Obituaries
Gerald J. "Jerry" Blanchard, Jr.
May 8, 2020
Gerald (Jerry) Joseph Blanchard, Jr., 68 of Greenfield formerly of Athol, died Friday, May 8, 2020 in the Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, MA. He was born in Athol, on September 12, 1951, the son of the late Gerald J. Blanchard and the late Gladys (Gates) Blanchard. He grew up in Athol and graduated from Athol High School with the class...
Patrick E. Girouard
May 8, 2020
RUTLAND- Patrick E. Girouard, 57, of 92 Maple Ave died, Friday May 8, 2020 in his home. He was born on April 17, 1963 in Leominster, MA, the son of the late Joseph H Girouard and Margaret A. (Kervin) Girouard. Patrick greatly enjoyed listening to music and was a lover of animals. He attended the Life Skills Program at the...
Josephine Beverly Caissey
May 7, 2020
LEOMINSTER- Josephine Beverly Caissey, 86, of Leominster, died Thursday, May 7, at Leominster Hospital after an illness. Beverly was born November 29, 1933, in Baltimore, Maryland, daughter of the late Beverly and the late Maryanne (Kirschner) McKenney. She was a loving and nurturing mother of four and was kind and caring to all. She loved roses and was a big...
Gene A. Ferrari
May 7, 2020
ATHOL - Gene A. Ferrari, 85 of Athol, died Thursday, May 7, 2020 at his son’s home in Athol. He was born in Orange, on October 13, 1934, the son of the late Augustino and the late Mansuetta (Degara) Ferrari. Gene grew up in Athol and graduated from Athol High School with the class of 1953. He served in the...
Aline A. (Arsenault) Rafalski
May 6, 2020
GARDNER – Aline A. (Arsenault) Rafalski, 93, of Gardner, Mass., passed away on May 6, 2020 at Gardner Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Aline was born in Fitchburg, Mass. on May 24, 1926, the daughter of the late Raymond and Rose (LeBlanc) Arsenault. She was predeceased by her two brothers and three sisters: Robert, George, Lily, Florence, and Lorraine. Aline was...
John T. Moore
May 6, 2020
GARDNER – John T. Moore, 81, of Gardner, MA., passed away on May 6, 2020 at Athol Memorial Hospital. John was born in Gardner, MA. on March 24, 1939, the son of the late Harry and Ellen (Lind) Moore. A life-long Gardner resident, John joined the United States Airforce in 1956 and served until his honorable discharge in 1960. He...
Robert Broderick
May 3, 2020
WORCESTER-On May 3, 2020, Robert Broderick, native of Bridgeport, CT passed away peacefully at Blair House of Worcester, MA at the age of 87. “Bob” as known to his friends, family, and clients was a professional carpenter in the greater Bridgeport area from the moment he left Bullard-Havens Trade School as a youth until his early 80’s. Robert is survived...
Steven D Coutu
May 3, 2020
Steven D. Coutu, 65, of Athol, passed away on May 3, 2020. Steven was born in Keene, NH on June 17, 1954 to Theodore Coutu and Thea (Smart) Coutu. Steve attended Athol Junior High School and Athol High School where he was a member of the football team. Steven met the love of his life, Rebecca (Tarr) Coutu, when he...
Samuel J O'Neill
May 2, 2020
SOUTHLAKE, TX – Dr. Samuel J. O’Neill, Jr., 88, formerly of Gardner, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on May 2, 2020 in Grapevine, Texas. He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on April 7, 1932 and was the son of the late Samuel J. O’Neill, Sr. and Mary F. (Kinnane) O’Neill, of Lowell, Massachusetts. Dr. O’Neill graduated from Keith Academy, Lowell, Massachusetts,...
Elaine M. Bartus
Apr 30, 2020
ORANGE - Elaine M. (LeBlanc) Bartus, 90 of 383 East River St., Orange, died Thursday, April 30, 2020 in the Quabbin Valley Healthcare, Athol. She was born in Rumford, Maine, on May 14, 1929, the daughter of the late Dismas and the late Bertha (Bernard) LeBlanc. Mrs. Bartus moved to Erving at the age of 10 and lived in Erving...
