COADY – Verna, 103, died Feb. 17. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. St. Patrick’s Church. Interment will be in the spring at Valley Cemetery. Donations may be made in her name to Turner Rescue, P.O. Box 135, Turner, ME 04282, or the charitable organization of your choice. ALBERT & BURPEE FUNERAL HOME.

CROUSE – Loren Otis, 73, of Mechanic Falls, died in Lewiston Feb. 18. Graveside services will be held in the spring at Maple Grove Cemetery in Mechanic Falls. Arrangements are under the direction of Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 26 West Dwinal St., Mechanic Falls. Online condolences may be shared with his family at www.westonchandler.com.

FIDES – Norma Cox, 72, of Poland Spring, died in Auburn, Feb. 19. Visiting hours will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal St., Brunswick, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be at the Orr’s Island Cemetery in the spring. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in Norma’s memory to: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Condolences can be expressed at www.brackettfuneralhome.com.

LACASSE – Leo A., 85, died Feb. 18. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial Mass on Saturday, March 28, at 11 a.m. at St. Philip’s Church. Committal to follow at St. Peter’s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, those wishing may make donations in his memory to the Eden Fund at d’Youville Pavilion, 102 Campus Ave., Lewiston, ME 04240. 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 and AUBURN, 783-8545, www.thefortingroup.com.

LAFRANCE – Mary, 86, died Feb. 19. Visitations at Fortin/Lewiston on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday at 9 a.m. at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (lower chapel). Committal St. Peter’s Cemetery. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services, LEWISTON, 70 Horton St., 784-4584, www.thefortingroup.com.

MESERVE – Marion J., 81, of Oxford, died in Oxford, Feb. 17. Funeral services will be private. Donations in her memory may be made to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Attn: Gift Mgmt. Services, 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250, Dallas, TX. 75244. Arrangements are under the direction of Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 26 West Dwinal St., Mechanic Falls. Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.westonchandler.com.

NORRIS – Petronela T., 94, died Feb. 19. Funeral services at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, at the MEADER & SON FUNERAL HOME, 3 Franklin St., Rumford, ME 04276 with the Rev. Bruce Tyner officiating. Interment in the spring will be at Demerritt Cemetery, West Peru. Friends are invited to call after 1 p.m. Sunday prior to the funeral. Those who desire, please contribute to the Peru Fire Department, P.O. Box 49, Peru, ME 04290 in her memory. Email condolences and memories may be shared at meaderfh@gwi.net.

POULIN – Jean Louis, 82, died Feb. 19. Visitations at Fortin/Lewiston on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church. Committal St. Peter’s Cemetery. Those wishing may make donations in his memory to Alzheimer’s Association, 170 U.S. Route 1, Suite 250, Falmouth, ME 04105. 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.

RIVARD – Marthe, 97, died Feb. 19. Viewing will be at the Albert & Burpee Funeral Home, 253 Pine St., Lewiston on Sunday, Feb. 22, from noon to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be Monday, Feb. 23, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, (the upper Church) at 11 a.m. Marthe asked that contributions, in lieu of flowers, be made to St. Peter and Paul Basilica, Bartlett Street, Lewiston ME 04240, or Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, 15 Strawberry Ave., P.O. Box 819, Lewiston, ME 04243-0819. ALBERT & BURPEE FUNERAL HOME.

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