STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
COURT ST.,
SKOWHEGAN, ME
SOMERSET, ss

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
18-A MRSA sec. 3-801

The following Personal Representatives have been appointed in the estates noted. The first publication date of this notice February 22, 2024. If you are a creditor of an estate listed below, you must present your claim within four months of the first publication date of this Notice to Creditors by filing a written statement of your claim on a proper form with the Register of Probate of this Court or by delivering or mailing to the Personal Representative listed below at the address published by his name, a written statement of the claim indicating the basis therefore, the name and address of the claimant and the amount claimed or in such other manner as the law may provide. See 18-C M.R.S.A. §3-80.

2023-280 – Estate of CHESTER G. MORSE, late of Saint Albans, Maine deceased. Debra J. Murch, P.O. Box 1231, Auburn, Maine 04211 and Ray-Allen Morse, P.O. Box 35, St. Albans, Maine 04971.

2023-407 – Estate of SCOTT WILLIAM NEWTON, late of Madison, Maine deceased. Mallory Newton, 253 Bagley Road, Madison, Maine 04950 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-029 – Estate of RANDY BAGLEY, late of Solon, Maine deceased. Courtney Brubach, 30 Lydia Lane #195, South Portland, Maine 04106 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-031 – Estate of DAVID A. RODRIGUE, late of Fairfield, Maine deceased. David E. Rodrigue, 43 Burns St., Fairfield, Maine 04937 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-035 – Estate of CHAD F. VINTINNER, late of Pittsfield, Maine deceased. Brandy Lee Vintinner, 53 Wilson Rd. Pittsfield, Maine 04967 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-039 – Estate of ALFRED L. GOGUEN, late of Anson, Maine deceased. Wendy Goguen, P.O. Box 154, Solon, Maine 04979 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-038 – Estate of JEFFERY SCOTT WYMAN, late of Palmyra, Maine deceased. Tammy Wyman, 674 Warren Hill Road, Palmyra, Maine 04965 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-043 – Estate of AUDEN WESLEY MADDOCKS, late of St. Albans, Maine deceased. Craig Maddocks, 24 Dudley Brook Rd., St. Albans, Maine 04971 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-046 – Estate of BARBARA FRANCIS NICKERSON, late of Athens, Maine deceased. Donald Nickerson, 1377 Lakewood Road, Madison, Maine 04950 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-049 – Estate of JAMES ALBERT GLINSKY, late of New Portland, Maine deceased. Michael Glinsky, 65 Cedar Rd., CT. 06282 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-050 – Estate of PATRICK A. RODDEN, late of Madison, Maine deceased. Kathy Rodden, 1054 East Madison Rd, Madison, Maine 04950 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-051 – Estate of BRUCE LEROY WHITNEY, late of Mercer, Maine deceased. Muriel J. Armstrong, 542 Elm St., Mercer, Maine 04957 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-394 – Estate of RICHARD H. LEVESQUE, late of Lexington Township, Me deceased. Walter Levesque, 8 Cleave Tripp Road, Poland, Me 04247 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-056 – Estate of REGINALD C. McCOLLOR, late of Bingham, Me deceased. Alieta Belanger, PO Box 391, Bingham, Me 04920 and Deborah Nadeau, 98 Darbick Terrace, Hollis, Me 04042 appointed Co-Personal Representatives.

2024-053 – Estate of JAMES LEAVITT, late of West Forks, Maine deceased. Shannon Pulsifer, 49 Elm Ave., Augusta, Maine 04330 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-058 – Estate of CLIFTON BROWN, late of Moose River, Maine deceased. Mary-lee Brown, 64 Pleasant St., Moose River, Maine 04945 and Bailey Brown, 64 Pleasant St., Moose River, Maine 04945 appointed Co-Personal Representatives.

2024-059 – Estate of DANIEL M. CANAVAN, late of St. Albans, Maine deceased. Elizabeth G. Dell’Orto, 41 Greenacres Ave., Scarsdale, NY 10583 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-060 – Estate of VIRGINIA L. LABBE, late of Smithfield, Maine deceased. Michael R. Labbe, PO Box 157, Smithfield, Maine 04978 appointed Personal Representative.

TO BE PUBLISHED February 22, 2024 & February 29, 2024

Dated Feb 16, 2024 /s/Victoria Hatch,
Register of Probate
(2/29)

STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
41 COURT ST.
SOMERSET, ss
SKOWHEGAN, ME
PROBATE NOTICES

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE ESTATES LISTED BELOW

Notice is hereby given by the respective petitioners that they have filed petitions for appointment of personal representatives in the following estates or change of name. These matters will be heard at 10 a.m. or as soon thereafter as they may be on March 6, 2024. The requested appointments or name changes may be made on or after the hearing date if no sufficient objection be heard. This notice complies with the requirements of 18-C MRSA §3-403 and Probate Rule 4.

