Obituaries
James A. Rush
Apr 10, 2011
James A. Rush Ashby – James A. Rush, 59, of 67 Luke Road died Sunday, April 10, 2011, at his home. He was born August 4, 1951 in Brattleboro, Vermont, the son of Francis and Barbara (Carey) Rush. He grew up in Orange where he lived for many years, later moving to Whitinsville and for the last several years has...
David R. Hayes
Apr 10, 2011
ATHOL - David R. Hayes, 73, of Athol, died on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at the Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol. David was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on July 14, 1937, to Woodrow and Eleanor (Crocker) Hayes. He graduated from Needham B. Broughton High School in 1955. He graduated from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina with a PhD...
Roger Francis Stewart
Apr 10, 2011
LEOMINSTER......Roger Francis Stewart 72 of Leominster, died Sunday April 10, 2011 in Kindred Hospital Waltham after an illness. He was born May 31, 1938 in Bradford Pennsylvania the son of the late Francis L. Stewart and Lillian F.(Carrow ) Stewart. Roger was a longtime musician throughout the area. Funeral services and burial are private. There are no calling hours. For...
Florence B. White
Apr 5, 2011
TEMPLETON - Florence B. (King) White, 85, formerly of Gardner, died Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Baldwinville Nursing Home. Mrs. White was born in East Boston on June 29, 1925, the daughter of the late John and the late Florence (Rush) King. Mrs. White was raised and educated in East Boston and has been a resident of Gardner for...
Walter B. Richards
Apr 5, 2011
Athol – Walter B. Richards, 63, died Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the home of his daughter in Chicopee after a brief battle with ALS. Walter was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, August 12, 1947, the son of Fred and Lillian (Thomson) Richards. He grew up and has lived in Athol all of his life, graduating from Athol High School in...
Lawrence E. Bachelder
Apr 4, 2011
Athol – Lawrence E. Bachelder, 93, of 662 Spring Street, died Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Athol Memorial Hospital. He was born in Athol, Massachusetts, June 1, 1917, the son of Charles W. and Leola C. (Whitaker) Bachelder. He attended schools in Athol and has lived in Athol all his life, spending winters in Zephyrhills, Florida for 25 years....
Lorraine Dargis
Apr 4, 2011
LEOMINSTER------Lorraine (Forest) Dargis, 89, of Leominster, died of Congestive Heart failure on April 4, 2011 at the Manor on the Hill Assisted Living Facility. Lorraine was born on July 7, 1921 in Fitchburg, the daughter of the late Beatrice (Bourgeois) Forest and Arthur Forest. She is survived by her three children, Sandra Dargis and her husband Richard St Cyr of...
Martha J. Hurd
Apr 3, 2011
FITCHBURG - Martha J. Hurd, 50, of 240 Ashburnham Street, Fitchburg, died on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at the Health Alliance Leominster Campus. Martha was born in Gardner on January 17, 1961, the daughter of Roy E. Hurd of Gardner and the late Ruth L. (Packard) Hurd. She resided in Westminster for many years and belonged to her group home...
Theodore H. Newton,
Apr 3, 2011
ATHOL - Theodore H. Newton, Jr., 81 of Athol, died peacefully Sunday, April 3, 2011 at home. He was born in Athol on September 10, 1929, the son of the late Theodore H. Newton Sr. and the late Beatrice W. (Smith) Newton. He worked for over 25 years and retired from the L.S. Starrett Company in Athol. In addition,...
Thomas Bryan Johnson
Apr 2, 2011
GARDNER, MA - Thomas Bryan Johnson, 31, of 38 Stuart Street, Gardner, died unexpectedly on Saturday, April 2, 2011 from injuries sustained on Route 2 in Lancaster, MA. Tom was born in Torrington, CT, on July 27, 1979 and moved to St. Clair, Michigan, with his family when he was seven years old. Upon his graduation from St. Clair High...
