BICKFORD – Mark W. died Wednesday, Aug. 17. Visitation will be held at The Fortin Group, AUBURN, on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 4 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be celebrated at the funeral home at noon Sunday. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Mark’s memory to the Memorial and Honor Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1942. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home and Cremation Services AUBURN, Turner and Center Streets, 783-8545, www.dignitymemorial.com.

BUSSIERE – Yvonne B., died Wednesday, Aug. 17. Visitation Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral at Holy Family Church, Saturday, 11 a.m. Committal at St. Peter’s Cemetery. Donations preferred to the American Cancer Society, 1 Main St., Suite 300, Topsham, ME 04086. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home and Cremation Services LEWISTON, Ash and Horton Streets, 784-4584, www.dignitymemorial.com.

CONKLIN – Kenneth R., died Thursday, Aug. 18. Visiting hours will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 19, at Hall Funeral Home, 949 Main St., Waldoboro. A celebration of Kenneth’s life will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, followed by a reception at the Broadbay Congregational Church, Waldoboro. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Waldoboro.

LABONTE – Dominique S. died Friday, Aug. 19. Visitation from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Fortin/AUBURN. Funeral at 11 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Church. Committal at St. Peter’s Cemetery. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home and Cremation Services AUBURN, Turner and Center Streets, 783-8545, www.dignitymemorial.com.

NYHUS – Paul L. died Wednesday, Aug. 17, at his home in Brunswick. In lieu of flowers, gifts in his memory may be made to the Paul L. Nyhus Travel Grants Fund, 4100 College Station, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04011. This new fund, established in March by former honors and independent study advisees of Professor Nyhus, provides travel grants to undergraduate scholarship students doing original research using archival or other primary source material for an independent study or honors project. The fund honors Professor Nyhus’s encyclopedic knowledge of European history, his efforts to promote the intellectual development of students through the critical study of primary documents, his commitment to students of lesser financial means, and his concern for students’ well being past graduation. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, in the Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick.

POULIOT – Lucien T., died July 19. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Anne Church of the Good Shepherd Parish in Berlin, N.H., on Friday, Aug. 26, at 11 a.m. Burial at St. Kieran Cemetery. A service of The Fleury-Patry Funeral Home of Berlin, N.H.

RAYMOND – Romeo L., died Aug. 18. Visitation at Fortin/LEWISTON, Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral at 11 a.m. Monday at Holy Cross Church. Committal at St. Peter’s Cemetery. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home and Cremation Services, LEWISTON, Ash and Horton Streets, 784-4584, www.dignitymemorial.com.