BOUCHER — Germaine Lea Dubois, 98, died July 2. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 7, at Holy Family Church in Gorham, N.H. Burial will follow at St. Kieran Cemetery in Berlin. Calling hours will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Fleury-Patry Funeral Home, 72 High Street, Berlin, N.H. Memorial donations may be sent to New Hampshire Catholic Charities, P.O. Box 686, Manchester, NH 03105-0686 with funds designated to programs at St. Vincent de Paul Nursing Home.
COLE — Dorothy F., 92, a resident of Auburn, died in Auburn, July 2. Funeral services honoring Dorothy’s life will be held SATURDAY at 1 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Auburn with both the Rev. Jacquelyn Brannen and the Rev. Russell Peppe, presiding. Burial will be private at Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Memorial donations in Dorothy’s name may be made to either United Methodist Church, 439 Park Ave., Auburn, ME 04210, or to Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, 15 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston, ME 04240. Arrangements by DILLINGHAM & SON MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 62 Spring St., Auburn, 784-6449.
DEBERRI — Genella Wright, 86, of Dixfield, died at Auburn, Tuesday, July 3. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 7, at the Wiles Remembrance Center, 308 Franklin Road, Jay with the Rev. Eva Thompson, officiating. Family and friends are invited to call at the center from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, July 6. Interment will be at the Birchland Cemetery in North Jay.
DYER — Rose Emma Farnum, 95, died in Melbourne, Fla., July 1. Graveside services will be held on July 21, at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Abbotts Mills Cemetery, Rumford with Pastor Lloyd Waterhouse officiating. In lieu of flowers, those who desire, may contribute to the Brevard Alzheimer’s Foundation (Joe’s Club), 4676 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne, FL 32935, or visit them online at http://joesclubbrevard.org, or to the American Heart Association at www.heart.org. Arrangements are under the direction of the MEADER & SON FUNERAL HOME, 3 Franklin St., P.O. Box 537,Rumford, ME 04276, 364-4545.
GILE — Lynwood D., 86, of Rangeley, passed away Tuesday, July 3. A funeral service will be held on Friday, July 6, at 10 a.m. at the Rangeley Free Baptist Church. Friends wishing may make donations in Lynwood’s memory to the Rangeley Free Baptist Church. Interment will be at the Evergreen Cemetery in Rangeley. Arrangements under the direction of Adams~McFarlane Funeral & Cremation Services, 108 Court St., Farmington.
GINGRAS — Franklin L., 73, of Albany Township and formerly of Groveland, Mass., passed away suddenly on Monday, July 2. At the family’s request, there will be no funeral services at this time. Donations may be made in his memory to Responsible Pet Care, P.O. Box 378, Norway, ME 04268, or Hunts Corner Cemetery Assn., 1240 Hunts Corner Road, Albany Township, ME 04217. Both foundations were very special to him. Arrangements under the care of Oxford Hills and Weston Funeral Services, 1037 Main St., Oxford.
KERSEY — Frances Ruth died in Rumford, Monday, July 2. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 7, at the Parish of The Holy Savior St. Athanasius–St. John Church in Rumford. Interment will be in St. John Cemetery, Rumford. Those who desire, may contribute to the Tucker Sastamoine Foundation, c/o Oxford Federal Credit Union, 455 River Road, Mexico, ME 04257, or to the Oncology Department, c/o Rumford Hospital, 420 Franklin St., Rumford, ME 04276 in her memory. Arrangements are under the direction of the MEADER & SON FUNERAL HOME, 3 Franklin St., Rumford, 364-4545.
SAMAKLIS — Sophie, 91, of Lewiston, died in Auburn, June 27. Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Holy Family Church. Interment, Mt. Hope Cemetery. No visitation. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the American Heart Association, Maine Chapter, 51 U.S. Route 1, Suite M, Scarborough, ME 04074. Albert & Burpee Funeral Home.
YOUNG — Michael A., 48, died June 17, in Lewiston. A memorial service will be held at the Trinity Episcopal Church on July 7, at 2 p.m.
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