Joseph L. Barbeau, 59, of South Portland died Friday, November 13, at his home following a long illness.

He was born January 27, 1950, in Wareham, Mass. He moved to Boothbay Harbor in 1965 when his parents, Armand and Laura (Newcomb) Barbeau founded the Ebb Tide Restaurant on Commercial Street. 

Joe graduated from Boothbay Region High School class of 1968.  He attended Southern Maine Vocational Technical School earning a degree in hotel and restaurant management and culinary arts. After college he worked in the family business and at several restaurants in Boothbay Harbor.  He was a 30 year employee at Maine Medical Center in Portland until his disability retirement in 2008.

Joe is survived by his sister, Laure Paillex, and two nephews, Michael Parish and Andrew Parish, all of Cape Cod, Mass., and by many cousins and extended family in the Boothbay region.

A private burial at Oak Lawn Cemetary will be held at a later date.  Arrangements are entrusted to Simmons, Harrington and Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay.

Emily Gray

Emily Joan Bachman Finn Gray, age 78, of Stratford, Connecticut died at home on November 23.

Joan was born on September 21, 1931 in Stamford, Connecticut. Joan lived in Stamford for 60 years before moving to Boothbay Harbor. Until this past year, she had spent the last twelve winters on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Joan moved back to Connecticut (Stratford) last year to be closer to her family.

Joan received her Bachelor’s Degree from The College of New Rochelle and her Masters of Education from the University of Bridgeport. She was an elementary school teacher in the Stamford public school system for many years. Joan loved to sail, was an avid bridge player, an accomplished seamstress and a voracious reader. She enjoyed the outdoors and loved animals. While living in Boothbay Harbor, she devoted countless hours to re-establishing the Catholic Library at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church where she was a Eucharistic Minister. She holds the distinction of being the only woman to win the Commodore’s Cup race at Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club where she was a member. She was also a member of the Down East Yacht Club, both of Boothbay Harbor and The Palmetto Dunes Club on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

She was predeceased by her parents Emil and Josephine Bachman, her first husband Thomas Finn and a granddaughter Morgan Finn.

She is survived by her loving husband of 37 years, Lee H. Gray and their children: Tom Finn of Missouri, Dot (Roger) Crosby of Connecticut,, Maura Finn of Vermont, Kevin (Diane) Gray of New Jersey, Chris (Cathy) Finn of Connecticut, Scott (Amy) Gray of Illinois, Liz (Steve) Johnson of New Jersey, Laurie Gray (Neil Spindel) of Connecticut, Dr. Terry (Jennifer) Gray of Connecticut, and 23 grandchildren whom she loved dearly. We’re sure her beloved chocolate lab Bailey, who recently left this world was loyally waiting for Joan’s arrival.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the caring people at Masonicare Home Health & Hospice, 777 Federal Road, Suite 28, Brookfield, CT 06804 or Connecticut Right to Life, 55 Cole Street, Waterbury, CT 06706. Visitation will be held on Friday, November 27, from 4 – 8 p.m. at the Pistey Funeral Home, 2155 Main Street (corner of West Broad St.), Stratford. Friends are invited to attend the funeral on Saturday, November 28, at 10 a.m. DIRECTLY at St. Mark Church, 500 Wigwam Lane, Stratford. Interment will be private.

Elizabeth Ann Leach, 90, passed away on Tuesday November 17, 2009 at her home in Boothbay Maine after a period of failing health. Ann, as she was known to her family and friends, was born June 14, 1919 in Long Branch New Jersey, the daughter of Charles Henry Leach and Hazel Waterman Leach.

She grew up and attended schools in Red Bank, New Jersey spending her summers in Trevett, Maine and later made Boothbay her permanent residence.

Ann was a businesswoman, an equestrian and thrived on the companionship of her many dachshunds and pugs. She was known as direct, thoughtful and generous.

Her brother Orin T. Leach, his wife Heddie and their son Charles predeceased her.

Ann is survived by Charles’ wife Gail of West Palm Beach, Florida, cousins Harry T. Leach of Boothbay, Elizabeth Leach Welch of Marshfield Hills, Massachusetts, Burton Leach of Little Deer Isle, Maine, Susan Leach and Sally Leach Sewall of South Portland, Maine, Nancy Waterman Bruno of Manassas, Virginia, Lydia Waterman Pittius of Point Pleasant New Jersey and her godson Charles "Sandy" Hance of Pottersville, New Jersey.

The family thanks Ann’s caregivers for their loving support throughout many years of service.

Family and friends are invited to celebrate Ann’s life at the Leach family home on Sawyers Island in Boothbay on Sunday, November 29, 2009 from 2-4 p.m.

Arrangements are entrusted to Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, 975 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay, Maine.