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CLOUTIER – Gertrude E., 87, died March 9. Visitation Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Holy Family Church Saturday at 9 a.m. Committal St. Peter’s Cemetery. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Service, 70 Horton St. LEWISTON, 784-4584, www.thefortingroup.com.

CURTIS – Craig, 46, of Oxford, died in Portland, March 8. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Craig’s name to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, www.leukemia-lymphoma.org in his memory, please mention Acute Lymphacit Leukemia (ALL). Visitation will be held Friday, March 13 from 2 to 3 p.m. with funeral services at 3 p.m. at Oxford Hills Funeral Services, 1037 Main St., Route 26, Oxford. Please join the family after the funeral services for a gathering at the Oxford American Legion Hall located on Route 121. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www. oxfordhillsfuneralservices.com.

HARRIS – Paul R., 69, a resident of Auburn, died in Lewiston, March 8. Masonic services will begin
MONDAY at 7:30 p.m. March 16 followed by funeral services with the Rev. Casey Collins presiding from the Memorial Chapel of Dillingham & Son. Burial will be held later in the spring at Hillside Cemetery, Lisbon Falls. Memorial donations in Paul’s memory may be made to the Calvary United Methodist Church, 59 Sabattus St., Lewiston, ME 04240. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com. Family and friends are invited to visit Monday beginning at 6:30 p.m. until the time of services at DILLINGHAM & SON MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 62 Spring St., Auburn, 784-6449.

HODDINOTT – Richard Lee Jr., 55, died March 10. There will be an informal gathering at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 15, at the Ladd Center in Wayne. All those who want to share a story and be with friends to honor his memory are invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to either Living Rivers, P.O. Box 466, Moab, UT 84532, or Androscoggin Lake Improvement Corporation, P.O. Box 307, Wayne ME 04284. Arrangements are in the care of Roberts Funeral Home, 62 Bowdoin St., Winthrop. Condolences may be sent to the family via the funeral home website at www.khrfuneralhomes.com.

JUNEAU – Fernande L., 88, died March 5. A memorial Mass will be celebrated Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (lower church). Committal and interment will take place in the spring at Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery, Mount Vernon Road, Augusta. At her request, there are no visiting hours. Those wishing may make donations in her memory to the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, 236 Stetson Road, Auburn, ME 04210, or to the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, P.O. Box 1540, Lewiston, ME 04241. To sign an online guestbook and send tributes to the family, please visit www.mem.com. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Service, 70 Horton St.
LEWISTON, 784-4584.

LEONARD – Sandra V., 64, of Farmington, died at Farmington, Tuesday, March 10. Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at the Wiles Funeral Home, Cremation Service & Remembrance Center,
137 Farmington Falls Road, Farmington. Family and friends are invited to call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday. Words of condolence may sent via e-mail to [email protected].

MARQUIS – Leo Paul, 80, died in Rumford, March 10. No public calling hours, but friends are invited to attend a funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Friday, March 13, at St. Athanasius-St. John Church, Rumford. Interment in the spring at St. John Cemetery, Rumford. In lieu of flowers, those who desire may contribute in his memory to St. Athanasius-St. John School, 126 Maine Ave., Rumford, ME 04276, or to Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, 284 Main St., Suite 290, Wilton, ME 04294. Arrangements are under the care of the
MEADER & SON FUNERAL HOME, 3 Franklin St., Rumford, 04276. E-mail condolences and memories may be shared at [email protected].

MILES – Steven Craig “Bear,” 61, died March 9. Visitation Fortin/Auburn Sunday from noon to 1 p.m. Funeral will follow at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Potluck gathering in Bear’s honor immediately following the funeral at VFW Capt Frank W Hulett Post, 588 Minot Ave., Auburn. Those wishing, may make donation’s in Bear’s honor to the Oncology Department in care of the Development Office at Central Maine Medical Center, 300 Main St., Lewiston, ME 04240. Family and friends are invited to visit www.mem.com to pay tribute to Steven’s life. A service of The Fortin Group, Funeral Home Cremation & Monument Services, 217 Turner St.,
AUBURN, 783-8545, www.thefortingroup.com.

MURRAY – Bruce Dana, 68, died March 8. Visitation Fortin/Auburn Saturday, March 14, from 2 to 3 p.m. with a memorial service to be held at 3 p.m. at the funeral home. Graveside services will be held in May at the Mount Auburn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be sent to the High Street Congregational Church, Auburn, ME 04210, the Hospice House (AHCH), 236 Stetson Road, Auburn, ME 04210, or Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, 15 Strawberry Ave., P.O. Box 819, Lewiston, ME 04243-0819. To view on-line obituary visit www.mem.com. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services,
AUBURN, 217 Turner St., Auburn, 783-8545, www.thefortingroup.com.

KENISTON – Virginia, 86, of Bethel died March 10. Memorial services will be held at the Bethel United Methodist Church on Friday, March 13, at 10 a.m. Memorials in Ginny’s memory are requested to the Bethel United Methodist Church, Main Street, Bethel, ME 04217. Arrangements by Greenleaf Funeral Home, 37 Vernon St., Bethel. Online condolences may be left for the family at www. andrewsgreenleaf.com.

LUTZ – James A., 81, a resident of Danville, died in Lewiston, March 8. Funeral services honoring Jim’s life will be held
FRIDAY at 11 a.m. from the Memorial Chapel of Dillingham & Son with the Rev. Dodi Knight presiding. Burial will be later in the spring with military honors at Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Memorial donations in Jim’s memory may be made to either Danville Union Church, or to the Danville Junction Grange, c/o Franklin McAllister, P.O. Box 93, Danville, ME 04223. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com. Friends and family are invited to visit Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the DILLINGHAM & SON MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 62 Spring St., Auburn, 784-6449.

PEPIN – Dolores F., 66, a resident of Auburn, died in Lewiston, March 9. A memorial gathering of family and friends are invited to visit in honor of Dolores’s life SATURDAY from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Chapman Room of Gracelawn Memorial Park, 980 Turner St., Auburn. Memorial donations in Dolores’s memory may be made to the American Heart Association, 51 U.S. Route 1, Suite M, Scarborough, ME 04074. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com. Arrangements by DILLINGHAM & SON MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 62 Spring St., Auburn, 784-6449.

SIMARD – Roger, 84, of Lewiston, died Sunday, March 8. Funeral services will be held in St. Patrick’s Chapel on Thursday at 9 a.m. Interment in the spring, Mt. Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be at the the Albert and Burpee funeral home on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, 15 Strawberry Ave., P.O. Box 819, Lewiston, ME 04243-0819.
ALBERT & BURPEE FUNERAL HOME.

SURETTE – Edgar J. Sr., 94, of Sabattus died March 8. Visitation will be held at Fortin/Lewiston on Thursday, March 12 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Funeral service will be held after visitation at 11 a.m. at Fortin/Lewiston. Committal to follow at St. Peter’s Cemetery. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services, 70 Horton St.,
LEWISTON, 784-4584, www.thefortingroup.com.

WAITE – Charlotte Nancy, 90, of Paris Hill, died in South Paris, March 10. At her request there will be no funeral service. She often stated she preferred to simply be remembered by those who knew her. Arrangements are under the direction of Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 45 Main St., South Paris. Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.westonchandler.com.

WEBSTER – Blaine F., 75, of Auburn, died on March 10. No visiting hours or services at the request of the family. Arrangements by
Funeral Alternatives Group, Lewiston.

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