SACO — Barry R. Witham, 74, of Saco, passed away on Monday, June 7, 2021, at Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough. He was born in Portland on May 5, 1947, son of the late Lawrence and Mary (Jordan) Witham. After graduating from Portland High School in 1965, Barry and his identical twin Brad enlisted in […]
Courier Obituaries
Obituary – Aurel A. Paquette
BIDDEFORD — Aurel A. Paquette, 77, of Biddeford, loving husband, father, and Pepere, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. He was born in Biddeford on October 28, 1943, a son of Adelbert and Marie Paule (Gagne) Paquette. Aurel graduated from Thornton Academy, class of 1962. It […]
Obituary – Diane B. Tracy
Mrs. Diane B. Tracy, 53, of Biddeford passed away on Monday, May 31st, 2021 following an extended illness. Diane was born on January 8th, 1968, in Biddeford, Maine, to Mr. Normand Parenteau and Mrs. Martha Inkel Nadeau. Diane was a 1987 graduate of Biddeford High School and a 2015 graduate of York County Community College, […]
Obituary – Jacques J. Boucher
BIDDEFORD — Jacques J. Boucher, 83, of Biddeford, passed away at home surrounded by his family on Thursday, June 10, 2021. He was born in Q.C., Canada, on March 12, 1938, one of 13 children to Donat and Yvonne (Bellefeuille) Boucher. He met his wife of 54 years, Donna (Fish) Boucher while showing horses, then […]
Obituary – Nicholas Poli
Nicholas Poli, 91, of Kennebunkport, passed away on May 24, 2021. He was born on Oct. 11, 1929 in Biddeford, to Idelina Nicetta and Michelangelo Poli. He graduated from Biddeford High School in 1948. In 1949, Nick moved to Cape Porpoise. He fell in love with the town and lived there most of his life. […]
Obituary: Rita Marie Shaw
HOULTON/SACO — Rita Marie Shaw of Houlton and Saco , died on June 3, 2021 in Biddeford, with family at her side. She was born on Feb. 25th, 1931, in Fort Kent. The daughter of Melvina (Desjardins) and Albert Boucher. Rita was the second born child in a French, Catholic family of 14. She spent […]
Obituary: Donna L. Nadeau
BIDDEFORD — Donna L. Nadeau passed away peacefully after a valiant battle with multiple prolonged illnesses on the morning of May 19, 2021, at Southern Maine Health Care just days before her 73rd birthday. She was born in Biddeford, Maine on May 25, 1948, the daughter of Robert B. and Simone I. Bouthot Gosselin. She […]
Obituary: Alice Miriam Alvarez
BIDDEFORD — Alice Miriam Alvarez, 63, of Washington Street, passed away unexpectedly at Southern Maine Health Care on May 17, 2021. She was born on December 9, 1955, in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, the daughter of Domingo and Hilda Alvarez. Alice grew up in a household full of love and excitement. She enjoyed nothing more than […]
Paul and Florence Cookson
BIDDEFORD — Paul and Florence Cookson will be laid to rest together at St. Joseph’s cemetery in Biddeford on July 7, 2021. Both are former residents of Biddeford, Maine, who moved to California in the early 1960s at the very beginning of the technology boom in Silicon Valley. Born in Biddeford on July 29, 1926, […]
Obituary – Shirley Elinor Whitehead Noble
1923 – 2021