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Honoring Lives: Obituaries and Tributes

John J. Arena, Sr.

John J. Arena, Sr.

Sep 22, 2014

CONCORD – John J. Arena, Sr., 87, the second-generation owner and operator of Arena Farms and a lifelong Concord resident died peacefully Monday, September 22nd surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband for 61 years of Josephine T. "Bobbie" (Amendolia) Arena. Born in Concord on July 26, 1927 he was the son of the late Natale Sr....

Peter J. O'Malley Jr.

Peter J. O'Malley Jr.

Sep 16, 2014

Peter J. O'Malley, Jr. 89, passed away on September 16, 2014. He was the son of the late Peter J. O'Malley and Mary (Monagle) O'Malley. Devoted husband of the late Mary T. (Lawton) O'Malley. Beloved father of Peter C. O'Malley of Santa Cruz, CA, Michael R. O'Malley and his wife Sharlet Trilling of Arlington, MA, Timothy J. O'Malley and his...

Marillyn Fairhurst De Mott

Marillyn Fairhurst De Mott

Sep 14, 2014

Marillyn (Fairhurst) De Mott, 85, of Carlisle died Sunday September 14, 2014 in Concord. She was the wife of 62 years of the late James Mitchell De Mott who died in November, 2013. Born in New Jersey on April 16, 1929 she was the daughter of Thomas C. and Lillian Fairhurst. She attended schools in New Jersey and was a...

Marianne Povell Mellnick

Marianne Povell Mellnick

Sep 13, 2014

Marianne Povell Mellnick died in Mass General Hospital on September 13 at the age of 69 after having been struck by lightning one week earlier. Marianne was the daughter of the late Samuel and Marian Povell. She was born in New York City; grew up in Pittsfield, MA; and lived in Concord, MA for the past 41 years. She leaves...

Stephen H. Brown

Stephen H. Brown

Sep 6, 2014

Stephen H. Brown, of Chelmsford, formerly of Wellesley, died Sept. 6, 2014. He was the dear husband of 33 years of Judy M. Cohn and father of Andrew H. Brown of Newburyport and Katherine D. Brown of Boston. Also survived by his brother Will S. Brown III of Raleigh, NC. and by many dear brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law and nieces and...

Loretta Jane Sheehan

Loretta Jane Sheehan

Aug 29, 2014

Loretta Jane Sheehan, 94, of Concord, MA died Friday, August 29, 2014 in Concord. Born in Concord on November 20, 1919, she was the daughter of the late John J. Sheehan, Sr. and Margaret (Toomey) Sheehan. She attended Concord Public Schools, graduated from Concord High School in 1937 and Radcliffe College in 1941. For thirty-two years, Ms. Sheehan worked for...

Dr. Evelyn Lacson Ramos

Dr. Evelyn Lacson Ramos

Aug 24, 2014

Dr. Evelyn Ramos, 87, of Concord, died Sunday, August 24, 2014 at Emerson Hospital. She was the wife of the late Pol Ramos.Born in Manila, Philippines on November 16, 1926 she was the daughter of Gaspar Lacson and Victoria Manahan. As a teenager she survived World War II. She was a graduate of Arellano University in Arts and Sciences and...

Caroline C. Boylan

Caroline C. Boylan

Aug 23, 2014

Caroline C., "Nina" Boylan, age 26 of Concord and Gloucester Massachusetts, passed away on Saturday, August 23, 2014 after a long illness. She is survived by her parents, Ted and Miranda, and her brothers, Schuyler and Tristan, in addition to her paternal grandparents and many uncles, aunts and cousins. Growing up summering on Cape Ann, Nina learned to sail at...

Mary T. O'Malley

Mary T. O'Malley

Aug 22, 2014

Mary T. (Lawton) O'Malley, 86, passed away on August 22, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Frederick H. and Christina T. (Twohig) Lawton and the devoted wife of Peter J. O'Malley Jr. of Concord. She was the beloved mother of Peter C. O'Malley of Santa Cruz, CA, Michael R. O'Malley and his wife Sharlet Trilling of Arlington, MA,...

John Stewart Waugh

John Stewart Waugh

Aug 22, 2014

John S. Waugh, an MIT Institute Professor emeritus and a resident of Lincoln for almost 50 years, died August 22 at the age of 85 of complications from Alzheimer's disease. Waugh moved to Lincoln in 1965 with his first wife Nancy and young children Alice and Fred. He was married to his wife Susan for 31 years and they spent...

