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Robert J. Joachim
Dec 30, 2019
Robert J. Joachim, 91, a former longtime Concord resident, died at Life Care Center in Sullivan, Missouri on Monday, December 30, 2019. He was the beloved husband for 52 years of the late Patricia R. (Hession) Joachim who died in 2003. Born on January 2, 1928, he was the son of the late Alphonse and Hilda (Efverman) Joachim. He was...
Allan Chandler Brackett
Dec 30, 2019
Allan Chandler Brackett, 89, of Brewster, MA and Beverly Hills, FL, formerly of Concord, MA, died at Cape Cod Hospital on Monday, December 30, 2019. Born in Medford on August 21, 1930, he was the son of the late Gorham and Hazel (McAuley) Brackett. He graduated from Medford High School with the class of 1948, and subsequently served his country...
Ellen D. Heye
Dec 26, 2019
Ellen D. Heye, former teacher and beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother died peacefully on December 26, 2019, in Lincoln, Massachusetts, at the age of 89. Ellen was born on April 3, 1930 in West Haven, Connecticut. Her father, George Doms, was a career Army officer who ran away at the age of 16 to join the Buffalo Bill Wild West...
Marie A. Baratta
Dec 23, 2019
Marie A. Baratta, 71, of Concord, died Monday, December 23, 2019 after a brief terminal illness. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Marie (Reilly) Baratta. She grew up in North Cambridge and Watertown, spending most of her adult life in Concord. She received a B.A. from Northeastern University, and worked as an office manager...
James J. Marshall
Dec 14, 2019
James J. Marshall, 83, of Maynard, passed away peacefully, Saturday, December 14, 2019 at Lahey Clinic in Burlington in the company of family. James was born April 2, 1936, to Joseph Bernard Marshall and Mary Perry Marshall of Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he lived until moving to West Concord at the age of four. James served in the U.S. Marines after...
David Dodge Crockett, Jr.
Dec 13, 2019
David Dodge Crockett Jr, 46 of North Chelmsford, passed away December 13, 2019 at his home in North Chelmsford, MA. David was born December 15, 1972 in Port Angels WA, to Mary Jean and David Dodge Crockett. He was a tribal member of the Makah Indian Nation, located in Neah Bay WA. His family name is Parker of the Osette...
Gordon S. Fraser
Dec 12, 2019
Gordon S. Fraser, 84, a longtime resident of Concord, died on December 12, 2019, under the expert care of Bridges by EPOCH in Westford, and surrounded by his family. He was the loving husband for 58 years of Cynthia (Parker) Fraser. Born in Boston on August 16, 1935, he was the son of the late Simon Gordon Fraser and Tressa...
Charlotte L. Dexter
Dec 11, 2019
Charlotte L. (Giles) Dexter, 87, a resident of Cape Coral, FL, formerly of Concord, died on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at Emerson Hospital in Concord, following a long illness. She was the wife of the late Charles R. Dexter who died in 2006. Born in Concord on July 13, 1932, and raised in Lincoln, she was the daughter of the...
Daniel Edward Demao
Dec 6, 2019
Daniel E. DeMao, 65, of West Yarmouth, Mass. formerly of Concord, Mass. and Cocoa Beach, Florida died Friday December 6, 2019 at his West Yarmouth home after a short illness. Born in Concord on September 12, 1954 he was the son of the late Samuel J. and Myrtle J. (Sorensen) DeMao He attended Concord schools and was a 1972 graduate...
Bayla (Goldsmith) Cornell
Dec 6, 2019
Bayla (Goldsmith) Cornell (78) of Carlisle, MA , formerly of Lunenburg, MA, passed away on Friday, December 6, 2019 in Concord, MA, after a protracted illness. Bayla was born July 8, 1941 in Fall River, MA, to Frances and William Goldsmith, and married her childhood sweetheart Richard Cornell in 1962. She earned her bachelor's degree from Boston State College and...
