H. David Reed
Feb 22, 2022
H. David Reed, a longtime Carlisle resident, died February 22 at the age of 80 after a long and courageous battle with leukemia. He was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and raised in Billings, Montana. After earning a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Wyoming in 1964, he joined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Houston, Texas, becoming...
Victoria Lagios
Feb 15, 2022
Victoria Peter Lagios, passed away peacefully at her home in South Portland, ME, on February 15, 2022. For many years, she resided in Concord, MA where she and her husband raised their children. Born on March 4, 1928 in Southbridge, MA, she was one of 9 Themistocles children raised by her loving parents, Peter & Claire Themistocles. Victoria was born...
Donna Jean Bent
Feb 14, 2022
Donna Jean Bent, of Keene, NH, formerly of Concord, MA, died suddenly in her home on February 14, 2022. She was 67. She was born in Boston on March 20, 1954 as the daughter of the late John J. Bent, Jr. and Mary A. (Condon) Bent. After graduating from Concord-Carlisle High School, she continued her studies at Fitchburg State University,...
Arvin H. Smith
Feb 13, 2022
Arvin Herley Smith passed away peacefully Sunday morning, February 13, 2022 in Concord, MA at the age of 92. He was born to Riley Fred and Effie Mae Jones Smith in Donley County, Texas on May 16, 1929. He was raised on a cotton farm in McLean, Texas and was the oldest of nine children. Arvin met the love of...
Foster J. Degiacomo
Feb 11, 2022
Foster J. DeGiacomo, 97, a proud United States Marine Corps veteran and longtime Concord resident, died peacefully at his home on February 11, 2022. He was the loving husband of the late Nancy C. (DiMaggio) DeGiacomo who died in 2016. He was born in Boston on September 28, 1924 to his late parents, Foster and Frances (Bruno) DeGiacomo. He graduated...
Donald "Duke" Sloan
Feb 8, 2022
Donald "Duke" Sloan, 81, of Acton and formerly of Concord, died peacefully on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at Emerson Hospital in Concord. He had been surrounded by the love and comfort of family and friends during the last days of his life. Born in Concord on January 28, 1941, he was the son of the late Donald and Agnes (Mullen)...
Peter Booth Nichol
Feb 6, 2022
Peter Booth Nichol, age 59, died at home on February 6th after a 19-month battle with glioblastoma. He was beloved in his community as a teacher, neighbor, friend, activist, husband, and father. He was guided in all his actions by a deeply held certainty in the interconnectedness of all people and the planet. From this belief grew a commitment to...
Richard W. Wright
Feb 4, 2022
FORT MYERS - Richard W. Wright, 88, died on February 4, 2022. He was born October 16, 1933, in Huntington, West Virginia, the son of Leo and Marie (Moruney) Wright. After serving in the United States Army, Richard graduated from Marshall University, Class of 1957, and was married to the love of his life, Avis U. Joseph, for 64 years....
Sally Smith Cross
Feb 2, 2022
Sally Smith Cross died on February 2 in Concord, MA. Born in 1929 in New York, the daughter of F. Harold Smith and Pauline V. Curtiss, she rapidly developed a broad affection for any person who traversed her path: her city and country neighbors, her classmates at The Chapin School and Vassar College (1951), and her colleagues in the administration...
Carmela "Millie" Arena
Feb 2, 2022
Carmela M. (Barbaro) Arena, age 93, longtime Concord resident, died peacefully in the comfort of her home with loving family by her side on February 2, 2022. Affectionately known as Millie, her long life was marked by unwavering love, faith, and dedication to family. She has been reunited with her beloved husband, Angelo Arena, who died in 1995, and her...
Patricia A. Ruggiero
Feb 1, 2022
Patricia Ann Ruggiero (née Marcey), of Ashby, passed peacefully in her sleep on February 1, 2022. Raised in Maynard, she lived and raised her family in West Concord for almost twenty-five years. She was the loving and supportive wife of Lawrence Ruggiero for forty-nine of her seventy-one years on this earth. She was predeceased by her parents, John and Barbara,...
Edward P. Miller
Jan 30, 2022
Edward Peter Miller, a long-time resident of Concord Massachusetts (1977) and Brewster Massachusetts (1962) passed away peacefully on Sunday evening, January 30th, 2022. Born April 17, 1939 to Eleanor (Martens) and Edward Miller. Husband of Anne Margaret Miller (Vogel), and brother of David Miller of Lynnfield, MA and Glenn Miller, Mi-Wuk Village, CA. Edward grew up in Arlington MA, graduated...
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. Â From an early age he demonstrated a never-ending curiosity and interest in...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
