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Jiro A. Ishihara

Jiro A. Ishihara

Jan 25, 2012

JIRO A. ISHIHARA, 86, died Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at Emerson Hospital in Concord. He was the husband of the late Tama Ishihara. Mr. Ishihara was born in Los Angeles, California on November 11, 1925, the son of the late Seitaro and Shina Ishihara. He was a graduate of Roosevelt College and received a Masters Degree from Northwestern University. He...

Nelson R. Powers

Nelson R. Powers

Jan 22, 2012

Nelson Ralph Powers, age 79, passed away in his Concord home on January 22, 2012, lovingly supported in death as in life by his bride of nearly 52 years, Mary Lou (Shaughnessy) Powers, and their children. Born on April 12, 1932 in Presque Isle, Maine, the son of Nelson and Blanche (Gervais) Powers, Nelson grew up on the family farm,...

Ralph F. Verrill

Ralph F. Verrill

Jan 15, 2012

Ralph Foster Verrill died Sunday, January 15th after a long illness, he maintained his positive outlook and love of life and family until the end. Ralph was a lifelong resident of Concord Ma. He was the son of Amy Cole Verrill and Floyd Verrill, he was born on December 1, 1919. Ralph leaves behind 2 sons, William Verrill and his...

Donald R. Menefee

Donald R. Menefee

Jan 15, 2012

Donald R. Menefee Donald Robert Menefee, age 67, of Westford, died on Sunday, January 15th after a long illness. He was the beloved husband of 28 years of Barbara (Coleman) Menefee. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Robert W. and Barbara (McGowan) Menefee. He graduated from Springfield High School in Springfield, Penn. and later attended...

Judith A. Temme

Judith A. Temme

Jan 9, 2012

Judith Ann (Colpak) Temme, 79, of Bedford, formerly of Concord died Monday January 9, 2012 at her Bedford nursing home residence. Born in Boston, MA on March 6, 1932 she was the beloved daughter of Frederick and Linda (Ferrara) Colpak. She earned her Masters Degree in Nursing at Tufts University. She went to work for the Veteran's Hospital in Bedford,...

Rose Marie Carr

Rose Marie Carr

Jan 1, 2012

Rose Marie (Hall) Carr, 86, of Concord, passed from this world peacefully Jan 1, 2012 surrounded by her family and grandchildren. Born November 26, 1925, the daughter of Daniel and Mary Etta Hall of Charlestown, MA. She married the late John Joseph Carr and they moved to Concord in 1953 where they happily raised their six children. They were lovingly...

Elizabeth Ida George

Elizabeth Ida George

Dec 31, 2011

Elizabeth Ida (Geissel) George, 75, of Concord, MA, formerly of Amherst, NH and Bourne, MA. died Saturday Dec. 31st, 2011 in Concord. She was the devoted mother of Lisa G. DiBartolomeo and her husband John of Acton, Peter G. George and his wife Diane of Concord, Michael G. George and his wife Cynthia of Boston , and David G. George...

Rosamond Rauch Rosenmeier

Rosamond Rauch Rosenmeier

Dec 29, 2011

Deeply loved wife, nurturing mother and grandmother, professor, and poet, Rosamond Rauch Rosenmeier died on December 29, 2011, at the age of 83. Rosamond was born on July 4, 1928, in Pasadena, California, and was raised in California and New York by Charles Herbert Rauch and Harriet (Goodsell) Rauch. Boundless energy, passion for life, and remarkable empathy were among her...

Ann W. Flynn

Ann W. Flynn

Dec 28, 2011

Ann Medora Williams Flynn, 87, wife of the late John Joseph Flynn Jr. and mother of eight children, died peacefully at her home in Concord early Wednesday morning. Born in Burlington, Vt., a daughter of the late Albert and Madeleine (Schweig) Williams, she grew up in Greenfield, Mass., and Portsmouth, N.H., but had her strongest ties to Underhill, Vt., where...

Peter J. Cook

Peter J. Cook

Dec 28, 2011

Peter J. Cook, age 50, of Lowell, formerly of Lincoln and Maynard, died Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at his Lowell home. Born in Concord on December 13, 1961 he was the son of Kathleen G. (McGrory) Cook of Concord and the late Harry Cook. He attended St. Bridget Parochial School in Maynard and Minuteman Technical High School in Lexington. For...

