Nancy L. Laffely, a former Dining Services staff member, died on October 2, 2017, in Brunswick, Maine.
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Obituaries : Class of Staff
Sally Smith LaPointe
Sally Smith LaPointe, who coached at the College from 1972 until her retirement in 1992, died on May 7, 2007, in Bath, Maine.
Ludovic Lavigne
Ludovic Lavigne, a former custodian at Bowdoin, died on May 12, 2015, in Dalton, Georgia. Continue reading
Renata C. Ledwick
Renata C. Ledwick, assistant director of alumni relations, died on March 18, 2017, in Brunswick, Maine.
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James S. Lentz
James S. Lentz, a mentor to countless students as football coach and director of the Outing Club, died on July 22, 2009, at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine. Continue reading
Raymond E. LeTarte
Raymond E. LeTarte, a member of the dining service staff from 1992-1996, died on December 6, 2018, in Brunswick, Maine.
Roland R. Levesque
Roland R. Levesque, former head chef at Moulton Union, died on February 8, 2017, in Brunswick, Maine.
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George Libby
George Libby died on June 29, 2024, in Bowdoinham, Maine. Continue reading
Thomas Martin Libby
Thomas Martin Libby, who retired from the Bowdoin staff in 1987 as associate treasurer and business manager, died on January 8, 2005, in Brunswick, Maine.
Mike Linkovich
Mike Linkovich, former Athletic Trainer and Honorary member of the Bowdoin Alumni Association, died on December 4, 2022, in Brunswick, Maine. Continue reading
Virginia M. Linkovich
Virginia M. Linkovich, who worked as a secretary at Bowdoin off and on for twenty years, died on July 27, 2013, at Mid Coast Senior Health Care in Brunswick, Maine. Continue reading
Nancy C. MacDonald
Nancy C. MacDonald, a secretary for 22 years in the Department of Mathematics at the College, died on August 25, 2007, in Topsham, Maine.
Louis D. MacNeill
Louis D. MacNeill, a former facilities staff member in the carpenter’s shop, died on October 31, 2018, in York, Maine.
Mary Jo Maguire
Mary Jo Maguire died on May 20, 2025, in Brunswick, Maine.
Thomas J. Mallon, Sr.
Thomas J. Mallon, Sr. died on December 22, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine Continue reading
Mary E. Malmstrom
Mary E. Malmstrom died on November 22, 2021, in Rockland, Maine. Continue reading
Elsa N. Martz
Elsa N. Martz, former department coordinator in the physics department, died on November 22, 2014, in Topsham, Maine.
Betty M. Massé
Betty M. Massé died on January 30, 2021, in Topsham, Maine. Continue reading
Priscilla McCarty
Priscilla McCarty, music catalogue librarian from 1973-1993, died on February 21, 2016, in Falmouth, Maine. Continue reading
Donna M. McClusky
Donna M. McClusky died on October 31, 2023, in Richmond, Maine.
A. Laura McCourt
A. Laura McCourt, a Library staff member for twenty-eight years) and an honorary member of the Bowdoin Alumni Association, died on June 10, 2019, in Brunswick, Maine.
Charles N. McCourt
Charles N. McCourt, former dining service staff, died on September 12, 2022, in Brunswick, Maine. Continue reading
Dorothy McFadden
Dorothy McFadden, a former Bowdoin staff member for twenty-seven years in the business office, athletics, and the development office, and an honorary member of the Bowdoin Alumni Association, died on September 16, 2017, in Brunswick, Maine.
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Richard J. McGee
Richard J. McGee, a former assistant coach of football from 1965-67, died on February 26, 2015, in Fairfield, Maine.
Laurie Mcisaac Doran
Laurie Mcisaac Doran, former staff member, died on March 13, 2023, in Brunswick, Maine. Continue reading
Patricia A. Miller
Patricia A. Miller died on March 2, 2022, in Brunswick, Maine Continue reading
Jacqueline A. Minott
Jacqueline A. Minott died on March 3, 2021 in Brunswick, Maine. Continue reading
Barry M. Mitchell
Barry M. Mitchell died on January 26, 2021 in Kingston, New York. Continue reading
Richard W. Moll
Richard W. Moll, Bowdoin’s director of admissions from 1967 to 1975, died on May 24, 2017.
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Arthur Monke
Arthur Monke, head librarian at Hawthorne-Longfellow Library for 24 years, died on January 27, 2010, in Topsham, Maine. Continue reading
Judy Montgomery
Judy Montgomery died on May 26, 2021, in Lewiston, Maine. Continue reading
Charles Moon
Charles Moon, former Dining Service staff member, died on February 25, 2017, in Lisbon Falls, Maine.
