Obituaries

Helen Kitchel, devoted aunt, sister, friend and teacher, passed away at 76 on Orr's Island, Maine, on Dec. 5, 2025. She was born in Philadelphia on Nov. 17, 1949, to Catherine Brackin Kitchel and H. Sheldon Kitchel.

Christopher Glenn "Grizz" McIntire passed away suddenly at his home on Orr's Island on Nov. 20, 2025.

William Howard "Bill" Mangum Jr. died at his home in Harpswell, Maine, on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. Born Sept. 23, 1944, in Wake Forest, North Carolina, Bill was the son of William Howard Mangum and Elsie Wiggins Mangum. He was predeceased by his parents and his younger siblings, Marilyn Mangum Searle and Walter Travis Mangum.

Ronald Joseph LeClair, 91, of Harpswell (most recently a resident of Sunnybrook Senior Living in Brunswick), passed away on Nov. 22, 2025, from a cardiac event. He was born in Waterville on Feb. 5, 1934, the son of the late Alfred and Victoria (Bechard) LeClair. He was predeceased by his sister, Virginia (LeClair) McGhee, and her husband, John.

Sarah L. Sparks, 89, died on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, at home after a brief illness. She was born in Sebasco, Phippsburg, on April 24, 1936, the daughter of Archie and Grace Gomes Alexander.

Yvette Dostie, 95, died Sept. 30 in Punta Gorda, Florida. She was the third of seven children, born in Lewiston, Maine, on Dec. 12, 1929, to Napoleon and Bernice (Guite) Boucher, and a graduate of Edward Little High School in Auburn. In 1949 she married Jules Dostie. Together they raised six children, grew the family jewelry business and made a family in Harpswell before retiring to Florida.

Melinda Yowell Small, Bowdoin College professor of psychology emerita, died from complications following surgery in Brunswick on Oct. 15, at the age of 87.

Dr. Douglas Fleming Hale, former professor of mathematics and computer science at The University of Texas Permian Basin, died Sept. 23, 2025, in Maine.

On Sept. 7, Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Miller Logan, of Harpswell Neck, passed away peacefully at her home with her family by her side and a gentle breeze coming in off Widgeon Cove.

Doris E. (Smith) Darling, 93, passed peacefully on July 16, 2025. A lifelong resident of coastal Maine, Doris made her home in Cundy's Harbor, cherishing the Harpswell islands as her beloved sanctuary.