroll taught his children by example to be good citizens. “What appeared to be a rough and gruff person on the outside was a good mask for a very gentle individual, for a person who had a heart bigger than the world,” said his son Donnell Carroll. “He instilled in all […]