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Millicent L. Doherty
Nov 14, 2014
Millicent L. (Maguire) Doherty, 74, of Fitchburg, formerly of Charlestown and Concord, died Friday, November 14, 2014 at her Fitchburg home. She was the loving wife of the late Hugh K. Doherty Sr. Born in Lowell on December 25, 1939 she was the daughter of the late Joseph T. and Alice L. (Tumelty) Maguire. She attended Lowell public schools and...
Raouf A. Ismail
Nov 13, 2014
Raouf Ismail died suddenly of cardiovascular disease on November 13, 2014. Born in 1940 near Bombay, India, Raouf Ismail lived in India and Europe until moving to England to prepare for the British education system. After five years at the Rugby School, he matriculated at Jesus College, Cambridge, UK where he earned a BS and MA in Mechanical Sciences. He...
Palma Marie Cummings
Nov 6, 2014
Palma Marie (DiMinico) Cummings, of Lincoln, MA and Pompano Beach, FL, died November 6, 2014 in Florida. She was the beloved wife for 57 years of the late William Roy Cummings, mother of William R. Cummings, Jr. of Fitchburg, Thomas R. Cummings of Pompano Beach, FL and London, England, grandmother of Lisa A. Gurrie, Carrie L. Cummings and Kimberly M....
Eileen L. Dunbrack
Nov 5, 2014
Eileen L. (Coffey) Dunbrack, 77, of Concord died Wednesday Nov. 5, 2014 at her Concord home. She was the beloved wife of 56 years of Richard H. Dunbrack. Born in Concord on November 17, 1936 she was the sixth of eight children of Albert M. and Elizabeth (O'Brien) Coffey. She attended Concord schools, Concord High School and was a 1955...
Mary (Polly) B. Wild
Oct 31, 2014
Mary (Polly) B. Wild passed away October 31, 2014 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's Disease in Concord, MA at the age of 73. Born in Babylon, NY and moved at an early age to Delmar, NY she attended Bethlehem High School and graduated in1959. Polly earned a BA in history at Connecticut College and graduated 1963. Upon graduation she...
David Matthew Herlihy
Oct 26, 2014
David M. Herlihy, 43, of Acton died unexpectedly on Sunday October 26, 2014 at the age of 43. He was the beloved husband of 22 years of Carrie (Dearden) Herlihy and devoted father of Cody, Camden and Cade Herlihy, all of Acton. Son of Paul and Judith (Dee) Herlihy of Acton. Brother of Paul Jr. and his wife Julie of...
Chauncey W. "Don" Erickson
Oct 26, 2014
Chauncey W. "Don" Erickson, 93, of Acton, formerly of Concord died Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Concord Health Care Center in Concord. He was the beloved husband for 51 years of the late Rita P. (Sexton) Erickson. Born in Chelsea on October 30, 1920 he was the son of the late Albin G. and Doris E. (Innes) Erickson. He attended...
E. Crawley Cooper
Oct 25, 2014
Retired architect E. Crawley Cooper died on October 25, 2014 at the age of 81. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana; he and his surviving wife and childhood friend, Jane (Peek) Cooper had been married for nearly 58 years. Crawley graduated in architecture from both the University of Cincinnati (AIA Student Medal) and MIT (scholarship). In 1957, he was the...
Elena A. Spera
Oct 24, 2014
Elena A. (Libertini) Spera, 88, of Concord, died Friday, October 24, 2014 at Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley, in Littleton. She was the beloved wife for 48 years of the late Benjamin W. Spera. Born in East Cambridge on August 11, 1926 she was the daughter of the late Rocco and Esther Libertini. She attended Medford public schools and...
Howard M. Maher
Oct 22, 2014
Howard M. "Howie" Maher, 78, of Concord, formerly of Lincoln, died Wednesday October 22, 2014 at his Concord home. He was the companion and friend of forty years of the late Ann (Farley) Rebillard. Born in Lincoln on December 19, 1935, he was the son of the late Raymond P. and Gertrude (Weeks) Maher. He attended Lincoln schools and was...