2024-011 – Estate of KADEN BLAKE McINTYRE. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Kaden Blake McIntyre, 438 River Road, North Anson, Me 04958 requesting his name be changed to Kaden Blake Lee for reasons set forth therein.

2024-024 – Estate of ACELIA ELIZABETH KELLEY. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Acelia Elizabeth Kelley, 334 Russell Rd., Madison, Maine 04950 requesting a name changed to Richard Earl Kelley for reasons set forth therein.

2024-030 – Estate of MARLENE LEE BRACKETT. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Marlene Lee Brackett, 25 Mechanic St., Norridgewock, Maine 04957 requesting her name be changed to Marlene Lee Batchelder Brackett for reasons set forth therein.

Dated: February 16, 2024

/s/ Victoria Hatch,

Register of Probate
(2/29)

STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF SOMERSET
SKOWHEGAN, MAINE

Docket No. 2023-362

In Re: Robert R. Orff

ORDER FOR SERVICE
BY PUBLICATION

This cause came to be heard on the Motion for Service by Publication by Petitioner, Mary D. Hodgdon, 28 Chandler Street, Skowhegan, ME 04976, for service by publication upon Brian Orff, pursuant to Maine Rule of Civil Procedure 4(g) and Rule of Probate Procedure 4(e)(2), and it appearing that this is an action for Petition for Appointment of Guardian brought by the Petitioner Mary D. Hodgdon, against Brian Orff; and that Brian Orff cannot, with due diligence, be served by any other prescribed method; and that the address of Brian Orff is not known and cannot be ascertained by reasonable diligence; and it is ORDERED that the Petition for Appointment of Guardian be heard before this Court at 41 Court Street, Skowhegan, ME, on April 3, 2024, at 10:45 a.m. or as soon thereafter as it can be heard, and it is ORDERED that Brian Orff appear and defend the cause and file a written response to the Petition by delivering it in person or by mailing it to the Office of the Register of Probate, 41 Court Street, Skowhegan, ME 04976, and by mailing a copy thereof to the Petitioners at their said address on or before April 3, 2024, 10:45 a.m.

IMPORTANT WARNING: IF YOU FAIL TO FILE A RESPONSE WITHIN THE TIME STATED ABOVE, OR IF, AFTER YOU FILE YOUR RESPONSE, YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AT ANY TIME THE COURT NOTIFIES YOU TO DO SO, A JUDGMENT MAY, IN YOUR ABSENCE, BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF REQUESTED. IF YOU DO NOT FILE A RESPONSE, YOU MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE WITH THE CLERK IF YOU WISH TO BE HEARD. IF YOU INTEND TO OPPOSE THE PETITION, DO NOT FAIL TO ANSWER WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME.

If you believe you have a defense to the Petition, or if you believe you have a claim of your own against the Petitioner, you should talk to a lawyer. If you feel you cannot afford to pay a fee to a lawyer, you may ask the office of the Register of Probate, at 41 Court Street, Skowhegan, Maine 04976 or any other Register of Probate, for information as to places where you may seek legal assistance.

It is further ORDERED that this Order be published in The Town Line, a weekly newspaper published in South China, ME, once a week for three (3) successive weeks.

Dated: January 30, 2024

/s/ Robert Washburn

Judge of Probate
A true copy of the original.
Attest: /s/ Victoria M. Hatch
Register of Probate
(2/29)

STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
COURT ST.,
SKOWHEGAN, ME
SOMERSET, ss
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
18-A MRSA sec. 3-801

The following Personal Representatives have been appointed in the estates noted. The first publication date of this notice January 22, 2024. If you are a creditor of an estate listed below, you must present your claim within four months of the first publication date of this Notice to Creditors by filing a written statement of your claim on a proper form with the Register of Probate of this Court or by delivering or mailing to the Personal Representative listed below at the address published by his name, a written statement of the claim indicating the basis therefore, the name and address of the claimant and the amount claimed or in such other manner as the law may provide. See 18-C M.R.S.A. §3-80.

