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Rodney P. Andrews

Rodney P. Andrews

Sep 12, 2023

Rodney P. Andrews, 89, of Concord, passed away at Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. He was the devoted husband for 58 years of Judith A. (Forest) Andrews.

Born on March 14, 1934, he was the son of the late Edward and Edna (Payne) Andrews. Rodney was raised in Allston, and was...

Ruth D. Wiener

Ruth D. Wiener

Sep 9, 2023

A complete obituary will be published here soon.

Ruth was laid to rest privately on September 13, 2023 at Pine Grove Cemetery, Westford.

Arrangements are entrusted to Dee Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Concord.

Walter M. Hollister

Walter M. Hollister

Sep 9, 2023

Walter M. Hollister, loving husband for 62 years of J. Sally (Boston) Hollister, and a longtime resident of Lincoln, MA died at home on September 9, 2023, at the age of 92.

Walter grew up in Rye, NY where he graduated valedictorian from Rye High School while earning varsity letters in five sports. He graduated Phi Beta...

Kathleen Kirschbaum Harvie

Kathleen Kirschbaum Harvie

Sep 8, 2023

Kathleen Kirschbaum Harvie, longtime resident of Concord, Massachusetts, died September 8, 2023.

"Kaye" was born on November 28, 1931, the daughter of Charles and Marion (Drew) Kirschbaum, and spent her childhood years in Arlington, MA. She graduated from Bates College (Maine) in 1953; lived and worked in postwar Tokyo, Japan; and moved to Concord in 1962, where...

Alfred L. Murphy

Alfred L. Murphy

Aug 28, 2023

Alfred Lawrence Murphy, 96, Deacon of St. Bernard's Church at Holy Family Parish in Concord, died peacefully at home while surrounded by family on Monday, August 28, 2023. A longtime Concord resident, Al was the devoted husband for 59 years of the late JoEllen (Maliff) Murphy, who died in 2016.

Born in Quincy on September 10, 1926,...

Sandra E. Basmajian

Sandra E. Basmajian

Aug 26, 2023

Sandra Elaine Basmajian of Boulder City, NV and Concord, MA died peacefully on August 26, 2023 surrounded by her loving husband, Vahan, and wonderful children, Vasken, Varant, and Lorig. A beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and sister-in-law, Sandra was born in Nashua, NH on June 22, 1938. Sandra was the oldest daughter of the late Alta Markarian Shattuck...

Gloria Hardman

Gloria Hardman

Aug 25, 2023

Gloria Hardman, of Lincoln, MA died on August 25, 2023 from complications of Posterior Cortical Atrophy (Alzheimer's) at the age of 81. She was an educator whose sharp mind was tempered by kindness and a gently irreverent sense of humor.

Born November 16, 1941, in Pretoria, South Africa, Gloria Dawn Webb was the third child of Leslie...

Lucia (Morazzi) Wier

Lucia (Morazzi) Wier

Aug 25, 2023

Lucia (Morazzi) Wier, 71, passed away peacefully, with her daughter Kate present, on August 25, 2023 following a courageous battle with lung cancer.

Lucia was born in Cambridge, MA on May 30, 1952. When she was six years old her family moved to Concord, MA where she was raised with her five siblings. She graduated from Concord-Carlisle...

Roger Alan Fricke

Roger Alan Fricke

Aug 24, 2023

Roger Alan Fricke, 81, died at Meadow Green Nursing Center in Waltham, MA on Thursday, August 24, 2023. He was the loving husband for 53 years of the late Sarah Winifred (Benton) Fricke, who died in 2019.

Roger was born on March 9, 1942 to his late parents, Rev. Charles Henry Fricke II and Helen Josephine (Holzhauer)...

Sue Jewell

Sue Jewell

Aug 24, 2023

Sue (Shelly) Jewell, 82, of Concord, passed away peacefully on August 24, 2023.

She was born on February 7, 1941, to Charles J. Shelly, and Fern A. Shelly of Ohio.

Sue grew up in Zanesville, Ohio and left there to go to Denison University to get her BA in History. She then attended Katharine Gibbs...

