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Berwick ME Obituaries and Death Notices
Monday, February 06, 2017Crothal Services and husband of Linda Soule Rivito, died Friday. Arrangements by Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel of Charleston.ElsewhereCOLE, Tommie Jerome, 59, of Berwick, Maine, a welder, civil servant with Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and husband of Tammy Jackson Cole, died Tuesday. Arrangements by Advantage Funeral and Cremation Services of Portland, Maine.FERGUSON, Jeffery Wade, of Atlanta died Friday. Arrangements by Peeples-Rhoden Funeral Home of Hampton, S.C.
Monday, January 23, 2017Laconia. As heavy fog passed through the area at about 2 p.m., Arline L. Downing, 88, of Laconia was driving a Chevy Cobalt that collided with a dump truck driven by Richard R. Leclerc, 56, of Berwick, Maine. Downing was pronounced dead at the scene. Leclerc was not injured.On Oct. 28 at about 1 p.m., Steven Price of Belmont, who was on a lunch break from his trial on rape charges in Belknap County Superior Court in Laconia, was chased by Belmont police in that town for driving twice the speed limit. Price drove on the bypass on the Laconia side and was killed when his car crashed at the Gilford end of the road.On June 17, 54-year-old Paul Sambatoro of Salem, who was riding a motorcycle on the bypass, died instantly when he collided with a 2009 Chevy Impala sedan driven by Brett Covey, 36, of Loudon. The crash occurred as Laconia’s Motorcycle Week was coming to an end. Covey was not injured.Asked why so many drivers have been killed on the road in the past year, Kelley said the road has a 65 mph speed limit but doesn’t have many of the features that other higher-speed highways share. The road has two-way traffic from the Belmont end to the Gilford side, and there are no medians in between the lanes, he said.“It’s a very dangerous highway,” Kelley said. “We try to patrol it and keep the speed under control, but there are still a lot of traffic problems.”dseufert@newstote.com.
Monday, January 16, 2017Epping Forest Road Monday afternoon.Police identified the man as Terry Paul Crouse, whom police found suffering from gunshots at his home in the 1800 block of Kimberwicke Place.Police tried to resuscitate the victim until firefighter paramedics arrived and took over. The victim was declared dead at the scene, police said.The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Tuesday Crouse's cause of death as "gunshot wound(s) with the manner being homicide".Crouse, known to friends and family as "TC", was an electrical contractor, and was described by neighbors as friendly and would help clear snow from neighborhood driveways.Neighbor Robert Childers heard the shots."Bang, bang, bang, bang. Then nothing," he said. "Then like 1,000 police cars. We're just sick about it."He said Crouse was friendly, always said hello. "I had a vegetable garden and used to take him vegetables.Neighbor Kirk Vollard said he was helping his son with his homework when he heard loud noises."I thought something fell upstairs and didn't think much of it," he said. Then the police arrived.Police said they had no theories yet. Police academy trainees showed up Tuesday to scour the area for evidence."The area is very secluded, we didn't want to miss anything," police spokesman Marc Li...
Monday, October 24, 2016Funeral Home, officiated by Pastor Shannon Kilpatrick. Interment followed at Old Hardin Cemetery in Kountze. Serving as pallbearers were Mike Martin, Terry Coleman, Randy Harris, Keith Tatom, Charles Berwick and Jaime Alvizo.
Monday, July 04, 2016Louise was predeceased by her brothers, Joseph Smith of Windsor, Harry Smith Sr. of South Berwick and Leon Smith of Wiscasset.She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Robert H. Baird Sr. of Alna; her two daughters, Janice L. Baird of Alna and Carol A. Small and her husband Alan of Alna; her two sons, Robert H. Baird Jr. (Bobby) and John R. H. Baird of Alna; and Tim Pearson of Wiscasset whom she thought of as a son. She is also survived by two granddaughters, Kimberly A. Small of Nobleboro and Melissa Lynn Small and her fiancé Richard Russomano of Augusta; her three great-grandchildren, Dalton and Carter Taylor and Isabella Russomano; and her sister, Alice Murphy of Wiscasset.A Memorial Service will be held at the Alna Baptist Church in Alna on Saturday, July 16 at 1 p.m. There will be a gathering with food and drink afterwards.Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.KincerFuneralHome.com.Arrangements are under the care of Kincer Funeral Home, Richmond.
