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JOURNAL TRIBUNE WEEKEND JULY 26, 1997 A5 Obituarles Jury finds Jackson Rosalin Graves SACO Rosalin M. Graves, of 30 Wildwood Drive, died Thursday at Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford. She was born in Calais, a daughter of Harvey and Dorothy Dinsmore Cox, and graduated from Lubec High School in 1960. She was a member of the glee club and Lubec High School band. She loved music and played piano in her father's orchestra.

She enjoyed traveling and was a devoted mother to her children. She was predeceased by her mother and father. She is survived by her husband, Richard A. Graves Sr. of Saco; two stepsons, James of Old Orchard Beach and Richard A.

Jr. of Saco; one daughter, Staci L. Small of Saco; one stepdaughter, Laura of Biddeford; two brothers, Carmen Cox and Leonard Cox, both of Southwick, and several nieces and nephews. Death notices BLOUIN LAURA, died July 25 in Sanford. Funeral Mass 9 a.m.

Monday at Notre Dame Church, Sanford; burial follows in Notre Dame Cemetery. Calling hours Sunday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., at the LaFranceLambert Funeral Home, 29 Winter Sanford. CALLEY ADELAIDE "Lady," formerly of Goose Rocks Beach, died July 24 in Groton, Conn. Funeral service 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer Kennebunk; interment in Arundel Cemetery, Kennebunkport.

Memorial donations may be made to the Arthritis Foundation of Maine, 930 Brighton Portland, 04102, or to the Shriners Hospital for Children, Kora Temple, 11 Sabattus Lewiston, 04240. GRAVES ROSALIN of Saco, died July 24 in Biddeford. Funeral service 10 a.m. Monday at Laurel Hill Cemetery Chapel, Saco, the Rev. Burton S.

Howe officiating; burial follows in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Calling hours Sunday, 2-5 p.m., at Cote Funeral Home, Beach and James streets, Saco. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Creative Works Systems, 120 Exchange Box 206, Portland, 04101. NICKERSON RICHARD USN of Kennebunkport, husband of Sally Perkins Nickerson, died July 24 in Portland. No visiting hours.

Reception for family and friends Tuesday, 5-7 p.m., at Cleaves Cove residence in Kennebunkport. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Kennebunkport Emergency Medical Service, P.O. Box 460B, Kennebunkport, 04046-1751. Arrangements are by Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer Kennebunk. POMBRIANT WILFRED of Ocean Park, died July 23 in Biddeford.

Funeral service 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hope Memorial Chapel, 480 Elm Biddeford, with the Rev. Jeff Tarbox officiating; burial follows in Woodlawn Cemetery, Biddeford. Calling hours Monday, 7-9 p.m., at Hope Memorial Chapel. About obituaries Obituaries are news stories outlining a person's life and listing the person's survivors.

Obituaries: The Journal Tribune prints obituaries of area residents free of charge. Death notices: The Journal Tribune charges for printing death notices, that is, the announcement of calling hours, funeral services and memorial donations. IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory Of ROBERT L. RYAN Who Passed Away July 27, 1995 You left us quickly, Your thoughts unknown. But you left us memories We're proud to own.

You're no longer in our lives to share But in our hearts You'll always to there. Lovingly remembered by, Wife, Son, Daughter, Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren Richard Nickerson KENNEBUNKPORT Retired Navy Captain Richard H. Nickerson, 69, of Halcyon Way, died Thursday at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Upon his graduation in 1945 from the Baltimore Friends School, he entered the Navy V5 flight training program, earned his pilot wings and served with anti-submarine warfare forces, principally aboard aircraft carriers. He trained younger pilots in night landing exercises on carriers and was a graduate of the Naval War College, a squadron commander and commander of a carrier-based air group.

