Amy Manring. Lawrence A. Goldfarb. Daniel Powell Poteet II. Robert Gerald Hersey- “Buddy/Bud.” Dale Roger Fugel. David Earle Keep. Lois I. (Myrick) Crowley.
Feb 22, 2026
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Amy Manring
Amy Manring, 74, passed away peacefully on her own terms as an independent woman.
She was the devoted daughter of Marcia G. and Jones Clark Manring, both of whom predeceased her. Amy is survived by her sister, Martha Hankins.
Amy graduated valedictorian of MDIHS and later of Saint Joseph’s College in Biddeford, Maine. Amy found joy in reading and set annual goals to read as many books as possible.
Amy will be remembered for her passion for learning and the self-reliance she brought to her life.
Condolences may be expressed at www.acadiacremation.com.
Lawrence A. Goldfarb
Lawrence “Larry” Alan Goldfarb, 87, of Lafayette Hill, Pa., and Northeast Harbor, Maine, died peacefully on Jan. 29, 2026, at the Hill at Whitemarsh. His death came unexpectedly following complications from an infection.
Goldfarb, an architect, had a series of Philadelphia-based firms over his 50-plus year career, with a focus on both residential and commercial structures. In 1991 he founded AP3C, a full service architectural and interior design firm with a holistic approach to budget management.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Architecture and City Planning, Goldfarb’s time at Penn helped nurture his interest in the use of exposed materials as well as a commitment to creating structures notable for their massing, functionality, and absence of ornament. Prior to going into private practice, Goldfarb joined the faculty at Penn, where he served for a number of years as a professor of architecture and city planning. In the late 1970s he also worked with Herman Wrice and the Young Great Society, the pioneering community organization Wrice founded to combat poverty in the low-income neighborhood of Mantua through measures such as improved housing and the creation of safe play spaces for kids.
Born and raised in Norfolk, Va., Goldfarb showed an early interest in drawing, a passion that ultimately led him to the University of Virginia’s five-year undergraduate architecture program, from which he graduated in 1961. Sketching would remain a constant throughout his life, and in his later years he was rarely seen without his pencil and sketchbook. He was also a talented photographer, and the two interests would often come together in striking mixed-media projects. Kind, level-headed, and an avowed liberal, he had a knack for sorting out problems, especially of a technical nature — skills no doubt honed in his early years when at the age of 13 he earned the title of Eagle Scout. For the past 50 years, he spent summers on Mount Desert Island, Maine, and his appreciation for the island and Acadia National Park was profound. Most of all, he loved the company of his wife of 51 years, Gerda Paumgarten.
Goldfarb is survived by his wife, a son from his first marriage, Brad Goldfarb, two stepdaughters, Gerda Newbold and Eliza Newbold, as well as by six grandchildren.
Donations in his memory may be made to Friends of Acadia (friendsofacadia.org/membership-giving/donate/).
Daniel Powell Poteet II
Daniel Powell Poteet II died on Feb. 3, 2026, at the age of 85. After many happy retirement years in Bar Harbor, he and Nancy—his wife of 55 years—made their home at The Cedars in Portland, Maine, where he was welcomed and lovingly cared for by the community and staff. Dan’s connection to Mt. Desert Island began in 1963 when he taught sailing at the Bar Harbor Yacht Club. From then on, he spent at least part of every summer on MDI through 2023.
Born in 1940 to Colonel Daniel Powell Poteet and Helene Vanderveer Poteet, Dan grew up in Little Silver, N.J., where — aside from family — the important constants of his life began: lifelong close friendships; a love of sailing and the water; springer spaniels (There was one at his birth and a nearly unbroken succession from 1967 to 2013.); an addiction to The New York Times inaugurated by his fourth grade teacher (He claimed he was “constitutionally, physiologically unable NOT to read the Times, no matter what.”)
From Little Silver he went to Mt. Hermon School in Massachusetts where he was editor of the student newspaper his senior year. After undergraduate study at Harvard, he went to Illinois for a Ph.D. in medieval English literature. While in Champaign, he crossed paths with fellow grad student Nancy Heusinkveld. They dated for several years but parted as friends when Dan left Champaign. Absence led to clarity, however: a missive was sent, a springer spaniel’s ears were cleaned (an oft-overlooked tactic for suitors), and they were soon married in 1971.
In 1977, after a few years as an English professor, Dan pivoted to administration. Once again he deployed his epistolary talents, pitching himself as Assistant to the President in a letter to Josiah Bunting III, the newly appointed President of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. He was hired immediately and a few days after moving to Virginia, son Daniel was born and Dan began his career in academic administration.
