ARNTSEN – Kristen M., 90, died Sept. 13. Visiting hours will be held at Hall Funeral Home, Casco, Sunday, Sept. 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. The funeral will be at First Lutheran Church, Portland on Monday, Sept. 18, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Beacon Hospice, 54 Atlantic Place, South Portland, ME 04106, or to a Hospice of your choice.

BEATSON – Cynthia E., 43, died Sept. 4. Visiting hours will be held on Friday, Sept. 15 at Greenleaf Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. A funeral Mass will be held at the Alliance Church in Bethel on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 10 a.m. Interment will immediately follow at the Riverside Cemetery in Bethel. A gathering for family and friends will then take place at the Bethel Inn Conference Center. Memorials in Cynthia’s name are requested to the ‘Sugar Beat Memorial Fund’, c/o Norway Savings Bank, P.O. Box 916, Bethel, ME 04217.

BERNIER – Alfred G, 81, died Sept. 12. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Chapel. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Donations may be made in his memory to the Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter, 163 Lancaster St., Suite 160B, Portland, ME 04101-2406. Albert & Burpee Funeral Home.



Carter – Nicole, 25, died Sept. 12. A celebration of life will take place on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 1 p.m. at Kincer Funeral Home. Burial will follow at the Glenside Cemetery, Winthrop. Arrangements are under the care of Kincer Funeral Home, 130 Pleasant St., Richmond, ME 04357.

Clark – Avonne R., 81, died Sept. 14. Visitation Fortin/Auburn on Saturday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral at the funeral home on Sunday at 2 p.m. Donations preferred to Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, 236 Stetson Road, Auburn, ME 04210. Committal Gracelawn Memorial Park. Tributes may be sent and moving memories viewed at www.mem.com. A service of The Fortin Group / Plummer & Merrill Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 217 Turner St., Auburn, ME 04240, 783-8545, www.dignitymemorial.com

GOSSELIN – Charles O., 79, died Sept. 12. Visiting hours for family members will be held Friday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Saturday at 11 a.m. Interment will be at St. Peter’s Cemetery. If desired, contributions in his memory may be made to the American Heart Association, 51 US Route 1, Suite M, Scarborough, ME 04074. Albert & Burpee Funeral Home.

HODGES – Lawrence, 88, died Sept. 13. Relatives and friends are invited to visit from 2 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17, at Roberts Funeral Home, 62 Bowdoin St., Winthrop, where the Lions Club will conduct a service at 2:30 p.m. A private graveside service will be held in Glenside Cemetery at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Maine Sight & Hearing, c/o L. Small, 20 Whippoorwill Road, Litchfield, ME 04350, or to Bolster Heights Health Care Activity Fund, 26 Bolster St., Auburn, ME 04210, www.khrfuneralhomes.com

JOHNSTON – Eileen Ruth Crocker Francis, 61, died Aug. 23. Services will held on Wednesday, Sept. 20, at the First Parish Church Congregational at 40 Main St., Freeport. Visiting at 10:30 a.m. and service at 11 a.m. Donations in memory of Eileen may be sent to the American Cancer Society New England Division Inc., Main St., Suite 300, Topsham, ME 04086. A service of the Fortin Group Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Lewiston/Auburn, www.dignitymemorial.com

LAWRENCE – Barbara H., 76, a resident of Greene died in Auburn, Sept. 12. A celebration of Barbara’s life will be held SATURDAY, Sept. 16 at 11 a.m. at the West Auburn Congregational Church with the Rev. John Ellis presiding. Burial will be held privately at the Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vt. Should friends desire, memorial donations may be made to either the Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice, P.O. Box 819, Lewiston, ME 04243, or to the West Auburn Congregational Church, P.O. Box 3127, Auburn, ME 04212 in Barbara’s memory. Arrangements by the family-owned DILLINGHAM & SON MEMORIAL CHAPEL & TRIBUTE CENTER, 62 Spring St., Auburn, 784-6449.

MARR-LACROIX – Tina Marie, 32, died Sept. 8. The services will be held Monday, Sept. 18 from 1 to 3 p.m., at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 132 McKeen St., Brunswick. Flowers and cards can be sent there. The Rev. Stephen Concannon will officiate.

McCLEARY – Russell E., 66, died Sept. 13. It was his request that there be no service for him, and the family is honoring that request. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Lewiston/Auburn 784-4584. www.dignitymemorial.com

MEISNER – Edith A “Edie,” 91, died Sept. 14. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the MEADER & SON FUNERAL HOME, 3 Franklin St., Rumford with the Rev. R. Kelly Harvell officiating. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Andover. Friends are invited to call at the funeral home on Saturday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Those who desire, may contribute to the Rumford United Methodist Church, c/o James Robertson, 724 Forest Ave., Rumford, ME 04276 in her memory. Online condolences and shared memories may be expressed at meaderfh@gwi.net.

MOORE – Robert H., 79, of Farmington, formerly of Jay, died at Farmington Sept. 14. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. from the Wilton Congregational Church, Main Street, Wilton, with the Rev. Dr. Douglas Dunlap officiating. Family and friends are invited to call at the Wiles Remembrance Center, 136 High St., Wilton, Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. Those who desire, may give gifts in his memory to the Franklin Cty. Children’s Task Force, 12 Church St., Farmington. After cremation at Gracelawn Memorial Park, Auburn, private family committal services will be held at Riverside Cemetery, Farmington. On-line condolences may be sent to wilesfuneralhomes@verizon.net.

PARK – Barbara E., 77, a resident of Auburn, died in Auburn, Sept. 13. There are no services. Arrangements by the family-owned DILLINGHAM & SON MEMORIAL CHAPEL & TRIBUTE CENTER, 62 Spring St., Auburn.

SLATT – John P., 83, of Otisfield died Sept. 13, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris. Private family visitation will be held at Oxford Hills Funeral Services, 1037 Main St., Route 26, Oxford. A private Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Saint Catherines of Sienna in Norway with interment at ElmWood Cemetery in Otisfield.

WENTWORTH – Mary Beryle, 77, died Sept. 12. Services will be held at the Bryant Pond Baptist Church on Sept. 23, at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to either the Tri-Town Ambulance, P.O. Box 275, West Paris, ME 04289, or to Pace Ambulance Service, 181 Main St., Norway, ME 04268. Arrangements by Andrews Funeral Home, 64 Andrews Road, South Woodstock.

WITHAM – Dana Earl, 86, died Sept. 11. Visitation will be held on the evening of Friday Sept. 15, at Crosman Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. with services to be held on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 11 a.m. at the South Lewiston Baptist Church with a comittal to follow at Clough Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of Dana to the South Lewiston Baptist, 1919 Lisbon Road., Lewiston, ME 04240. A service of Crosman Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 40 Main St., Lisbon Falls, 353-4951.