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Bojan Hamlin Jennings
Sep 8, 2015
Bojan Hamlin Jennings of Plymouth MA, formerly of Lake Villa, ILL, and Norton, MA died on September 8, 2015 in Concord. She was married to the late Addison Llewellyn Jennings for seventy years. She was born on April 4, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. From 1943 until her retirement in 1985, Mrs. Jennings was a Professor of Chemistry at Wheaton College...
Joan S. Wright
Sep 4, 2015
Joan (Sweetser) Wright, 77, of Concord died Friday September 4, 2015 in Concord. She was the beloved wife of the late Kent Wright. Born in Winchester on December 18, 1937 she was the daughter of the late Charles N. Sweetser and Jane (Perkins) Sweetser. She attended Winchester schools, graduated from Winchester High School and later from Colby Junior College. Following...
Laurie J. Thompson
Sep 4, 2015
Laurie J. (Finnerty) Thompson, 70, of Concord, formerly of Carlisle and Waltham died Friday September 4, 2015 in Boston. She was the beloved wife of 50 years of Ronald G. Thompson. Born on January 4, 1945 she was the daughter of the late Gerard W. Finnerty and Jeanne (Kerwin) Finnerty. She attended Belmont schools, was a 1963 graduate of Belmont...
Elinor M. Condon
Sep 4, 2015
Elinor M. (Mahoney) Condon, age 95, a lifelong Concord resident, died Friday, September 4th at the Bedford V.A. Hospital. She was the beloved wife of 63 years of the late James M. Condon who died in 2010. Born in Concord on April 27, 1920 she was the daughter of the late Richard and Josephine (Kelleher) Mahoney. She attended Concord Public...
Francis D. Curran
Sep 1, 2015
Francis D. Curran, 83, of Concord, died Tuesday, September 1st at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington. He was the beloved husband for 58 years of Barbara (Albani) Curran. Born in Concord on October 25, 1931 he was the son of the late Edward Sr. and Catherine (Gannon) Curran. Mr. Curran attended Concord Public Schools and graduated from Concord High...
Peggy Schmertzler
Aug 28, 2015
Peggy Schmertzler of Lincoln passed away peacefully on August 28, 2015. The beloved wife of Alvin Louis Schmertzler, mother of Francis Brooks Belford of New Zealand, Caleb Cushing Clapp of Gloucester and Margaretta Story Phillips of Santa Monica, and step-mother of Amy Anisimov of Newton, MA and Michael Schmertzler of New Canaan, CT. Nee Margaretta Stewart Bridgman, Peggy was born...
Ralph E. Wesinger, Sr.
Aug 22, 2015
Ralph Edward Wesinger, Sr., 83, retired Concord Police Officer, of North Myrtle Beach, SC, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2015. Ralph was predeceased by his wife of 56 years, Kathleen "Kay" Harrington Wesinger on December 18, 2011. Born on June 23, 1932 in Lexington, MA he was the eldest son of Charles and Audrey Ryan Wesinger and brother to...
Jane Thankful Smith
Aug 21, 2015
Jane Thankful Smith died of cancer on August 21, 2015 at her Lincoln home. She was born to Violet and James Thoburn Smith on September 16, 1940 at Holyoke Hospital in Holyoke, Mass. She attended the Frederick Harris School and Forest Park High School in Springfield, Mass. After a year at Searles High School in Great Barrington, MA, she entered...
Robert E. Beaudry
Aug 20, 2015
Robert E. Beaudry, 84, of Lincoln, died Thursday, August 20th surrounded by his loving family at his Lincoln home. He was the beloved husband of Florence Busch Beaudry. Born in Springfield, Vermont on January 24, 1931 he was the son of the late William and Glorina (Charron) Beaudry. A lifelong professional in the food service industry, Mr. Beaudry served as...
Rose K. Chisholm
Aug 18, 2015
Rose K. (Brothen) Chisholm, age 87, of Concord, formerly of Carlisle, died Tuesday, August 18th at the Kaplan Hospice Residence in Danvers. She was the beloved wife for 68 years of John C. "Jack" Chisholm. They were married at St. Bernard's Church in Concord in 1947. Born in Concord on December 30, 1927 she was the daughter of the late...