He retired from the Navy in 1971 to live in Kennebunkport. Nick, as he was widely known in Kennebunkport, entered the construction business and ultimately began his own home construction and maintenance company. He was an active member of the Kennebunkport community, including manager of the slips and docking facilities at the Arundel Yacht Club and 1 board member of the Kennebunkport Emergency Medical Service. Survivors include his wife, Sally Perkins Nickerson; two daughters, Marjorie Nickerson Smith of Kennebunkport and Patricia N. Keller of Richardson, Texas; one brother, William M.

of Baltimore; and three grandchildren. Adelaide Calley KENNEBUNKPORT Adelaide "Lady" Calley, 94, formerly of Goose Rocks Beach, died Thursday at the Groton Regency Health Care Facility in Groton, Conn. She was the widow of Warren B. Calley, who died in 1981. She was born in Bristol, a daughter of Edward L.

and Josephine Case Dunbar. She was a retired kindergarten teacher and had been employed by the Crosby School in Arlington, Mass. and the Old Orchard Beach school system for several years. She was a member of the Retired Teachers Association. She was a charter and active member of the Goose Rocks Beach Womens Fire Auxiliary and a member of the Olympian Club, Aurora Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, the South Congregational Church of Kennebunkport and the Kennebunkport Historical Society.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Donald H. (Joanne) Pinckney of Gales Ferry, Conn. and Mrs. Larry A.

(Jean) Ellis of Marietta, eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Journal Tribune Online York County's local connection Get connected with York County. NEW YORK A young woman who claims to be Bill Cosby's outof-wedlock daughter was convicted Friday of trying to extort $40 million from "the world's most famous father" by threatening to go to the tabloids with her story. "How could they?" 22-year-old Autumn Jackson asked her attorney, Robert Baum, after the verdict. She broke down in tears when the federal jury came back with its guilty verdict on its third day of deliberations.

Ms. Jackson was convicted of extortion, conspiracy and crossing state lines to commit a crime. She could get up to 12 years in prison and $750,000 in fines at sentencing Oct. 22. The lawyer described Ms.

Jackson as "just devastated." Co-defendant Jose Medina, 51, was convicted on the same charges. A third defendant, Boris Sabas, 42, was found guilty of conspiracy and crossing state lines but was acquitted of extortion. In a statement, Cosby's lawyer Jack Schmitt said: "The Cosbys appreciate the efforts of the prosecutors who brought this case and the efforts of the jurors who rendered a just verdict." The trial pitted one of America's most popular and richest personalities against a college dropout who insisted she's his daughter from a long-ago affair. Cosby admitted having an affair with Ms. Jackson's mother but said he does not believe the young woman is his daughter.

He refused to take a blood test. Ms. Jackson's lawyer had argued that she was engaged in a lawful negotiation for what she believed was rightfully hers as Cosby's daughter. Jurors insisted that they heeded guilty of By TOM HAYS Associated Press Judge Barbara Jones' warning that the question of whether Cosby is really Ms. Jackson's father a question that ran through the entire trial was irrelevant.

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He was born in Biddeford, a son of Gilman E. and Evelyn Pay Savage, was educated in Sanford schools and graduated from Sanford High School in 1946. He served in the Navy and moved back to Sanford following his discharge, where he was employed by the former W.T. Grant Co. and the Firestone Store.

He moved to Orlando in 1956. He retired as a procurement material specialist for Martin Marietta. He was predeceased by a brother, Donald Savage. He is survived by three daughters, Nancy Baxter of Antioch, Kathy Delgado of Oviedo, Fla. and Sandy Hayes of Orlando, four brothers, John Happauage of Long Island, N.Y., Robert and Daniel Savage, both of Orlando, and Eugene Savage of Ossipee, N.H.; and one sister, Edith Bourque of Sanford.

Wilfred Pombriant Wilfred Pombriant OCEAN PARK Wilfred P. Pombriant, 82, of Ocean Pine Manor, died Wednesday at Southern Maine Medical Center. He was born March 29, 1915, in Biddeford, a son of Peter and Emma Butler Pombriant. He was educated in Biddeford schools, graduating from Biddeford High School in 1932. Mr.