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Fernando Morin
Fernando Morin died on April 23, 2024, in Bowdoinham, Maine. Continue reading
Charles A. Morneau
Charles A. Morneau, former Dining Service baker and Honorary member of the Bowdoin Alumni Association, died on November 28, 2022, in Scarborough, Maine. Continue reading
Walter H. Moulton ’58
Walter H. Moulton ’58 died on April 26, 2020, in Homosassa, Florida. Continue reading
Frances A. Murray
Frances A. Murray, former secretary to the assistant treasurer of the college, died on January 3, 2018, in Portland, Maine.
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Leo Nadeau
Leo Nadeau, former custodian on the facilities staff, died on November 1, 2015, in Lewiston, Maine. Continue reading
Chappell F. Nelson
Chappell F. Nelson died on June 19, 2024, in Brunswick, Maine. Continue reading
Beverly Neureuther Johnson
Beverly Neureuther Johnson, former staff member, died on February 20, 2023, in Clover, South Carolina. Continue reading
Elizabeth “Betty” Tukey Noe
Elizabeth “Betty” Tukey Noe died on November 9, 2019, in North Redington Beach, Florida.
Marilyn J. Ouellette
Marilyn J. Ouellette, a former nurse in the Dudley Coe infirmary, died on December 11, 2018, in Brunswick, Maine.
Laureat G. Paradis
Laureat G. Paradis died on March 25, 2022, in Portland, Maine Continue reading
Regina J. Paradis
Regina J. Paradis died April 19, 2012, in West Bath. She was born Regina Jolk in Giessen, Germany, and was raised in Wiesbaden. For 27 years, she was the Continue reading
Bonnie J. Pardue
Bonnie J. Pardue died on February 24, 2025, in Brunswick, Maine.
Ruth B. Peck
Ruth B. Peck, College Bookstore staff and Honorary member of the Bowdoin Alumni Association, died on March 29, 2023, in Brunswick, Maine. Continue reading
Cecile G. Pelletier
Cecile G. Pelletier, who cheered, mothered, and loved Bowdoin students for 32 years as the “soup lady” in the dining hall, died on December 11, 2010, in Brunswick, Maine.
Priscilla M. Pelletier
Priscilla M. Pelletier, who worked for 41 years in the College’s Dining Service, died on February 14, 2005, in Portland, Maine.
Roger St. Pierre
Roger St. Pierre, Former Security staff, died on January 30, 2019, in Brunswick, Maine
Rose K. Pletts
Rose Koharian Pletts, who worked at Bowdoin for 25 year in accounts payable, died November 26, 2014, in Foster City, Calif. She was born on April 6, 1924, and graduated from Portland High School. Continue reading
Elizabeth M. Ralston
Elizabeth M. Ralston died on September 17, 2023, in North Adams, Massachusetts Continue reading
Jaime R. Reatiraza
Jaime R. Reatiraza died on December 24, 2024, in Brunswick, Maine.
Rodman Redman
Rodman Redman (Dining Service staff (20+ years)) died on December 10, 2016, in Zephyrhills, Florida. Continue reading
Michael E. Reed
Michael E. Reed died on August 1, 2022, in Pennsylvania. Continue reading
Edward T. Reid
Edward T. Reid, coach in the Department of Athletics emeritus, died on January 11, 2017, in Wethersfield, Connecticut.
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Beverly G. Reynolds
Beverly G. Reynolds, a former secretary in the development office (1982-2005), and an honorary member of the Bowdoin Alumni Association, died on March 18, 2017, in Freeport, Maine.
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Glenn K. Richards ’60
Glenn K. Richards ’60, Alumni Secretary (1966-71), died on October 12, 2021, in Savannah, Georgia. Continue reading
Gerlinde W. Rickel
Gerlinde W. Rickel, academic coordinator in the religion and philosophy departments for twenty-five years and an honorary member of the Bowdoin Alumni Association, died on September 8, 2018, in Melbourne, Florida.
Helen E. Riddle
Helen E. Riddle died on November 10, 2021, in Shorewood, Illinois Continue reading
C. Warren Ring
C. Warren Ring, development officer (1961-68); executive secretary (1968-71); VP for development (1971-81), died on October 24, 2015, in Brunswick. Continue reading
Lillian Grover Robinson
Lillian Grover Robinson, a former financial aid office staff member, died July 3, 2015, in Ft. Myers, Florida. Continue reading
Carol Ann Rogers
Carol Ann Rogers, an Admissions office staff member from 2005-2009, died on November 28, 2018, in Topsham, Maine.
Zoe Rote
Zoe Rote died on July 28, 2020 in Brunswick, Maine. Continue reading
William M. Russell
William M. Russell, a former custodian and Honorary member of the Bowdoin Alumni Association (1984), died on November 24, 2015, in Bath, Maine. Continue reading
Eloise Savage
Eloise Savage, a former dining service staff member, died on February 7, 2015, in Bangor, Maine.
