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William Roy Cummings

William Roy Cummings

Mar 25, 2013

Cummings, William R. - of Lincoln, MA and Pompano Beach, FL, formerly of Everett, MA, March 25. Beloved husband of 57 years of Palma (DiMinico) Cummings. Father of William R. Cummings Jr. of Lunenburg and Thomas R. Cummings of London, England. Grandfather of Lisa A. Cummings, Carrie L. Cummings and Kimberly M. Hayes. Brother of Walter Cummings and Marjorie DiCicco....

Wayne D. Mount

Wayne D. Mount

Mar 25, 2013

Wayne Mount, 85, Atmospheric Physicist Wayne Delano Mount, a pioneer in using chaos theory to predict the weather, and one of the foremost experts in remote probing of the atmosphere from space, died on March 25, 2013. He was 85. Born in West Allis, Wisconsin, on December 15, 1927, Wayne grew up on a dairy farm where he rode his...

Marion Boyd Dietzgen

Marion Boyd Dietzgen

Mar 19, 2013

Marion Boyd Dietzgen, (Peg) 91, of Cotuit, MA, died March 19, 2013. She was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 1, 1921 to Thomas Kenneth and Elizabeth Allbright Boyd and was raised in Winnetka where she attended The North Shore Country Day School. She attended Wellesley College for two years prior to her marriage to Theodore Donaldson (Ted). She eventually...

Michael A. Leclair

Michael A. Leclair

Mar 17, 2013

Michael A. LeClair, 56, of Billerica and North Andover, formerly of Concord died Sunday March 17, 2013 in North Andover. He was the devoted father of Kyle, Kara and Brian LeClair of Billerica and cherished son of Patricia LeClair of Concord and the late Roger LeClair. Born in Richland, Washington on February 27, 1957, he attended Concord, Mass. schools and...

Toni Angelakis

Toni Angelakis

Mar 14, 2013

Toni (Staff) Angelakis, 81, of Concord, formerly of Lynn, died Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington. She was the wife of the late George L. Angelakis who died in 1988. Born in New York City, New York on March 16, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Penelope (Kostoulakos) Staff. She grew...

Cynthia E. (Shea) Peake

Cynthia E. (Shea) Peake

Mar 11, 2013

Cynthia Ellen (Shea) Peake of Suffield, Ct. formerly of Malden, Ma. March 11. Wife of the late Theodore Peake. Daughter of the late John and Helen Shea. Sister of Barbara and her husband Lawrence LaFreniere of Middleton, and the late John J. Shea. Also survived by several nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews. A memorial Mass will...

Dorris Marie Fairburn

Dorris Marie Fairburn

Mar 8, 2013

Dorris Marie (Carter) Fairburn, of Concord, age 95, died March 8th. She was the wife of 62 years of George William Fairburn, who predeceased her by 48 days. She was the beloved mother of Doreen McCabe and husband Dennis, of Westford, and Janice Nickerson and husband Wayne, of Kingston; and much loved grandmother of Matthew Fairburn Carr and Holly Susan...

Henry J. Deroche

Henry J. Deroche

Mar 5, 2013

Henry J. DeRoche died Tuesday March 5, 2013 in Natick. He was born in Egmont Bay, Prince Edward Island Canada and moved to Chelsea as a youngster, where he grew up with his 5 brothers and sisters. In 1942 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was stationed in California as an airplane mechanic before being honorably discharged. After...

Sylvia Gold

Sylvia Gold

Mar 3, 2013

Sylvia Gold (Rubinstein) was born November 10, 1923. Her parents, Joseph and Fannie (Botvinick) had come to the United States as teenagers. They first met on the boat from Russia. When her parents came to America they rejected religious tradition and embraced a politically leftist philosophy, which Sylvia continued to embrace throughout her life. Her identity was Jewish. Her religion...

Beth Eaton Hill

Beth Eaton Hill

Mar 1, 2013

Beth (Eaton) Hill, 93, of Concord, MA died March 1, 2013 in Concord. Born in 1920 in Niskayuna, New York she was the daughter of John D. and Isabella (Duncan) Eaton. Her father, not a believer in higher education for women, offered her a chance to travel around the world rather than go to college. Beth chose, instead, to attend...

