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Herbert T. Ishii
Jan 5, 2022
Herbert T. Ishii, age 96, of Acton, MA, formerly of Edison, NJ and Ewa, HI, died peacefully on January 5, 2022. He was the loving husband for 58 years of Rose (Caro) Ishii. He was born on May 4, 1925 to his late parents, Torajiro and Hana (Kato) Ishii. Born on the island of Oahu, Herbert played a variety of...
J. Barry Steinmann
Jan 4, 2022
J. Barry Steinmann, 69, of Lunenburg, originally from Concord, died peacefully on January 4, 2022. His beloved wife, Irene Masson Steinmann, was by his side as he passed. Barry was born in Concord on January 1, 1953, as the son of the late Joseph and Rita (Bent) Steinmann. He graduated from the former Xavier High School. For nearly thirty years,...
Brian Timlege
Jan 2, 2022
Brian Terry Timlege, 57, formerly of Webster and Hopkinton, died suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday, January 2, 2022. Born in Framingham on July 3, 1964, he was the beloved son of Irene (Terry) Timlege of Hopkinton, and the late Edward C. Timlege who passed away in January of 2020. During his youth, he attended Hopkinton public schools and was active...
Virginia "Ginny" Averill
Jan 1, 2022
Virginia Ann "Ginny" (McDonald) Averill, age 67, died peacefully on New Year's Day beside her devoted husband of 34 years, Robert Averill. Ginny leaves her loving sister Missy (Melissa Juchniewicz) and her husband Bruce Juchniewicz, and her many friends. She was the daughter of the late Bill and Belle McDonald. Ginny was a joyful person, from her days at the...
Sidney H. Mayer, Jr.
Dec 31, 2021
Sidney H. Mayer, Jr., long time resident of the North Hill retirement community in Needham, died on Friday, December 31, 2021 at age 94 following a period of declining health. He was the husband for 57 years of the late Mary Ella (Rayburn) Mayer who passed away in 2010. Sid was born in Chicago on October 3, 1927. The son...
Beverley Keane
Dec 29, 2021
Beverley J. (Saunders) Keane, of Bradford, NH and Concord, MA, formerly of Acton, MA, died on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at Belmont Manor Nursing Home, following a long illness. She was 78. She was born in Montreal, Quebec on July 14, 1943 as the daughter of the late Albert and Evelyn (Woodward) Saunders. Those left behind to cherish her memory...
Mary Barbara Bruno
Dec 28, 2021
Mary Barbara Bruno (née Dunbar) of Bedford and formerly of Westwood, passed away peacefully on December 28, 2021 at age 82. Barbara, as she preferred to be known, was born on August 10, 1939 in Boston, the youngest of five children to the late George Dunbar and Anna (née Young) Dunbar. Barbara married her beloved husband, Philip G. Bruno, on...
Justin J. Aiken
Dec 27, 2021
Justin Jay Aiken, 47, a recent resident of Weymouth, Massachusetts passed away on December 27, 2021 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He was the devoted husband of Jamie D. Eslinger, a love that blossomed in their teenage years and grew throughout their lives. Born on May 15, 1974, he was the loving son of Jaynane Davis Aiken...
H. Malcolm Ticknor
Dec 26, 2021
H. Malcolm Ticknor, 85, a retired architect and resident of Concord, MA, died peacefully on ‎December 26, 2021. He was the husband for 32 years of Susan G. Ticknor. ‎ Malcolm was born in New York City on March 1, 1936, to his late parents, Benjamin and Barbara ‎‎(Farmer) Ticknor. He was a member of Milton Academy's class of 1953....
George Jeffrey "Jeff" Carlson
Dec 23, 2021
George Jeffrey "Jeff" Carlson, of Boxborough, passed away peacefully on December 23, 2021 in his home surrounded by family. Born on February 7, 1952, Jeff was raised in Madison, NJ as the son of George "Jukie" and Virginia "Ginny" Carlson, along with his sisters Barbara and Lizza. He had a large, loving extended family and a group of what would...