Grace Noel Smethurst

Grace Noel Smethurst

Dec 22, 2011

Grace Noel (Kennedy) Smethurst, 73, of Acton, formerly of Concord, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 22, 2011 surrounded by her loving family at her Acton home. Born in Fort Worth, Texas on August 24, 1938 she was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Mata May (Russell) Kennedy. She attended schools in Mart, Texas and Worcester, Massachusetts. She...

Kathleen E. Wesinger

Kathleen E. Wesinger

Dec 18, 2011

Kathleen Eleanor Wesinger (Harrington) passed away after a battle with cancer in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on December 18, 2011 at the age of 76. Kay was born in Waltham, Massachusetts in 1935 and married in 1955 to Ralph Edward Wesinger Sr. they lived in Concord from the late-1950s until Kay's retirement in 1987. She was a special police office...

Doris M. (Allard) Spurr

Doris M. (Allard) Spurr

Dec 18, 2011

Doris M. (Allard) Spurr in N. Conway, NH, formerly of Concord, MA and Lynn, MA, was called by our Lord and God from this earth on December 18 at age 101. Doris was born Feb. 12, 1910 in Lynn and had lived at the Mineral Springs Nursing Home in North Conway. She was the beloved wife of the late Allan...

Philip S. Gallagher

Philip S. Gallagher

Dec 17, 2011

Philip S. Gallagher, formerly of Cambridge, Lexington and Concord, died on Dec. 17th, 2011. Philip was the beloved husband of 66 years of the late Alice D. (Garvey) Gallagher. Son of the late Hanna Joel and Philip S. Gallagher Sr. Father of Sheila Hope Brown and her husband Richard M. of Boston and Mark M. Gallagher and his wife Patrice...

Richard O'Neil

Richard O'Neil

Dec 16, 2011

John Richard O'Neil, 86, of Concord died Friday December 16, 2011 in Concord. He was the husband of 62 years of Constance E. (Payne) O'Neil. Born in Boston on August 16, 1925 he was the son of the late Edward P. and Muriel C. (Bailey) O'Neil. He attended Boston schools and came to Concord in 1935 at the age of...

Arthur W. Berry

Arthur W. Berry

Dec 15, 2011

Arthur W. Berry, 91, of Littleton, formerly of Concord, died Thursday December 15, 2011 in Concord. He was the beloved husband of 37 years of the late Harriet (Robus) Berry who died in September 2005. Born in Concord on November 6, 1920 he was the son of the late Arthur W. and Nellie (Harmon) Berry. He attended Concord schools ,...

Linette B. Werner

Linette B. Werner

Dec 13, 2011

Linette (Leigh) Werner, 65, of Concord, died Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at Mass General Hospital in Boston following a struggle with A.L.S. She was the beloved wife of Barry Werner. Born in Chicago, Illinois on August 16, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Howard Silberer and Ramona Leigh. She attended schools in Illinois and graduated from Evanston Township...

Joseph J. Fasano

Joseph J. Fasano

Dec 10, 2011

Joseph J. Fasano, 87 ,of Concord, died Saturday, December 10,2011 at Emerson Hospital in Concord. He was the beloved husband of 52 years of Mary L.(Arena) Fasano. Born in South Boston on June 14,1924 he was the son of the late Francis X. and Bridgette A. (McGinley) Fasano. He attended Boston public schools. In 1942, he enlisted in the U.S....

Matthew J. Cullinane, Jr.

Matthew J. Cullinane, Jr.

Dec 7, 2011

Retired Concord Fire Chief Matthew J. Cullinane Jr. passed away peacefully on December 7, 2011 at the Gulfside Hospice in Zephyrhills, Florida. Born in Lexington MA in 1923 to Matthew and Margaret (Mead) Cullinane, Matty grew up in Charlestown, and later, Concord, MA. When World War II began, he enlisted in the Marine Corps, volunteering for the commando operations, and...

Jennifer Jellis Burke

Jennifer Jellis Burke

Nov 25, 2011

Jennifer Jellis Burke, of Lancaster, MA., formerly of Holliston, MA, died Nov. 25, from renal failure and complications of pancreatic cancer. She was the devoted mother of Nadia Lynn Burke. Cherished daughter of the late Elizabeth D. Jellis and Arthur B. Jellis. Beloved sister of Julie Anne Medjanis and her husband, Gunars, of Harvard, MA; Cassandra Werthman of Shirley, MA;...

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