BRAGDON – Died in Auburn, Dec. 24, 2003, Donald A., 83, of Auburn. There will be no services. Interment will be at Gracelawn Memorial Park. Arrangements under the direction of the GUY B. DOSTIE FUNERAL HOME, 101 Pine St., Lewiston. 782-8221

BUTEAU – Died in Lewiston Friday, Dec. 26, 2003, Virginia A. Buteau, 81, a resident of Lewiston. Memorial services will be held at the convenience of the family. Internment at Gracelawn Memorial Park. Arrangements by the family-owned PINETTE FUNERAL HOME, 87 Bartlett St., Lewiston, 784-4023.

CURRIER – Gwendolyn. There will be a memorial service at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Bethel Methodist Church, Main Street, Bethel. No visitation. Burial will take place at Mt. Will Cemetery, Bethel, in the spring. Donations may be made in her memory to the Bethel Rescue Service, P.O. Box 1660, Bethel, ME 04217-1660. ALBERT & BURPEE FUNERAL HOME.



GERVAIS – Rita B. Gervais died Friday, Dec. 26, 2003. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ss. Peter and Paul Church. Internment at St. Peter’s Cemetery. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, before the service. Arrangements by ALBERT & BURPEE FUNERAL HOME.

HALL – Ellsworth A. died Friday, Dec. 26, 2003. Visitation from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Fortin/Auburn. Funeral at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. A service of the Fortin Group – Plummer & Merrill Funeral Home, AUBURN, Turner and Center Streets, 783-8545, www.dignitymemorial.com.

HERSEY – Died in Farmington, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003, Donald W. Hersey, 64, formerly of Auburn. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. SUNDAY at the Memorial Chapel of Dillingham & Son Memorial Chapel, with Lawrence Hathorne officiating. Spring burial at North Auburn Cemetery. Visitation Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. only at the family-owned DILLINGHAM & SON MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 62 Spring St., Auburn, 784-6449.

KARPOWICH – Peter A. died at Poland Springs Friday, Dec. 12, 2003. At his request, there will be no visitation. A funeral service will be held in California. Donations preferred to the National Kidney Foundation of Maine, 630 Congress St., P.O. Box 1134, Portland, ME 04104-1134. A service of the Fortin Group Funeral Home of LEWISTON/AUBURN, 784-4584, www.dignitymemorial.com.

MERCIER – Rita J. died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003. Visitation at Fortin/Lewiston Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral at 11 a.m. Monday at Holy Family Church. Committal at St. Peter’s Cemetery. Donations preferred to Holy Family Church Endowment Fund, 607 Sabattus St., Lewiston, ME 04240. A service of the Fortin Group Funeral Home, LEWISTON, Ash and Horton Streets, 784-4584, www.dignitymemorial.com.

MORIN – Lorraine J. Morin died Friday, Dec. 26, 2003. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Family Church. Entombment at St. Peter’s Cemetery Mausoleum. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Donations may be made in her memory to the charity of your choice. Arrangements by ALBERT & BURPEE FUNERAL HOME.

POWERS – Donald Powers of Brunswick died Friday, Dec. 26, 2003. Visiting hours will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Lindquist Funeral Home, 1 Mayberry Lane, Yarmouth. A service will be held at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Committal prayers will be recited at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, at the Ashley Funeral Home, 35 Oak St., Middleboro, Mass., with burial to follow in Central Cemetary, Middleboro, Mass.

TURNER – Dorothy Mae Turner died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003, in Auburn. Visiting hours will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Crosman Funeral Home, Lisbon Falls, where a funeral service will take place at 2 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Harold Hilton officiating. Internment will be held in the spring at the Burr Cemetery in Freeport. Donations preferred to the Leeds Church of the Nazarene, 7 Leeds Junction Rd., Leeds, ME 04263. A service of CROSMAN FUNERAL HOME, 40 Main Street, Lisbon Falls, 353-4951, www.dignitymemorial.com.

WEED – Died at Wilton, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003, Raymond E. “Butch” Weed, 40, of Wilton. Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Wiles Funeral Home, Cremation Service, and Bereavement Resource Center, 136 High St., Wilton. Relatives and friends are invited to call from 3 p.m. until the time of services. The family suggests that those who desire make memorial contributions to the Wilton Lions Club, c/o Bernal Allen, Treasurer, P.O. Box 319, Wilton, ME 04924.

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