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Dale S. Antanitus, Md

Dale S. Antanitus, Md

Jan 30, 2022

Dale S. Antanitus, MD, 72, of Carlisle, MA, passed away at home on January 30, 2022 after a 4-year battle with bladder cancer (initially doctors gave him only a few months!) Dale Stanley Antanitus was born October 28, 1949 in LaSalle, Illinois, to parents Phyllis and Stanley Antanitus.  From an early age he demonstrated a never-ending curiosity and interest in...

Beatrice R. Page

Beatrice R. Page

Jan 30, 2022

Beatrice R. Page passed away peacefully on January 30, 2022. A life-long resident of Massachusetts, she attended Miss Mills School and Pittsfield High School. She was a graduate of the Katherine Gibbs School in Boston. Bea worked at Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill as a Secretary to the Head of School. Bea lived in Lincoln, MA from 1952...

Kathryn L. Gosselin

Kathryn L. Gosselin

Jan 30, 2022

Kathryn Lee (Graf) Gosselin, age 78, daughter of the late Kenneth Graf and Juliet Graf Howard, died peacefully at Edgewood LifeCare Community, North Andover, MA on January 30, 2022. Kathryn's formative years in Detroit, Michigan were surrounded by a strong family of aunts, uncles, and cousins. She studied journalism and communications at Michigan State University, then moved to Boston in...

Paul Puschak

Paul Puschak

Jan 27, 2022

Paul Puschak, age 84, of Acton, died peacefully on January 27, 2022, following a brief illness. Paul was the devoted husband of Elaine (Schoeman) Puschak for 52 years. Paul was born on July 3, 1937 and grew up in Coaldale, Pennsylvania. As the son of the late Wash and Mary Puschak, Paul was the youngest of four boys, and came...

Joseph Marshall

Joseph Marshall

Jan 27, 2022

Joseph (Joe) Marshall, of Syosset, New York, passed away on January 27, 2022, at the age of 102. Joe was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 10, 1919, to Selma and Isador. He was the oldest of 3 children, his sister Rochelle, who predeceased him, and his brother Myron. In 1943, he married the love of his life, Clarice....

Mary "Kay" Schneider

Mary "Kay" Schneider

Jan 24, 2022

Mary "Kay" Schneider, died in Concord, MA on January 24, 2022. Her husband Bruce; sons Matthew, Andrew, and Philip; daughters-in-law; grandchildren, sisters: Julie and Melinda; and a cousin representing her mother's family from the local area were present. Kay earned her MA in Special Education (Deaf and Hard of Hearing). Kay was a founding teacher at the Oralingua School for...

William Carruth

William Carruth

Jan 21, 2022

William (Bill) Kevin Carruth, age 88, passed peacefully with family by his side on January 21, 2022, after a brief illness. Bill was born in 1933 in Queens, New York, and went on to live a full and adventurous life. He graduated from Fordham University and briefly entered the seminary. Although he did not enter the priesthood, spirituality was always...

H. Bruce Mueller

H. Bruce Mueller

Jan 19, 2022

Harold Bruce Mueller, known to all as Bruce and a longtime Concord resident, passed away after a period of declining health on Wednesday January 19, 2022 at age 83. The grandson of German immigrants, he was born July 18, 1938 in Missoula, Montana to Theodore and Helen (Hubbard) Mueller. Bruce attended Saint Anthony's parochial school and Missoula County High School...

Helen E. Cronin

Helen E. Cronin

Jan 19, 2022

Helen E. (Scollins) Cronin, of Acton and Osterville, passed away peacefully on January 19, 2022 at the age of 83. She was born in Boston on April 24, 1938. She was the beloved wife of Peter J. Cronin for 59 years. Devoted mother of Elizabeth M. Fogelgren and her late husband Andrew, Emily F. Ronchetti and her husband Jeffrey, Peter...

A. Jane Murphy

A. Jane Murphy

Jan 19, 2022

Anita Jane (Gray) Murphy, 89, of Concord, passed away at Robbins Brook Assisted Living in Acton on January 19, 2022. She was the wife of the late Richard T. Murphy who died in 2009. They were married in 1971 in Norfolk, England. Born in Whiston, Yorkshire, England on October 20, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Colin and...

