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Lois Hale, former Dean of Arts and Sciences at UT Permian Basin, died February 5, 2022 at her home on Bailey Island, Maine, with three generations of her family close by. A memorial service is being planned for the summer when her family can gather to celebrate her life. It will also be streamed for the many people whose lives she touched in Odessa and throughout the world. Lois grew up in New England the youngest of three siblings, and spent much of her youth keeping up with her older brother and cousins. This resulted in a life-long competitive striving for excellence and a love of sport. In high school she excelled at basketball, in one high school game outscoring the entire opposing...

Richard John Gilman, 81, of Freeport, ME, formerly of Wallingford, CT, passed away peacefully on May 29, 2021. Richard was born in Meriden, CT on October 18,1939, the son of Veronica S. and Wilfred G. Gilman Sr. He lived most of his life in Wallingford and attended Holy Trinity School. Richard and his family moved to Vermont during his high school years. He graduated from Black River High School in Ludlow, and went on to attend Vermont Technical College in Randolph. During his years in Vermont, his family owned a chicken farm. Richard worked the family farm for over six years while attending school and cared for the chickens daily, helping to raise over 40,000 chickens annually. Richard...

Kristine Ruth Boyd Champagne Gilman died on April 5, 2020, after suffering with Alzheimer's disease for far too long. The family wishes to express its deep gratitude for the love and devotion of the caregivers who nurtured and tended to her for the past ten years. It's a daunting task to write an obituary about someone whose life was immensely rich and full, who had multiple talents, and whom you have known and loved your whole life. Here is a bare outline of the first 30 years of her life. She was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, on January 28, 1948, the oldest of five children born to Ruth Gray Boyd and Dr. Robert Booth Boyd. She graduated from Day Prospect Hill School, married her...

Harpswell - Frederick A. Rusczek, 68, died in Harpswell, Maine, onFebruary 18, 2020,surrounded by his beloved family and dogs. Fred had lived withpancreatic cancer for a short time and maintained his optimistic spirit in the face of a terrible situation. Fred grew up in Wallingford, Connecticut, the son of the late Joseph Rusczek and Ann Rusczek and brother of Francis Rusczek, Linda Rusczek, andRobert Rusczek. Fred lived a full life from an early age: catchingsnappingturtles in strawberry fields, fishing in the "Res," working on farms,baking apple pies, and making mischief with his childhood Irish Setter, Rex. He attended Colorado State University, where he met his wife, MargaretRusczek,...