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Honoring Lives: Obituaries and Tributes

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...

Christopher R. Johnson

Christopher R. Johnson

Jan 3, 2021

Christopher Robert Johnson, 68, lifelong Concord resident, passed away peacefully on January 3, 2021, while surrounded by the loving embrace of his wife and daughter following a long battle with Lewy Body Dementia with Parkinson's. He was the cherished husband of Rita (Grande) Johnson, with whom he shared 44 years of loving and devoted marriage. Born in Concord on May...

Kathleen F. Lane

Kathleen F. Lane

Jan 2, 2021

Kathleen F. (Young) Lane, of Lincoln, a woman devoted to family and faith, died peacefully at Emerson Hospital in Concord on January 2, 2021. She was 95. Kathy was born and raised in Somerville, as the daughter of the late George and Ella (Trefren) Young. She married Frank Lane of Belmont, and they lived in Lexington and Lincoln, building a...

Dana V. Welch

Dana V. Welch

Jan 1, 2021

Dana Vernon Welch, age 61, of Littleton, died unexpectedly at home on January 1, 2021. He was born on February 18, 1959, as the son of the late Vernon F. Welch who died in 2018, and the late June (Ross) Welch who died in 1990. Raised in Lincoln, he attended Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. Dana served our country in the...

William P. Churchill, Jr.

William P. Churchill, Jr.

Jan 1, 2021

William P. Churchill, Jr., 83, of Carlisle, passed away at Emerson Hospital in Concord with family by his side on January 1, 2021. He was the beloved husband for 60 years of Janet E. (Fifield) Churchill. Born in New York City on January 11, 1937, he was the son of the late William and Marion (Harris) Churchill. He was a...

John Hester

John Hester

Jan 1, 2021

John R. Hester passed away on January 1, 2021, at the age of 67, after being diagnosed with cancer four weeks earlier. He grew up in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and was the eldest son of Leon B. and Mary ("Muffin") Hester, long-time residents of Lincoln who predeceased him. He graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury High School in 1971 and from Bates College in...

George D. Gower, Jr.

George D. Gower, Jr.

Dec 31, 2020

George D. Gower, Jr., 79, of Leominster, formerly of Concord, died peacefully on Thursday, December 31, 2020 at Sterling Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. For 53 years, he was the devoted husband to Lee (Mara) Gower. George was born in Lowell on January 15, 1941 the son of the late George Gower Sr. and Lena (Tousignant) Gower. Raised in Westford,...

Barberie Van Valey

Barberie Van Valey

Dec 30, 2020

Barberie (Harmer) Van Valey, 95, formerly of Carlisle and Sudbury, died on December 30, 2020 at Lowell General Hospital after a short illness. She was the wife of the late George H.R McQueen of Sudbury and the late Edwin C. VanValey of New York. She was born in Boston on October 13, 1925 to Dr. Torr W. and T. Barberie...

Dr. Jaok Han

Dr. Jaok Han

Dec 28, 2020

Dr. Jaok "Jack" Han, 90, a resident of Lincoln, MA, passed away on December 28th, 2020. He was born in Nampo, Korea in 1930. As a 1951 medical school graduate of Kyung Pook National University in South Korea, he was chosen from among many internship applicants to specialize in internal medicine with a US Army hospital in Korea. His ambition...

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