William M. Hopkins
Aug 27, 2018
William M. Hopkins, 68, a proud Army Veteran and longtime Concord resident, died suddenly at his home on Monday, August 27, 2018. Born in Concord on March 26, 1950, he was the son of the late Thomas and Regina (Grant) Hopkins. After graduating from Concord-Carlisle High School in 1969, Bill served during the Vietnam War. He was discharged with the...
Ethel Bornhofft Woodman
Aug 25, 2018
Ethel Bornhofft Woodman, 98, of Concord died August 25, peacefully at her home. Ethel was predeceased by her husband Byron E. Woodman Sr., her sister Janet B. Babb, her brother Henry (Bud) J. Bornhofft, Jr. and her daughter Joyce T. Woodman. She is survived by her sister Ann Ramsey of North Attleboro, her son Byron E. Woodman, Jr. and his...
Robert H. Webb
Aug 23, 2018
Robert Howard Webb of Lincoln, MA and Brooklyn, NY died August 23, 2018 of Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson's Disease (PD). Rob was born October 17, 1934 to Kenneth and Susan Howard Webb, founders of the Farm and Wilderness Camps in Plymouth, Vermont. He spent his childhood exploring the woods and trails of the Green Mountains, cultivating a lifelong love...
Ursula E. Smoot
Aug 22, 2018
Ursula E. Smoot passed away peacefully on August 22, 2018 after suffering a stroke. She was the wife of Perry R. Smoot. Ursula was born in Bad Liebenwerde, Germany, the daughter of Paul and Elsbeth Wende, and raised and educated in Germany and Austria. She was 96 years old. While she lived in Vienna, Ursula met her husband, Perry, a...
Shirley Hatch-Sorrenti
Aug 22, 2018
Shirley Ann (Kroll) Hatch-Sorrenti, 86, of Concord, formerly of Lexington and Framingham died Wednesday August 22, 2018 in Concord. She was the beloved wife of the late Anthony J. Sorrenti and the late Frederic M. Hatch. Born in Acushnet on August 6, 1932 she was the daughter of the late Adolph and Alice (DiVincent) Kroll. Shirley was the loving mother...
Ileana Rachman
Aug 21, 2018
Ileana Rachman (née Wolfgang), a fifty-one-year resident of Concord, Massachusetts, passed away at Traditions of Wayland on August 21, 2018. She was 83. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on December 17, 1934, She was the daughter of William and Gertrude Wolfgang. She earned a B.A. in Journalism from Penn State University. She is survived by her husband of sixty-two years, Martin...
Lorraine G. Goodwin
Aug 20, 2018
Lorraine (Gosiewski) Goodwin, 66, of Concord, MA, succumbed after a valiant and courageous ten-year battle with cancer on Monday, August 20, 2018. She was born on February 29, 1952 and raised in Stamford, CT. Lorraine received an associate's degree from Becker College. For 15 years, Lorraine enjoyed employment at the Bedford Montessori School and was more recently assisting at the...
Judith Flemming Gale
Aug 17, 2018
Our beloved Judith "Judy" Elsa Flemming Gale of Concord succumbed to metastatic ovarian cancer on Friday. She was 78 years old. Judy was born to Ricardo and Blanca Flemming on Oct. 16, 1939, in Ecuador. As a young adult, Judy immigrated to the U.S., where she married the love of her life, Lawrence "Larry" Gale on Sept. 26, 1964, in...
Angelo "Andy" Velardocchia
Aug 17, 2018
Angelo D. "Andy" Velardocchia, 89, a resident of Carlisle since 1968, died on Friday, August 17, 2018 at Emerson Hospital in Concord, following an extended illness. He was the loving husband for 63 years of Ann (Gallinaro) Velardocchia. Born on April 11, 1929, he was the son of the late Francesco and Antoinette (Assortato) Velardocchia. During adolescence, Andy was a...
