Today's Obituaries and Guest Books

PORTLAND -- Valmore R. Dunn, 72, of Vienna, died at Maine Medical Center, Portland, on Monday, May 20, 2013, following a long illness.

He was born July 30, 1940, in Vienna, the son of Philip and Edith (Hall) Dunn, and the son of adoptive parents Lester Elliott and Evelyn (Dunn) Elliott.

He graduated from the UMass School of Agriculture and worked in sales for many years. Prior to retirement, Val drove school bus for School Administrative District 9, Farmington, for 25 years. For many years, before illness slowed him down, he was an active member of the Mill Stream Grange; Vienna, Pomona, State and National Grange.

Val is survived by his wife, Judith A. (Herdman) Dunn, whom he married in 1962; their five children, Matthew Dunn, Elizabeth Libby and her husband, Kevin Libby, Vernon Dunn, David Puzicha-Dunn and his wife, Gabriele Puzicha-Dunn, and Corydon Dunn. He was predeceased by his parents; sister Phylis Szady; and infant siblings Corydon Guy Dunn and Clara Jean Dunn.

Public memorial graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 1, 2013, at New Vienna Town Cemetery, Tower Road, Vienna. Following services, a reception will be held at the Mill Stream Grange Hall, Route 41, Vienna. All are welcome.

Remembrance gifts may be made in Val's name to the Valmore Dunn Scholarship Fund, c/o Foster Regional Applied Technology Center, 129 Seamon Road, Farmington, ME 04938.

Tributes and condolences may be shared with his family on his memorial wall at www.wilesrc.com.

Cremation services are in the care of the Wiles Remembrance Center, Cremation Service and Funeral Home.

NORRIDGEWOCK -- Blynn O. Marcue, 77, died Sunday, May 19, 2013, at his residence in Norridgewock. He was born Oct. 1, 1935, in Waterville, the son of Peter J. and Stella V. (Perkins) Marcue II. Blynn was educated in the schools of Moscow. He was a veteran of the Korean War serving in the Army. In 1963, Blynn married Elaine Tantish in Skowhegan.

He worked as a carpenter for many years in surrounding areas and later as a millwright in Skowhegan and Jay, and was a member of the Carpenter Local 1996 Union of Somerset County.

Blynn enjoyed woodworking, turning bowls and vases, hunting and fishing.

Blynn is survived by his wife of 50 years, Elaine, of Norridgewock; a son, Leslie A. Marcue, of Norridgewock; a daughter, April Thurston, and her husband, Scott, of Swansboro, N.C.; a brother, Peter Marcue III, and his wife, Carole, of Manchester, Conn.; three sisters, Clarice Merrill, of Skowhegan, Virginia Ray, of Rockville, Conn., and Pauline Young, of Zephyrhills, Fla.; a granddaughter, Megan Marcue Cohen, and her husband, Tyler, of Portland; three grandsons, Leslie Marcue II, of Skowhegan, Scott A. Thurston II, of Witchita, Kan., and Zack A. Thurston, of Swansboro, N.C.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by two sisters, Glennis Legasee and Leona Carpenter.

A special thanks to Lesia Fitsgerald and pastor Juliane for all the care and kindness that was given at our time of need.

At the request of the family, there will be no visitation hours. Graveside services will be at 11a.m. Friday, May 31, 2013, at Sunset Cemetery in Norridgewock.

Friends wishing may make donations in Blynn's memory to HealthReach HomeCare & Hospice, P.O. Box 828, Waterville, ME 04903.

Arrangements under the care and direction of Dan & Scott's Cremation and Fuenral Service, 445 Waterville Road, Skowhegan.

WATERVILLE -- Eleanor McCowan, nee Logan, died May 17, at the age of 91 at her home in Waterville. She was at peace with her death and was grateful for a long and happy life.

She grew up in Woodbridge, N.J., where she developed an independent spirit sailing her tiny Wee Scot sloop amidst the large boats in New York Harbor.

After high school, she worked several jobs in New York City, including fashion modeling, in order to fund further education at Syracuse University where she met and married her husband of 60 years, Leslie McCowan. Together they raised four children and enjoyed an active, outdoor lifestyle.

A move to Mooselookmeguntic Lake in the Rangeley Lakes region was a perfect fit for her interests where she enjoyed skiing, boating and fly-fishing, and at the age of 80 was still serving as a volunteer ski instructor for a public schools program at Saddleback Mountain.

She also enjoyed painting, and dozens of her landscapes are displayed by family and friends.

She had a fierce desire to remain independent and at the age of 90 was caught filling her bird feeders standing on two books atop a chair. She had smiles and laughter for all she met, and it can truly be said that she was loved by all who knew her.

She is survived by her adult children Evelyn "Cricket" and husband Mike, of Winslow, Brian and wife Patsy, Bob and wife Laurie, and Sue and husband Guy; grandchildren Nick and wife Briana, Katy, Caryn, Jen and Meagan; and great-grandchild Sage.

She was predeceased by her husband, Les; sister Ethel; and brother Hargas. She was a lover of dogs and at the time of her death had nine photos of her last springer spaniel, Kilty, on her walls.

Her ashes will join her husband's at the Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. Services will be private as she desired.

In recognition of the care she afforded her husband, the family requests that donations be made to the Maine Chapter of the , 383 U.S. Route 1, suite 2C, Scarborough, ME 04074; http://www.alz.org/maine/in_my_community_donate.asp

Donations would also be gratefully accepted by the Humane Society which she long supported: http://www.humanesociety.org/donate.

BINGHAM -- A graveside service for Geraldine A. Hunnewell, 89, who died Saturday March 23, in Bingham, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 23, at Union Cemetery in Moscow, with the Rev. Nathan T. Richards officiating. In lieu of flowers, those who wish may make a memorial contribution to Beacon Hospice, 304 Hancock St., #3a, Bangor, ME 04401.