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Thomas J. Farren

Thomas J. Farren

Jan 20, 2021

Thomas J. Farren, age 88, of Concord MA, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. He was the devoted husband for 58 years to the late Virginia (Kennedy) Farren who passed away in 2014 and he was the son of the late Neil and Mary Farren. Tom was a native of Medford, MA, where he spent the bulk of his...

Angela Evelyn Finneran

Angela Evelyn Finneran

Jan 19, 2021

Angela Evelyn (Mayo) Finneran, age 90, died peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family, on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. She was the beloved wife of the late Thomas A. Finneran. Evelyn grew up in Winthrop Massachusetts, attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Brighton and when on to earn her Bachelor of Science Degree from Simmons College, embarking on a...

John A. Williams

John A. Williams

Jan 18, 2021

John A. Williams, 52, a lifelong resident of both Concord and Maynard, died at Emerson Hospital on January 18, 2021. John was born in Salem on December 23, 1968, and was a graduate of Minuteman Technical High School. Those who knew John will remember him in part for his love of music, movies, fishing and being a grill master. He...

Michelena Skettino

Michelena Skettino

Jan 16, 2021

Michelena (Intoccia) Skettino passed away peacefully on January 16th at home in Concord. She was the widow of the late Anthony (Tony) Skettino who died in 2014. The couple had been married for 61 years. "Micky," as she was known to most, was born in 1925 in Scranton, PA to Vincent and Maria Carmela (Tripaldi) Intoccia. After graduating from Scranton...

Martin Rachman

Martin Rachman

Jan 14, 2021

Martin Rachman a long-time resident of Concord, Massachusetts, passed away at Concord Park on January 14, 2021, from complications of COVID-19. He was 89. Born in West Reading, Pennsylvania on April 4, 1931, he was the son of Harry and Mildred Rachman. Martin grew up in Scranton, PA, where he starred on the athletic fields of Central High School, as...

Sophie Poulos

Sophie Poulos

Jan 14, 2021

Sophie Poulos, 100 years old, of Lincoln, MA, died on January 14, 2021. She was the wife of the late Charles L. Poulos who died in 2011. She is survived by her children Diane Poulos Harpell and her husband George Harpell, Theodore Poulos and his wife Pamela and Nicholas Poulos and his wife Lisa. In addition to her husband, she...

Jeannette Maurer

Jeannette Maurer

Jan 13, 2021

Jeannette Izzo Maurer, of Sudbury, MA, passed away peacefully on January 13, 2021, surrounded by her family. She was born in Beacon, NY, on August 11, 1938, the daughter of Joseph Guy Izzo and Margaret Davidson Atkinson. She attended the University of Bridgeport, and married her high school sweetheart, the late Niel Edward Maurer, formally of Fishkill, NY, on September...

John Hart Terrell

John Hart Terrell

Jan 13, 2021

John Hart Terrell, born on February 3, 1934, formerly of Lincoln, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on January 13, 2021 in Concord, Massachusetts. He was the husband of the late Mary (Johnson) Terrell who died in 2010. "I was leaving the South To fling myself into the unknown... I was taking a part of the South To transplant in an alien...

Ralph Flannery

Ralph Flannery

Jan 12, 2021

Ralph Flannery, 97, of Lincoln and formerly of Concord, died peacefully at home on January 12, 2021. He was the beloved husband for 68 years of Connie (Moszka) Flannery. He was born in Concord on December 18, 1923 as the second youngest of ten, and the last surviving child of Stephen and Mary (Busteed) Flannery. Ralph served during World War...

Frank E. Ferguson

Frank E. Ferguson

Jan 12, 2021

Frank Elmo Ferguson, 94, died peacefully at home in Lincoln, MA on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. Born on September 11 1926 in Ames Iowa, Frank was a graduate of Iowa State University and the MIT Sloan School. He enjoyed a long business career and induction into the Educational Publisher's Hall of Fame in 2014. A lifelong angel investor and philanthropist...

