Obituaries
Mark Paul Brighenti
Jul 27, 2015
ATHOL - Mark Paul Brighenti, Jr., age 17, of Athol died Monday, July 27, 2015 at home in Athol. Mark was born November 5, 1997 in Leominster, the son of Mark P. and Jodie (Green) Brighenti. Mark was going into his senior year at Athol High School and was attending classes at Mount Wachusett Community College as part of the...
Paul A. Laine
Jul 27, 2015
TEMPLETON – Paul A. Laine, of 376 South Road, Templeton, MA died Monday, July 27, 2015 after a short illness at Heywood Memorial Hospital. Paul was born May 10, 1935 in Gardner, Massachusetts, the son of Armas and Heiri (Walinen) Laine. He grew up in Phillipston, MA on Stonebridge Road and later moved to Templeton after graduating from Athol High...
Marie T. Lizotte
Jul 25, 2015
ATHOL - Marie Therese Dolores Lizotte, age 73, of Athol died Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the Keystone Center of Leominster. Mrs. Lizotte was born March 7, 1942 in Fitchburg, the daughter of the late Raymond A. and Marie Rose (Aubin) Lizotte. Marie moved to Athol in 2004. She attended St. Joseph's School in Fitchburg and attended Gardner High School....
Cheryl A. Leger
Jul 23, 2015
Leominster- Cheryl A. (Selinga) Leger, 39, of Leominster, died at home, peacefully, Thursday, July 23. She was born in Leominster, July 24, 1975, daughter of Dennis and Susan (Leger) Selinga. Cheryl graduated from Lunenburg High School with the Class of 1993. She earned her Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education from Fitchburg State University. Cheryl was a teacher before working...
Kevin G. Maillet
Jul 19, 2015
Kevin Gerard Maillet, age 61, of Santa Fe, NM died Sunday, July 19, 2015. He is the son of the late Gerard Joseph and the late Teresa Marie Maillet. He grew up in Athol and was a graduated of Athol- Royalston Regional High School. He was employed by Digital Equipment Corp. He then owned Rainbow Carpet Cleaning Service in Florida...
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...
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