2023-408 – Estate of ALFRED J. WILLIAMS, late of Detroit, Maine deceased. Clint M. Williams, 5 Kimberly Dr., Saco, Maine 04072 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-411 – Estate of KATHERINE N. PARSONS, late of Palmyra, Maine deceased. Starr McMann, 42 Boundary Blvd., Apt. A, Rotonda West, Florida 33947 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-417 – Estate of CODY EMERY, late of Madison, Me deceased. Robbie Emery, 896 Thurston Hill Road, Madison, Me 04950 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-003 – Estate of ISABELL E. WITHAM, late of Fairfield, Maine deceased. Linda Ann Davis, 32 Nyes Corner Dr., Fairfield, Maine 04937 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-006 – Estate of CLARENCE LESLIE TARDY, late of Fairfield, Maine deceased. Brenda Robinson Rodriguez, 73 Allagash Dr., Oakland, Maine 04963 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-009 – Estate of ROBERT M. MERRITHEW, late of Pittsfield, Maine deceased. Heidi Jo Dorr, 18 Earles Way, Hancock, Maine 04640 and Gregory M. Merrithew, 10271 Berry St. NE, Kingston, WA 98346 appointed Personal Representatives.

2024-012 – Estate of SANDRA B. WHEELER, late of Skowhegan, Maine deceased. Jennifer Jay Meade, 28 Harding St., Skowhegan, Maine 04976 appointed Personal Repre­sentative.

2024-018 – Estate of AARON STEPHEN ROLLINS, late of Madison, Maine deceased. Grace Rollins, 74 Bradbury Rd., Industry, Maine 04938 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-019 – Estate of ELIZABETH FARRAR HUNNEWELL, late of Bingham, Maine deceased. Gregory J. Hunnewell, PO Box 437, Belgrade. Maine 04918 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-022 – Estate of ALBERT GEORGE BELLOWS, late of Fairfield Ctr., Maine deceased. Patricia Rucci, 263 Northwood Terrace, Clarksville, TN 37042 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-023 – Estate of MAXINE RITA BERNIER, late of Cambridge, Maine deceased. Alan F. Cote, 18 Maple Lane, Cambridge, Maine 04923 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-025 – Estate of RANDY BRENT WRIGHT, late of Cornville, Maine deceased. Paul O. Dillon, PO Box 346, Corinth, Maine 04427 appointed Personal Representative.

2024-027 – Estate of KENNETH ARTHUR SANDERS, late of Fairfield, Maine deceased. Vera Bickford, 245 Center Rd., Fairfield, Maine 04937 appointed Personal Representative.

TO BE PUBLISHED January 25, 2024 and February 1, 2024

Dated January 25, 2024
/s/Victoria Hatch,
Register of Probate
(2/1)

STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
41 COURT ST.
SOMERSET, ss
SKOWHEGAN, ME
PROBATE NOTICES

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE ESTATES LISTED BELOW

Notice is hereby given by the respective petitioners that they have filed petitions for appointment of personal representatives in the following estates or change of name. These matters will be heard at 10 a.m. or as soon thereafter as they may be on February 7, 2024. The requested appointments or name changes may be made on or after the hearing date if no sufficient objection be heard. This notice complies with the requirements of 18-C MRSA §3-403 and Probate Rule 4.

2023-413 – Estate of DAMION ALEXANDER CYR. Petition for Change of Name (Minor) filed by Michael and Sara Smith, 469 Notch Road, Skowhegan, Me 04976 requesting minor’s name be changed to Damion Alexander Smith for reasons set forth therein.

2023-414 – Estate of PAIGE ELEXUS ELAINE FROST. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Paige Elexus Elaine Frost, 5 Commerce Dr., Skowhegan, Me 04976 requesting said name be changed to Zeekeil Joseph Frost for reasons set forth therein.

2023-415 – Estate of BRANDAN MICHAEL LAPENSEE. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Brandan Michael LaPensee, PO Box 31, Hinckley, Me 04944 requesting his name be changed to Brandan Michael Lamontagne for reasons set forth therein.

Dated: January 22, 2024

/s/ Victoria Hatch,
Register of Probate
(2/1)

STATE OF MAINE
LINCOLN, ss
MAINE DISTRICT COURT
Wiscasset
DOCKET NO.
WISDC-RE-2023-18

DEANNE A. CROCKER
Plaintiff
v.
HEIRS OF ESTATE OF MARTHA TRAINOR and all unknown persons claiming by, through and under
MARTHA TRAINOR, DANIEL ARMSTRONG and all unknown persons claiming by, through and under DANIEL ARMSTRONG, JASON STODDER, MAINE STATE HOUSING
AUTHORITY, and CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY
Defendant

ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

A Complaint for Declaratory Judgment (Title to RealEstate inInvolved) has beencommence by the Plaintiff,Deanne A. Crocker, v against Heirs of Estate of Martha Trainor and all unknown persons claiming by, through and under Martha Trainor, DanielArmstrong and all unknown persons claiming by, through and under DanielArmstrong, Jason Stodder, Maine State Housing Authority, and Central Maine Power Company, seeking a declaration to quiet the title in a parcel of land located in the Town of Whitefield, Lincoln County, State of Maine, more specifically known and described as “land of DeanneArmstrong (now known as Deanne A. Crocker) Book 908, Page 115, 01 March 1977, 2.52 acres” on the “Boundary Survey property of Deanne A.Crockder located on Route 126, Lincoln County, Whitefield, Maine” and dated May 6, 2016, and recorded in said registray of deeds, Plan Book 106, Page 42. On Motion, the Court hereby Orders:

That because service cannot be made upon the Defendants Heirs of Estate of Martha Trainor and all unknown persons claiming by, through and under Martha Trainor, and Daniel Armstrong and all unknown persons claiming by, through and under Martha Trainor, and Daniel Armstrong and all unknown persons claiming by, through and under Daniel Armstrong in the usual manner inasmuch as the whereabouts and last address of these two Defendants cannot be ascertained by reasonable diligence (and one of them is known to be deceased), service shall be made upon those Defendants and all persons claiming by, through and under them, by publishing once per week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Lincoln, where the action is pending, a copy of this Order attested by the Clerk of the Maine District Court, Wiscasset, Maine;

That the first publication shall be made within thirty (30) days after this Order is granted;

That service by publication is completed on the twenty-first (21st) day after the first publication;

That a copy of the published notice shall be mailed to all known Defendants at their last known address if they have not been personally serviced, and if feasible;

That within twenty (20) days after service is completed by the foregoing method, the Defendants, being all those persons unknown claiming by, through and under them shall appear and defend this action by filing an answer with the said Clerk of the Maine District Court, Wiscasset, and also by filing a copy of the said answer with the Plaintiff’s attorney, Kevin P. Sullivan, Esq., 6 Central Maine Crossing, Gardiner, ME 04345.

IMPORTANT WARNING: IF YOU FAIL TO FILE AN ANSWER WITHIN THE TIME STATED ABOVE OR IF AFTER YOU FILE YOUR ANSWER, YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AT ANY TIME THE COURT NOTIFIES YOU TO DO SO, A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU IN YOUR ABSENCE FOR THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT. IF YOU INTEND TO OPPOSE THIS LAWSUIT, DO NOT FAIL TO ANSWER WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME.

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT PLAINTIFF IS NOT ENTITLED TO ALL OR PART OF THE CLAIMS SET FORTH IN THE COMPLAINT, OR IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A CLAIM OF YOUR OWN AGAINST THE PLAINTIFF, YOU SHOULD TALK TO A LAWYER. IF YOU FEEL YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY A FEE TO A LAWYER, YOU MAY ASK THE CLERK OF THE MAINE DISTRICT COURT AT THE DISTRICT COURTHOUSE OF WISCASSET, 32 HIGH STREET, WISCASSET, ME 04578, OR ANOTHER STATE OR COUNTY COURTHOUSE FOR INFORMATION AS TO PLACES WHERE YOU MAY SEEK LEGAL ASSISTANCE.

Dated: December 21, 2023

Entered on the docket December 21, 2023.
/s/ Judge, Maine District Court
Plaintiff’s Attorney: Kevin P. Sullivan, Esq., Farris Law, P.A., 6 Central Maine Crossing, Gardiner, Maine 04345, (207) 582-3650, ksullivan@farrislaw.com.
(1/18)

STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
COURT ST.,
SKOWHEGAN, ME
SOMERSET, ss
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
18-A MRSA sec. 3-801

The following Personal Representatives have been appointed in the estates noted. The first publication date of this notice December 21, 2023. If you are a creditor of an estate listed below, you must present your claim within four months of the first publication date of this Notice to Creditors by filing a written statement of your claim on a proper form with the Register of Probate of this Court or by delivering or mailing to the Personal Representative listed below at the address published by his name, a written statement of the claim indicating the basis therefore, the name and address of the claimant and the amount claimed or in such other manner as the law may provide. See 18-C M.R.S.A. §3-80.

