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on 4-23-12.
Betsey Hall Cooper, of Sterling Heights, MI,
on 2-27-12.
Robert Marshall Goodspeed, 74, of The
Villages, FL, on 3-16-12.
Bryce William Grindle, 75, of Orono, on 1-
25-12.
Arthur Henry Kelley, 71, of Sarasota, FL, on
2-13-12.
Mary E. Perkins, 93, of Corinna, on 2-9-12.
1963
Carolyn Vickery Burks, 72, of Southborough,
MA, on 4-18-12.
Ruth Strode Carsley, 88, of West
Yellowstone, MT, on 1-25-12.
James Farnham Carter, 70, of Washburn, on
12-28-11.
Philip Lawrence Clockedile, 75, of Tampa,
FL, on 3-2-12.
Charles Edward Gero, Jr., 75, of Orrington,
on 1-9-12.
Freda Roberta Foss Kilcollins, 91, of
Presque Isle, on 3-16-12.
Gordon Willis Lund, 72, of Auburn, on 10-
16-10.
Kathryn Hunt Stafford, 71, of Morro Bay, CA,
on 4-4-12.
Barbara Ward Stuhlmann, 71, of Pittsfield,
MA, on 2-10-12.
Patricia Harvell Thurston, 93, of Bass
Harbor, on 4-26-12.
Constance Perkins Trott, 98, of Rockwood,
on 12-2-11.
1964
Elaine Edith Grant, 70, of Cordova, MD, on
3-14-12.
John Emery Hill, 69, of Biddeford, on 2-13-
12.
Donald Calvin Holsapple, 85, of Dexter, on
4-1-12.
Mabel Lee Nickerson, 70, of Skowhegan, on
3-27-12.
Gordon Gilbert “Pete” O’Donnell, 73, of
Saco, on 2-17-12.
Anna Elizabeth “Betty” Rogers, 81, of Unity,
on 11-4-09.
Dorothy Norma Twitchell, 94, of Oxford, on
12-15-11.
1965
Raymond Bisbee, 68, of Kensington, NH, on
12-20-11.
Vernon Augustus Blackstone, 76, of
Caribou, on 12-15-11.
Bennett Foster Files, 69, of Cumming, GA,
on 12-9-11.
Normand Richard Fournier, 70, of Lewiston,
on 3-17-12.
Irvinia Gould, 76, of Waldoboro, on 4-10-12.
Madeline McCauley Hayden, 90, of
Windham, on 2-17-12.
Lila Mae Richmond, 80, of Bangor, on 4-22-
12.
Ruth Chamberlin Schleicher, 86, on 8-10-
11.
Allan Mason Shaw, 68, of Norfolk, MA, on
12-17-11.
Donald Leo Wilson, 67, of Largo, FL, on 3-
26-12.
1966
Clifford Arnold Sharpe, 67, of Sacramento,
CA, on 1-8-12.
1967
Thomas John Allen, 69, of Cape Coral, FL,
on 8-9-10.
Charles Armitage, 66, of Aiken, SC, on 2-
27-12.
Bruce Fox Edge, 71, of Plainville, CT, on 4-
26-12.
Eva Crawford Estey, of Bangor, on 12-12-11.
James Gibson, 66, of San Antonio, FL, on
3-3-12.
Elizabeth Peirce Randel, 66, of Biddeford,
on 11-28-11.
Ruth Evangeline Rouse, 87, of Caribou, on
2-26-11.
Gerald Witham Small, 75, of Dover, NH, on
11-25-11.
Patrick James Wolford, 71, on 7-29-11.
1968
Deborah Elizabeth Noyes Gillespie, 65, of
Scarborough, on 12-3-11.
Ellen Elizabeth Proctor, 66, of Harpswell, on
1-31-12.
Richard Spear Sallinen, 65, of Camden, on
3-24-12.
Gary Donald Sullivan, 66, of Sanford, on
1-8-12.
1969
Elizabeth Ann Coombs De La Vega, 64, of
Texas, on 3-20-12.
Grant Terance Lundeen, 62, of Mars Hill, on
2-3-12.
Mary Louise Pattison, 65, of Augusta, on
12-25-11.
Geoffrey Ralph Powell, 65, of Damariscotta,
on 4-24-12.
Michael Charles Shannon, 66, of Santa
Rosa Beach, FL, on 4-7-12.
Marion Sweet Wilson, 63, of Corinth, on 12-
20-11.
1970
Margaret Baldwin Easton, 83, of Wakefield,
MA, on 2-6-12.
Ernest Gilbert, 65, of Dallas Plantation, on
1-7-12.
Jerome Charles Kaul, 76, of Orrington, on
4-7-12.
William Austin Martin, 76, of Milbridge, ME,
and Inverness, FL, on 1-16-12.
Kenneth Myron Morrison, 65, of Florence,
OR, and Millinocket, on 1-7-12.
Margaret Evelyn Williams, 94, of West Bath,
on 1-22-11.
1971
John Joseph Daly, 63, of Harwich, on 12-
17-11.
Kenneth Benjamin “Ben” Dresser II, 63, of
Bucksport and Old Town, on 2-7-12.
Robert “Pete” Varney Porter, 63, of Island
Falls, on 12-14-11.
Philip Lee Winters, 63, of Spokane, WA, on
12-29-11.
Vitauts Knuble ’72, Soldier and Artist
Artist and highly decorated Green Beret, Vitauts J. “Vits”
Knuble ’72 died on April 8, 2012. He was 67. Born in German-occupied
Latvia, he escaped with his family to Hamburg,
Germany, and settled in Bangor as a young boy. After high
school, Vits joined the Army and volunteered for Special Forces.
He served in Vietnam as a medical specialist for the 5th
Special Forces Group A-233 A-Team and saw heavy combat
in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Following his distinguished
Vietnam service he attended UMaine and earned a degree in
political science.
After graduation, Vits spent an additional 12 years on active
duty both in the U.S. and Germany, completing the infamous Navy SEALS UDT/BUDS
course. He was engaged in special operations in Central America, the Middle East, and
the Mediterranean. He returned to Maine, retired as a major, and began working full time
as an artist. He was a highly successful portrait artist and worked in oils and watercolors.
He had many clients and contributed portraits and artwork to numerous charities and
youth programs, among them the UMaine ice hockey program.
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