Robert M. Ullian
Apr 29, 2020
AMHERST-Robert Mark Ullian of Amherst, Massachusetts, passed away April 29, 2020 from COVID-19. He was born on Long Island, New York on December 31, 1944 to Milton and Janet Ullian. He received his Bachelors from Amherst College and his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Columbia University. There were so many aspects of who Robert was: He was...
Nicholas S. Carboni
Apr 28, 2020
Nicholas S. Carboni Beloved son, brother, cousin, nephew, uncle, and friend LEOMINSTER - Nicholas S. Carboni, 46, of Las Vegas, NV, beloved son, brother, cousin, nephew, uncle, and friend passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2020 after a brief period of illness. He leaves his mother Grace Piermarini of Leominster; father Nicholas A. Carboni and his wife Val Lima of Leominster;...
Eugene R. Ptak
Apr 28, 2020
ASHBURNHAM – Eugene R. Ptak Jr, 60 of Ashburnham, passed away Tuesday, April 28th at home. Eugene was born on May 1, 1959 in Fitchburg to the late Eugene R. Ptak Sr. & the late Claire (Pelletier) Ptak. He grew up in Fitchburg and graduated from Fitchburg High School. He was a sheet metal mechanic in the sheet metal fabrication...
Donna L. Dickinson
Apr 26, 2020
GARDNER- Donna L. (Rodecki) Dickinson, 64, of Gardner, died April 26 in her home of pancreatic cancer. Donna was born March 29, 1956, in Gardner; daughter of Elaine (Edwards) Rodecki and the late Albert Rodecki. She grew up in Gardner and graduated from Gardner High School in 1974. She attended Worcester State College and Mount Wachusett Community College where she...
Robert Marcotte
Apr 25, 2020
ATHOL – Robert Marcotte, 82 of Orange, formerly of Athol, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2020 in Quabbin Valley Healthcare. Bob was born on July 30, 1937in Barton, VT to the late Clarence Marcotte and the late Jeannette (Breault) Marcotte. He resided in Barton, VT until his mid-teens when he moved to Athol with his grandmother. He worked at Bachelder...
Emile Eugene Euvrard
Apr 25, 2020
ORANGE – Emile Eugene Euvrard passed away peacefully on April 25, 2020. He was born on June 9, 1928 the oldest of 11 children of the late Albert and Lena Euvrard. He served in the Korean War. He loved the outdoors, fishing, hunting and camping and enjoyed playing cards. He leaves behind four children: Gene Euvrard of Greenfield, and his...
Gary H. Sebastian
Apr 25, 2020
FITCHBURG- Gary Humberto Sebastian, 74, of Fitchburg, died Saturday, April 25, after an illness. Gary was born November 5, 1945, in New York, son of the late Humberto and the late Maria (Odili) Sebastian. He embraced and honored his Hispanic culture in many ways especially through teaching english as a second language. He also loved the Red Sox and Patriots...
Brenda Helga Jonassen-Gearl
Apr 24, 2020
ATHOL - Brenda Gearl was born in Caldwell, New Jersey on 6 October 1946. The youngest of three children, Brenda was raised in Caldwell, New Jersey by her parents, Dorothea and Arthur Jonassen. Brenda's grandmother, Mary, cared for her and passed down a tradition of storytelling and an appreciation of spooky tales. Although raised in a prosperous town outside of...
Christine M. Gilbert
Apr 24, 2020
Christine M. Gilbert, age 61, of Athol died Friday, April 24, 2020 at home in Athol. Mrs. Gilbert was born November 10, 1958 in Stoneham, MA. She is the daughter of the late Bruce Charles Cawthron and Mary Josephine (Reid) Cawthron-Johns.
Ronald J. Marion
Apr 24, 2020
BALDWINVILLE - Ronald J. Marion, 56, of Baldwinville passed away on Friday, April 24, 2020 after a lifelong battle with Diabetes. Through the generous gift of an organ donor, Ron was one of the first recipients in Massachusetts to receive a Kidney and Pancreas transplant 17 years ago. Ron was a 1981 graduate of Narragansett Regional High School where he...
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