Mr. Dyro got sober in 2002 and became active in several recovery programs.
Melanie Creamer
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Pandemic interrupts grieving process for Mainers in mourning
Countless funeral and memorial services in Maine have been postponed or moved online because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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James Banks, longtime Portland school board member and savior of the Expo, dies at 80
He is credited with saving the Portland Expo by shifting responsibility for it to the city school board when other officials had proposed demolishing it about 40 years ago.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Religion and Values
Harry Sky, prominent rabbi and civil rights leader in Maine, dies at 95
Sky, described by a former governor as ‘the conscience of the community,’ played a prominent role for decades in Portland’s religious and civic life.
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Feature obituary: Longtime owner of iconic Camp Ellis restaurant dies at 77
Colin T. Wormwood Sr. ran the former Wormwood’s – whose patrons included Red Sox and Patriots players and one president – for over 50 years.
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Clayton Grover, who worked at Bath Iron Works for 67 years, dies at 87
The Newcastle man began at the shipyard as a 19-year-old in 1952, leaving to serve in the Army in the Korean War for 2 years before returning to work at BIW until his death this month.
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Craig Wilson, greenskeeper at Nonesuch River Golf Course, dies at 72
The Scarborough man, a former dispatcher for Maine Central Railroad and captain for the Blackpoint Hose Company, is remembered fondly by his family.
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Betsy Parsons, 65, English teacher in Portland who advocated for LGBTQ youths
She helped found GLSEN Southern Maine and was instrumental in creating about 90 gay-straight alliance groups in high schools across Maine.
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Feature obituary: Michael Simpson, fixture of a South Portland family hardware store, 41
Simpson was a devoted father and longtime employee at the paint counter at Shoppers True Value Hardware in South Portland.
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Rino Nadeau, retired maintenance worker at General Dynamics in Saco, 73
He was a well-respected member of the 12-step recovery community in Biddeford/Saco.