Marguerite “Meg” Fontanella Wiltse

Marguerite “Meg” Fontanella Wiltse

Jan 9, 2021

Marguerite "Meg" Fontanella Wiltse, was born in Catskill, NY on June 24, 1926 and passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 9, 2021 in Maynard, MA. Meg loved her family, friends, and life with her whole heart. She never met a stranger, and her friends were her friends for life. In a short conversation, she would learn everything about...

Kenneth  J. Robinson

Kenneth J. Robinson

Jan 9, 2021

Kenneth Jon Robinson, of Chelmsford, passed away on Saturday January 9th after a brief illness. Known as Ken to his friends in polite company, he was also known as Hippie, and MacGyver, the former for his long blonde hair in High School and the latter for his ability to improvise and repair nearly any thing with a Swiss army knife....

Linda Kester Cotter

Linda Kester Cotter

Jan 8, 2021

Linda Kester Cotter, 83, of Concord, MA, died peacefully at home on January 8, 2021, surrounded by her family. Linda was born on September 19,1937 in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of Harold E. and Rose Rothstein Kester and grew up in Brooklyn with her younger sister Marjorie and a large, close extended family of cousins. An unusually capable student, Linda...

Agnes Pierce

Agnes Pierce

Jan 7, 2021

Agnes Pierce passed away on January 7, 2021 at the age of 100. She died peacefully at her home in Lunenburg surrounded by her family. Agnes was born on February 2, 1920 in Lowell Massachusetts to James and Blanche (Ayotte) McNamara. She was predeceased by her brothers, Donald and James McNamara. Agnes was married for 51 years to Raymond Pierce...

Mary B. Senese

Mary B. Senese

Jan 7, 2021

Mary B. (DeSimone) Senese, age 90, a Concord resident for 60 years, died at Emerson Hospital on January 7, 2021. She was the wife of the late Henry C. Senese who died in 1990. Born on January 20, 1930, Mary was the daughter of the late Michael and Camille (Guarente) DeSimone. She graduated from high school in Revere as a...

Ellen Lee Simarano

Ellen Lee Simarano

Jan 7, 2021

Ellen Lee Simarano of Concord, MA died peacefully on Thursday, January 7, 2021 at Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln, MA after a short battle with lung cancer, leaving us one day before her 80th birthday. Ellen Frances Lee was born at Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA to the late William J. Lee and Elizabeth (Ricker) Lee on January 8,...

Michael A.R. Tinglof

Michael A.R. Tinglof

Jan 7, 2021

Michael A. R. Tinglof of Concord, MA passed away on January 7, 2021. Born in Boston, MA on June 1, 1966, he was the son of the late Bruce Warren Tinglof of Boston and Carolyn (Hvoslef) Ekle of Nashua NH. Michael's first word was "VroomVroom", imitating the sound a car made, and it meant "let's go for a ride!" This...

Marguerite A. Dowd

Marguerite A. Dowd

Jan 6, 2021

Mrs. Marguerite Ann "Megs" O'Donoghue Dowd of Concord, passed away peacefully on January 6, 2021 at the age of 95. She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 48 years, James E. Dowd, Esq. (1999). Mother of Ann Dowd Goodhue and husband Terry of Concord, MA, the late Jane Elizabeth Dowd and the late James E. Dowd Jr. "Jed." Devoted...

Jane Warren

Jane Warren

Jan 5, 2021

On January 5, 2021, Jane Warren of Lexington passed away at age 75. Jane enjoyed spending time with family, taking walks, gardening, cooking, and traveling. She was born in Philadelphia, PA, on January 30, 1945, and moved to Dearborn, MI, at age 11. She married Wayne Warren in 1967 and they pursued educational opportunities in Ann Arbor, MI, Baltimore, MD,...

Doris M. Beutel

Doris M. Beutel

Jan 4, 2021

Doris M. (Dunham) Beutel, 90, of Concord, MA, died peacefully in her sleep at Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln on January 4, 2021. She was the loving wife for 52 years of Allard A. Beutel. Doris was born in Chicago on June 17, 1930 as the daughter of the late William and Marie (Fry) Dunham. A Concord resident for...

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