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Norah Dow Soong
Jun 17, 2013
Norah Dow Soong, 97, of Boston, died Monday, June 17, 2013 at Life Care Center of Acton. She was the beloved wife of the late Edward Wong Soong. Born in Boston on November 9, 1915 she was the daughter of the late Hom Soon and Alice (Chin) Dow. She attended Boston public schools and graduated in 1933 from Girls High...
J. Neil Morrissey
Jun 15, 2013
J. Neil Morrissey, 83, of Lincoln died Saturday June 15, 2013 in Concord. He was the beloved husband of 42 years of the late Mary 'Mae' (Walsh) Morrissey. Born in Belmont on September 29, 1929 he was the son of the late Joseph Morrissey and Anne (O'Neil) Morrissey. He attended Belmont and Watertown schools and Watertown High School. Mr. Morrissey...
Deborah J. Brooks
Jun 14, 2013
Deborah J. (Rushe) Brooks, 65, of Dunstable, formerly of Concord, died Friday, June 14, 2013 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She was the beloved wife of the late Raymond G. Brooks who died in 1993. Born in Concord on February 15, 1948 she was the daughter of the late Bernard J. and Jeanne M. (Patterson) Rushe. She attended...
Jean M. Zins
Jun 12, 2013
Jean M. (Russo) Zins,68, formerly of Maynard and Concord died Wednesday June 12, 2013 in Chelsea. Born in Concord on November 29, 1944 she was the beloved daughter of the late Michael J. and Rose (Rogers) Russo. She was a 1964 graduate of Maynard High School. A Concord resident for over forty years, she was employed as a secretary at...
William J. Shaughnessy
Jun 11, 2013
William J. Shaughnessy, 67, of Maynard, former longtime West Concord resident died Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was the beloved husband of Nivea (Mendes) Shaughnessy. In addition to his wife, Nivea, he is survived by his children Linda, Mark, Heather and Sayonara, his grandchildren, Elizabeth, Annelise, Samuel and Zachary, his brother, Jack Shaughnessy, a...
Babi Floyd
Jun 11, 2013
Babi Floyd 'The Left Handed Vocal Virtuoso' BABI BAHA'U'LLAH FLOYD was called home to be with Our Lord and Savior after a monumental struggle with illness, on June 11, 2013. Babi, a graduate of North Chicago Community High School, class of 1972 and Carlton College ('76) in Northfield, MN; relocated to the New York City area via Northern California, where...
Edward J. Smith
Jun 9, 2013
Edward John Smith of Concord age 90 died peacefully on June 9, 2013. Ed was born in Hartford, Connecticut and lived in Concord for 60 years. He was the beloved spouse of 67 years of Mary Ann Loughlin Smith. Father of Linda Evans of Pepperell, Mary Barbara Wittenhagen and her husband Tom of North Billerica, William Smith and his wife...
Mary Holyoke (Cochran) Emerson
Jun 7, 2013
Mary Holyoke (Cochran) Emerson, 93, beloved by generations of Concordians to whom she opened her home and heart, died on Friday, June 7, 2013, in Piermont, N.H., surrounded by her family, at the home of her daughter Mimi. Born in 1919 in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Margaret Turner Davis and Moncrieff Mitchell Cochran, Mary ('Sitta') moved to Concord at age...
Captain Mauritz Casper Fredriksen
May 31, 2013
Captain Mauritz Casper Fredriksen, July 15, 1912 – May 31, 2013 Captain Mauritz C. Fredriksen died in his 101st year in Sudbury, Massachusetts. His rich and sometimes dramatic life spanned a century. His earliest experiences in his native Norway were from a time when cargo ships were powered by sail and radio lay in the future. The sea brought him...
Steven Paul Perry
May 28, 2013
STEVEN PAUL PERRY, guitarist, singer, song writer, and producer, died peacefully at his home on May 28 after a long battle with cancer. He was 57years old. Born in Worcester, MA January 7, 1956, he grew up in Concord, MA, and graduated from Concord -Carlisle High School in 1974. His first guitar was a Kleenex box with rubber bands stretched...
