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BOSCHEN – Eleanor J., 88. A visitation will be held at Crosman Funeral Home, 40 Main St., Lisbon Falls, on Friday, Oct. 28, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held at Crosman Funeral Home on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 10 a.m. A service of CROSMAN FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES, 40 Main St., Lisbon Falls, ME 04252, 353-4951.

BUOTTE – Gerard E. “Speedy,” 80, of Rumford, died Thursday, Oct. 27. Visiting hours will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m., TUESDAY, Nov. 1, at S.G. Thibault Funeral Home, with a Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 11 a.m. at St. Athanasius and St. John Catholic Church. Interment will follow in St. John Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to the elevator fund at St. Athanasius and St. John Catholic Church, 126 Maine Ave., Rumford, ME 04276. Arrangements are under the care of S.G. THIBAULT FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES, 250 Penobscot St. Rumford, 364-4366. www.dignitymemorial.com

DAMON – Jeannette, 80. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday in Upper Gloucester Cemetery. The Rev. Glenn Anderson will officiate. Arrangements under the care of the Wilson Funeral Home in Gray.

ELSEMORE – Doris, 96, died in Southern Pines, N.C., on Oct. 25. A celebration of her life will be held at 10 a.m. on Nov. 11, at the Penick Village Chapel. Gifts in her memory may be made to the Penick Village Residents Council, P.O. Box 2001, Southern Pines, NC 28388. Powell Funeral Home and Crematory of Southern Pines, N.C., is handling the arrangements.

FARNUM – Beatrice A., 93, of Bryant Pond, died in Norway on Oct. 26. Visiting hours will be at the Andrews Funeral Home, 64 Andrews Road, South Woodstock, tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the Bryant Pond Baptist Church on Sunday at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Laurence Hodgkins officiating. Burial will be at Lakeside Cemetery, Bryant Pond. Memorials in her memory are suggested to the Bryant Pond Baptist Church, Church Street, Bryant Pond, ME 04219.

FROST – Paul Ellery, 70, died in Augusta on Oct. 26. A graveside service will be held at Glenside Cemetery in Winthrop on Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 p.m. Memorial donations can be made to help defray the cost of a gravestone for Paul to Kathleen Frost, P.O. Box 154, North Monmouth, ME 04265. Arrangements are in the care of Roberts Funeral Home, 62 Bowdoin St., Winthrop. www.khrfuneralhomes.com

MERCIER – Philip J., 83, of Rumford, died in South Paris on Oct. 27. There will be no calling hours but friends may attend a memorial Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 31, at St. Athanasius and St. John Church in Rumford. Interment will be at the St. John Cemetery in Rumford. Those who desire, please contribute to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis, TN 39101, in his memory. Arrangements are under the care of the MEADER & SON FUNERAL HOME, 3 Franklin St., Rumford, ME 04276. Online condolences and memories may be shared at [email protected]

PELLETIER – The Rev. Clement L., S.J. A Funeral Mass will be held in Loyola Chapel at Boston College High School on Monday, Oct. 31, at 10 a.m. Interment in Jesuit Cemetery in Weston, Mass. Visiting hours will be on Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Boston College High School, 150 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125.

PENLEY – Channing B., 86, died in Norway on Oct. 26. A memorial gathering will be held at Wilson Funeral Home, 24 Shaker Road, Gray, on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 2 to 4 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Maine Veterans Home, 477 High St., South Paris, ME 04281.

RAIN – Mary Eugenie, 93, of Dixfield, died on Oct. 27. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on TUESDAY, Nov. 1, at Dixfield Congregational Church, with the Rev. John Gensel officiating. Interment will be in Gracelawn Memorial Park at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to the Dixfield Congregational Church, P.O. Box 615, Dixfield, ME 04224 or The Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter, 160 Lancaster St., Suite 160B, Portland, ME 04101. Arrangements are under the care of S.G. THIBAULT FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES, 250 Penobscot St., Rumford, 364-4366. www.dignitymemorial.com

WHITE – Elizabeth “Betty,” 86, of Farmington, died in Farmington on Oct. 27. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 10 a.m at the Wiles Funeral Home, Cremation Service and Remembrance Center, 137 Farmington Falls Road, Farmington. Relatives and friends are invited to call one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at noon on Monday at the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions be made in Betty’s memory to Franklin Memorial Hospital, 111 Franklin Health Commons, Farmington, ME 04938. Online condolences may be forwarded to [email protected]

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