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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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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