Wayne K. Clemens
Dec 12, 2021
Wayne K. Clemens, 88, of Concord, Massachusetts, died Sunday, Dec 12, 2021. He was the beloved and devoted husband of Barbara W. Clemens. Wayne was born on January 1, 1933, in Evanston, IL. the son of A. Wayne and Grace Kirk Clemens. Wayne's mother passed away when he was seven, and his father moved the family, Wayne and his twin...
Frank J. Fiorentino
Dec 12, 2021
Frank J. Fiorentino, age 79, of Acton, died suddenly on Sunday, December 12, 2021 at Emerson Hospital. Born in Boston on March 8, 1942 he was the son of the late Frank and Louise (Mizzola) Fiorentino. Beloved husband of the late Maureen (Devlin) Fiorentino of Acton and loving father of Michael Fiorentino and wife Hilary of Acton. Services for Frank...
Judith L. Chudigian
Dec 11, 2021
Judith L. (Bandini) Chudigian, 85, of Lexington, passed away comfortably at home under hospice care on December 11, 2021. She was the wife of the late Lavom K. "Leo" Chudigian who died in 2019. Born in Cambridge on August 13, 1936, she was the daughter of the late James and Violet (Brown) Bandini. Raised in Somerville, she attended local schools...
Frank J. Smith, Jr.
Dec 10, 2021
Frank J. Smith, Jr. passed away at Emerson Hospital in Concord on December 10, 2021. The beloved husband of Bonnie Kennedy, he was 87 years old. Frank was born and raised in the steel town of Bethlehem, PA. He was the son of the late Frank and Ellen Smith. After graduating from Liberty High School, he attended Brown University where...
Robert P. Scott
Dec 8, 2021
Robert (Rob) Scott, age 45, passed away December 8, 2021 in Concord, MA, after a long and brave battle with cancer. Rob was born in February 1976 in Cleveland, OH, to Rebecca Scott and late Robert Scott and was also raised by his step-mother, Diane Scott. He attended Cleveland and Olmsted Falls public schools and earned a bachelor's degree in...
Ruth M. Burk
Dec 7, 2021
Ruth Mitchell Burk passed away peacefully on December 7th, 2021 at the generous age of 96, with her family close by. Ruth grew up on her family's farm in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and lived there all of her life. She met her future husband George William Burk when they were both students at Concord High School, and the couple married upon...
Margaret Jean Connors
Dec 5, 2021
Margaret Jean (Boland) Connors, of Chandler, AZ, formerly of Stow, MA, passed away on December 5, 2021, just twelve days prior to her 80th birthday. She was born in Boston on December 17, 1941, as the daughter of the daughter of Wilfred and Margaret Boland. While growing up in Brighton, she attended St. Columbkille School. Jean started her career at...
Wynona L. Smith
Dec 3, 2021
Wynona Louise (Lowe) Smith passed away peacefully on Friday evening, December 3, 2021 in Concord at the age of 88. She was born to Alletrys Capitola Mackey and William Worth in Jumbo, Oklahoma on August 26, 1933. She was the oldest of eleven children, during an era that seems very distant from today. She met her true love, Arvin in...
Sheldon Hines
Dec 1, 2021
Sheldon Knickerbocker Hines, age 72, of Concord, Massachusetts, and Little Deer Isle, Maine, December 1, 2021. Beloved husband of Virginia Ruth Bradley Hines, loving father of Sarah Thompson Hines of Norman, Oklahoma, Atulananda Dasa (Andrew Matchett) Hines of Los Angeles, California, and Anna Viele Hines of Trumansburg, New York. Devoted brother of Hadley Hines Chianese of Belmont, Massachusetts, and the...
Eli Brookner
Nov 29, 2021
Eli Brookner, 90, a Lexington resident since 1962 and Principal Engineering Fellow for Raytheon, died at Emerson Hospital in Concord on November 29, 2021. He was the husband of the late Ethel (Bobick) Brookner. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 2, 1931, as the son of the late Angel and Fanny Brookner. He was a graduate of...
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