Florence M. Mead

Florence M. Mead

Feb 28, 2013

Florence Mildred Mead, 84, of Billerica, formerly of Concord died Thursday February 28, 2013 in Burlington. Born in Lebanon, New Hampshire on August 7, 1928 she was the daughter of the late Henry and Mildred Guyer. She attended Lebanon schools and was a graduate of Lebanon High School. From 1964 until 1982 she resided in Concord where her former husband...

Dr. Samuel P. Cowardin Iii

Dr. Samuel P. Cowardin Iii

Feb 23, 2013

Dr. Samuel P. "Pen" Cowardin III, 91, of Concord, formerly of Southborough, died Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the Rivercrest Nursing Home in Concord. He was the husband for 51 years of Marjorie (Cooley) Cowardin. He was born in Richmond, VA in 1921 to the late Dr. Samuel P. Cowardin, Jr. and Ruth (Brown) Cowardin. Pen graduated from the Lebanon...

Edward Thomas Smith

Edward Thomas Smith

Feb 22, 2013

Edward Thomas Smith, of Carlisle, MA, formerly of Concord, MA and Hartford, CT, died Feb. 22, 2013 after a long illness in the presence of his devoted family. Ed was born in Hartford, Connecticut to Edward and Kathleen Smith on October 24, 1934. He attended the Cathedral of St. Joseph School and Hartford Public High School where he excelled in...

Rosemary Stewart

Rosemary Stewart

Feb 16, 2013

Rosemary (Ryan) Stewart, 86, of Concord, died Saturday Feb. 16, 2013 in Concord. She was the beloved wife of 48 years of the late Charles C. Stewart who died in 2001. Born in Paterson, New Jersey on May 12, 1926 she was the daughter of the late J. Phillip Ryan and Julia (Brophy) Ryan. She was a 1944 graduate of...

Paul V. Cahill

Paul V. Cahill

Feb 16, 2013

Paul V. Cahill, of Concord, died Saturday, February 16, 2013 at his home in Concord, surrounded by his immediate family. He was the beloved husband for 32 years of Lisbeth C. (Hall) Cahill. Born in Everett on July 4, 1947, he was the son of the late Paul V. Cahill, Sr. and Frances (Pinkney) Cahill. From 1967 to 1973, he...

Lucy O. Amistadi

Lucy O. Amistadi

Feb 15, 2013

Lucy (Oliva) Amistadi, 90, of Acton, MA since 2002, formerly of Syosset, New York, died Friday, February 15, 2013 at Mass General Hospital in Boston. She was the beloved wife of the late E. Henry Amistadi who died in 2008. Born in Brooklyn, New York on October 6, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Lucia Oliva....

David J. Shearman

David J. Shearman

Feb 15, 2013

David John Shearman, 88, of Concord passed away peacefully at his home in the evening on February 15, 2013. He was the beloved husband of Lucia Pepe Shearman, also of Concord, with whom he shared 60 years of marriage. Born in Troy, Michigan, on August 21, 1924, he was the son of the late John Frank and Vera Maude (Sipperly)...

Johanna F. Parke

Johanna F. Parke

Feb 14, 2013

Johanna F. (Aho) Parke, 94, of Acton, died Thursday, February 14, 2013 at Emerson Hospital in Concord. She was the beloved wife of the late Leslie F. Parke who died in 1998. Born in Maynard on June 19, 1918 she was the daughter of the late John J. and Justina (Kangasvieri) Aho. She attended Maynard public schools, graduated from Maynard...

Donald M. 'Hoppy' Hopkins

Donald M. 'Hoppy' Hopkins

Feb 13, 2013

Donald M. 'Hoppy' Hopkins, 77, of Concord, died Wednesday February 13, 2013 in Littleton. Born in Concord on November 7, 1935 he was the son of the late Thomas F. Hopkins Sr. and Josie Mae (Murchie) Hopkins. He attended Concord Public Schools and was a 1953 graduate of Concord High School. During the mid 1950's, he served in the U.S....

Eleticia ' Letty' Gonzalez

Eleticia ' Letty' Gonzalez

Feb 12, 2013

Eleticia "Letty" (Jimenez) Gonzalez, 85, of Maynard, died Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at her Maynard home. She was the wife of the late Edward Gonzalez who died in 1998. They were married in Puerto Rico. Born in Guayama, Puerto Rico on April 5, 1927 she was the daughter of the late Epifanio and Hortencia (Cendeno) Jimenez. She came to the...

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