All Obituaries

Arrowsic- Lieutenant Commander Joseph “Joe” Leo Welsh, 78, of Arrowsic, ME, died peacefully in his home on September 30th.  Joe was born on July 11th, 1943 in Kingsville, TX to Joseph and Norma Welsh. After graduating from Seminole High School in 1961, Joe went on to enlist in the Navy in July of 1962. That same year he married Sheila Howe; they went on to have two children together, Julie and Joe.  After discovering he had an aptitude for electronics, Uncle Sam...

Norma Holbrook Brown passed away on September 26th, 2021 at 97 years old in her home in Woolwich, Maine, with loved ones by her side. Norma Louise Presby was born on April 23rd, 1924 in Bath, Maine, and raised by Wilbur Clayton Presby and Hazel Mae Presby. Norma grew up in Woolwich, Maine. She graduated from Morse High School class of 1941. After high school she married Lester Richard Holbrook on October 11th, 1942 and together they built a farm named Holly Acre where they sold milk to...

Aubrey E. Steen, Jr., 93, passed away peacefully September 24, 2021 at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick.  He was born on October 30, 1927 in Bath, Maine, the son of Aubrey and Esther Steen. Aubrey graduated from Morse High School in 1945.  Following graduation, he served proudly in the United States Navy.  He married the love of his life Dorothy Belanger in 1949. They lived in Bath where they raised two daughters.  He worked with his brothers at Steen Company as a master...

West Bath - Margaret Shirley Nelson, 94 of West Bath, passed away at Winship Green in Bath after an eight-year illness. Shirley was born in Bath on July 21, 1927, to Arthur “Benny” and Margaret “Peg” Curran Bourget. She attended Bath schools, including Morse High School. She was very proud to have earned her GED later in life. She attended St. Mary’s Church. Shirley married Albert Ray Nelson Sr. on Sept. 10, 1948. In 1954, they welcomed their son, Albert Ray...

Rockport - James (Jimmy) Downs died peacefully at his home in Rockport on September 4, 2021. Born on February 17, 1939 in Simsbury CT, he was the son of the late Robert W. and Clementine Bourgeois Downs.   Jimmy was raised with his family in Belfast who later moved to the Bath/Brunswick area.  He also lived with the Lindscott family prior to spending most of his adult life at the Shirley Drinkwater home in Rockport under the care of Coastal Opportunities.  Although...

WOOLWICH – Ruth B Knight, 94, died peacefully on Saturday, August 28, 2021 at her home in Woolwich.  Ruth was born in Hartford, Connecticut on November 1, 1926, the daughter of the late William E. and Dorothy (Upson) Bell.  On December 8, 1946 Ruth married Victor S. Knight in Springfield, Massachusetts and made their home in Madison, Connecticut until moving to Woolwich, Maine in 1957.  Upon moving to Maine they owned and operated a dairy farm. As well as working on...

Bath – Ruth Hester Craig Innes, died in her sleep August 27th, 2021 in Brunswick, Maine at the age of 92.  Born June 28th, 1929 in her beloved St. George, New Brunswick, Canada, Ruth lived independently in her house in Bath, Maine right up until July 5th, when she was injured in her home and declined swiftly until her passing. The younger of two daughters of Adeline Williamson and Lawrence Craig, Ruth always treasured memories of running in the fields and woods of her...

Freeport - Norma Jean Latham Fish, 74, passed away on August 25, 2021, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough after a very courageous battle with lung cancer. Norma was born to Harold Francis Latham and Stella Libby Latham on October 4, 1946 in Gray, Maine. She is predeceased by sisters, Barbara Lorraine Gagne, Donna Frances Hunt and Janice Mae Fish. She is survived by her husband Paul G. Fish of 56 years of Freeport and daughter Lisa M. Fiorini of Portsmouth, sons Daniel Paul...