All Obituaries

Former Town Councilor, Lt Cmdr. U S Navy (Ret)., Norma F. Baker, age 92, died November 17, 2020, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Scarborough. She was born March 18, 1928 in Portland, a daughter of Emerson Dyar Parlin and Gladys Juliet Bailey Parlin. For many years as a child she spent summers in Old Orchard Beach working with her father at Emerson’s Candy on the Old Orchard Beach Pier. She moved to Old Orchard Beach permanently in 1973. She later moved to the Pines, a retirement...

Captain Bernard Stein, long time resident of Ogunquit, Maine passed away peacefully on April 16 in Sarasota, Florida. He received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at CCNY and an associate degree  in business at the University of New Hampshire. Along with his love of fishing, he was an entrepreneur, earning twelve US patents for designing and  inventing hospital health care equipment and quality control software. He designed his family’s beautiful home and...

Victor “Bob” R Gava, known to many as “Captain Bob,” 93, of Scarborough (Pine Point), Maine, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on April 12, 2021 of natural causes.   Victor was born in Nazareth, PA in 1928 to Augusto and Elizabetta Gava and was the first generation born in the USA after his family migrated from Godega, Italy. He was the ninth child out of twelve siblings. He is predeceased by his brothers whom all served in the US military and their...

Margaret Sprague   Old Orchard Beach - Margaret Sprague, 99 years and 8 ½ months, went to her heavenly home peacefully with the love of her family on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at Seal Rock.  She was born in Westbrook on July 7, 1921, the daughter of Francis and Florida Townsend. Margaret loved her family, her “Red Cat” and her special angel.  She enjoyed doing word find puzzles and watching the Patriots. She was predeceased by her parents, her...

Diane E. (Cushing) Maxim of Whitefield, Maine, passed away on February 13, 2021.  She was born at home in Lancaster, MA, the daughter of Edward and Eleanor Cushing, and married to Winfield L Maxim until his death in 1993.  She leaves her brother, Ronald T. Cushing and his wife, Mercedes, of Clermont, Florida, her sister, Deborah G. Zinkievich and her husband, Michael, of Oxford, MA, her sister-in-law, Ruth E. Cushing, of Whitefield, ME, with whom she lived for some time, two...

Elizabeth (Betty) Blow, 87 of Old Orchard Beach died of complications from COVID-19 virus on January 23, 2021 at Pine Point nursing home, Scarborough, Maine. She was born February 25, 1933 in Yarmouth Nova Scotia and later moved to Massachusetts and Maine. While living in Old Orchard Beach, Betty ran a daycare for many years which she was most proud of. Betty enjoyed knitting, watching game shows, birdwatching, sitting in front of a campfire, shopping, listening to oldies and family...

Lawrence J. Capdeville Sr passed away Sunday December 13, 2020. He is survived by his 4 children, Larry Jr, Linda, Bobby and Nancy. He has 8 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother George and sister Corrine. Lawrence was a proud veteran, having spent 8 years in the US Navy. He was a resident of Old Orchard Beach for the past 36 years. Private family burial service will be held. Old Orchard Beach funeral home is entrusted with his services. Dennett,...

Elaine Marilyn Stein, long-time resident of Ogunquit, Maine and owner of Shore Road Gallery 1974-2014, passed away peacefully in Sarasota, Florida on November 14, 2020. She was born in Brooklyn and was 85 years old. Shore Road Gallery presented the work of important artists such as Frank Handlen, Leo Meissner, Emile Gruppe, Theresa Bernstein, and William Meyerowitz. She is survived by her husband Bernard Stein; children Tobie Stein, David Stein, and Pamela Stein Brenner;...

STEWART, Susan D. Grace, 90, of Old Orchard Beach died November 5, 2020, in Old Orchard Beach. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.  Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home.

Richard “Dickie” Blaney died Wednesday, April 22, 2020. He was born on Factory Island in Saco, Maine on February 19, 1940, the son of Thomas Louis Blaney and Rhea Edith (Aubin) Blaney. He attended Old Orchard Beach schools, and worked for most of his career as a union Master Plumber for Acme Engineering. Dickie worked on several, large-scale plumbing jobs, including the Richards Wing addition at Maine Medical Center and The Observatory and Weather Center atop Mount...