Godehard A. Guenther
Oct 16, 2014
Godehard A. Guenther of Concord, MA, and Reno, NV, physicist and home electronics entrepreneur, died on October 16, 2014, at the Miriam Boyd Parlin Hospice Residence in Wayland, MA, following an inspiring battle with gastric cancer. Born on April 9, 1939, in Bochum, Germany, he demonstrated an early acumen for engineering, building transistor radios out of scrap metal during the...
Joseph Palumbo
Oct 15, 2014
Joseph Palumbo, 95 of Concord, died October 15, 2014 at his Concord home. He was the beloved husband of the late Aleksandra "Alice" (Soroka) Palumbo. Joe was Concord's oldest living farmer. Born in Watertown, New York on September 11, 1919, he was the son of the late Antonio and Francesca (Puccia) Palumbo. He came to Concord in 1925 to begin...
Richard B. Campobasso
Oct 13, 2014
Richard B. Campobasso, 67, a lifelong Lincoln resident, died Monday October 13, 2014 in Natick. He was the beloved husband of LouAnn (Hatch) Campobasso. Born in Waltham on September 3, 1947 he was the son of the late Anthony B. and Dora M. (Iannuzzo) Campobasso. He attended Lincoln schools and was a 1965 graduate of Lincoln-Sudbury High School. During the...
Doris Ann Carr
Oct 2, 2014
Doris Ann (Park) Carr, 90, a resident of Concord died Thursday Oct. 2, 2014 in Concord. She was the beloved wife of 62 years of the late Arthur L. Carr and mother of Robert E. Carr and his wife Nancy of Concord and Nancy A. Robinson and her husband Arthur of Dracut. She was also the grandmother of Robert Carr...
Giovanni "John" Cucinotta
Oct 2, 2014
Giovanni "John" Cucinotta, 89, of Concord, died Thursday, October 2nd at his Concord home. He was the beloved husband for fifty-three years of Mary (Giocobbe) Cucinotta. Born in Messina, Sicily, Italy on June 7, 1925 he was the son of the late John and Anna Cucinotta. Mr. Cucinotta attended schools in Italy and arrived in the United States on July...
Richard M. Fereshetian
Sep 29, 2014
Richard Fereshetian, 92 of Carlisle, formerly of Concord, MA passed away on Sept. 29, at Emerson Hospital Hospice, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was the loving husband of Helen Craig Fereshetian He is survived by his wife Helen , and 4 daughters, Wendy Fereshetian of Nantucket , MA; Pam and David Ziehler of Carlisle, MA; Sandy...
Jean M. King
Sep 28, 2014
Jean M. (Blakeney) King, 86, of Concord died Sunday September 28, 2014 in Littleton. Born in Newton of July 27. 1928 she was the daughter of the late John W. and Sadie M. (Wing) Blakeney. She attended St. Jean L'evangelist parochial school in Newton, graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Newton Centre in 1946, and received a Bachelor of...
George Maccormack
Sep 27, 2014
George F. MacCormack, 78, of Carlisle, formerly of West Newbury and Newton, died Saturday, September 27, 2014 at Lahey Hospital in Burlington. He was the beloved husband for forty-five years of Yvonne (Tobin) MacCormack. Born in Boston on January 4, 1936 he was the son of the late Hugh Douglas and Mary (MacDonald) MacCormack. He attended Our Lady's Parochial schools...
Elliot Ring
Sep 27, 2014
Elliot Ring, retired Chief Engineer of the Raytheon Company, died Saturday, September 27, 2014 at his Concord home. He was born in Manhattan, N.Y., of immigrant parents and lived most of his youth in the Bronx. In his teen years he became fascinated with mechanical drawing and a friend introduced him to drafting, giving him the tools. He frequented the...
John W. Walton
Sep 24, 2014
Jack (a.k.a. John Wesley) Walton departed this world unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 24 at his apartment in Concord, MA. His permanent home was in Oak Bluffs, MA where he enjoyed entertaining guests and relaxing on island time. He spent his childhood in Romansville, PA where he still frequented to visit family and purchase giant quantities of hoagies from the Italian...
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