During Dan’s first year, an unexpected vacancy led to his being appointed Acting Dean of the Faculty. Not long after that, a budget crisis called on him to deploy qualities and abilities that earned him the permanent position. A few years later, he was made the first Provost of Hampden-Sydney.
From Hampden-Sydney, he went on to Albion College in Michigan, Guilford College in North Carolina and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. At each school he served with the title of Provost, which meant anything from chief academic officer to chief operating officer, to lead planner and budgeter, to chief fundraiser, and usually more than one of these things — all tasks that indirectly support what teachers and students do.
In 1998, Dan retired (briefly) from academia so that he and Nancy could move full-time to Bar Harbor. There, he indulged his love of journalism by becoming the Bar Harbor correspondent for The Ellsworth American and relished the weekly debriefing sessions at the paper attended by the legendary Russell Wiggins. Not long into his retirement, a search consultant recruited him to serve an interim position at the Museum School in Boston. The plan was to serve for six months to a year while the school searched for a permanent Dean of the Faculty. At the end of the search, however, Dan was offered the permanent position and spent the next 12 years at the Museum School, ultimately becoming Provost and Director of Development.
In 2010 when he finally retired full-time to Bar Harbor, he was recruited to serve on various boards and committees: Maine College of Art, Bar Harbor Warrant Committee, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society, Acadia Senior College, Schoodic Institute, College of the Atlantic, Abbe Museum, and Jesup Memorial Library. Retirement from paid employment freed Nancy and Dan to make extended visits to Tucson, Ariz., and Boulder, Utah, parts of the Southwest where they had friends and family and had come to love.
Dan will be remembered for his kindness, generosity, humility, quiet brilliance and wry wit that was occasionally sardonic but never mean. He was an admired and beloved colleague, a loyal friend, and a devoted husband and father. He relished becoming a grandfather, and he was an affectionate and proud follower of his family’s life developments, with sage advice, but only when solicited.
He leaves a loving family including his wife Nancy of Portland; son Daniel and wife Allison Kupfer Poteet, granddaughter Sylvie Anne, and granddog Jackie, all of South Portland. A celebration of life in Bar Harbor will be held on July 13 at The Jesup Memorial Library. Memorial gifts to Northfield Mt. Hermon School (https://bit.ly/407tS1R) or The Jesup Memorial Library (https://www.jesuplibrary.org/donate) are deeply appreciated.
Robert Gerald Hersey, “Buddy/Bud”
Robert Gerald Hersey, “Buddy/Bud” to his family and friends, passed away on Jan. 3, 2026, after a long battle with cancer and after sustaining a stroke.
Bud was born to Lewis and Martha Hersey, June 25, 1942, in Bar Harbor Maine. Bud grew up in Bar Harbor and graduated from Bar Harbor High School in 1960. Bud was especially proud of working with teacher Ken Gray to start the first golf team at Bar Harbor High School. Upon high school graduation, Bud went off to college in Houlton, Maine, at Ricker College. After a year there, he transferred to Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla., on a scholarship to play golf there. Bud graduated with a degree in physical education and a minor in biology in 1965.
Upon graduation from college, Bud decided to teach physical education in an elementary school in S. Satellite Beach, Fla., for two years and then in North Palm Beach, Fla. In 1969, Bud went to work for the Arnold Palmer golf company in 1971, Bud again stayed in golf equipment sales by taking a job with the Ben Hogan golf company, where he remained for the next 22 years. After he left the Ben Hogan golf company, he returned to education and teaching elementary physical education in the West Palm Beach area in Florida for 14 more years.
Bud leaves behind his wife of 57 years Carole Hersey, his daughter, Holly Ford (Alan Ford) and his son Robert Edward Hersey (Melissa Hersey). Also, he will be greatly missed by his grandchildren, Cole Ford, Lucy Ford, Devin Hersey, and Zach Ford, his siblings Lewis Hersey Jr. (Elaine), Joanne Wilson, Bill Hersey (Susan), and Trudy Curran (Bub) plus many nephews and a niece.
Bud enjoyed hiking around Mount Desert Island and also collecting shells when he would go to the beach in Florida. He also particularly enjoyed climbing the mountains in Acadia National Park. Bud was an avid pool player and also enjoyed playing cards with family and friends, especially cribbage. And then there were the funny jokes that he’d like to tell over and over and over again to the point that the grandkids would say to their grandfather, “Grampie I’ve heard that joke before!”
There will be a graveside service at Bayview Cemetery July 5 at 12 p.m. of this year in Franklin, Maine, and also a celebration of Bud’s life directly after that in Salsbury Cove, Maine. All of Bud’s friends and family and neighbors are invited to attend.
