RUMFORD — Funeral services for Esley C. Thompson of Mexico were conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18, at Meader & Son Funeral Home, 3 Franklin St., P.O. Box 537, Rumford, ME 04276, with the Rev. Anthony J. Rea officiating. Music included “I Can Only Imagine” and special music selections included “Bridge Over Troubled Waters,” […]

LEWISTON — Memorial services honoring the life of Louise L. Tardif were held Saturday, Aug. 16 at Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home with the Rev. Denis Mailhot presiding. During the service, words of remembrance were shared by Louise’s granddaughter, Janelle Tardif, and by Louise’s daughter, Rose Francis. Burial will be held privately. Arrangements by […]

LEWISTON — Memorial services honoring the life of Chad R. Lapierre were held Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home with the Rev. Aaron Damboise presiding. During the service, Chad’s mom, Joline Pelletier, recited a poem in honor of her son’s life. A Funeral procession was then formed to St. Peter’s […]

VIENNA — Funeral services for Herschel J. “Eba” Rackliff Sr. of Vienna were held at 11 a.m. On Saturday, Aug. 16, from the Wiles Remembrance Center, 137 Farmington Falls Road (Routes 2 and 27), Farmington, with Rev. Laura Church of the North Vienna United Methodist Church officiating. The first special song, a family favorite, was […]

RUMFORD — A Mass of Christian Burial honoring the lives of Wilfred and Ella LaPlante was celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at Parish of the Holy Savior. The Rev. Alfred Jacques was the principal celebrant and concelebrating priests were the Rev. Greg Dube, the Rev. Yvon Barrieau and the Rev. Alphonse Richard. Bernard […]

LEWISTON — A Mass of Christian Burial honoring the life of Maurice H. Renaud was celebrated by the Rev. Marc Caron on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at Holy Family Church of the Prince of Peace Parish. At the entrance of church, Maurice’s family draped the burial pall over his casket to symbolize Maurice’s baptism into a […]

AUGUSTA — Graveside services for Glenyce T. Underhill of Rumford were conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, at Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery, Civic Center Drive, Augusta, with the Rev. Dr. Keith Moore from the First Baptist Church of Portland officiating. Words of remembrance were given by several family and friends. Arrangements were under the […]

FARMINGTON — A memorial Mass for Paul Francis Sproul, “Bucky,” of Farmington, was held Monday, Aug. 4, at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Farmington, with the Rev. Joseph Daniels officiating. Prior to Mass, a family prayer service was held at Wiles Remembrance Center, 137 Farmington Falls Road, Routes 2 and 27, Farmington. […]

LEWISTON — Graveside services for Cornelia “Connie” Laurinaitis DiFrederico, of Easton, Md., and formerly of Rumford, were conducted at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lewiston, with Arthur Meader officiating. Arrangements were under the care of the Meader & Son Funeral Home, 3 Franklin St., P.O. Box 537, Rumford, ME […]

RUMFORD — Funeral services for Michele M. Gravel, of Rumford, were conducted at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Meader & Son Funeral Home, 3 Franklin St., P.O. Box 537, Rumford, ME 04276, with Pastor William Kahkonen officiating. Special music selections included “You Wouldn’t Cry” sung by Kaitlyn Francis and “You Look Beyond […]