Timothy Hussey, 59, businessman wrote about lessons of illness - The Boston Globe
Monday, June 27, 2016Mr. Hussey, who was president and CEO of Hussey Seating Co., and was the sixth generation of his family to lead the North Berwick, Maine, business, died June 13 in Massachusetts General Hospital of mucosal melanoma. He was 59.“I have found that writing for others helps me articulate my feelings, my learnings, and my goals and strategies,” he wrote in his first blog post, in August 2014, a little more than two months after he was diagnosed.Though Mr. Hussey sailed on the ocean, he was a good a navigator on the written page, too, even before he knew illness would shorten his life. Just a dozen days before a doctor offered a grim diagnosis, Mr. Hussey delivered the commencement address at York County Community College.Comparing life to a Shakespearean performance, he cautioned that “we never know when that last act will play out. It could be at any time.” On a graduation day filled with hopes, dreams, and excitement, he added, “it’s exhilarating, and you might almost feel immortal. But the reality is that we are mortal. And what matters, for longer than we realize, is how we behave and what choices we make in this mortal world. Yes, we do get to write the script for the drama of our lives.”Mr. Hussey had always been an animated storyteller, using different voices for characters as he read to his children when they were young. Years of leading his business consumed considerable time until illness prompted him to look more closely at the lessons he might share.“Once he started sort of letting go and realizing what was more important to him, out flowed these stories,” said his wife, Marcia Landry. “Tim did a lot of work in the last two years developing his spiritual self.”On May 10, Mr. Hussey posted the second-to-last entry on his blog. He wrote more than 3,000 words about his spiritual life and how he had reached beyond his upbringing in Kennebunkport’s South Congregational Church in search of more questions to contemplate, some of which he resolved. “Let me start at the end,” he wrote to begin the post. “I have reached the point where I don’t fear death. I actually don’t believe there is permanent death for any of us, and this belief is very liberating! I can release lots of fears after letting go of the fear of death, and live my life with much more peace.”Born in Biddeford, Maine, Timothy Buffum Hussey grew up in Kennebunkport, the oldest of four children. His father, Philip Hussey Jr., also had served as president of the family business. His mother, the former Martha DeW...
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Monday, February 06, 2017Crothal Services and husband of Linda Soule Rivito, died Friday. Arrangements by Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel of Charleston.ElsewhereCOLE, Tommie Jerome, 59, of Berwick, Maine, a welder, civil servant with Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and husband of Tammy Jackson Cole, died Tuesday. Arrangements by Advantage Funeral and Cremation Services of Portland, Maine.FERGUSON, Jeffery Wade, of Atlanta died Friday. Arrangements by Peeples-Rhoden Funeral Home of Hampton, S.C.
Monday, January 23, 2017Laconia. As heavy fog passed through the area at about 2 p.m., Arline L. Downing, 88, of Laconia was driving a Chevy Cobalt that collided with a dump truck driven by Richard R. Leclerc, 56, of Berwick, Maine. Downing was pronounced dead at the scene. Leclerc was not injured.On Oct. 28 at about 1 p.m., Steven Price of Belmont, who was on a lunch break from his trial on rape charges in Belknap County Superior Court in Laconia, was chased by Belmont police in that town for driving twice the speed limit. Price drove on the bypass on the Laconia side and was killed when his car crashed at the Gilford end of the road.On June 17, 54-year-old Paul Sambatoro of Salem, who was riding a motorcycle on the bypass, died instantly when he collided with a 2009 Chevy Impala sedan driven by Brett Covey, 36, of Loudon. The crash occurred as Laconia’s Motorcycle Week was coming to an end. Covey was not injured.Asked why so many drivers have been killed on the road in the past year, Kelley said the road has a 65 mph speed limit but doesn’t have many of the features that other higher-speed highways share. The road has two-way traffic from the Belmont end to the Gilford side, and there are no medians in between the lanes, he said.“It’s a very dangerous highway,” Kelley said. “We try to patrol it and keep the speed under control, but there are still a lot of traffic problems.”dseufert@newstote.com.
