The UMF Community remembers these alumni and friends who have passed since January 1, 2018. Obituaries are listed in chronological order by class year. If you know of the passing of other alumni and friends, please share the obituaries with UMF’s Ferro Alumni Center at umfalumni@maine.edu.
Alumni
Arthur Webb ’35 in Bangor on February 13, 2019
Florence Emond Freeman ’38 in Scarborough on July 13, 2019
Dora Higgins Akeley ’39 in Brunswick on March 8, 2019
Thelma Berry Dunphy ’39 in Embden on December 31, 2019
Ruth Brown Phillips ’39 in Rockland on February 27, 2019
Catherine A. Greer ’40 in Gorham on April 29, 2020
Ruth Berry MacLean ’40 in Colebrook, N.H., on July 15, 2018
Harriet Hodges Robbins ’41 in Morrisville, Vt., on August 8, 2018
Miriam Buck Chaffee ’42 in St. Clair, Mich., on June 2, 2018
Virginia Curtis Cole ’42 in South Paris on March 6, 2018
Dorothy Clark Choppy ’43 in Eugene, Ore. on August 11, 2019
Mary Merry Oatway ’43 in Northfield, Vt., on November 17, 2018
Shirley Berry Alden ’44 in Gorham on August 17, 2019
Carrie Fox ’44 in Sebring, Fla., on April 30, 2019
Henrietta Wright Wheeler-Manley ’44 in Contoocook, N.H., on October 8, 2018
Barbara Snowman Chase White ’44 in Cape Elizabeth on February 26, 2019
Elene Tibbetts Holmes ’45 in Augusta on May 23, 2019
Caroline Hilton Sturtevant ’45 in Belgrade on December 30, 2018
Georgette Britt Maloney Mancuso ’46 in East Longmeadow, Mass., on December 10, 2018
Patricia Leland Mereen ’47 in Norwich, Conn., on March 25, 2018
Priscilla Roberts Chapman ’49 in Holden on December 8, 2018
Marjorie Durost Gammon ’49 in Peru on April 24, 2018
Ruth Gibbs Goforth ’49 in Scarborough on March 14, 2018
Grace Downey Poulin ’49 in Ellsworth on January 16, 2018
Hilda Carver Swan ’49 in Brewer on March 15, 2018
Claire Doughty Vining ’49 in Cumberland on April 30, 2019
Muriel Mitchell Goodspeed ’50 in Portland on April 4, 2020
Pauline Blanchard Weeks ’50 in Rumford on November 4, 2018
Frances Hall Ziedelis ’50 in Canton, Mass., on September 20, 2018
Dorothy Small Collins ’51 in Rockland on June 19, 2018
Dorothy Judkins Gray ’51 in Augusta on January 14, 2020
Maxine Pelletier Martin ’51 in Falmouth on January 6, 2020
Richard Bartlett ’52 in Brunswick on January 24, 2018
Nancy Chenevert Varney ’52 in Yarmouth on September 19, 2019
Patricia E. Wilson ’52 in Millinockett on December 22, 2018
Carlton Braley ’53 in Thorndike on January 2, 2020
Nathaniel Cousens ’53 in South Thomaston on December 23, 2018
Harriet Cross Dolan ’53 in Skowhegan on March 22, 2020
Marguerite Tracy Johnson ’53 in Norway on October 10, 2019
Thomas Kannally ’53 in New Portland on April 7, 2018
Bernadette Toner Neal ’53 in Vernon, Conn. on January 29, 2019
Kay Fernald Tozier ’53 in Raymond, N.H. on June 4, 2019
Ruth Keirstead Wyman ’53 in Auburn on March 10, 2019
Douglas Doyon ’54 in Dexter on September 13, 2018
Evelyn Murphy Ferrari ’54 in Farmington on January 22, 2018
Barbara Gray Morris ’54 in Santa Cruz, Calif. on March 23, 2020
Philip Mountain ’54 in Niantic, Conn., on January 22, 2019
Blaine Atwood ’55 in Hampden on April 18, 2018
June Chenevert Berry ’55 in Cape Elizabeth on June 5, 2019
Norma Bridges Butera ’55 in Hampden on October 24, 2018
Patricia Dacey Folsom ’55 in Hallowell on June 23, 2019
Stanley Keirstead ’55 in Farmington on May 11, 2020
Dorothy Merrill LeClair ’55 in Lewiston on February 10, 2020
Evelyn Bradeen Page ’55 in Dade City, Fla., on March 4, 2019
Mary Ann Meader Tartre ’55 in Kennebunk on April 30, 2019
Harriet Sawtelle Hosea ’56 in Waterville on October 16, 2019
