Obituaries

Richard Barry Slosberg, a well-known Portland lawyer, passed away on May 27, 2021, at the age of 81 years. A brilliant, complicated and sometimes controversial man, Richard relished nothing better than debate and challenging conventional wisdom.  A native of Portland, he was the first of…

Abraham “Abe” Fineberg passed away on Monday, May 25, 2021 in the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, ME at the age of 93. Abe was the oldest of three boys, born to David and Esther Fineberg on July 25, 1927 in the Little Italy…

Joseph Wildstein, 89, of Brunswick, ME, passed away peacefully on May 22, 2021.  Born in Bronx, NY.  Beloved husband, father, grandfather.  Survived by Wife Rhoda Wildstein, Father of Emily Balkan (Adam) and Jonathan Wildstein, grandfather to Gillian and Olivia.  Predeceased by parents Max and Theresa…

Harriet (Diner) Levi, passed away on Sunday, May 2, 2021 in Portland, Maine at the age of 92. She was born on November 7, 1928 in New York City to Anna (Miller) and Abraham “Al” Diner. Harriet graduated from Hope High School, Providence, Rhode Island…

William Freedman passed away on April 21, 2021 in Bath at the home of his daughter, Karen Freedman.  William, or “Sonny” as he was known, was born April 15, 1925 in Chelsea, Mass. and upheld a profound loyalty to his hometown.  So much so, he…

Saralee Levinsky Harrisburg of Portland passed peacefully on April 11, 2021 at The Samuel L. Cohen Households at The Cedars, Portland.  A graduate of Deering High School in 1953, it was there that she began dating her high school sweetheart, future husband, Robert J. Harrisburg. …

Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Raymond L. Oransky, who passed away peacefully on Monday, March 29, 2021 at the age of 96 in Portland, Maine. Ray grew up on Munjoy Hill in the 1930s. He was the son of Joseph and…

Ellen Judith Tabachnick, 68, of San Francisco, CA, passed away from cancer on March 24, 2021 in Boston, MA.  Ellen was the daughter of the late Dr. Henry and Betty (Greenberg) Tabachnick of Portland, Maine.  She grew up in a large Portland house, where the…

SUNRISE, Fla. – Feb. 9, 1935 thru March 8, 2021.  Sandy, as her many friends called her, lived for her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She loved looking at her many pictures of them every day and said good morning and good night to each one…

Melvin Aaron Fineberg, 85, passed away on Feb. 10, 2021, at The Cedars in Portland. Born in Portland, Mel was the son of David and Esther Fineberg, brother to Abraham Fineberg and brother-in-law to Tama Fineberg, uncle to Lawrence Fineberg and Debra Fineberg Finn; brother…

Harvey Roger Cole was born on Nov. 28, 1927 in Boston. He was the son of Maurice and Ida Cohen and sister of Dorothy Barron of Newton, Mass. He was entered into rest on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 at the age of 93. Harvey was…

Selma Ruth Pluznick, daughter of the late Morris Cohen and Alice (Modes) Cohen, wife of the late Oscar Pluznick, died at the age of 90, on April 7, 2020, at her home in Delray Beach, FL. She is survived by her daughter Marcy Pluznick-Marrin, her…

MILTON, Mass. – Philip Lourie, 94, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020 after a long illness. He was born on Aug. 12, 1925, in Portland to Rachel and Abraham Lourie. He was predeceased by his loving wife of 68 years, Jeannette. He is…

FALMOUTH – Stephanie Cummings of Portland died Sept. 21, 2019 at the home of her friends, Louise and Stu Abramson in West Falmouth. Born in Portland, she attended local schools, graduating from Deering High School, and then the University of Maine in 1976 with a…