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Dona Lee Wong

Dona Lee Wong

Sep 20, 2022

Dona Lee Wong, 75, of Lexington, passed away peacefully at Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln on September 20, 2022, while surrounded by her family.

She was born on December 12, 1946, and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. She grew up with two sisters, one being a twin. The twins were the first in their...

Gregory Hennessy

Gregory Hennessy

Sep 15, 2022

It is with greatest sympathy we announce the death of Gregory Hennessy who passed away on September 15th, 2022 at the age of 69. Gregory was born at Saint Elizabeth's hospital in Boston, Massachusetts on July 12th, 1953 to the late Robert Hennessy and the late Veronica Hennessy. Gregory grew up in Concord, Massachusetts surrounded by his beloved six...

Douglas W. Barrus

Douglas W. Barrus

Sep 9, 2022

Douglas W. Barrus, 87, a longtime resident of Boxborough, passed away at his home on September 9th, 2022. Born November 10, 1934 in Springfield, MA to Walter D. Barrus and Winnifred (Wright) Barrus, he grew up in Holyoke. After serving in the US Army from 1953 to 1956, he received a Bachelor of Science from American International College in...

Gale Russell Nash

Gale Russell Nash

Sep 9, 2022

Gale Russell Nash passed away peacefully on September 9, 2022, at an assisted living facility in Concord, MA. She was 78.

Mrs. Nash was born in Washington, D.C. on February 22, 1944. She attended the National Cathedral School in Washington D.C. and then went on to attend Mount Vernon Seminary in Washington, D.C. and Centenary College in...

Carol Goodspeed Smith

Carol Goodspeed Smith

Sep 8, 2022

Carol Goodspeed Smith, a recent resident of Springhouse Senior Living in Boston, formerly of Brookline and Concord, died at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston on September 8, 2022, following a period of declining health. She passed away one day prior to what would have been her 84th birthday.

She was born in Cambridge on September 9,...

Elinor Potee Nichols

Elinor Potee Nichols

Sep 7, 2022

Walking, Waving Lincoln Lady dies at 95

Elinor Potee Nichols was born March 11, 1927 in Nagpur, India. Being "from the jungles of central India" was her first story in a lifetime of stories lived and told. It explained the village Hindi she learned from her Ayah and the frequency with which she got lost in concrete...

David Joseph Pierce

David Joseph Pierce

Sep 2, 2022

David Joseph Pierce, age 39, passed away suddenly on September 2, 2022. David was born in Concord, MA, on May 24, 1983, the beloved son of Susan Nancy (Orlando) and Douglas Stanley Pierce.

David and his family lived in Boxborough, MA. David attended Boxboro and Acton Public Schools and graduated from Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in 2001....

Janice Campbell

Janice Campbell

Sep 2, 2022

Janice Irene (Coverdale) Campbell, of Sudbury, died on September 2, 2022 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, following a brief illness. She was 77.

Janice was born in Muncie, Indiana on March 20, 1945, as the daughter of the late Irving and Irene (Kerr) Coverdale. She spent her youth growing up in Glendora, CA, where...

Sidney Tavern Grove

Sidney Tavern Grove

Sep 1, 2022

Sidney Tavern Grove died peacefully on Thursday, September 1, 2022. She was born February 15, 1935, the daughter of Dorothy Shaw Tavern, a Red Cross organizer and church secretary, and Joseph John Tavern, a career Marine officer who died tragically when Sidney was seven years old.

Following her father's death, Sidney and her mother moved to Andover,...

Barbara George Lewis

Barbara George Lewis

Sep 1, 2022

Barbara George Lewis, 66, of Carlisle, passed away peacefully at home on September 1, 2022.

She was born in Poughkeepsie, NY to Glenn and Ruth (Eister) George. She attended Ketcham High School in Wappingers Falls, NY and earned her degree in Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University. After graduation, she worked as a meteorologist in New Orleans, forecasting...

