AKERS – Patricia “Pat,” 71, of West Paris, died Jan. 30. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. at the West Paris Baptist Church on Wednesday, Feb. 4, with Pastor Bruce Tyner officiating. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.andrewsgreenleaf.com. Arrangements by Andrews Funeral Home, 64 Andrews Road, South Woodstock.

BECHARD – Germaine A., 83, of Auburn, died in Auburn Jan. 28. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held MONDAY at 11 a.m. at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Lower Chapel). Committal prayers to follow at St. Peter’s Cemetery. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com. Visitation Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at PINETTE & LYNCH FUNERAL HOME, 305 Alfred Plourde Parkway, Lewiston, 784-4023.

CARRIER – Laurette, 82, of Lewiston, died Jan. 31. At the request of the family, there will be no visitation. A memorial service will be held in the spring at St. Joseph’s Church. In Lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Laurette’s memory to the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, 236 Stetson Road, Auburn, ME 04210. A service of the Fortin Group Funeral Home, Cremation, and Monument Services, 217 Turner St., AUBURN, 783-8545, www.thefortingroup.com.

CANNULI – Frank J., 63, of West Paris, died Jan. 29. Funeral services will be held at at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Andrews Funeral Home, 64 Andrews Road, South Woodstock. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.andrewsgreenleaf.com.

GREENLAW – John, of Norway, Englewood, Fla., and Brentwood, Calif., died Jan. 28. Memorial services will be held in the spring in Auburn, with information to follow. While the family welcomes cards and letters, they request that in lieu of any flowers a donation be made to a memorial fund. Donation information may be obtained my emailing [email protected]. This money will be used to plant legacy trees in Maine and California with the excess funds donated to the Maine Veterans’ Home in Norway.

HAMANN – Laurier, 66, died Jan. 28. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Family Church. Entombment, St. Peter’s Cemetery Mausoleum. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Albert & Burpee Funeral Home.



PERKINS – Verlan Lester, 71, of Jay, died in Bangor, Thursday, Jan. 29. Funeral services with full military honors will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday with visitation at 10 a.m. prior to the service at FINLEY FUNERAL HOME, 15 Church St., Livermore Falls. Spring interment at Pleasant View Cemetery in Livermore Falls. Messages of condolence may be sent to www.finleyfuneralhome.com.