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BENSON – Robert Walter, 81, died Nov. 24. Visiting hours will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, at Wood Funeral Home, 9 Warren St. Fryeburg. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, at the VFW Hall in Lovell. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in North Fryeburg. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to your local food pantry or fuel assistance programs. Arrangements are made with Wood Funeral Home.

CHAYER – Bjorg Sellevaag Olsen died Nov. 24. A memorial service will be held at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Clover Health Care Center Activities Fund, 440 Minot Ave., Auburn, ME 04210. Arrangements are made with Wood Funeral Home.

LALIBERTE – Yvette G., 85, died Nov. 23. Visitation at Fortin/Lewiston on Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday at 11 a.m. at Holy Cross Church. Committal St. Peter’s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice Foundation, P.O. Box 819, 15 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston, ME 04243-0891. Online guestbook, tributes and moving memories may be viewed at www.mem.com. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services,
LEWISTON, 70 Horton St., 784-4584, www.thefortingroup.com.

LIBBE – Wilfred J. Jr., 73, died Nov. 21. Funeral Friday, Nov. 28, at The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish at Sacred Heart Church at 9 a.m. Committal will follow at St. Peter’s Cemetery. Those wishing to make donations in his memory may do so to Greater Androscoggin Humane Society, 55 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston, ME 04240, or Memorial and Honor Program, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Family and friends are invited to visit www.mem to pay tribute to Willie’s life. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services, 217 Turner St.,
AUBURN, 783-8545, www.thefortingroup.com.

LIBBY – Meda S., 92, formerly of Burnham, died in Farmington, Nov. 23. An opportunity to visit with the family will be held at the Shorey-Nichols Funeral Home, 191 Hartland Ave., Pittsfield, Saturday, Nov. 29, at 10 a.m. Memorial service to follow at 11 a.m. Refreshments will be served at the funeral home after the service. A graveside committal service will be held at the Burnham Village Cemetery at 1 p.m. Those wishing may make donations in Meda’s memory to Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, P.O. Box 819, Lewiston, ME 04243-0819. To sign an online guestbook and leave a message for the family, please visit www.shoreynichols.com.

LONGCHAMPS – Maurice B., 77, a resident of Sabattus, died in Lewiston, Nov. 25. A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial honoring Maurice’s life will be celebrated
MONDAY at 11 a.m. at Holy Family Church. Burial will be private at St. Ann’s Cemetery, Lisbon. Memorial donations in Maurice’s memory may be made to Sabattus Residential Activity Fund, 69 Lisbon Road, Sabattus, ME 04280. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com. Arrangements by PINETTE & LYNCH FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES, 305 Alfred Plourde Parkway, Lewiston, 784-4023.

POWERS – Rita Buker, 71, of South Paris, died in Norway Nov. 24. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Nov. 29, at 1 p.m. at Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 45 Main St., South Paris with interment to follow at Riverside Annex Cemetery in South Paris. Family and friends may attend a time of visitation from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. prior to the service. Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.westonchandler.com.

RICH – Lawrence C., 66, died Nov. 23. Visiting hours will be held Friday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Blais & Hay Funeral Home 35 Church St. Westbrook. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Laurel Hill Cemetery Chapel, 293 Beach St., Saco. Interment will follow. He will be deeply missed by many.

RIOUX – Jeannette M., 87, died Nov. 24. Visitations at Fortin/Lewiston on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday at 9 a.m. at Holy Family Church. Committal St. Peter’s Cemetery. Those wishing may make donations in her memory to Maine Medical Center, c/o Precious Hearts, 22 Bramhall St., Portland, ME 04102. Online guestbook, tributes and moving memories may be viewed at www.mem.com. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services,
LEWISTON, 70 Horton St., 784-4584, www.thefortingroup.com.

SAWYER – Carolyn E., 60, of Poland, died in Poland, Nov. 24. Graveside services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Pine Grove Cemetery, Poland. Family and friends may call at the Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 26 West Dwinal St., Mechanic Falls on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m.Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.westonchandler.com.

THERIAULT – Irene E., 83, of Rumford, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, in West Paris. Visiting hours will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, at S.G. Thibault Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held noon Wednesday, Nov. 26, at Parish of the Holy Savior, 126 Maine Ave., Rumford. Interment will be in the spring. If so desired, contributions in her memory may be made to the What Not Shop, c/o Hope Association, 85 Lincoln Ave., Rumford, ME 04276. Arrangements are under the care of
S.G. THIBAULT FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES, 250 Penobscot St., Rumford, ME 04276, 364-4366, www.dignitymemorial.com.

WEINER – Steven “Steve,” 62, died at Avon, Monday, Nov. 24. In keeping with Steve’s requests there will be no services or visitation. The family suggests that those who desire remember Steve to the Avon Heating Fund, P.O. Box 330, Phillips, ME 04966. Expressions of condolences may be sent to the family at [email protected]. Cremation services are being cared for and provided by the Wiles Funeral Home, Cremation Service, & Remembrance Center, 137 Farmington Falls Road, Farmington.

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