Joyce (Mcphillips) Pettus

Joyce (Mcphillips) Pettus

Jan 18, 2022

Joyce (McPhillips) Pettus, age 69, of Concord, passed away peacefully while surrounded by family on January 18, 2022. Born and raised in Concord, Joyce graduated from Concord Carlisle High School in 1970, followed by earning a bachelor's degree from UMass Boston, and a master's from Suffolk University. Joyce worked at the Concord District Court, first as a Clerk and then...

Lucille J. Dirubio

Lucille J. Dirubio

Jan 15, 2022

Lucille J. (Thériault) DiRubio, 87, a long-time resident of Paxton, passed away on January 15, 2022 at Life Care Center of Acton, after enduring several health challenges with grace and determination. Lucille was born in Salem, Massachusetts on June 27, 1934, the youngest child and loving daughter of Auguste and Emma (Gagne) Thériault. She grew up during the Great Depression...

Nancy Dean Kingman

Nancy Dean Kingman

Jan 13, 2022

Nancy Dean Kingman, 90, of Acton, MA, died of complications from a stroke on January 13, 2022. She was the wife of William L. "Bill" Kingman, with whom she shared 67 years of marriage. Nancy was born on November 11, 1931 in Sheffield, MA as the daughter of the late Frederic Stuart Dean and Alice Miller Dean Morse. At a...

Sarah "Sally" Griswold Leahy

Sarah "Sally" Griswold Leahy

Jan 12, 2022

Sarah "Sally" Griswold Leahy, Museum of Fine Arts Educator, Devoted Mother and Grandmother, age 89, of Westwood, formerly of Chestnut Hill, died at home of natural causes on January 12, 2022. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Richard "Dick" Gordon Leahy. Sally was born in New Haven, Connecticut to parents Mary Brooks and Alfred Whitney Griswold. Her father, a...

Winslow "Dru" Béguelin

Winslow "Dru" Béguelin

Jan 11, 2022

Winslow Drury Béguelin, known as Dru, passed away January 11, 2022 at home after a two year battle with cancer. Dru called Concord, MA home since 1993 and along with his wife Sarah raised five children. Dru was born in New York City on October 1, 1958 and grew up in Locust, New Jersey. An idyllic childhood, Dru spent his...

Sherry Dee Mobley

Sherry Dee Mobley

Jan 11, 2022

Sherry L. (Dee) Mobley, age 73, a woman beloved by all who knew her, died peacefully and comfortably at her Pepperell home on Tuesday evening, January 11, 2022, following a long battle with cancer. She was the beloved wife for 50 years of Jack A. Mobley, and the dedicated mother of the late Nathan Patrick Mobley who died in 2014....

Charles Vert Willie

Charles Vert Willie

Jan 11, 2022

Charles Vert Willie, sociologist and the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education Emeritus at Harvard University and former Boston School Desegregation Master, died January 11 at age 94. Willie was most recently a resident of Brighton, MA after relocating from Concord, MA where he had lived for 44 years. Born at home in Dallas, TX on October 8, 1927, Willie,...

Barbara Kent Elliott

Barbara Kent Elliott

Jan 8, 2022

Barbara Louise (Kent) Elliott, age 95, died peacefully while surrounded by family on Saturday, January 8, 2022. She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 51 years, Wayne K. Elliott. Barbara was born in Providence, RI on August 15, 1926. A resident of Concord for 43 years, she also enjoyed summers in her historic home in Chatham, Ma. Most recently...

Sara Sharp

Sara Sharp

Jan 7, 2022

Sara (Colegrove) Sharp, 80, a resident of Newbury Court in Concord, formerly of Arlington, MA and Indianapolis, IN, died peacefully in her sleep at Rivercrest Nursing & Rehab Center in Concord on January 7, 2022. She was the beloved wife of John D. Sharp, with whom she shared 55 years of marriage. She was born on August 5, 1941, as...

Jay M. Hellman

Jay M. Hellman

Jan 6, 2022

The much-loved and respected Jay Michael Hellman of Concord MA, passed away January 6, 2022. He was not a man of few words, nor was he a man who took life for granted. He was a man who ventured headstrong into the Peruvian jungle on a death-defying expedition and scaled the world's highest mountains. He was an avid adventurer with...

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