Frank Manchester ’56 in Diamondhead, Miss. on November 19, 2019
Madaline Merriam Aspinall Rodger ’56 in Topsham on May 7, 2019
Mary Lydia Tobey ’56 in Northport on January 16, 2017
Parker Clements ’57 in Searsport on August 11, 2019
Clayton Larabee ’57 in Turners Falls, Mass. on February 9, 2019
Barbara LeCleire Wigley ’57 in Scarborough on October 23, 2019
Mary Louise Burns ’58 in Norway on December 7, 2018
Rita Gagnon Lee Fuller ’58 in Voorhees, N.J., on January 15, 2018
Elizabeth Bryer Stewart ’58 in Scarborough on March 10, 2020
Rev. David Ellis ’59 in Farmington on January 20, 2019
Ralph Bushey ’60 in Waterville on November 19, 2018
Clifton “Bud” Gage ’60 in Lakeland, Fla. on December 24, 2018
Margaret Ann Leclair Hanson ’60 in Port St. Lucie, Fla. on September 6, 2019
Reta Kinney Herrick ’60 in Lewiston on January 6, 2018
Charles Richard Dyke ’61, ’72 in Zephyrhills, Fla., on October 8, 2018
Peter Jannace ’61 in Brockton, Mass., on May 29, 2018
Robert E. LeBlanc ’61 in Jay on May 6, 2020
Mary Watson Lemieux ’61 in Topsham on January 3, 2019
Rev. Robert H. Sargent ’61 in Burlington, Vt. on May 14, 2020
John Swanson ’61 in Raymond on February 9, 2020
Richard Walker ’62 in Wareham, Mass. on January 28, 2018
Sterling Hinkley ’63 in Turner on June 12, 2018
Elizabeth Gamage Hodgkins ’63 in Yarmouth on May 7, 2019
Lawrence Plaisted ’63, ’72 in Hampden on May 8, 2019
Sandra Rowell Sendzik ’63 in Gorham on September 3, 2019
Wanda Callahan ’64 in Rockport on January 5, 2018
Brenda Hilton ’64 in Brunswick on April 2, 2019
Barbara Knox ’64 in Brunswick on January 17, 2019
Dennis Pinkham ’64 in Zephyrhills, Fla. on January 28, 2020
Sylvia Ham Finnemore Thistle ’64 in Skowhegan on January 18, 2020
Edward Redman ’65 in Augusta on January 12, 2019
Doris LaPointe Brillant ’67 in Brunswick on June 22, 2018
Victor Michaud ’67 in Augusta on August 4, 2019
Karleen Milton-Gryskwicz ’67 in Standish on March 3, 2020
Dora Olive Tibbetts ’68 in Eustis on December 22, 2018
Albert DeRaspe ’69 in Mexico on on March 19, 2020
Alan Hawkins ’69 in Scarborough on February 15, 2020
Mary Kathleen Knight ’69 in Farmington on August 30, 2018
Walter Moody ’69 in Bangor on February 25, 2020
Annette Flynn Roberts ’69 in Glenburn on January 5, 2019
Doreen Dugal Emerson ’70 in Bangor on April 28, 2018
Roger Lister ’72 in Lebanon on May 16, 2018
Gene Perry ’72 in Alna on February 8, 2019
Robert Reed ’72 in Wells on January 26, 2019
Gordon Provost ’73 in Skowhegan on November 23, 2019
Thomas W. Riker ’73 in Augusta on February 26, 2018
Theodore Sirois, Jr. ’73 in Auburn on June 3, 2019
Jane Bryson ’74 in Winthrop on February 24, 2019
Brian Dodge ’74 in Bar Harbor on March 19, 2018
William Hollingsworth ’74 in Belgrade Lakes on January 22, 2018
Maureen McDowell ’74 in Yarmouth on November 9, 2018
Laurie McCorrison Bushey ’75 in Augusta on July 27, 2018
Ruth Sherman ’75 in West Yarmouth, Mass., on October 30, 2018
Lee-Ann Piche Boatwright ’76 in New Britain, Conn., on February 15, 2019
Susan Stedman Butters ’76 in Damariscotta on May 8, 2019
Mark FitzGerald ’76 in Oakland on September 6, 2018
Steven Frank ’76 in Manchester on October 10, 2018
Michael Tremble ’76 in Bangor on November 18, 2019
Maria Amero ’77 in Scarborough on April 14, 2018
Janice Butcher Clapp ’77 in Franklin, Tenn., on April 24, 2019
Kathy Johnson Bachelder ’78 in Rome on December 19, 2019
Gregory Kemp ’79 in Stratton on August 14, 2018
James Duncklee ’80 in Hallowell on April 14, 2018
Shirleyann Ratajczak-Leman ’80 in Augusta on November 8, 2019
