All Obituaries

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...

Helen A. Miles, 89 of Portland, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020 after a long illness. Helen was the 6th of 10 children born to Fred and Hazel Steele. Helen married the love of her life on October 16, 1948 Everett Miles. Helen worked at Burnham and Morrill as a young woman, Fairchild Semiconductor, and in her later years as a CRMA in a group home for disabled adults. Helen’s homemade cookies and pies will never be forgotten and a fond memory for her family. Helen enjoyed reading,...

Tony Jones was a kind and loving sole. He choose a hard road for his life and in the end it did not work out. He was born In Salt Lake City Utah September 20 1982. He was a great kid with so much wonder and excitement. He always made a huge impression on anyone he met and could make you laugh no matter the circumstances. He would always do anything for anyone no matter what the cost to him. He loved the outdoors fishing, swimming, hunting, camping, snowmobiling, or wheeling, or even just...

Odessa Baldridge Old Orchard Beach, Odessa Baldridge, 41 of Bayberry Drive passed away Sunday April 19, 2020 suddenly at her residence. She was born in Hyannis, Massachusetts September 25, 1978 the daughter of Brett Hall and Lynn Haubois Blake. Odessa grew up in Cape May Court House, New Jersey. After high school, she worked in Florida and Stone Harbor, NJ, settling in Maine in 2006. She lived in the Buxton area and then to Old Orchard Beach. Odessa was employed at Seal Rock Healthcare...