Obituaries

David “Dave” Lee Linney, 77, a businessman and passionate bluefin tuna fisherman of Cape Neddick, ME, died at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NH on December 23, 2018, from complications of Lewy body dementia. He was born in Springfield, IL on November 4, 1941, the son of Richard Leopold Linney and Lillian Putnam Bradish Linney Biewend. He attended Hazel Dell grade school at Lake Springfield, graduated from The Cambridge School of Weston in Weston, MA, attended University...

Memorial Mass, Saturday June 8th, 11am. St. Mary's Church-Wells, Maine.

Clive G. Dyson (84) of York, Maine and formally of Auburndale, Mass passed away Saturday November 17,  2018 surrounded by his family at the Sentry Hill Assisted living facility after a long period of declining health. Clive was born in Melbourne, Australia. The son of the late Kathleen (Byers) and Gerald T. Dyson, he was raised and educated in Melbourne. He is pre-deceased by his only sibling Pamala Francis and his nephew Robert Francis. He is survived by his wife of 54 years...

York, Maine- William W. Seaward Jr., 92 passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019 . He was born August 6, 1926 in Portsmouth, NH a son of the late William W. and Esther B. (Flanigan) Seaward Sr. and moved to Kittery Point, ME in 1938 to live in the Seaward homestead on Chauncey Creek. He attended Kittery schools and in the summer of 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served on various Submarines before being honorably discharged in 1947.  He graduated from Wentworth Institute in Boston, MA...

York, Maine- William C. Dimery, 82 of Long Sands Rd., and formerly of Maynard, MA, passed away Friday May 3, 3019. He was born October 22, 1936 in Maynard, MA a son of the late Vincent C. and Mary T. (Kane) Dimery. He loved York Beach and spending time with his grandchildren. He leaves his wife of 61yrs, Shirley J. (MacCulloch) Dimery; two daughters, Darlene M. Jordan of Orlando, FL and Susan L. Mafera and her husband John of Bridgton, ME; 4 grandchildren, Sam and Max Mafera and Diandra and...

Northborough, MA-Richard W Barrows, 94 died peacefully on May 2, 2019, after a long full life and battling dementia in his later years.  Richard was born July 3, 1924 in Northfield, MA, the son of the late Roy and Mary (Hayes) Barrows.    Richard attended Northfield public schools and graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon School.  After high school Richard enrolled in the Navy and served as a signal man on submarines in WWII.  On July 6, 1946, after a four year...

Wells, Maine – Joan B. Melhorn, 93 passed away on April 30, 2019 after a long period of failing health with her family by her side.   Joan was born on September 12, 1925 in Stratham, NH to C. Guy Batchelder and Grace Marian (Lovering) Batchelder.   She was pre-deceased by her husband of 60 years, Herman (Bud) Melhorn, Jr. and her brother, John Payson Batchelder.   Joan leaves her daughters, Natalie Melhorn Kelloway, of Wolfeboro, NH and Carla Melhorn Zwahlen, of...

York - Jean Baldridge Uehlinger, 100, of Sentry Hill, York, Maine, died at her home on April 29, 2019. Born in New York, New York, on March 9, 1919, she was the daughter of J. Larkin Baldridge and Alice Young Baldridge. She graduated from Rosemary Hall, Greenwich, Connecticut. Jean married twice, in 1939 John Eliot Cutter of Westhampton Beach, New York, with whom she lived in Princeton, New Jersey, and in 1948 Talbot Uehlinger of New York. For nearly 60 years the family lived in Fairfield,...

Surrounded by her children, Corrine Elizabeth Orcutt, 84, passed away peacefully at her summer home in Eliot, Maine on April 28th 2019.  She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on August 4, 1934, the daughter of the late Dr. Robert and Eleanor (Manson) Hutton.  After receiving her nursing degree from Simmons College, she carried her trade to various hospitals in the Boston area before settling in as the beloved nurse for the Acton Public School for 23 years while raising her...

John J. Whalen, 70, passed away on April 27th. He was born in City Island NY, on Jan. 27th, 1949 to the late John and Catherine Whalen. He married Elizabeth Whalen in 1973. They lived together in York Beach, Maine before relocating to South Berwick in 2001. He was an amazing father, husband, grandfather, artist, free spirit, carpenter, comedian, and friend. John is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Whalen, and their three children, Arian Blasik, and her husband Matt Blasik, Shauna Whalen, and...