Toni Corriveau Cassidy ’81 in Scarborough on August 7, 2019
Nancy Hartlen ’81 in Freeport on April 16, 2018
Crystal Tufts ’81 in Portland on August 22, 2018
Kathy Smith ’82 in Calais on October 15, 2019
Michael Darcy ’83 in Harrison on October 16, 2018
Julie Cassidy Cyr ’84 in Remington, Ind. on February 5, 2020
Sarah Weeks ’85 in Portland on October 9, 2019
Laurie Sproul Marcotte ’87 in Poland on January 19, 2019
David Drew ’88 in Portland on January 23, 2019
Barbara Lewis Jewett ’88 in Fayette on September 2, 2018
Stephen Spofford ’88 in Kennebunk on November 24, 2019
Lucinda Talbot ’88 in Saint George on October 23, 2018
Ronald Callahan ’91 in Gardiner on April 23, 2018
Duaine Adkins Jr. ’92 in Dixmont on April 6, 2018
Patricia Brann Jones ’92 in Palermo on February 20, 2019
Muriel Fish ’92 in Smithfield on September 6, 2018
Hazel Doiron Shorey ’93 in Scarborough on January 5, 2020
Thomas Fifield ’94 in Portland on November 18, 2018
Robin Lynn Stinson ’94 in Saco on February 25, 2019
David Corkum ’95 in Burlington, Mass. on November 18, 2019
Alan Gerace ’96 in Lewiston on February 25, 2018
Catherine McDonald ’97 in Bar Harbor on April 28, 2019
Louise LaBlanche Greene ’00 in Skowhegan on December 31, 2019
Linda Kittredge ’03 in Naples, Fla. on March 21, 2018
Justin Nylen ’06 in South Portland on March 12, 2019
Taylor Steeves ’10 in Standish on July 22, 2018
Brewster Taber Hammond ’10 in Pieta, Malta, on April 15, 2018
Joyce Elliott M.S.Ed.’11 in Lewiston on February 4, 2018
Faculty, Staff, and Friends
Beverly “Nikki” Nicholson Adams, former head of Art Department, on March 18, 2020
Anne C. Geller, founder and former director of Foothills Arts, on May 25, 2019
Agatha Forsyth, Former Maintenance Mechanic, Kearney, Neb., on March 25, 2019
Grace Denison, Former Special Education Professor, in Durham, N.C., on March 3, 2019
Alma Burgess, Former Secretary of Continuing Education and Registrar’s Office, in New Sharon on February 17, 2019
Robert A. McCully, Former Custodian & Maintenance Worker, in Farmington on January 16, 2019
Richard Bragg, Former Oil Burner Mechanic, in Auburn on November 22, 2018
Joan Small ’94, Former Reference Librarian at Mantor Library, in Farmington on October 3, 2018
Thomas Eastler, Professor Emeritus of Natural Sciences, in Farmington on August 30, 2018
Paula Donovan Edwards, Cottage Baby,* in Augusta on August 28, 2018
J. Anthony McLaughlin, Former Director of Admissions, in Wilton on August 18, 2018
James D. Toner, Director of the Fitness and Recreation Center, in New Vineyard on July 16, 2018
Joanne Southworth, Professor Emerita of Early Childhood Education, in Boston, Mass., on April 19, 2018
Patricia Davidson, Former Assistant to the Vice President for Administration, in Farmington on April 13, 2018
Nick Scott, Professor Emeritus of Theater, in East Vassalboro on March 23, 2018
*Practical experience was an important part of the Home Economics curriculum at Farmington State Normal School, which then maintained a cottage on campus where students could gain child care and child rearing experience with “cottage babies.” Farmington State Normal School had its first “cottage baby” in 1927. Some “cottage babies” came from the Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers in Waterville, while others were infants of unwed mothers wishing to place children for adoption. Senior Home Economics students shared the responsibility of running the cottage household, which involved preparing meals, maintaining the house, and caring for infants.