Mark E. Hannon
May 27, 2013
Mark E. Hannon, 29, of Concord, died Monday, May 27, 2013 at his Concord home. Born in Concord on August 8, 1983, he was the beloved son of Mark E. and Karen E. (Kelly) Hannon of Concord. He attended Concord public schools, graduated from Concord Carlisle High School in 2001 and received his Emergency Medical Technician certificate from Boston EMS....
Jane H. Roy
May 25, 2013
Jane H. Roy, 60, of Ashland, formerly of Concord, died Saturday, May 25, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Lorraine F. (LaPorte) Roy and sister of Donna Marie Roy of Ashland, Joanne Roy of Concord, North Carolina and Kathleen Roy of Derry, NH. She was the aunt of Patrick Simpson and his wife Amanda of Amesbury, and the...
Marilyn E. Costello
May 25, 2013
Marilyn E. Costello, 83, of Concord, formerly of Scarsdale, NY, died Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Life Care of Acton. Born in Boston on June 1, 1929 she was the daughter of the late Thomas H. and Marion E. (Fitzgerald) Costello and attended schools in Scarsdale, New York. For many years, prior to her retirement, Miss Costello worked as a...
Stephen D. Mcbreen
May 25, 2013
Stephen D. McBreen, a life-long resident of Concord, died Saturday, May 25, 2013. He was the beloved son of the late John C. and Phyllis (Porter) McBreen, with whom he is now reunited. He will be greatly missed by his sister Deborah Kelley and her husband Richard of Satellite Beach, FL and by his brother John P. McBreen and his...
Edward C. Mabbs
May 20, 2013
Edward C. Mabbs, peacefully died at his home in Lincoln, Massachusetts on May 20, 2013. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Margaret E., nee von Paulsen; his sister, Helen M. Brickman; three children, Chris, Kenneth, and Meg Anne; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mr. Mabbs was born in St. Louis, MO to Ralph I. and Anna...
Vincent J. Bartolomeo
May 15, 2013
Vincent J. Bartolomeo, 65, of Concord, MA and Old Orchard Beach, ME, died unexpectedly on Wednesday May 15th. Born in Concord on September 13, 1947 he was the son of the late Angelo V. 'Bing' Bartolomeo and Mary A. (Woodlock) Bartolomeo. He was a 1965 graduate of Concord-Carlisle High School, attended University of Maine and received a BBA from Suffolk...
Frederic M. 'Teddy' Ambrose
May 15, 2013
Frederic Marshall 'Teddy' Ambrose, 83, a long time Shirley resident, died Wednesday May 15, 2013 at Concord Health Care Center in Concord. Born in Boston on October 15, 1929 he was the son of the late Frederic C. and Emma M. (Wood) Ambrose. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict, and was a member of the...
Giovanna (Vanaria) Melisi
May 13, 2013
Giovanna (Vanaria) Melisi, 100, of Concord died Monday May 13, 2013 in Marlborough. She was the beloved wife of the late Pasquale Melisi who died in 2004. Born in Waltham on January 18, 1913 she was the daughter of the late Giacomo and Caterina (Rando) Vanaria. She attended Waltham public schools . A Concord resident for over seventy years, she...
Andrew F. 'Frank' Giles
May 12, 2013
Andrew F. 'Frank' Giles, of Waltham, formerly of Concord, died Sunday, May 12, 2013 at his home. He was the beloved husband for 58 years of Mary (Florio) Giles. Born in Waltham on Aug. 6, 1929 he was the son of the late Patrick and Delia Giles. He attended Waltham public schools. During the Korean Conflict, he served as a...
Jane Eager Row
May 7, 2013
Jane Eager Row, 90, passed away peacefully at her home in Lincoln on May 7 surrounded by family, laughter and song. Jane was born in the dead of winter in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada to Frank Joseph and Florence Davidson Eager. The family returned to roadless Levack Mine in a railway car outfitted for the only child of the nickel mine's...
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