2023-374 – Estate of JOHN E. KENNEY, late of Madison, Maine deceased. Timothy E. Kenney, 7812 Regal Heron Circle, Unit 105, Naples, Florida 34104 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-375 – Estate of NATHAN DAVID ROMANOSKI, late of New Portland, Maine deceased. Julia Ann Romanoski, 20 Ludden Drive, Jay, Maine 04239 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-377 – Estate of JOHN E. CHASE, late of Skowhegan, Maine deceased. Tiffany M. Chase, PO Box 1820, Waterville, Maine 04903 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-379 – Estate of JEFFREY ALLEN CLARK, SR., late of Solon, Maine deceased. Jeffrey Allen Clark, Jr. of 95 N. Main Street, Solon, Maine 04979 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-380 – Estate of LUCILLE T. ANDREWS, late of Skowhegan, Maine deceased. David G. Andrews, 1940 Ida Court, The Villages, FL 32163 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-381 – Estate of RICHARD CRAIG McCUBREY, late of Brenham, Texas deceased. Raylene F. McCubrey, 7106 Mockingbird Road, Brenham, TX 77833 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-382 – Estate of FRANK E. SPIZUOCO, late of Hartland, Maine deceased. Eric J. Holsapple, 898 Eagle Ridge Court, Loveland, CO 80537 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-385 – Estate of NORRIS A. CLOUGH, late of Madison, Maine deceased. Daniel Clough, 31 Sugarloaf Lane, Madison, Maine 04950 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-386 – Estate of SHEILA M. TURNER, late of Palmyra, Maine deceased. Kiley L. Turner, 98 Hope Rd., Palmyra, Maine 04965 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-387 – Estate of MARY C. CLOUGH, late of Madison, Maine deceased. Daniel Clough, 31 Sugarloaf Lane, Madison, Maine 04950 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-391 – Estate of STEPHEN O. PLOURDE, late of Fairfield, Maine deceased. Michael Plourde, 12 Woodside Dr., Skowhegan, Maine 04976 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-392 – Estate of JAMES M. GARCIA, late of Cornville, Maine deceased. Kimberly A. Garcia, 17 Fairmont Circle, Apt. 14, Norridgewock, Maine 04957 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-393 – Estate of ANDREW C. KERR, late of Harmony, Maine deceased. Andrea C. Kerr, 241 Wellington Rd., Harmony, Maine 04942 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-397 – Estate of GRACE E. ALLEN, late of Lexington, Maine deceased. Trevor R. Hanna, 41 E Pond Rd., Oakland, Maine 04963 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-400 – Estate of MICHAEL K. MASON, late of Bingham, Me deceased. Daron Beane, 404 Stream Road, Moscow, Me 04920 appointed Personal Presentative.

2023-401 – Estate of JAMES R. BAVOLAR, late of New York, NY deceased. Jason Bavolar, 204 Herman Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-402 – Estate of MARIE ANN MARRO, late of Cornville, Me deceased. Wendy M. Bagnole, 31 Hidden Valley Ln., Cornville, Me 04976 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-403 – Estate of SHARON A. GREENE, late of Skowhegan, Maine deceased. Brianna Greene, 521 Molunkus Rd., Cornville, Maine 04976 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-405 – Estate of DAVID L. WHITE, late of Pittsfield, Maine deceased. Lecia F. Wilson, 947 Main St, Wilton, Maine 04294 appointed Personal Representative.

TO BE PUBLISHED December 21, 2023 and January 4, 2024

Dated December 18, 2023 /s/ Victoria Hatch,
Register of Probate
(1/11)

STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
41 COURT ST.
SOMERSET, ss
SKOWHEGAN, ME
PROBATE NOTICES

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE ESTATES LISTED BELOW

Notice is hereby given by the respective petitioners that they have filed petitions for appointment of personal representatives in the following estates or change of name. These matters will be heard at 10 a.m. or as soon thereafter as they may be on January 10, 2024. The requested appointments or name changes may be made on or after the hearing date if no sufficient objection be heard. This notice complies with the requirements of 18-C MRSA §3-403 and Probate Rule 4.

2023-388 – Estate of SAMANTHA LYNN BAGLEY. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Samantha Lynn Bagley, 435 Todds Corner Road, St. Albans, Me 04971 requesting her name be changed to Samantha Lynn Price for reasons set forth therein.

Dated: December 18, 2023 /s/ Victoria Hatch,
Register of Probate
(1/11)

STATE OF MAINE
LINCOLN, ss
MAINE DISTRICT COURT
Wiscasset
DOCKET NO.
WISDC-RE-2023-18

DEANNE A. CROCKER
Plaintiff
v.
HEIRS OF ESTATE OF MARTHA TRAINOR and all unknown persons claiming by, through and under
MARTHA TRAINOR, DANIEL ARMSTRONG and all unknown persons claiming by, through and under DANIEL ARMSTRONG, JASON STODDER, MAINE STATE HOUSING
AUTHORITY, and CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY
Defendant

ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

A Complaint for Declaratory Judgment (Title to RealEstate inInvolved) has beencommence by the Plaintiff,Deanne A. Crocker, v against Heirs of Estate of Martha Trainor and all unknown persons claiming by, through and under Martha Trainor, DanielArmstrong and all unknown persons claiming by, through and under DanielArmstrong, Jason Stodder, Maine State Housing Authority, and Central Maine Power Company, seeking a declaration to quiet the title in a parcel of land located in the Town of Whitefield, Lincoln County, State of Maine, more specifically known and described as “land of Deanne Armstrong (now known as Deanne A. Crocker) Book 908, Page 115, 01 March 1977, 2.52 acres” on the “Boundary Survey property of Deanne A.Crockder located on Route 126, Lincoln County, Whitefield, Maine” and dated May 6, 2016, and recorded in said registray of deeds, Plan Book 106, Page 42. On Motion, the Court hereby Orders:

That because service cannot be made upon the Defendants Heirs of Estate of Martha Trainor and all unknown persons claiming by, through and under Martha Trainor, and Daniel Armstrong and all unknown persons claiming by, through and under Martha Trainor, and Daniel Armstrong and all unknown persons claiming by, through and under Daniel Armstrong in the usual manner inasmuch as the whereabouts and last address of these two Defendants cannot be ascertained by reasonable diligence (and one of them is known to be deceased), service shall be made upon those Defendants and all persons claiming by, through and under them, by publishing once per week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Lincoln, where the action is pending, a copy of this Order attested by the Clerk of the Maine District Court, Wiscasset, Maine;

That the first publication shall be made within thirty (30) days after this Order is granted;

That service by publication is completed on the twenty-first (21st) day after the first publication;

That a copy of the published notice shall be mailed to all known Defendants at their last known address if they have not been personally serviced, and if feasible;

That within twenty (20) days after service is completed by the foregoing method, the Defendants, being all those persons unknown claiming by, through and under them shall appear and defend this action by filing an answer with the said Clerk of the Maine District Court, Wiscasset, and also by filing a copy of the said answer with the Plaintiff’s attorney, Kevin P. Sullivan, Esq., 6 Central Maine Crossing, Gardiner, ME 04345.

IMPORTANT WARNING: IF YOU FAIL TO FILE AN ANSWER WITHIN THE TIME STATED ABOVE OR IF AFTER YOU FILE YOUR ANSWER, YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AT ANY TIME THE COURT NOTIFIES YOU TO DO SO, A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU IN YOUR ABSENCE FOR THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT. IF YOU INTEND TO OPPOSE THIS LAWSUIT, DO NOT FAIL TO ANSWER WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME.

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT PLAINTIFF IS NOT ENTITLED TO ALL OR PART OF THE CLAIMS SET FORTH IN THE COMPLAINT, OR IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A CLAIM OF YOUR OWN AGAINST THE PLAINTIFF, YOU SHOULD TALK TO A LAWYER. IF YOU FEEL YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY A FEE TO A LAWYER, YOU MAY ASK THE CLERK OF THE MAINE DISTRICT COURT AT THE DISTRICT COURTHOUSE OF WISCASSET, 32 HIGH STREET, WISCASSET, ME 04578, OR ANOTHER STATE OR COUNTY COURTHOUSE FOR INFORMATION AS TO PLACES WHERE YOU MAY SEEK LEGAL ASSISTANCE.

Dated: December 21, 2023

Entered on the docket December 21, 2023.
/s/ Judge, Maine District Court

Plaintiff’s Attorney: Kevin P. Sullivan, Esq., Farris Law, P.A., 6 Central Maine Crossing, Gardiner, Maine 04345, (207) 582-3650, ksullivan@farrislaw.com.

(1/18)

STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
COURT ST.,
SKOWHEGAN, ME
SOMERSET, ss
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
18-A MRSA sec. 3-801

The following Personal Representatives have been appointed in the estates noted. The first publication date of this notice November 16, 2023. If you are a creditor of an estate listed below, you must present your claim within four months of the first publication date of this Notice to Creditors by filing a written statement of your claim on a proper form with the Register of Probate of this Court or by delivering or mailing to the Personal Representative listed below at the address published by his name, a written statement of the claim indicating the basis therefore, the name and address of the claimant and the amount claimed or in such other manner as the law may provide. See 18-C M.R.S.A. §3-80.

