Obituaries

Barry David Hoffman, 85, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, died peacefully September 18, 2022, surrounded by his family. Barry was a trusted advisor and friend, as well as an esteemed businessman. He had a great sense of humor, and loved reading books and newspapers—sharing his favorite…

Ruth Lucille Lerman Lipman, 99, passed away peacefully on September 9, 2022, in Phoenix, AZ. Ruth lived in Maine for her first 60 years. Born in Rockland, she lived in Portland, Bangor and Augusta before moving to Florida and then Arizona. She was predeceased in…

Adeline Glovsky Hale was buried at Mt Carmel Cemetery in Portland, ME on September 5, 2022.

David Povich, a partner at the premier Washington law firm of Williams & Connolly who once won an acquittal for an assistant U.S. attorney seen on videotape taking bribe money from undercover agents — an entrapment case in which he warned prosecutors against prematurely assuming…

Marjorie Rachel (Shorr) Sandler passed away on August 18, 2022. Born December 8, 1941 in Boston, Marjorie was the daughter of Bernice (Simon) Shorr and Morris Shorr.  She attended Woonsocket High School in Rhode Island, and graduated from Boston University.  After graduation she worked as…

Mary Connell Briggs, 76, of North Berwick, Maine passed away peacefully on July 19, 2022, after a lengthy illness.  She was born in Camden in 1945, from a Maine native mother, Marie Young Connell and a Boston native William B. Connell.  She was preceded in…

Charlotte Zimmerman Farber died peacefully on Monday July 18th, just a few months shy of her 100th birthday. Charlotte was the last surviving sibling of the Monument Street Zimmerman clan of six children (siblings included Abraham, Rosaline, Lillian, Violet and Dorothy).  Charlotte attended Portland High…

Edward L. Eisenstadt, 76, of Wells, ME passed away Friday, July 8, 2022, from a long battle of illnesses at Hospice of Southern Maine – The Gosnell House, with family at his side. Born in Newark, NJ on April 16, 1946, the son of Arthur…

Gladys M. (Shiro) Adelson, 100, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2022.  Gladys was born in Newton, Massachusetts on December 20, 1921, to Louis and Celia (Wasser) Shiro.  At a very young age her family moved to Waterville, Maine, where she was raised along with…

Howard Pedlikin was born May 12, 1939, in Providence, Rhode Island, and passed away May 28, 2022.  He was the son of Irving and Sophie Pedlikin.  He served in the United States Airforce at Little Rock Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama, Denver, Colorado, Hanscom Air…

Evelyn Lane, nee Muskin, died April 20, 2022, age 94.  Burial at 1pm, April 24, Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY.  Born in Brooklyn, 1928.  Cornell, 1948, BA.  1950’s social worker for Connecticut Child Welfare Department.  Loving wife and mother, active in PTA, Girl Scouts and politics…