Donald F. Bachelder,
Apr 1, 2011
ATHOL - Donald F. Bachelder Sr., 83 of 612 Spring Street, Athol, died Friday, April 1, 2011 at home surrounded by his loving family after a long battle of pulmonary fibrosis. He was born in Athol, on August 30, 1927, the son of the late Charles and the late Leola (Whitaker) Bachelder. He grew up in Athol and graduated from...
E. Kathleen Hachey
Mar 30, 2011
ATHOL - E. Kathleen “Kathy” (Kiernan) Hachey, 95 of 195 Intervale Avenue, Athol, died on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at the Athol Memorial Hospital in Athol. Kathy was born in Dublin, Ireland on December 28, 1915, the daughter of the late Patrick and the late Anne (Hopkins) Kiernan. She was raised and educated in Dublin, Ireland and moved to...
Edith M. Franciose
Mar 30, 2011
Edith M. (Wuokko) Franciose Beloved mother and grandmother LEOMINSTER - Edith M. (Wuokko) Franciose, 85, of Leominster died Wednesday March 30,2011 surrounded by her loving family in the Keystone Center Leominster after an illness. She was born October 10, 1925 in Fitchburg, the daughter of the late Waino and Lena Wuokko, and moved to Leominster many years ago. Her husband...
Suzanne P. (Dunbar) Lees
Mar 30, 2011
Athol – Suzanne P. (Dunbar) Lees, 69, of 739 Daniel Shays Highway, died March 30, 2011, at the Morton Plant Mease Hospital in Clearwater, Florida. She was born in Ware, Massachusetts, July 25, 1941 the daughter of Elbridge and Lois (Paige) Dunbar. She grew up in New Salem, graduating from New Salem Academy in 1959. She later moved to Athol where...
Maureen A. (Hayne) Gallant
Mar 29, 2011
ATHOL - Maureen A. (Hayne) Gallant, 60, of 24 Gibson Drive, Athol, MA died on March 29, 2011 at the UMass Memorial Medical Center, University Campus in Worcester. She was born in Gardner on August 8, 1950, the daughter of the late Edward R. and Mary A. (Reynolds) Hayne, Sr. Ms. Gallant graduated from Athol High...
George W. Savela
Mar 28, 2011
LEOMINSTER....George W. Savela 90 went to eternal rest to his beloved wife Cecile on March 28, 2011 at the Keystone Center Leominster after an illness. He was born March 13,1921 in Fitchburg the son of late Nester Savela and Anna (Hendrickson) Savela and moved to Leominster over (60)years ago. George worked at Middlesex School in Concord MA for more than...
Thomas L. Pratt
Mar 26, 2011
Athol – Thomas L. Pratt, 55, of 204 Freedom Street, died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Quabbin Valley Healthcare after an illness. Tom was born in Athol, Massachusetts, November 15, 1955, the son of the late George R. and Betty-Sue (Ballou) Pratt. He grew up and has lived in Athol all of his life, graduating from Athol High School in...
Carol A. Gustafson
Mar 24, 2011
Clinton........Carol A "Tootsie" (Zafirs) Gustafson 66 of Clinton, died Thursday March 24, 2011 at the home of her daughter in Leominster after an illness. She was born September 16, 1944 in Clinton MA the daughter of the late Nicholas Zafirs and Catherine (Roncone) Zafirs and was a lifelong Clinton resident. She leaves her mother Catherine Zafirs of Clinton, her husband...
Joseph H.F. "Phil" Richard
Mar 24, 2011
TEMPLETON - Joseph H.F. "Phil" Richard, 86 of 213 South Main Street, Templeton formerly of Gardner, died Thursday, March 24, 2011 in the Heywood Hospital, Gardner. He was born in Gardner, on April 27, 1924, the son of the late Henry and the late Rose (Pitre) Richard. He grew up in Gardner and was educated in Gardner. He resided in...
Charles B. Jones
Mar 22, 2011
SANTA CRUZ - Charles B. Jones, 83 of 694 Meder Street, Santa Cruz, CA, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at home. He was born in Abilene, TX, on October 4, 1927, the son of the late Charles and the late Gertrude (Syfrett) Jones. He grew up in Texas to the age of 9 and then moved to California. He graduated...
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