Frances A. Mank, 82, of Wiscasset died Wednesday, May 28 at her residence. She was born in Wiscasset March 13, 1921, the daughter of Irving H. and Abbie (Grover) Lewis.

She attended Wiscasset schools and Wiscasset Academy. On December 5, 1938 she married Edward R. Mank Sr. She was employed at the Dodge Inn in Edgecomb and at the Bath Box Company in Bath.

Mrs. Mank was a member of the First Congregational Church of Wiscasset. She enjoyed bowling and was a member of a team for many years.

She is survived by her husband, Edward R. Mank Sr. of Wiscasset; two sons, Edward R. Mank Jr. and his wife Joan of Bath, Richard L. Mank and his wife Carolyn of Wiscasset; one daughter, Brenda J. House and her husband Stephen of Wiscasset; three brothers, Kenneth Lewis, Jack Lewis, David Lewis, all of Massachusetts; four sisters, Alice Brewer of Boothbay Harbor, Vera Haynes and Gloria Lewis, both of Massachusetts, and Isabel Crocker of Wiscasset; eight grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great- grandchildren.

Visiting hours were held Friday at Mayo & Daigle Funeral Home, 40 Federal Street, Wiscasset. A Funeral Service was held Saturday, May 31 at the funeral home with Pastor Gary Hubley officiating. Burial followed in Grover Cemetery, Woolwich.

Memorial contributions were made to the American Cancer Society, 1 Main Street, Suite 300, Topsham, ME 04086.

Weston "Skip" Pinkham, 48, of New Harbor died unexpectedly Tuesday, June 3 at his home in New Harbor.

Born July 13, 1954 in Boothbay Harbor, he was the son of Donna Pinkham and the late Weston Pinkham. He grew up in Boothbay Harbor and was a graduate of Boothbay Region High School in the class of 1972.

For four years, he served in the Coast Guard while stationed in New Castle, New Hampshire. He served aboard the Shackle. After his four-year tour of duty, he returned to Boothbay Harbor where he was a lobster fisherman, fishing out of Boothbay and Gloucester, Mass.

Mr. Pinkham was best known for the love of his son, Joseph, and his family. He was an avid outdoorsman. After suffering a massive stroke four years ago, Skip fought back and lived a full and happy life with his long-time love and companion, Terry Schiff, and her children and grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his father, Weston L. Pinkham, who died in 1974.

Survivors include his mother, Donna Pinkham Farmer of Boothbay; his son, Joseph F. Pinkham of East Boothbay; his sister, Shelley Dodge of Rockland; and many nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours will be held 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 5 at Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, Boothbay. The funeral will be held 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Al Roberts will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Boothbay.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Fishermen's Memorial Fund, Box 304, Boothbay Harbor 04538. Arrangements are under the care of Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, Boothbay.

Ruth Parker Storrs, 84, of Sherman Mills, died Sunday, June 1 at her home. She was born August 20, 1918 in Meridan, Connecticut.

In 1986 she and her husband moved from Sandy Hook, Conn. to Brunswick where they resided at Cluf Bay Road for 16 years.

Mrs. Storrs attended the First Parish Church, She was a member of a local PEO Chapter, former member of Hawthorne Chapter #104, Order of the Eastern Star in Brunswick and continued her membership at Molunkus Valley Chapter

with their daughter and her husband.

Since 1960 Mrs. Storrs and her family summered at their Ocean Point cottage in East Boothbay.

Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Edwin B. Storrs; two daughters, Susan P. Andrews and her husband Gary of Bozeman, Montana, and Candace McKellar and her husband Donald of Sherman Mills; three grandsons and one great-grandson.

A memorial service will be held at their Ocean Point cottage at a later date.

In lieu of flowers memorial remembrances may be sent to Whittier Congregational Church, Burleigh Street, Island Falls, ME 04747; First Parish Church, 9 Cleveland Street, Brunswick, ME 04011; or to another charity.

Arrangements are by Lindquist Funeral Home of Yarmouth.

Dr. Charles Arthur Thompson, 86, of Squirrel Island, well-known Newton Highlands, Mass. general practitioner and the husband of 57 years of Jean Perry Thompson, died Wednesday, April 30 at his home in North Hill, Needham, Mass.

Son of the late Dr. Charles A. and Francena Noyes Thompson, Dr. Thompson was born in the same house where he lived nearly his entire life. It was also from this home that he practiced family medicine and where, with Mrs. Thompson, he raised his five children.

Dr. Thompson was captain and All Scholastic center of the Newton High School football team in 1933 when he was only 16 years old. In 1939 he graduated from Dartmouth College and from Tufts Medical School in 1943. After completing his medical training at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut, he was appointed to the anesthesia staff at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

In April of 1944 he joined the Navy and was involved in the invasion of France and the invasion of Italy.

After discharge from the Navy, Dr. Thompson completed his residency at the Chelsea Naval Hospital where, as he often fondly recalled, he did his hospital rounds with a fellow resident on a tandem bicycle. Following residency, Dr. Thompson returned to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital to open his office of general practice. It was in the medical records department of the hospital where he met his wife, where she was employed as a secretary.

He served terms as president of the medical staff at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital and was chairman of the Newton Board of Health. In 1974, he extended his caregiving as interim Medical Director of the Mt. Silinda Mission Hospital in Rhodesia (Zim-babwe), Africa.

In 1959, Dr. Thompson bought a summer cottage on Squirrel Island, Boothbay Harbor. He and his family have enjoyed summers at Squirrel ever since. He was on the Squirrel Island Board of Overseers and the Sewer Commission.

In 1990 he retired from medical practice and he and his wife moved to North Hill in Needham, Mass. in 1997, where he served on the Hill Top Board and the Needham Town Council.

Dr. Thompson was predeceased by a son, Charles Arthur Thompson Jr. of Santa Fe, N.M.

Survivors include his wife, Jean; children, Meredith Kerr of North Yarmouth, Wayne Perry Thompson of Sebastopol, Calif., Dana Humphreys of Suffield, Conn. and R. David Thompson of New Haven, Conn.; seven grandchildren, James T. Kerr, Sarah E. Kerr, Timothy C. Kerr, Charles A. Thompson IV, Helen D. Humphreys, Michacia V. Thompson and Nora R. Thompson.

A memorial service celebrating his life was held at the Newton Highlands Congregational Church on Saturday, May 3, where he was a life-long member.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Newton Highlands Congregational Church, the Squirrel Island Grandfathers Club (c/o Squirrel Island, ME 04570) or a charity of choice.