SEAL HARBOR Friends and family mourn the passing of T.A. (Tom) Cox, at his home in Seal Harbor, Feb. 28, 2019, aged 85. Born in Oklahoma City, Okla., he spent his youth in Fort Smith, Ark., and received his bachelor’s degree in Asiatic studies (with a degree in Asian art) from the University of Oklahoma. …
BAR HARBOR Jacqueline H. McFarland, 90, died Feb. 26, 2019, in Bar Harbor. She was born Jan. 18, 1929, in Bar Harbor, the daughter of Carroll Sidney and Carro Mabel (Richardson) Higgins. Jackie graduated from Bar Harbor High School in 1946. She retired from Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. after 40 years. She was a member of …
BAR HARBOR Lucille Jane Landon Campbell, 93, died peacefully Feb. 20, 2019, in Bar Harbor. She was born March 16, 1925, in Auburn, N.Y., the daughter of Leland and Anna (Myer) Landon. Lucille and her friend Jane MacLeod came to Bar Harbor in the summer of 1947 to waitress at the Mary Jane Restaurant. While …
SCARBOROUGH Betty Paquet of Scarborough, Maine passed away on Feb. 18, 2019, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Waterville on June 30, 1957, she was the daughter of Margaret (Boutin) Paquet and the late Marcel Paquet. A 1975 graduate of Winslow High School, Betty was an accomplished athlete in basketball and track. Her …
BAR HARBOR Stephen Gale Perrin, 86, of Bar Harbor, passed away on Feb. 19, 2019, at MDI Hospital supported by family and friends after years of failing health. Born on Oct. 4, 1932, in Utica, N.Y., to parents, Dorothy Merchant Perrin and Porter Gale Perrin, Steve was the middle of three sons. He was predeceased …
SOURTHWEST HARBOR AND SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Fred Hallaby, a businessman in Southwest Harbor for the last 15 years, died of a sudden heart attack while visiting family in Australia Jan. 18. Born in Basra, Iraq on Jan. 9, 1965, to Sargon and Victoria Hallaby, Fred moved with his family to Sydney, Australia, when he was 10 …
ELLINGTON, CONN. AND FRANKLIN It is with great sadness that we wish to inform you of the passing of our mother, Mary B. Tracy, on Sunday, Feb. 10. She was mercurial, marvelous, maddening and an incredible role model. The daughter of Neil H. and Lenore (Clark) Bunker, Mary was raised in Bar Harbor, where she …
BAR HARBOR Gerard Edwin Haraden, 89, of Bar Harbor, died on Feb. 10, 2019. He was born Aug. 13, 1929, the son of Shirley and Sylvia (Brewer) Haraden, in the house his grandfather built on Cottage Street. Gerard graduated from Bar Harbor High School in the Class of 1947. He studied civil engineering at the …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR AND JENSEN BEACH, FLA. Dorothy Marshall, a seasonal resident of Seawall, passed away peacefully on Jan. 25, 2019, at the age of 92. Caring, self-reliant and adventurous, Dorothy spent her lifetime engaged in all things youthful and outdoors. For many years, she was a Girl Scout leader of Troop 2 in her hometown …
BAR HARBOR GEORGE N. DEMAS The extra-large heart and powerful lungs of George N. Demas, aka “the boy from away,” stopped on Feb. 5, 2019. We are all the better for knowing him, and he will be massively missed. He was born George Nicholas Demas on May 20, 1932, in Bellaire, Ohio, to Nicholas and …