Pombriant worked at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard during World War II. He then worked for the Saco-Lowell Shops, where he completed an apprenticeship course. He continued to work there as a foreman after the company was sold to Saco Defense, retiring in June 1977. He was a member of the Christ Episcopal Church, the Elks Lodge in Saco, the St. Louis Alumni in Biddeford and the Foremans Club.

He served on the board of directors for the Visiting Nurse Association and the Southern Maine Area Agency on Aging. He served the City of Biddeford under the Lausier Administration as well as the next nine administrations, retiring in 1993 as city auditor and purchaser. He served on the School Board and ran for mayor in 1977. He also worked on several state political campaigns, including those of Muskie, Redmond and Brennan. Mr.

Pombriant and his wife, Pauline, were dedicated to raising their granddaughter, Cheryl Hill Morneault. He was also an avid golfer and enjoyed gardening and carpentry. He was predeceased by his wife of 56 years, Pauline E. Hatch Pombriant in 1995, and by a brother, Edward Pombriant. Survivors include a son, James E.

of West Palm Beach, a daughter, Linda A. Pombriant of Biddeford; a sister, Pauline E. Larochelle of Lantana, 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grand- from Cosby's lawyer that it was extortion. "The fact that they still carried it out was our convincing proof," Henkel said. "She has problems." Ms.

Jackson became "ripe for a very bad stew" after her mother and grandmother began telling her at age 5 that she was Cosby's daughter, said juror Debra Hyman. Baum said he will appeal and may also bring a paternity suit against Cosby. Taking the stand last week, a somber Cosby admitted to a Las Vegas tryst in the mid-1970s with Ms. Jackson's mother, Shawn Upshaw. He acknowledged providing more than $100,000 in regular financial support to the mother and daughter ever since.

But Cosby testified he wanted only to buy Mrs. Upshaw's silence about the affair. He said she had all but threatened to expose him. "I will be for you a father figure, but I am not your father," Cosby recalled telling Ms. Jackson while.

urging her to pursue an education. He said he told his wife, Camille, about the affair 17 years ago, but worried about publicity because he was still building on a successful career emphasizing family values. Cosby was hugely popular as the father of a prosperous family in the top rated TV show of the 1980s, and had written the best-selling book "Fatherhood." The defendants were accused of hatching their plot in early January. Medina was struggling to produce a children's television show with an amateur crew that included Ms. Jackson and Sabas.

Prosecutors buttressed their case with piles of documents, letters and tapes. The evidence, they said, showed that Ms. Jackson with Medina's coaching and Sabas' knowledge conducted an escalating campaign of threats. Laura Blouin SPRINGVALE Laura Blouin, 83, of 5 Allen died Friday at H.D. Goodall Hospital, Sanford, following a long illness.

She was born in Manchester, N.H. on April 13, 1914, a daughter of Joseph and Delina Morin Plante, and was educated at Notre Dame School. Mrs. Blouin was employed at the former Goodall-Sanford Textile Mills until they closed in 1954. She later worked for area shoe factories as a stitcher.

A resident of Springvale for more than 65 years, Mrs. Blouin was a communicant of Notre Dame Church and a member of the Ladies of St. Anne. She was a window of Severin Blouin, who died in 1978. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.

Paul (Anita) Cloutier of Sanford; two sons, Paul of Uncasville, Conn. and Marcel of Springvale; two sisters, Sister Benoit (nee Rose), Ursiline Sister of Sanford and Sister Jeanne, also an Ursiline, of Waterville; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. "Affordable, family menu in a comfortable riverside setting. Definitely worth a visit!" SACO RESTAURANT MAINE Seafood Steaks Mexican Sandwiches More Lunch: Mon- Fri 11:30 Dinner: Every night from 5pm Sunday Breakfast: 8am 11:30 (:2.29 Sunday Breakfast Special! Free, fresh salad bar with lunch dinner entrees Use our convenient Water Street parking at the rear of the building.