BAILEY – Florence. Funeral services will be held Monday, 11 a.m., at St. Patrick’s Chapel. Interment, Mt. Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday, 2 – 4 & 7 – 9 p.m. Donations may be made in her memory to the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society, 3312 Hotel Road, Auburn, ME 04210. Albert & Burpee Funeral Home.

CANEDY – Died in Greenfield, Mass., Oct. 21, Mary J. (Podlesney), 84. Funeral services will be private. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. There are no calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701 Arrangements by Kostanski Funeral Home, Greenfield, Mass.

COTE – Irene. Funeral services will be held Saturday, 11 a.m., at St. Phillips Church, Auburn. Interment will be at St. Peter’s Cemetery, Lewiston. Visitation Friday 2 – 4 & 7 – 9 p.m. ALBERT & BURPEE FUNERAL HOME.

DESJARDINS – Died in Farmington, Friday, Oct. 22, Rita F. Gervais, 77, of Jay. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Rose of Lima Church in Jay. Visiting hours 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Monday at FINLEY FUNERAL HOME, 15 Church St., Livermore Falls. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery in Livermore Falls. If desired, contributions may be made in Rita’s memory to the Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice, PO Box 797, Wilton, ME 04294. Members of the Daughters of Isabella will meet Monday at the funeral home at 3 p.m. Messages of condolence may be sent to finley@exploremaine.com.

DESROCHES – Frederick J. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Greenleaf Funeral Home, 37 Vernon St., Bethel on Tuesday, Oct. 26 6-8 p.m., and at the West Parish Congregational Church on Wednesday from noon until the time of funeral services at 2 p.m. with the Reverends Ginger Rickerman and Bruce Young officiating. Memorials in his memory are suggested to the Alna Fire Department, 1568 Alna Road, Alna, ME 04535.

RYERSON – Died in Norway Oct. 22, Ora M., 89, of West Paris. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. at Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 45 Main St., South Paris with interment to follow at Pleasant Pond Cemetery in Sumner. Family and friends may call at the funeral home on Monday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.


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