Dorothy A. Schott
Dorothy A. Schott, former fraternity cook, died on January 9, 2016, in Brunswick. Continue reading
Shirley T. Schuster
Shirley T. Schuster died on October 1, 2020 in Harpswell, Maine. Continue reading
Donna G. Sciascia
Donna G. Sciascia died on February 8, 2022, in Brunswick, Maine Continue reading
Richard F. Seaman
Richard F. Seaman died on November 5, 2020 in Bath, Maine. Continue reading
Susanna D. Simpson
Susanna D. Simpson, former art librarian, died on December 19, 2015, in Sullivan, Maine. Continue reading
Goldie Singer
Goldie Singer, former payroll supervisor in the Bowdoin business office from 1946-1980 and an honorary member of the Bowdoin Alumni Association, died on November 25, 2017, in Brunswick, Maine. Continue reading
Howard E. Skillings
Howard E. Skillings died on July 10, 2020 in Portland, Maine. Continue reading
Timothy I. Smart
Timothy I. Smart, a member of the campus mailroom staff for eighteen years, died August 10, 2015, in Bangor, Maine. Continue reading
Albert R. Smith II
Albert R. Smith II died on June 9, 2024, in Brunswick, Maine. Continue reading
Donald H. Smith Jr.
Donald H. Smith Jr., a former security staff member, died on January 7, 2015, in Wiscasset, Maine.
Donald H. Smith
Donald H. Smith, who worked in the Bowdoin Facilities carpenter shop from 1979-2011, died on June 7, 2016, in Augusta, Maine. Continue reading
Gary B. Smith
Gary B. Smith died on September 3, 2023, in Sangerville, Maine. Continue reading
Jean H. Smith
Jean H. Smith died on February 21, 2021 in Greenville, South Carolina. Continue reading
Prudence Priscilla Smith
Prudence Priscilla Smith, who worked at the College for 25 years before retiring in 1987, died on December 6, 2003, in Bath, Maine.
Susan M. Snell
Susan M. Snell, administrative coordinator in the Office of the Dean of Students for eighteen years, died on October 5, 2019, in Bath, Maine.
Philip Hilton Soule
Philip Hilton Soule, who for nearly 40 years was a member of the Bowdoin coaching staff, died on January 15, 2006, as a result of a fall while visiting friends in Sutton, Vermont.
Arthur J. Stebbins, Jr.
Arthur J. Stebbins, Jr. died on March 28, 2022, in Lisbon Falls, Maine Continue reading
Sydnae M. Steinhart
Sydnae M. Steinhart died on November 24, 2024, in Houston, Texas.
Former Music Librarian
Kathryn Drusilla Fielding Stemper
Kathryn Drusilla Fielding Stemper, Secretary to the President Emerita, died on January 25, 2008, in New Harbor, Maine.
Richard D. Stephenson
Richard D. Stephenson died on October 18, 2024, in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania.
Madeline S. Stuart
Madeline S. Stuart died on July 27, 2006, in Bath, Maine. Continue reading
Virginia S. Stuart
Virginia S. Stuart, development office staff from 1962-1974, died on January 16, 2016, in Chatham, New York. Continue reading
Walter J. Szumowski
Walter J. Szumowski, former director of the Moulton Union Bookstore, died on January 23, 2008, in Sun City, Arizona.
Arlene M. Tamoosh
Arlene M. Tamoosh died on July 16, 2021 in Durham, Maine Continue reading
Gerald Richard Tarr, Sr.
Gerald Richard Tarr, Sr., former member of the custodial and grounds crew at the College, died on November 20, 2004, in Lewiston, Maine.
Raymond L. Tetreault
Raymond L. Tetreault, Former Dining Services staff and Honorary member of the Bowdoin Alumni Association, died on February 3, 2023, in Harpswell, Maine. Continue reading
Stella Marguerite Purinton Bernier Thibeault
Stella Marguerite Purinton Bernier Thibeault, who worked in the business office at Bowdoin for 37 years, died on June 10, 2005, in Portland, Maine.
Mary H. Thomas
Mary H. Thomas, a former staff at the development office, died on February 4, 2020, in York, Maine. Continue reading
Jon Tobey
Jon Tobey died on April 14, 2025, in Portland, Maine.
Johnny L. Tolbert
Johnny L. Tolbert (Fraternity chef, Alpha Kappa Sigma; Honorary member, Bowdoin Alumni Association) died on December 12, 2016, in Brunswick, Maine. Continue reading
Frederick O. Toothaker
Frederick O. Toothaker died on November 19, 2021, in Harpswell, Maine Continue reading
Madeline A. Turcotte
Madeline A. Turcotte died on August 26, 2023, in Bath, Maine.
Sherri L. Turner
Sherri L. Turner, former Dining Services member, died on December 6, 2015, in Sidney, Maine. Continue reading
John C. Tyler
John C. Tyler died on December 20, 2021, in Topsham, Maine. Continue reading
Beatrice (Joan) Viles
Beatrice (Joan) Viles died on March 24, 2022, in Brunswick, Maine Continue reading
Robert Volz
Robert Volz, former staff member at the Bowdoin Library, died on May 30, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.