AUBURN — Lucille (Toutain) Pelletier, age 83, of Auburn, died Friday morning, Jan. 5, at the Hospice House with family at her side. She was born in Lewiston on Jan. 23, 1934, a daughter of Armand and Yvonne (Lafrance) Toutain. Lucille attended St. Peter’s School and remained a lifelong resident of this community. She married Lawson […]

FARMINGTON — Wendell O. Scott, 91, of Wilton, died Thursday, Jan 4, at the Pierce House in Farmington, where he had made his home for the past 2½ years. He was born in Wilton on Sept. 11, 1926, the son of Thomas P. and Carrie (Miller) Scott. Wendell attended Wilton Academy ‘44 and graduated from the […]

AUBURN — Hilda L. Edwards Despres, 87, of Sabattus, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 6, at Clover Manor. Hilda was born at home in Casco on Jan. 3, 1931, the youngest girl of seven children, to Ernest P. and Euphemie (Fournier) Edwards. She also attended Casco schools. On May 24, 1955, she married Donald L. […]

NORWAY — Luella M. Norton, 90, a resident of Jay, formerly of Livermore, went to join her beloved husband, Mason, Wednesday, Jan. 3, at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Feb. 21, 1927, in York Village, the daughter of Howard O. Taylor and Doris M. (Grant) Taylor. She attended […]

LEESBURG, Fla. — Richard “Sleepy” Follett Sr., 78, of Leesburg, Fla., passed on Monday, Jan. 1, in The Villages Hospital. Born to Marshall and Grace (Morton) Follett on March 16, 1939, in Morris, N.Y., he lived 50-plus years on Megquier Hill, West Poland, raising his family and training and racing harness horses with his wife. He […]

AUBURN — On April 4, 1952, in Lowell, Mass., Robert and Muriel (Fulford) Peters welcomed their son, William (Bill) Andrew Peters, to the world. Bill was affectionately referred to as the “caboose” or the fourth and supposed final child to the Peters family, and the nickname “Cabbie” or “Cab” stuck even after his two younger siblings […]