Paul A. Perry

Paul A. Perry

Aug 31, 2022

Paul Arthur Perry, age 95, longtime Concord resident, passed away at home on August 31, 2022. At age 23, Paul married his sweetheart, and love of his life, Ruth (Bemis) Perry from Amherst, MA. The couple had just barely celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary on August 27, with their daughter, Elaine, and dear friends.

Paul was born...

Ann M. Laliberte

Ann M. Laliberte

Aug 29, 2022

Ann Marie Laliberte, age 89, of Waterville, Maine, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 29, 2022 at Concord Park Senior Living in Concord, Massachusetts, where she lived for the past 5 years.

She was born in Waterville on April 12, 1933, the daughter of the late Lionel J Poliquin and Helen Bouchard Poliquin. At the age of...

Christine Murray Kingman

Christine Murray Kingman

Aug 27, 2022

Christine Murray (Jones) Kingman, 82, of Concord, passed away at Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln on Saturday, August 27, 2022. She was the beloved wife for 51 years of the late Bradford Sumner Kingman, who died in 2012. Born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 1, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Catherine (Wittig) Jones....

Tyler Buttrick Berrier

Tyler Buttrick Berrier

Aug 24, 2022

Tyler Buttrick Berrier, 63, of Acton, passed away suddenly at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington on August 24, 2022. He was the loving husband for 29 years of Suzanne P. (Grogan) Berrier. They were married in 1993 at South Acton Congregational Church. He was born in Danbury, CT on January 14, 1959 to his late parents, William Emerson Berrier...

Donna M. Shippey

Donna M. Shippey

Aug 23, 2022

With sorrow and gratitude in our hearts, we announce the passing of Donna Marie (Robbins) Shippey, 80, longtime resident of Concord, MA, on August 23, 2022. Sorrow because we will miss her, but also gratitude that she is at long last pain-free and at peace, and for the time we had with her. Most importantly, we know that she is...

Martin J. "Marty" Powers

Martin J. "Marty" Powers

Aug 22, 2022

Martin J. Powers, 78, of Lincoln, known to many as Marty, passed away at Care-One in Concord on August 22, 2022, following a lengthy illness. He was the husband for 46 years of the late Diana (Furdock) Powers, who died in December 2017. He was born in Concord on February 3, 1944, as the son of the late J. James...

Annetta E. Brigham

Annetta E. Brigham

Aug 16, 2022

Annetta Eddy Brigham, 103, died at her home on Brigham Farm in Concord, Massachusetts on August 16, 2022.

Annetta "Anne" was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Lawrence and Doane Eddy of Canaan, Connecticut. Although Anne's childhood included time in Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, and England, she always felt spiritually drawn to Alaska, where her parents enjoyed...

Jean E. Swindell

Jean E. Swindell

Aug 16, 2022

Jean E. (Penzotti) Swindell, 86, of Lincoln, and former longtime resident of Concord, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on August 16, 2022, surrounded by her loving family and strengthened by her deep faith. Jean was born on March 18, 1936, to Louise and Stanley Penzotti in Monroe, Michigan. She was the valedictorian of Three Rivers High School...

Deborah (Napolitano) Lowe

Deborah (Napolitano) Lowe

Aug 15, 2022

Deborah Ann (Napolitano) Lowe, a woman whose life centered around her family and friends, died at Massachusetts General Hospital on August 15, 2022, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was 66, and a lifelong resident of Maynard. Born in Concord on April 26, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Patricia (Cullinane) Napolitano. Debbie graduated from...

Eleanor (Haynes) Cullinane

Eleanor (Haynes) Cullinane

Aug 15, 2022

Eleanor M. (Haynes) Cullinane, 96, a woman beloved by all who knew her, died peacefully following a brief illness at Emerson Hospital in Concord on August 15, 2022. She was the devoted wife for 69 years of the late Daniel J. Cullinane, Sr. who died in 2017. She was born in Sudbury on June 13, 1926 as the daughter of...

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