CHAPLIN – Robert P., 88, of New Gloucester, died March 4. A service celebrating his life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at the First Congregational Church, New Gloucester. Spring burial at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Gifts may be made to the New Gloucester Fire & Rescue, P.O. Box 82, New Gloucester, ME 04260. A service of Fortin Group/Plummer & Merrill Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 217 Turner St., AUBURN, 783-8545, www.thefortingroup.com.

FREMEAU – Madelyn, 86, of Kittery, died March 7 in Dover, N.H. A funeral will be held on at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home, 125 Old Post Road, Kittery, with a memorial service and committal prayers to be held at the Gracelawn Memorial Park Chapel in Auburn at 12:30 p.m. with the Rev. Fr. John Skeehan officiating. Friends may visit with Madelyn’s family on Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at www.jspelkeyfuneralhome.com. Family flowers only, donations may be made in her memory to Footprints Food Pantry, P.O. Box 246, Kittery, ME 03904. Arrangements are entrusted to the J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home.

HASTINGS – Florence, 103, died in East Bethel, March 5. A celebration of the life of Florence B. Hastings will be held at the West Parish Congregational Church on Church Street in Bethel on Saturday, March 15, at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, 127 Pottle Road, Oxford, ME 04270, Market Square Health Care Center Activity Fund, 3 Market Square, South Paris, ME 04281; or the West Parish Congregational Church, Box 23, Bethel, ME 04217. Arrangements are under the direction of Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 230 Main St., Norway. Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.westonchandler.com.

HOLT – Roger O. Sr., 76, of Poland, died in Poland March 6. Graveside services will be held in the spring at Pine Grove Cemetery in Poland. 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.

McAVOY – Monique, 74, died March 6. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Holy Family Church. Interment at St. Peter’s Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. ALBERT & BURPEE FUNERAL HOME.



PAULSEN – Evamaria, 76, of South Paris, died in Norway March 5. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, March 14, at Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 45 Main St., South Paris. Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.westonchandler.com.

REYNOLDS – Winfield M., 93, of Bryant Pond, died in South Paris on March 7. Graveside services will be held in the spring at Pine Grove Cemetery, Poland. Arrangements are under the direction of Weston-Chandler Funeral home, 230 Main St., Norway. Online condolences may be shared with his family at www.westonchandler.com.

ROYAL – Geraldine E. “Gerry,” 96, of Livermore Falls, died at Farmington on March 8. Graveside memorial services will be held in the spring at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Livermore Falls. Words of condolence may be sent to [email protected]. Cremation and memorial services are being cared for and provided by the Wiles Remembrance Center, 308 Franklin Road, Jay.



SCHMIDT – Loretta M., 75, of Mechanic Falls, died in Lewiston March 6. Graveside services will be held in the spring at Gracelawn Memorial Park in Auburn. 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.

THURLOW – Patricia L., 66, of Mechanic Falls, died March 6 in Auburn. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. SUNDAY, March 16, at Hosanna New Testament Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may me made to the Hosanna New Testament Church, 109 School House Road, Oxford, ME 04270. Arrangements by Funeral Alternatives Group, Lewiston.