BUCKMAN – Francis, 64, died Jan. 22. Visiting hours will be held at the Greenleaf Funeral Home, 37 Vernon St., Bethel on Sunday, Jan. 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. Private graveside services will be held in the spring at South Bethel Cemetery. Memorials in Bucky’s name may be sent to the Bethel Rescue, c/o Cheryl Bennett, P.O. Box 1660, Bethel, ME 04217. Online condolences may be left at www.andrewsgreenleaf.com.

HOWE – Brent H., 52, of Poland, died in Oxford Jan. 21. A gathering of friends will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, at Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 26 West Dwinal St., Mechanic Falls. A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Houlton Methodist Church on Tuesday. Friends and family are invited to visit with Brent at the church from noon to 1 p.m. A luncheon will follow. Interment will be in the spring at Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton. Arrangements in Houlton are under the direction of Dunn Funeral Home, 11 Park St. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, Chapter of Maine, 80 Elm St., Portland, ME 04101. Online condolences may be shared at www.westonchandler.com.

GALLANT – Robert E., 74, of Rumford, died Jan. 23. Funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Parish of the Holy Savior, Rumford. Calling hours from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at MEADER & SON FUNERAL HOME, 3 Franklin St., Rumford. In lieu of flowers, please contribute in his memory to the National Kidney Foundation of Maine, P.O.Box 1134, Portland, ME 04104. Visitation at 7 p.m. Monday Rumford Maine Lodge No. 862, B.P.O.E. Condolences and memories may be shared at [email protected].

PRUDHOMME – Davis J., 83, of Lewiston, died Jan. 24. Visitation at from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at Fortin/LEWISTON, followed by a Liturgy of the Word at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Committal with military honors will follow at St. Peter’s Cemetery. A service of Fortin Group Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services, 70 Horton St., LEWISTON, 784-4584, www.thefortingroup.com.

PULSIFER – Donald A. Sr., 62, of North Turner, died Jan. 23, in North Turner. Visiting hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at FINLEY FUNERAL HOME, 15 Church St., Livermore Falls. A graveside service will be held in the spring at North Turner Cemetery on Route 219, North Turner. If desired, contributions may be made to Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, 15 Strawberry Ave., P.O. Box 819, Lewiston, ME 04243. Messages of condolence may be sent to www.finleyfuneralhome.com.

REEVES – Carol Jean, 68, of Bridgton and Townsend, Mass., died in Bridgton, Jan. 21. Visiting hours will be held at the Raymond-Wentworth Funeral Home, 8 Elm St., Bridgton, on Sunday, Jan. 25 from 2 to 4 p.m., with a funeral Mass to be celebrated on Monday, Jan. 26 at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, South High Street, Bridgton. Memorials in Carol’s memory are suggested to the St. Joseph Church Food Pantry, 225 South High St., Bridgton, ME 04009. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.andrewsgreenleaf.com.

RUF – Bernard E., of Fishkill, N.Y. and Belgrade, died Jan. 24 in Belgrade. Calling hours will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Robert H. Auchmoody Funeral Homes, 1028 Main St., Fishkill. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary Mother of the Church, Fishkill. Burial at 12 p.m. at St. Joachim’s Cemetery, Beacon. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Mary’s Foundation, Attn: Haiti Fund in Memory of Bernard E. Ruf, P.O. Box 7291, Lewiston, ME 04243 or to The Fresh Air Fund, Bernard E. Ruf Memorial Environmental Education Fund, c/o The Fresh Air Fund, 633 Third Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10017.

STEVENS – Lois, 91, of Portsmouth, N.H., died Jan. 20. In accordance with her wishes there will be no memorial services. She held the view that people will say goodbye in their own way. Her final resting place will be next to her husband at Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery, Mount Vernon Road, Augusta. In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to donate to either of the following: Pine Tree Society, P.O. Box 518, Bath, ME 04530 (www.pinetreesociety.org); or to the Post Polio Support Group of Maine, c/o 674 Hallowell-Litchfield Road, West Gardiner, ME 04345 (www.ppsgm.org). Arrangements are under the care of Direct Cremation of Maine, 182 Waldo Ave., Belfast.

VAN METRE – Kenneth A., 48, of Monmouth, died in Auburn, Jan. 18. A celebration of life service honoring Ken’s life will be held SATURDAY, Jan. 31, at noon at the Pinette & Lynch Funeral Home, with the Rev. Alan Austin presiding. In lieu of flowers, donations in Ken’s memory may be made to the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing, 10 High St., Suite 301, Lewiston, ME 04240 207-795-7118 or 1 877-336-7287. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com. Friends and family are invited to visit Friday, Jan. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the PINETTE & LYNCH FUNERAL HOME, 305 Alfred Plourde Parkway, Lewiston, 784-4023.