All Obituaries

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,...

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...

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...

Faith Abby Legere Saco, Faith Legere, 88, of Harbor Drive passed away Monday August 17, 2020 at the Maine Medical Center in Portland. She was born in Portland Maine November 22, 1931 the daughter of Theo and Sara Williams Knowlton. Faith attended local schools and graduated from South Portland High School. Faith attended local business school and worked for many years for the accounting firm of Ernest and Whinney. She was earlier employed by Handy Boats of Falmouth. Faith was a member...

Old Orchard Beach, Dorothy Theresa Charland, 96, passed away Wednesday July 29, 2020 at her daughter’s Home in Naugatuck, Ct.  She  was born in Montreal, Canada May 3, 1924 the daughter of Hector and Maria Brulotte Valade.  Dorothy and her family moved to the United States at a young age.  She attended local schools and worked in the textile mills for a short period of time.  She and her family owned for a period of time the Lamp Lighter Cabins in...

Leslie Merrill Eastman, son of Leslie Earl and Gertrude Estelle (Lalonde) Eastman was born 7 September 1940 in the Trull Hospital in Biddeford, Maine and passed away at Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough, Maine 17 July 2020. Les graduated from the Old Orchard Beach High School in 1959 and University of Southern Maine with a BS in Geography and an MA in Maine Studies. While a student, he worked for Maine Audubon Society where he arranged and guided field trips. He went on to teach Maine...