Norbert A. Balles

Norbert A. Balles

Aug 18, 2014

Norbert Alfred Balles, 89 of Carlisle, MA and formerly of Midfield Road, Feasterville, PA, died peacefully on August 18th after a brief illness at the Kaplan Family Hospice Home in Danvers, MA. He was born in Burgstadt am Main, Germany on January 21, 1925 to Josef Balles and Hilde (Helmstetter) Balles. Norbert is survived by his wife of 57 years,...

Kenneth J. Doyle, Jr.

Kenneth J. Doyle, Jr.

Aug 14, 2014

Kenneth J. Doyle, Jr., 52, of Seabrook, NH, formerly of Waltham, died Thursday, August 14th in Seabrook. He was the beloved husband of Donna (Patnaude) Doyle. Born in Waltham on November 18, 1961 he was the son of the late Kenneth J. Doyle, Sr., formerly of Waltham, and the late Karin B. (Meissner) Doyle, formerly of Waltham and Germany. He...

Robert D. Stout

Robert D. Stout

Aug 14, 2014

Robert D. Stout, 81 of Concord, died peacefully in his home on August 14th 2014, surrounded by his loving family, Robert was the beloved husband of Ingrid Stout. Born in Winterset Iowa on August 30, 1932, he was the son of the late Vernon and Wilma Stout. After graduating high school Mr. Stout enlisted in the Navy, first attending electronics...

Lucia Ruth Piermarini

Lucia Ruth Piermarini

Aug 10, 2014

Lucia Ruth Piermarini, 91, of Concord, MA, died of natural causes at the Concord Health Care Center in Concord on Sunday, August 10, 2014. Ms. Piermarini was born in Leominster, Massachusetts on September 16, 1922, as the eldest daughter of Ester Gasperino and Venerina Casassa Piermarini. After graduating from Leominster High School in June of 1940, she attended Radcliffe College,...

Claire Kurens

Claire Kurens

Aug 9, 2014

CONCORD – Claire Kurens, formerly of the Llewellyn Park community in West Orange, and of South Orange, died Saturday, August 9, 2014 at the Elizabeth de Rham Hospice Home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was 85. Claire was the beloved wife of the late Philip J. Kurens, the founder and owner of the furniture manufacturer, Art Metal. Claire was born in...

Helen Orpik Magurn

Helen Orpik Magurn

Aug 7, 2014

Helen (Orpik) Magurn, 92, of Hudson, formerly of Concord and Stow died Thursday, August 7, 2014 at Miriam Boyd Parlin Hospice Residence in Wayland after a long battle with numerous ailments. She was the beloved wife of the late Arthur A. Magurn, Jr. who died in 2003. Born in Concord on December 15, 1921 she was the daughter of the...

Sophie A. Payne

Sophie A. Payne

Aug 7, 2014

Sophie A. (Minko) Payne, 87, of Concord died Thursday August 7, 2014 in Acton. She was the beloved wife of the late Warren T. "Sonny" Payne who died in 2003. Born in Westford on May 21, 1927 she was the daughter of the late William J. Minko and Eveokia (Worobey) Minko. She attended Westford schools and was a graduate of...

Lar Kaufman

Lar Kaufman

Aug 6, 2014

Lar Kaufman of Concord, MA died August 6, 2014 in Burlington, MA. Born July 7, 1950 in Vidor, Texas, he was the son of the late Lorenz Ursos Carlos Kaufman and Ina Grace Partain Kaufman. He was the loving husband and best friend of Lynne M. Schmelz of Concord, MA. Lar was an intellectual and a life-long learner, with a...

Alan Donaldson

Alan Donaldson

Aug 4, 2014

Alan L. Donaldson, 68, of Lincoln, Massachusetts died Monday August 4th, 2014 He was born on November 24th, 1945 to parents Malcolm and Eleanor Donaldson. He graduated from Vermont Academy and Suffolk University and spent many summers working on the Flint Farm in his youth. A longtime resident of Lincoln, Mr. Donaldson served on the Lincoln Fire Department from 1969...

Dr. Perla Kissmeyer-Nielsen, M.D.

Dr. Perla Kissmeyer-Nielsen, M.D.

Aug 1, 2014

Dr. Perla Minda (Santos) Kissmeyer-Nielsen, M.D., 83, formerly of Concord, died Friday, August 1st at Miriam Boyd Parlin Residence in Wayland. She was the beloved wife of the late Erik Kissmeyer-Nielsen who died in 2012. Born in the Philippines on January 16, 1931 she was the daughter of the late Teodorico and Fidela Santos. Dr. Kissmeyer-Nielsen graduated from the University...

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