Obituaries
Edmund J. Vallee
Jul 15, 2015
GARDNER- Edmund J. Vallee, 70, of Gardner, died Wednesday, July 15, in Gardner Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, after an illness. He was born March 29, 1945, in Gardner, son of the late Albert Vallee Sr. and the late Katherine Fowler Anderson. He was a graduate of Athol High School Class of 1963. He served in the Army National Guard. Mr....
Valment J. Godin
Jul 12, 2015
ATHOL - Valment J. Godin, age 90, of Athol died Sunday, July 12, 2015 at Heywood Hospital Gardner. He was born April 8, 1925 in Shippegan, New Brunswick, Canada, the son of the late Clement J. and the late Laura (Mallet) Godin. He moved to Athol from Canada when he was three years old. Mr. Godin was a veteran of...
Eleanor F. Cetto
Jul 11, 2015
LEEDS - Eleanor Cetto died peacefully on July 11 at Linda Manor in Leeds, MA. Born in Brattleboro, VT in 1928, she lived her life in the towns of Orange and Athol, as well as Barefoot Bay, FL. El had a generous and kind spirit. She spread laughter and love to parents Iva and Floyd Ryder, siblings Frances and Floyd...
Lillian H. Spring
Jul 9, 2015
Lillian H. Spring, age 94, of Gardner died Thursday, July 9, 2015 at Baldwinville Nursing Home of Templeton, MA. Mrs. Spring was born July 9, 1921 in Gardner, MA. She is the daughter of the late Antoni and the late Helen (Kapaczewski) Gensiejewski. She was predeceased by her husband of 58 years, Wilfred Spring, Sr. who died in 2000, her...
Robert F. Pollock
Jun 23, 2015
ERVING- Robert F. Pollock. JR, 48, of Erving, and a lifelong local resident of Athol, died Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 after a sudden illness. He was born May 4, 1967, son of Donna L. Cook and lived in the area all his life. He served eight years in the United States Army, leaving at the rank of Sargent E5 and...
Ruby L. (Butcher) Deleo
Jun 22, 2015
Ruby L. Deleo, age 87, of Orange died Monday, June 22, 2015 at Heywood Hospital in Gardner, MA. Ruby was born August 21, 1927 in Athol, MA. She is the daughter of the late Samuel R. and the late Emma B. (Pynn) Butcher. She married Rizerio J. “Reno†Deleo in 1951. Ruby grew up in Athol graduating from Athol High School in...
Irwin D. Hendricken
Jun 20, 2015
BALDWINVILLE - Irwin D. Hendricken, 84 of Baldwinville died Saturday, June 20, 2015 at University of Massachusetts Hospital in Worcester. He was born February 27, 1931 in Dorchester, the son of Daniel E. Hendricken and Catherine J. (Phelan) Hendricken. He grew up in Waltham and graduated from Waltham High School. He attended UMass Stockbridge for four years and then served...
Barbara M. (Norskey) Nygard
Jun 16, 2015
TEMPLETON - Barbara M (Norskey) Nygard, 89 of 314 Otter River Rd., Templeton, died Tuesday, June 16, 2015 in the Baldwinville Nursing Home, Baldwinville. She was born in Winchendon, on September 29, 1925, the daughter of the late Alexander and the late Edna (Warwick) Norskey. She grew up in Baldwinville and graduated from Templeton High School with the class of...
Mary M. (Kasuba) Haskins
Jun 10, 2015
ORANGE- Mary M. (Kasuba) Haskins, 86, of Orange, died Wednesday, June 10, in Quabbin Valley Health Care, after an illness. She was born August 23, 1928, in Poultney, Vermont, daughter of the late John and Anna Kasuba and moved to Massachusetts in the mid 1940's. Mrs. Haskins was a member of the former Athol Grange. She enjoyed bowling and bingo...
Kathy J. (LePoer) Ballou
Jun 9, 2015
PETERSHAM - Kathy J. (LePoer) Ballou, 66, of Petersham died Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital of Needham, MA. Mrs. Ballou was born June 24, 1948 in Holden to Bernard and Annie (Mitchell) LePoer. She grew up in Petersham and graduated from Ralph C. Mahar Regional High School. She graduated from Smith College in Northampton with a...