2023-347 – Estate of STEPHEN LYONS, late of Canaan, Maine deceased. Kitrina Marie Price-Lyons, 11 Matthew Drive, Canaan, Maine 04924 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-349 – Estate of KATHY ANN GRANT, late of Fairfield, Maine deceased. Karen L. Burden, PO Box 466, Sandown, NH 03873 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-350 – Estate of KAREN D. FOSTER, late of Smithfield, Maine deceased. Kitti D. Caron, 10 Wilson Hill Rd., Merrimack, NH 03054 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-352 – Estate of DALE L. BURDIN, late of Cambridge, Maine deceased. Kathryn A. Burdin, PO Box 67, Cambridge, Maine 04923 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-353 – Estate of GEORGE W. SPIRITO, SR., late of Canaan, Maine deceased. Karen E. Spirito, 1120 Old Orchard Road, Eastham, MA 02642 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-354 – Estate of DAVID DEAN WEESE, late of Athens, Maine deceased. Belinda Weese, 272 Somerset Ave., Pittsfield, Maine 04967 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-355 – Estate of JANET R. LEIGHTON, late of Norridgewock, Maine deceased. Tracy A. Billington, 7 Smithfield Rd., Norridgewock, Maine 04957 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-356 – Estate of MICHAEL W. TRAVERS, late of Anson, Maine deceased. Richard A. Travers, PO Box 141 Lebanon, Maine 04027 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-258 – Estate of SADIE C. STURTEVANT, late of Madison, Maine deceased. Doreen T. Poulin, 26 Wedgewood Dr., Oakland, Maine 04963 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-361 – Estate of THOMAS D. KING, late of Shawmut, Maine deceased. David T. King, 616 E. Pittston Rd., Pittston, Maine 04345 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-263 – Estate of ALICE E. OUELLETTE, late of Madison, Maine deceased. Christopher R. Beckwith, 42 Main Rd. N., Hampden, Maine 04444 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-369 – Estate of ROBERTA S. KNOWLES, late of Skowhegan, Maine deceased. Carol A. Bialy, 508 Greenkill Road, Kingston, NY 12401 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-273 – Estate of ELLINGFORD L. MESSER, late of Concord Township, Me deceased. Paul R. Dionne, Esq., 465 Main Street, Suite 102, Lewiston, Me 04240-6738 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-371 – Estate of ROBERT M. MOODY, late of Anson, Maine deceased. Laurie A. Moody, PO Box 774, Augusta, Maine 04332 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-372 – Estate of SANDRA B. BRIERLEY, late of Cornville, Maine deceased. David Drake, 1309 East Ridge Road, Cornville, Maine 04976 appointed Personal Representative.

2023-373 – Estate of WALTER L. NORRIE, late of Palmyra, Maine deceased. Barbara R. Norrie, Two Monument Sq., Portland, Maine 04101 appointed Personal Representative.

TO BE PUBLISHED November 16, 2023

Dated November 13, 2023
/s/ Victoria Hatch,
Register of Probate
(11/23)

STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
41 COURT ST.
SOMERSET, ss
SKOWHEGAN, ME
PROBATE NOTICES

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE ESTATES LISTED BELOW

Notice is hereby given by the respective petitioners that they have filed petitions for appointment of personal representatives in the following estates or change of name. These matters will be heard at 10 a.m. or as soon thereafter as they may be on December 5, 2023. The requested appointments or name changes may be made on or after the hearing date if no sufficient objection be heard. This notice complies with the requirements of 18-C MRSA §3-403 and Probate Rule 4.

2023-336 – Estate of LAURA BETH SINGH. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Laura Beth Singh, 212 Lower Mills Road, Madison, Me 04950 requesting her name be changed to Laura Beth Robison for reasons set forth therein.

2023-337 – Estate of SIRENA NAOMI HAYWOOD. Petition for Change of Name (adult) filed by Sirena N. Haywood, 31 Bennett Ave., Skowhegan, Me 04976 requesting her name be changed to Emica Lee Campbell-Haywood for reasons set forth therein.

2023-348 – Estate of STEFANIE LEANNE THOMPSON. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Stefanie Leanne Thompson, 167 Main Street, Skowhegan, Me 04976 requesting her name be changed to Stefanie Leanne Hilton for reasons set forth therein.

2023-360 – Estate of JUNE SHIRLEY CHEN. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by June Shirley Chen, PO Box 161, Madison, Me 04950 requesting her name be changed to Shirley June Chen for reasons set fourth therein.

