Saralee Levinsky Harrisburg
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. …
Raymond Oransky
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 Tabachnick
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…
Sandra Mersky Blume
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
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
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
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…
Philip Lourie
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…
Stephanie Cummings
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…
Evelyn “Evvy” (Brenner) Cohen
PORTLAND – Evelyn “Evvy” (Brenner) Cohen, 93, a longtime Saco resident, died on Aug. 31, 2019. The daughter of Isidore and Sadie Brenner, she grew up in Lawrence, Mass., with her older sister, Vita, and younger brother, Merrill “Sonny”. After graduating from Lawrence High School,…
David Robert Ber
PORTLAND – David Robert Ber, a long-time resident of Munjoy Hill, died at the Cedars Nursing Facility on August 25, 2019. He was 82. David was the second son born to Sara Rebecca (née Levi) and Isaac Ber. David graduated from Portland High School in…
David Cohen
PORTLAND – David Cohen, son of Beryl Cohen Cole and Harry Cohen, born on Nov. 10, 1974, passed away Friday, June 7, 2019 at MMC. He is survived by his parents; and extra Dad, John Cole, his sister, Amanda Bellerose and her husband Matthew; a…
Michael S. Litman
PORTLAND – Michael S. Litman, 65, of Portland, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home, with his wife Sally by his side, on May 23, 2019, after a two year battle with cancer. He was born Dec. 27, 1953, in Portland, to Evelyn and…
Elizabeth Young “Lee” Spector
PORTLAND – On Feb. 15, 2019, Elizabeth “Lee” Young Spector, 92, died. Born in Portland on Oct. 25, 1926, Lee attended Portland schools and graduated from Portland High School. She graduated from Framingham State University with a degree in education, and taught third graders in…