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Helen Marie Lapusata

Helen Marie Lapusata

Feb 22, 2011

Helen Marie (Silva)LaPusata,of Concord, died on Feb. 22, 2011. She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph A. LaPusata Sr. and mother of Joseph A. LaPusata Jr. and his wife Dorothy of Concord and Robert J. LaPusata and his wife Erica of Maynard. She was the sister of Dorothy VanValkenburg of Somerville and Frederick Silva of Belmont and loving...

Gertrude Evelyn (Haynes) Reynard

Gertrude Evelyn (Haynes) Reynard

Feb 20, 2011

Gertrude Evelyn (Haynes) Reynard, 91, of Concord, formerly of Nashua, N.H., Acton, MA and Hudson, MA died Sunday February 20, 2011 at Rivercrest Long Term Care Facility in Concord. Born in Marlborough on November 16, 1919 she was the daughter of the late Ralph G. Haynes and Mary Frances (Moynihan) Haynes. She was a graduate of Sudbury schools. Mrs. Reynard...

Professor Frank A. Mcclintock

Professor Frank A. Mcclintock

Feb 20, 2011

Professor Frank Ambrose McClintock died at 90 on February 20, 2011. He was born on January 2, 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota, son of Professor Henry Lacy McClintock and Charlotte Smith. He earned S.B. ('42) and S.M. ('43) degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. During WWII, he worked for three years at Pratt and Whitney, one of eight engineers who...

James E. Felix

James E. Felix

Feb 15, 2011

James E. Felix, 72, of Lincoln, formerly of Cambridge, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at his Lincoln home. Born on May 9, 1938, he was the devoted son of the late James E. and Elizabeth A. (Zucco) Felix. He graduated in 1960 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics...

Leo Jordan

Leo Jordan

Feb 8, 2011

Leo Jordan, 78, of Concord died on February 8, 2011. He was the husband of Theresa Jordan for 52 years. They have been residents of Concord for 36 years and communicants of Holy Family Parish Church. Born in Enid, Oklahoma, he grew up on a wheat farm in Carrier, Oklahoma and graduated from Enid Memorial High School. In 1951 he...

Dr. Michael Edward Austin, Sc.D

Dr. Michael Edward Austin, Sc.D

Feb 7, 2011

Dr. Michael Edward Austin was born 13 February 1940 in Brockton, Massachusetts. He died unexpectedly on 7 February 2011 just shy of his 71st birthday. He was the son of the late Raymond Francis Austin and the late Madeline Catherine Fitzgerald. As a youngster Michael enjoyed writing and publishing, and he started a weekly newspaper at Weymouth High called The...

Priscilla Joyce Douillette

Priscilla Joyce Douillette

Feb 5, 2011

Priscilla Joyce Douillette, of Sudbury, died February 5, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Irving P. and Beulah (Ruggles) Douillette. Survivors include her sister Marcia D. Fickett of Sudbury and two nephews Jonathan D. Fickett of Brookline, NH and Joel A. Fickett of Bethesda, MD. She was also the sister of the late Nathalie Douillette. Memorials: Donations in...

Edwin L. Williams

Edwin L. Williams

Feb 2, 2011

Edwin L. Williams, 89, of Lincoln died Wednesday February 2, 2011 at Emerson Hospital in Concord. He was the beloved husband of 67 years of Ruth (Davies) Williams. Born and raised in Michigan, he attended schools there and received his engineering degree from the University of Detroit. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy in the...

Mary Frances Eagle

Mary Frances Eagle

Jan 31, 2011

Mary Frances Eagle, 91, of Bolton, MA, formerly of Evanston, Illinois died Monday, January 31, 2011. Born on November 25, 1919 she grew up in Abingdon, Illinois, the daughter of Dr. Jesse Rowe and Nina D. Rowe. She received her A.A. degree from Stephens College in Columbia, MO, and her B.A. from the University of Chicago, where she met her...

Mildred 'Niki' Hovey Crowell

Mildred 'Niki' Hovey Crowell

Jan 30, 2011

Niki Crowell, longtime resident of Strawberry Hill Road, Concord, died on January 30, 2011 at her home in Brevard, NC. She was born on January 18, 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio and lived in Springfield, Massachusetts from the age of 4 until she graduated from Central High School magna cum laude in 1931. Niki graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst...