Patricia R. Walsh
Aug 12, 2015
Patricia R. Walsh, 77, died peacefully on Wednesday, August 12th at her Lincoln residence. Born in Boston on February 19, 1938 she was the daughter of the late Richard J. and Ruthven E. Walsh, and the sister of the late Phyllis Walsh Crocker. She graduated from Medford High School, and attended Radcliffe College where she earned a Bachelor's degree in...
Virginia C. Driscoll
Aug 8, 2015
Virginia C. (Palmer) Driscoll, "Ginny" 87, a lifelong Concord resident, died Saturday, August 8, 2015 at home surrounded by her family. She was the beloved wife of the late Robert G. Driscoll who died in 2005. Born in Concord on April 2, 1928 she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (MacLeod) Palmer. She attended Concord public schools,...
Kellen Jonah Horwitz
Aug 6, 2015
Kellen Jonah Horwitz of Acton, Massachusetts, age 3. Kellen passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his mother, father and sister. He died of complications associated with his rare genetic condition, Cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) Syndrome. Although non-verbal, Kellen was an adorable and social little boy who loved to be surrounded by family and friends. He was blessed to have a...
Betty J. Horne
Aug 5, 2015
Betty Jean (Zumwalt) Horne, 85, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at her Concord home. She was the beloved wife of the late Edward C. Horne. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 7, 1929, she was the daughter of the late John B. Zumwalt, Sr. and Nina (Clement) Zumwalt. She came to Concord in 1938, graduated from Concord High school in...
Carol Belle Blanning
Aug 4, 2015
Carol Belle Blanning, born August 31, 1916, died peacefully on August 4, 2015 in Concord, MA, with family at her side, just short of her 99th birthday. Born and raised in the coal-mining town of Williamstown, PA, Carol was the eldest child of Charles F. Blanning and Carol M. Bressler. Valedictorian of her high school class, Carol graduated during the...
Shirley Workman Bourquin
Aug 2, 2015
BOURQUIN, Shirley Workman. Forty-four year resident of Bronxville, NY and more recent resident of Marlborough, MA, died of Colon Cancer on August 2, 2015 in Wayland, Massachusetts. She was the wife of the late Pierre Bourquin, mother of Colette Bourquin Nygren and Pierson Bourquin, grandmother of Annika and Alexandra Nygren. Shirley was raised in Spring Glen, Hamden, Connecticut and attended...
Kelly E. Goode
Aug 2, 2015
Kelly E. (Hanley) Goode's valiant battle with cancer ended August 2, 2015, when she died surrounded by her family and friends. Her mind is at ease and her soul is now at rest. Born September 5, 1959 in Worcester, she was a daughter of Edward A. Hanley (deceased) and Mary A. (Bowe) Hanley. Kelly is survived by her three children,...
Robert F. Carmichael Sr.
Aug 1, 2015
Robert Francis Carmichael Sr.,86, of Concord, died Saturday August 1, 2015. He was the beloved husband of 60 years of Philomena M. (Kiley) Carmichael. Born in Cambridge on June 8, 1929 he was the son of the late Thomas J. and Louise (Barrett) Carmichael. He grew up in Allston, and graduated from Boston College High School in 1947 and from...
Tara Thomasina Breed
Jul 27, 2015
Tara Thomasina Breed, 44, of Denver, Colorado, passed away on July 27, 2015 one day before her 45th birthday. Tara was descending from the 13,088-foot summit of Paiute Peak in Boulder County, Colorado, when she slipped and fell. Sadly, she did not survive the fall. After attending Concord Carlisle High School in Concord, Massachusetts, Tara graduated from the University of...
Mary L. Stone
Jul 27, 2015
Mary L. (Murphy) Stone, 90, of Concord, died Monday, July 27, 2015 at Rivercrest Wellness and Rehabilitation Center in Concord. She was the beloved wife for 65 years of the late William D. Stone who died in 2012. They were married in Watertown in 1947. Born in Watertown on August 22, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Richard...
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