All Obituaries

WELLS - Marie E. (O'Connell) Almy, 76, passed away quietly and peacefully with her devoted daughter and best friend, Julie, by her side on Saturday, November 13, 2021. Born in Ayer, MA, Marie was one of eight siblings. After high school she married Richard Almy, who predeceased her in 2017. A diligent worker, Marie ran a home day care for many years, owned a home cleaning business and eventually worked at Ayer Junior Senior High School in the cafeteria where she brightened the days of...

LIMERICK AND OLD ORCHARD BEACH, MAINE-- Irene B. Murray was the first child born of the union of Arthur and Loretta Fregeau Loranger in Lowell, Massachusetts on May 22, 1924, died November 1, 2021, in Yarmouth, Maine. The family moved to Old Orchard Beach, Maine where Irene’s father worked as a Superintendent of the Saco-Lowell Shops in the 1930s and 1940s. Irene was educated in the Old Orchard Beach school system and graduated from Old Orchard Beach High School in 1942. She then...

 Anita E. Mokarzel, 93, of East Grand Ave passed away Tuesday October 20, 2021 with her family at her side. She was born May 1, 1928, in Portland the daughter of Cosmo and Grace Galli Romano. She attended Portland schools and graduated from Portland High School, where she was a cheerleader.  Anita met her future husband, Joseph, at the famous ball room on the Old Orchard Beach Pier and the rest was history. Anita modeled for Bernie’s Fashions, and worked as a telephone...

On Sunday, September 19, 2021, Velma Elizabeth Williams, passed away after a brief illness at the age of 92.  Velma was born in Biddeford, Maine on August 8, 1929, to Elizabeth  McGarrity Williams and James Williams. She attended Saint Mary’s elementary school in Biddeford, and graduated from Old Orchard Beach High School.  Velma spent her career as a buyer for Porteous, Mitchell and Braun, where her eye for fashion and her outgoing personality earned her...

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...