Southwest Harbor and Aiken, S.C. 1938-2021 William J. Baker died at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor on Sept. 25, 2021, of complications after surgery. Born in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Jan. 28, 1938, Baker grew up in rural north Georgia, where sports and religion dominated his textile mill town. He played baseball, basketball …
Bar Harbor Carolyn (Gee) Maude Howard, 77, of Bar Harbor passed away peacefully on July 6, 2021, at Westgate Manor. She was born to Maude Miller on June 29, 1944. She married Gene Howard in Trenton on May 16, 1981. Her and Gene met on April 13, 1978, and both would agree their life started …
Chevy Chase, Md. and Northeast Harbor Temple Grassi of Chevy Chase, Md., and Northeast Harbor, born Dec. 10, 1946, died peacefully from metastatic melanoma in his Chevy Chase home surrounded by his family on Sept. 17, at the age of 74. He was a graduate of Woodberry Forest in Orange, Va., and the University of …
Haines City, Fla Our beloved mother and grandmother, Joyce (Joy) Elizabeth Ingrisano, passed away at her home, Aug. 15, 2021, in Haines City, Fla. She was born in Queens, N.Y., on June 26, 1947, as the second of five children to Marion and John (Jack) Bried of Massapequa, N.Y. Soon after graduating high school Joyce …
Northeast Harbor Adam Joseph Watras ,64, passed away peacefully on Sept. 9, 2021. Adam was born April 28, 1957, in London, the son of Joseph Watras and Janet Mary Millett -Watras. As a young teen his life path moved him from Connecticut to Northeast Harbor, where his family purchased “the Grey Rock Inn.” The Island’s …
Barefoot Bay, Fla. Herbert Lincoln Fenno, Linc, as he was known to nearly all, died at his home in Barefoot Bay, Fla., on Sept. 26, 2021. Linc was born in Providence, R.I., on June 28, 1929, to Jesse and Sarah (Starkweather) Fenno. Son, brother, father, husband, cousin, uncle, friend — Linc’s was a life well …
Seattle, Wash. Tom Downs died peacefully on Sept. 16, 2021. He was born in Bryn Mawr, Pa., on Sept. 7, 1946. He graduated from Watkinson School, West Hartford, Conn., and Haverford College. While his career was in computer programming, he was happiest re-enacting Napoleonic battles using his own hand-painted miniature soldiers and ships. Tommy was …
Dallas, Texas Jay D. Scribner passed away on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at his home in Dallas, Texas, surrounded by his four children. A father, grandfather, educator, mentor and friend to many, Jay is remembered as a loving, intelligent, down to earth soul who enjoyed a good time and detested injustice. Jay was born in …
Aptos, Calif. Barbara Hugus of Aptos, Calif., former Director of The Jackson Laboratory, passed away peacefully on Sept. 18. Born Barbara Joan Hendrick on Oct. 17, 1927, in Brockton, Mass., to Arthur and Grace (Brennan) Hendrick, she graduated magna cum laude from Boston University in 1949 and received a Ph.D. in biology in 1963 from …
Seal Harbor Ralph J. “Jack” Tracy Jr., 90, died on Sept. 19, 2021. Jack was born on May 26, 1931, in Somes Sound Village to Ralph and Pauline (Higgins) Tracy. Better known as “Jack,” he spent his entire life on MDI, apart from attending advanced schooling and military duty. He graduated in 1950 from Gilman …
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