Dated: November 13, 2023, 2023

/s/ Victoria Hatch,
Register of Probate
(11/23)

STATE OF MAINE
SOMERSET, SS.
DISTRICT COURT
SKOWHEGAN
DOCKET NO. CV23-136
ORDER FOR SERVICE
ON DEFENDANT
BY PUBLICATION
THE INHABITANTS OF WEST FORKS PLANTATION
of Somerset County, Maine

PLAINTIFF
v.
GLADYS M. DURGIN’S

heirs, legal representatives, devisees, assigns, trustees in bankruptcy, disseizors, Creditors, leinors and their grantees, and any and all other persons who claim right, title, interest or estate, legal or equitable, in the within described land and real estate by, through or under the said Gladys M.Durgin

DEFENDANT

This case came to be heard on the Motion of Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kenneth A. Lexier, Esq., whose address is 263 Water Street, P.O. Box 9, Skowhegan, Maine 04976 for service by publication upon the Defendant Gladys M. Durgin’s heirs, etc.

This is a quiet title and declaratory judgment action against Gladys M. Durgin’s heirs for the real estate in West Forks Plantation, Maine, known as the Durgin Cemetery more particularly described as:

The cemetery in West Forks on the north bank of the Dead River; located at Dead River Road, West Forks, Somerset County, ME 04985; commonly known as the Durgin Cemetery. Further described below:
Beginning at the point on the southeast corner of the cemetery on Dead River Road, just west of the intersection of Dead River Road and Durgin Brook; thence westerly eighty-six feet (86’) along Dead River Road to a point; thence northerly one-hundred and nine feet (109’) to a point; thence easterly thirty-eight feet (38’) to a point; thence southerly one-hundred and sixteen feet (116’) to the point of beginning.

The Durgin Cemetery was excepted and reserved in a deed from Gladys M. Durgin to Central Maine Power Company dated August 23, 1962, and recorded in the Somerset County Registry of Deeds in Book 658, Page 67.

The complaint alleges that the heirs of Gladys M. Durgin and every person claiming by, through or under said heirs be barred from all claims to any right, title, interest or estate in said real property.

After due diligence Plaintiff, West Forks Plantation, has been unable to make service upon said heirs of Gladys M. Durgin of the Complaint now pending before this honorable Court and the present whereabouts of said heirs of Gladys M. Durgin cannot be ascertained.

It is Ordered that service be made upon the Defendant Gladys M. Durgin’s heirs by publishing once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in The Town Line newspaper, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Somerset, where the action is pending, a copy of the Order attested by the Clerk of the District Court, Division of Skowhegan.

The first publication shall be made within twenty (20) days after this Order is granted.

Twenty-one (21) days after the first publication of this Order service shall be considered complete. Within twenty (20) days after service is considered complete, Gladys M. Durgin’s heirs, etc., shall appear and defend this action by filing an answer with the Clerk of the District Court, Skowhegan, and also by filing a copy of said answer with the Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kenneth A. Lexier, Esq., 263 Water Street, P.O. Box 9, Skowhgan, Maine 04976. IN CASE OF FAILURE TO DO SO, JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT MAY BE RENDERED AGAINST THE DEFENDANT GLADYS M. DURGIN’S HEIRS.

The Clerk shall incorporate this Order by reference in the docket in this case. This entry is made in accordance with Rule 79(a) of the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure.

Dated: October 27, 2023
/s/ Andrew Benson
Judge, Maine District Court
A True Copy
Attested: /s/ Susan Furbush
Clerk
(11/30)

SPECIAL PROBATE NOTICE
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

It is hereby ORDERED that notice of the following matter be given to all persons interested by causing a copy of this order to be published once a week, two weeks successively before December 19, 2023, in THE TOWN LINE, a newspaper published in SOUTH CHINA in the County of KENNEBEC and State of MAINE.

A matter is pending in the Somerset County Probate Court in which UNKNOWN PUTATIVE FATHER, OF UNKNOWN ADDRESS, AND TO ANY AND ALL KNOWN AND/OR UNKNOWN PUTATIVE FATHERS may have an interest. The other interested parties are Amanda M. & Michael A.Welch II, of Skowhegan, and Sierra Trabue of Skowhegan in the County of SOMERSET and State of MAINE, and the child of UNKNOWN PUTATIVE FATHER OF UNKNOWN ADDRESS.

This matter will be heard at a Probate Court to be held at Somerset County Probate Court, 41 Court Street, Skowhegan, ME 04976 on December 19, 2023, at 1:15 p.m., at which time and place any person interested may then and there appear and be heard if he see cause. ANY AND ALL KNOWN AND UNKOWN PUTATIVE FATHERS should contact the Court by telephone at 207-474-3322 or write to the Court at Somerset Probate Court, 41 Court Street, Skowhegan, ME 04976. Failure to contact the Court of the first publication of this notice will result in a default and substantial loss of rights.

/s/ Robert M. Washburn
Judge of Probate
A true copy of the original
Attest: /s/ Victoria Hatch
Register of Probate
(11/30)