Elaine A. (Elliott) Butkus
Jun 7, 2015
PHILLIPSTON - Elaine A. (Elliott) Butkus, retired Head Start Teacher, age 76 of Phillipston, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 7, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Wayne and the late Helen (Fohy) Elliott. Elaine grew up and attended schools in Petersham, graduating from Petersham High School in 1957. She worked for M.O.C. Child Care...
Louis Charpentier
Jun 3, 2015
LEOMINSTER- Louis Charpentier, 104, of Leominster, died Wednesday, June 3, in the Highlands after a short illness. Mr. Charpentier was born in St. Claude, Canada, December 10, 1910. Louis began carving at age 7. In 1923, at the age of 12, he left Canada with his parents and came to Leominster. At the age of 20, Louis worked as a...
Armand G. Murray
Jun 2, 2015
LEOMINSTER- Armand G. Murray, 95, of Leominster, passed away Monday, June 2, in Sterling Village after an illness. Armand was born September 15, 1919, in Shirley, the 12th of 15 children of the late Richard and Alexina (L’Ecuyer) Murray. He attended St. Anthony School in Shirley. He was a member of St. Cecilia’s Parish. During WWII, he was stationed with...
Jennie Sunderland
Jun 1, 2015
Jennie Sunderland, 94, died peacefully on June 1, 2015 in Venice, Florida. Her daughter, son, daughter-in-law, and a granddaughter were at her bedside when she passed. Over the last three years she spent time in Houston, Texas, Venice, Florida, and her hometown Gardner, Massachusetts. She will be missed by her family and friends in Gardner as well as the new...
Charles "Ed" McDevitt
May 31, 2015
ORANGE: Charles Edward McDevitt, 68, of Orange, MA passed away on Sunday, May 31 at UMass Medical Center surrounded by his family. Ed was born on December 24, 1946, in Cambridge, MA to the late Charles and Mary (Bryan) McDevitt. He was a longtime resident of Arlington, MA and had resided in Orange since 2005. Ed attended Arlington Catholic High...
Joseph "Joe" Richard Gabis
May 24, 2015
Joseph (Joe) Gabis, 79 died on Sunday, May 24, 2015 in his home in Lunenburg, Massachusetts after a courageous battle with Pancreatic Cancer. Joe was born in Gardner, Massachusetts in August 1935. He attended Gardner High School and continued on to Worcester Academy and Boston College graduating in 1958 with an Economics Degree. He played football for BC and was...
Lawrence G. Blakley
May 24, 2015
NEW SALEM - Lawrence G. Blakley, a lifelong learner and reader of books, died Sunday, May 24, 2015 at UMass Memorial Medical Center, at the age of 79. He was born October 30, 1935 in Gardner, the son of the late Walter and Mildred (Campbell) Blakley. He grew up in Athol and graduated from Athol High School in 1953. He...
James M. Winters
May 20, 2015
James M. Winters Petersham – James M. Winters, 55, died Wednesday, May 20, 2015 surrounded by his loving family. Jim was born in Athol, MA, January 14, 1960, the son of Atwood and Minnie (Vitello) Winters. He grew up in Athol where he lived most of his life, graduating from Athol High School in 1978 and for the past few...
Robert James Hurst
May 19, 2015
PHILLIPSTON- Robert James Hurst, 79, of Phillipston, died Tuesday, May 19, at UMass Medical Center, after a short illness. He was born December 9, 1935, in Winchendon, son of the late Jeremiah and Agnes (Hamel) Hurst. Mr. Hurst served in the U.S. Army. Mr. Hurst was a licensed pipe fitter, backhoe operator, and oil burner technician, also a great carpenter,...
Jeffery Alexander Williams
May 17, 2015
Jeffrey Alexander Williams, 20, of Athol, born July 18, 1994, passed away Sunday, May 17, in Long Beach California after a long battle with addiction. He leaves behind his loving family, his father Keith W. Williams and his mother Nancy Carroll-Williams, his sister Meghan K. Williams, her partner Eric S. Chouinard, his loyal dog Daisy, his brother Brian Bruso and...
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