David J. Rosenstein

David J. Rosenstein

Jan 28, 2011

David J. Rosenstein, 74, of Carlisle, MA, formerly of Concord, MA and Woodbridge, CT, died Friday January 28, 2011. Born in Derby, Connecticut on August 13, 1936 he was the son of the late Samuel and Fannie (Ginburg) Rosenstein. He grew up in Woodbridge, Connecticut and was a 1958 graduate of the University of Connecticut. For the past thirty years...

Willard F.'Bill' Ayer

Willard F.'Bill' Ayer

Jan 27, 2011

Major Willard F. Ayer, USMC (Ret.), 80, of Concord died Thursday January 27, 2011 at Emerson Hospital in Concord. He was the beloved husband of the late Marie L. (Landini) Ayer who died in March, 2010. Born in Lowell on June 5, 1930 he was the son of the late Alva H. Ayer and Evelyn (Smith) Ayer. He attended Lowell...

Virginia P. 'Ginny'  Rizzitano

Virginia P. 'Ginny' Rizzitano

Jan 25, 2011

Virginia P. Ginny Rizzitano, 73, lifelong resident of Concord, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at her Concord home. Born on April 19, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Suzanne (Donato) Rizzitano. She attended Concord public schools and graduated from Concord High School in 1955. For thirty years, prior to her retirement in 1987, Miss Rizzitano worked...

Anthony J. Skomski

Anthony J. Skomski

Jan 16, 2011

Anthony J. Skomski, 87, of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, passed away after suffering a stroke at Hearthstone in Marlborough, Massachusetts. He was the beloved husband for 60 years of Betty R. (Lasher) Skomski. Born in Hamtramck, Michigan on June 6, 1923, he was the son of the late Joseph and Helen (Laboj) Skomski. He attended Hamtramck public schools and graduated...

Richard C. Green

Richard C. Green

Jan 14, 2011

Richard C. Green, of Concord died Friday January 14, 2011. He was the husband of the late Priscilla "Bunny" (Clark) Green. He attended and graduated from Newton schools and received a BA and MBA from Northeastern University in Boston. Mr. Green was a retired long time service manager at Waltham Services Co. He served in the United States Army during...

Thomas W. Cook

Thomas W. Cook

Jan 8, 2011

Thomas W. Cook, 66, of Maynard, formerly of Acton, died Saturday, January 8, 2011 at Emerson Hospital in Concord. He was the beloved husband for forty years to Louise (Steeves) Cook. They were married in 1971 in Acton. Born in Miami, Florida on November 9, 1944 he was the son of the late William and Katherine (Allison) Noren. He grew...

Gail E. Howatt

Gail E. Howatt

Jan 6, 2011

Gail E. (Boerstle)Howatt, 60, of Acton, formerly of Watertown died Thursday January 6, 2011 at Concord Health Care Center. Gail was born in Watertown on September 24th, 1950. She is survived by her father Richard Boerstle of South Boston and her cat Nissa. A memorial visitation will be held on Saturday, January 8th from 3 to 4:30 P.M in the...

John E. Kaemmer

John E. Kaemmer

Jan 4, 2011

Dr. John E. Kaemmer passed away January 4th at Newbury Court in Concord. He leaves his wife Gloria, his daughters Greta and Marta (both of Brookline), son David, daughter-in-law Althea, and three grandchildren Carolyn, Hannah, and Graham Kaemmer (of Concord), who are saddened by the loss of such a good and kind man. John was born in Great Falls, Montana,...

Katherine M. 'Kaye' Gilfeather

Katherine M. 'Kaye' Gilfeather

Dec 22, 2010

Katherine M. Kaye Gilfeather, 86, lifelong Concord resident, died Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at Life Care Center of Acton. She was the beloved wife of the late Robert C. Gilfeather. Born in Concord on April 22, 1924 she was the daughter of the late Robert W. and Annie T. (Carson) Parke. She attended Concord public schools and Concord High School....

William Brian Mcnamara

William Brian Mcnamara

Dec 21, 2010

William Brian McNamara, age 57, son of the late Frank L. and Kathryn M. McNamara, formerly of Concord, died this morning at the St. Francis Home in Worcester following a long illness. He was graduated from Tabor Academy and Norwich University, and worked in construction and property management,first with Turner Construction, later at the Mt. Wachusett Mountain, and finally for...

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