William "Bill" Fitzpatrick, Jr.

William "Bill" Fitzpatrick, Jr.

Aug 23, 2023

William "Bill" James Fitzpatrick Jr., 72, of Hudson, MA, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA.

Born on October 9, 1950, Bill grew up in Peekskill and Mahopac, NY until he attended Merrimack College in North Andover, MA where he met the love of his life, best friend, and wife...

Deacon Walter J. Miles, Jr.

Deacon Walter J. Miles, Jr.

Aug 17, 2023

Deacon Walter J. Miles, Jr. went home to the Lord on Thursday, August 17, 2023.

On August 22, 1937, Walter Jr. was born in Boston to Walter J. Miles and Margaret Fay Miles. He grew up in Winthrop and Quincy with his sister Claire and brothers Paul & Philip. Walter attended St. Lazarus School and then North...

Annie Fredkin

Annie Fredkin

Aug 17, 2023

Annie Harriet (Ginn) Fredkin, 91, of Carlisle, died at Emerson Hospital in Concord on August 17, 2023. She was the devoted wife for 69 years of Norman J. Fredkin.

Annie was born in Varnville, South Carolina in 1932. She attended Wade Hampton High School, where she played piano and a mean game of basketball in addition to...

Gerald Lynn Baker

Gerald Lynn Baker

Aug 14, 2023

Gerald Lynn "Jerry" Baker, of Harwinton, CT, died peacefully in Concord, MA on August 14, 2023 at the age of 97.

He was born in Tacoma, WA on October 2, 1925. He joined the Army Air Corps when he was 17 and was a navigator in WWII.

In 1948, he married Kathryn (Tinker) Hultgren. They...

William E. Carroll

William E. Carroll

Aug 11, 2023

William E. Carroll, 87, of Longmeadow, formerly of Westford and Brighton, died at Holyoke Medical Center on August 11, 2023, following a brief illness. He was the loving husband of Brenda (Hosey) Carroll, with whom he would have celebrated 60 years of marriage in September.

Born in Cambridge on February 6, 1936, he was the son of...

George Clifford Mcquilken

George Clifford Mcquilken

Aug 9, 2023

George McQuilken, technology innovator and entrepreneur, dies at 80

George Clifford McQuilken passed away peacefully on August 9th, 2023 at the age of 80. George, in recent years a resident of Bolton, MA, was born in Cambridge, and grew up in Somerville, where his father was a police officer and his mother was a hairdresser. He was...

Kerry A. Johnson

Kerry A. Johnson

Aug 9, 2023

Kerry A. Johnson, 52, of Concord, passed away peacefully while surrounded by family on August 9, 2023.

She was the beloved wife of Newton S. Johnson and loving mother of Owen and Tyler Johnson, all of Concord; the devoted daughter of Richard and Rosemary Mullane of Woburn; the dear sister of Sean and Christine Mullane of Woburn...

Malcolm Frazier

Malcolm Frazier

Aug 8, 2023

Malcolm Frazier, age 93, of Concord, MA, died peacefully on August 8, 2023, following a long battle with lung cancer.

He was born in Cambridge, MA, the third son of Francesca and Francis Frazier. He spent his early years on a ranch near Pyramid Lake, Nevada. He returned to reside in Cambridge and then attended Shady Hill...

Ronald Asbjornson

Ronald Asbjornson

Aug 8, 2023

Ronald Anton Asbjornson, 85, of Westford, passed away at home with family by his side on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. He was the devoted husband for 57 years of Bonni (Pelletier) Asbjornson and the beloved father of Eric Asbjornson of Concord and the late Paul Asbjornson, who died in March of 2022.  Ron was also predeceased by his parents, Anton...

Lorraine Caspe-Guppy

Lorraine Caspe-Guppy

Aug 5, 2023

Lorraine Caspe-Guppy, of Framingham, formerly of Sudbury, entered eternal rest on Saturday, August 5, 2023 at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, following a long illness. She was 50.

Lorraine was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 13, 1972. At a young age, her family settled in Sudbury. She graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School with the...

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