Monday, January 16, 2017Epping Forest Road Monday afternoon.Police identified the man as Terry Paul Crouse, whom police found suffering from gunshots at his home in the 1800 block of Kimberwicke Place.Police tried to resuscitate the victim until firefighter paramedics arrived and took over. The victim was declared dead at the scene, police said.The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Tuesday Crouse's cause of death as "gunshot wound(s) with the manner being homicide".Crouse, known to friends and family as "TC", was an electrical contractor, and was described by neighbors as friendly and would help clear snow from neighborhood driveways.Neighbor Robert Childers heard the shots."Bang, bang, bang, bang. Then nothing," he said. "Then like 1,000 police cars. We're just sick about it."He said Crouse was friendly, always said hello. "I had a vegetable garden and used to take him vegetables.Neighbor Kirk Vollard said he was helping his son with his homework when he heard loud noises."I thought something fell upstairs and didn't think much of it," he said. Then the police arrived.Police said they had no theories yet. Police academy trainees showed up Tuesday to scour the area for evidence."The area is very secluded, we didn't want to miss anything," police spokesman Marc Li...
Monday, October 24, 2016Funeral Home, officiated by Pastor Shannon Kilpatrick. Interment followed at Old Hardin Cemetery in Kountze. Serving as pallbearers were Mike Martin, Terry Coleman, Randy Harris, Keith Tatom, Charles Berwick and Jaime Alvizo.
Monday, July 04, 2016Louise was predeceased by her brothers, Joseph Smith of Windsor, Harry Smith Sr. of South Berwick and Leon Smith of Wiscasset.She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Robert H. Baird Sr. of Alna; her two daughters, Janice L. Baird of Alna and Carol A. Small and her husband Alan of Alna; her two sons, Robert H. Baird Jr. (Bobby) and John R. H. Baird of Alna; and Tim Pearson of Wiscasset whom she thought of as a son. She is also survived by two granddaughters, Kimberly A. Small of Nobleboro and Melissa Lynn Small and her fiancé Richard Russomano of Augusta; her three great-grandchildren, Dalton and Carter Taylor and Isabella Russomano; and her sister, Alice Murphy of Wiscasset.A Memorial Service will be held at the Alna Baptist Church in Alna on Saturday, July 16 at 1 p.m. There will be a gathering with food and drink afterwards.Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.KincerFuneralHome.com.Arrangements are under the care of Kincer Funeral Home, Richmond.
Timothy Hussey, 59, businessman wrote about lessons of illness - The Boston Globe
Monday, June 27, 2016Mr. Hussey, who was president and CEO of Hussey Seating Co., and was the sixth generation of his family to lead the North Berwick, Maine, business, died June 13 in Massachusetts General Hospital of mucosal melanoma. He was 59.“I have found that writing for others helps me articulate my feelings, my learnings, and my goals and strategies,” he wrote in his first blog post, in August 2014, a little more than two months after he was diagnosed.Though Mr. Hussey sailed on the ocean, he was a good a navigator on the written page, too, even before he knew illness would shorten his life. Just a dozen days before a doctor offered a grim diagnosis, Mr. Hussey delivered the commencement address at York County Community College.Comparing life to a Shakespearean performance, he cautioned that “we never know when that last act will play out. It could be at any time.” On a graduation day filled with hopes, dreams, and excitement, he added, “it’s exhilarating, and you might almost feel immortal. But the reality is that we are mortal. And what matters, for longer than we realize, is how we behave and what choices we make in this mortal world. Yes, we do get to write the script for the drama of our lives.”Mr. Hussey had always been an animated storyteller, using different voices for characters as he read to his children when they were young. Years of leading his business consumed considerable time until illness prompted him to look more closely at the lessons he might share.“Once he started sort of letting go and realizing what was more important to him, out flowed these stories,” said his wife, Marcia Landry. “Tim did a lot of work in the last two years developing his spiritual self.”On May 10, Mr. Hussey posted the second-to-last entry on his blog. He wrote more than 3,000 words about his spiritual life and how he had reached beyond his upbringing in Kennebunkport’s South Congregational Church in search of more questions to contemplate, some of which he resolved. “Let me start at the end,” he wrote to begin the post. “I have reached the point where I don’t fear death. I actually don’t believe there is permanent death for any of us, and this belief is very liberating! I can release lots of fears after letting go of the fear of death, and live my life with much more peace.”Born in Biddeford, Maine, Timothy Buffum Hussey grew up in Kennebunkport, the oldest of four children. His father, Philip Hussey Jr., also had served as president of the family business. His mother, the former Martha DeW...