As Bud would say, “Don’t take any wooden nickels!”
Dale Roger Fugel
Dale Roger Fugel, 86, passed away on February 11, 2026, in Trenton, FL. Dale was born in Jersey City, NJ, April 30, 1939, to Wilbur C. and Edna (Oertel) Fugel.
His family moved to Camden, ME, and he graduated from Camden High School in 1957. In 1958 Dale enlisted in the United States Army and served through 1961. His training in electronics was completed in Fort Monmouth, NJ, and Fort Wachuka, AZ. Dale was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and won the soldier of the contest in 1960. He also served in the United States Coast Guard Reserve as commanding officer in Southwest Harbor, ME.
Dale attended Washington State Teachers College in Machias, ME, and graduated from the University of Maine earning a BS degree in biology and a MS degree in secondary administration. Dale was a 35-year educator, teacher and administrator in Bangor and Ellsworth, ME, and at Central Florida Community College in Chiefland, FL.
On February 14, 1984, Dale married Paula (Lannigan) in Ellsworth, ME. After Dale’s retirement in 1991 they moved to Chiefland, Suwannee, and Englewood, FL, and returned to Chiefland in 2020. They enjoyed many years of fishing in the Gulf of America with friends and family. For several years they spent summers at their Bottle Lake cabin fishing for salmon and lake trout, and hosting family and friends.
Dale is survived by his devoted wife, Paula; three children, Cynthia Kasprzak and husband, Michael, of Bangor, Kathleen Kimball of South Portland, and Garth Fugel of Dover-Foxcroft; one stepdaughter, Heather Libby and her husband, Ryan, of Chiefland, FL. He is also survived by eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Dale will be interred at the National Veterans Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. Donations may be made to Tunnel to Towers at t2t.org.
David Earle Keep
David Earle Keep, 70, of Ellsworth, Maine, unexpectedly passed away on Feb. 16, 2026. He was born in Bar Harbor, Maine, in 1955, the son of Francis “Doc” W. Keep and Margaret Jordan Keep.
David graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1973 and went on to trade school at EMVTI. In 1977, he and Brenda started a new adventure in Alaska for the next 11 years. Upon returning to Maine, David continued his work in the automotive field, employed by Linnehan’s, Morrison Chevrolet, and retired in 2020 from Darlings Auto. During his time working, he enjoyed his personal connections with co-workers and customers.
David found great joy in his family, woodworking, the Masonic Lodge, the Anah Shrine Temple, and the game of golf. His Masonic journey was especially meaningful to him. He served Lygonia Lodge #40 with pride and distinction as a Past Master and Secretary, roles through which he formed lifelong friendships and contributed greatly to the lodge and its traditions.
David is survived by his wife, Brenda H. Keep, with whom he shared over 50 years of marriage, and by his sons Matthew and Michael Keep. He was a devoted and loving Pa to Madilyn and Abigail, children of Matthew and his wife Christy, and Owen and Jayda, children of Michael and their mother Sarah.
David is survived by his sisters Mary Lou and her husband Fred Michels, Roberta Keep, and Dorothy and her husband Richard Fowler. He is also survived by his sister-in-laws Cookie and husband Jon Foss, Cheryl Keep, and many nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his parents and twin brother Daniel.
A celebration of David’s life will be held March 7, 2026, at 1 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge, Carriage Way, in Ellsworth. The family welcomes all who knew him to join them in honoring his memory.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Lygonia Lodge #40 in his name at P.O. Box 501, Ellsworth.
David will be deeply missed by all who loved him.
Lois I. (Myrick) Crowley
Lois I. (Myrick) Crowley, 97, died Jan. 10, 2026. She was born on June 5, 1928, in Winter Harbor, Maine, the daughter of Lewis and Esther (Webber) Myrick. She was awarded Gouldsboro Boston Cane in 2024. Mrs. Crowley retired from the postal service in 1995 and enjoyed crocheting, reading and knitting. She donated hundreds of mittens to the local school, where she was known as the “mitten lady.” She was predeceased by her husband of 56 years, Monroe “Bud” Crowley; they shared many cruises and frequent travel together.
Mrs. Crowley is survived by her loving son, Donald M. Crowley of Winter Harbor; grandchildren Donald and Christine Crowley of Hancock, Michael Crowley of Seneca, S.C., Kevin Crowley and Julie Ginn of Steuben; great-grandchildren, Jackson, Gavin, and Cecily; and her niece, Pearl Barto and her husband Roger and their sons, Jacob and his wife Kate, and James. She was predeceased by her parents, sister Agnes and brother-in-law, Granville Follett.
No services are planned at her request.
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