Suzanne Gabrielle Lorant
Aug 15, 2018
Suzanne Gabrielle Lorant of Sudbury, MA died on August 15, 2018 from complications of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. She was born in New York City on April 7, 1944 to Lionel Lorant and Ilonka (Kerekes) Lorant who had left their native Hungary in 1938 during the unstable period leading up to WWII. Suzanne grew up in Willow Grove, PA. She...
Mary E. Cutler
Aug 14, 2018
Mary E. (Grigas) Cutler, 78, of Stow and a native of Maynard, died on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at Emerson Hospital in Concord, surrounded by her loving family. She was the cherished wife and soul mate for 60 years of Robert J. Cutler. Mary was born in Concord on February 17, 1940. While attending Maynard High School, she was a...
Brigitte Graneau
Aug 13, 2018
Mrs. Brigitte Graneau of Concord, MA, died on Monday August 13th at Emerson Hospital in Concord. She was born on October 22nd, 1932 in Stuttgart, Germany where her father was an eminent psychiatric physician. Her family moved to the UK before World War II, where she grew up in Nottingham. While studying at Nottingham University, she also worked for the...
Suzanne Jones
Aug 10, 2018
* Service Update: We will be having a Memorial Service for Suzanne Jones on Sunday, 11/4 at 1:30 pm at the First Parish Church in Chelmsford. Please join us in celebrating her life. If you are unable to attend, please considering sharing a favorite story or memory on this site and we will incorporate it into the service. Thank you...
Marjorie C. Van Houten
Aug 6, 2018
Marjorie C. Van Houten, 77, of Concord, MA and Vero Beach, FL. She attended Springfield, MA public schools and graduated from Cathedral High School in 1958. She received a bachelor's degree from Elms College in 1962, where she was a member of the Kappa Gamma Pi Honor Society and Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. She taught elementary school...
Mary E. Welch
Aug 4, 2018
Mary Elizabeth (Heanue) Welch, 88, a longtime resident of Littleton and Acton Massachusetts, died peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her loving family, on Saturday, August 4, 2018. Mary is predeceased by her husband, Paul X. Welch, a builder and small business owner who developed several properties in Acton, and her sister, Barbara Heanue. She is survived by her children,...
Dr. Alan Bradford Smith
Aug 3, 2018
Dr. Alan Bradford Smith, of Lincoln, died peacefully on Friday, August 3, 2018, following a long illness. He was 86. Alan was born in Karuizawa, Japan on July 28, 1932 to Bradford and Marion Collins Smith. He received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Swarthmore College in 1953 and his M.E.E. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1959. He...
Margaret Lawrence Folkins
Aug 2, 2018
Margaret (Lawrence) Folkins, 90, of Silver Spring, Maryland, formerly of Concord, Mass. died Thursday August 2, 2018 in Silver Spring. She was the beloved wife of the late Lt. Col. Jack Folkins, USAF (Ret.) who died in 2009. Born in Concord on May 20, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Maxwell E. and Cornelia (Martinson) Lawrence. She attended...
Dorothy M. Bolton
Aug 2, 2018
Dorothy M. (Welch) Bolton, age 87, of Acton, formerly of Stow and Concord, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her adoring family on Thursday, August 2, 2018. She was the devoted wife for 60 years of Richard E. Bolton, Sr. Born on March 1, 1931, in Wilmington, MA, she was the loving daughter of the late Paul Revere Welch...
Hans P. Steyskal
Jul 30, 2018
Hans P. Steyskal, (our "Far"), 79, of Concord, died as a result of a tragic accident in Concord on Monday July 30, 2018. He was the loving husband of Helga (Egger) Steyskal for 54 years. Hans was born in Berlin, Germany on October 10, 1938 to his late parents, Herbert and Leopoldine (Grill) Steyskal. Hans had a rough start in...
Margaret Shaffer
Jul 29, 2018
Margaret (Sherman) Shaffer, 65, of Concord, passed away at home on Sunday, July 29, 2018. She was born on November 5, 1952, the daughter of the late Thomas and Margaret (McGeehan) Sherman. Maggie was raised and educated in the Philadelphia area. During her high school years, she was a long distance runner and maintained a lifelong interest in art. She...
