James Edward DECOURCY

NEWPORT -James Edward DeCourcy, 93, died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005, at the Clough Center Extended Care Facility in New London. DeCourcy retired in 1982 after 21 years as editor and publisher of the Newport Argus-Champion. His wife of 66 years, the former Alice Carolyn Dyer, died in 2003. Calling hours will not be held. Memorial service will be held Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. at the South Congregational Church on South Main Street in Newport with the Rev. Chuck Kennedy officiating. Burial will be held at the convenience of the family at Forest City Cemetery in South Portland, Maine. Memorial donations may be made to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, 54 Portsmouth St., Concord 03301; to the Richards Free Library, 58 N. Main St., Newport 03773; or to the University of Maine Senior Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, UMAA, Box 550, Orono, Maine 04473-0550. Newton-Bartlett Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of the arrangements. For more information, visit http://www.newtonbartlett.com.