Erin P. Hackman
Dec 5, 2019
Erin P. (McHenry) Hackman, age 54, of Concord, MA, died peacefully at home while surrounded by the embrace of her family on Thursday, December 5, 2019. She was the beloved wife for 27 years of Jeff Hackman. Erin was born in Modesto, California on August 19, 1965, as the daughter of Heather (Herndon) Bates and the late Patrick McHenry. She...
William S. Flannery, Sr.
Dec 4, 2019
William S. Flannery, Sr., 68, of Gardner, formerly of Hollywood, FL and originally from Carlisle, MA, died unexpectedly following a brief illness at Heywood Hospital in Gardner on Wednesday, December 4, 2019. Born in Concord on December 15, 1950, he was the son of the late Richard and Helen (Sowerbutts) Flannery. He graduated from Concord-Carlisle High School in 1969. Bill...
Rev. Dr. William Aldridge Dantzler
Dec 3, 2019
CONCORD - The Reverend Doctor William Aldridge Dantzler, lovingly known as Bill, died on December 3, 2019, at the age of 86. Born on September 15, 1933, in Winona, MS, he moved to Birmingham in 1943 and became a member of First Presbyterian Church. A graduate of both Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC and Columbia Theological Seminary, he completed graduate...
Benjamin T. Wright
Nov 30, 2019
Benjamin Tappan Wright, 97, of Lexington, MA passed away peacefully on November 30, 2019. He was preceded in death by the love of his life, Mary Louise (Premer) Wright after 52 years of marriage. Born August 24, 1922 in Berkeley, CA to Austin Tappan and Margaret Stone Wright, he would go on to graduate from Harvard College in the class...
Donald R. Prentiss
Nov 30, 2019
Donald Prentiss, a beloved husband, brother and friend, died in the comfort of his Concord home on November 30th, 2019, following a brave battle with glioblastoma brain cancer at the age of 73. A lifetime resident, the Prentiss family has resided in Concord since the 1800's. Don was born at the Emerson Hospital cottage in 1946. He saw many changes...
Mila Alexander
Nov 27, 2019
Mila Alexander passed away at 89 on November 27, 2019 in Concord, MA. She is survived by her loving son Alex Vuckovic (Sara) of Carlisle, MA and daughter Stephanie Vuckovic (Goran Maric) of Falls Church, VA; grandchildren Alex, Elizabeth and Julia Vuckovic; Stefan and Ivan Maric. She was predeceased by her ex-husband Vladeta Vuckovic in 2012 and her sister, Dragana...
Dorothy M. Brown
Nov 26, 2019
Dorothy M. Brown, resident of Framingham, MA and nearly life-long resident of Brooklyn died on November 26, 2019 at the age of 112 years. She was the oldest living person in Massachusetts and the tenth oldest living person in the U.S. Dorothy was born on May 1, 1907 in Brooklyn, NY to Nellie (Sullivan) and Michael Corcoran. That year Theodore...
Bradford D. Allen
Nov 25, 2019
Bradford Drake Allen, a devoted and admired mathematics college professor, died peacefully at his Concord home on Monday, November 25, 2019, following a courageous battle with glioblastoma brain cancer, at the age of 67. A former longtime Sudbury resident, he was the beloved husband of Elaine (Alpert) Allen, with whom he shared 26 wonderful years of marriage. He was the...
Lucia P. Shearman
Nov 23, 2019
Lucia (Pepe) Shearman, 94, a Concord resident for more than 50 years, died peacefully with family at her side on Saturday, November 23, 2019, in Concord. She was the cherished wife for 60 years of the late David J. Shearman, who died in 2013. Lucia was born on October 9, 1925, as the daughter of the late Ceriaco Pepe and...
Helen Bennett Crowell
Nov 22, 2019
Helen Bennett Crowell of Concord, MA, formerly of Glen Ridge, NJ, died peacefully on November 22nd at The Gardens. She was 91 years old. Born in Glen Ridge in 1928 to Dora Gibbs Bennett and John Alden Bennett, Helen grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. She attended College High School in Upper Montclair, where she met the love of her...
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