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...
Cheryl Elizabeth Sullivan
Jul 26, 2018
On Thursday, July 26, 2018, after a long illness, Cheryl Elizabeth Sullivan passed away in her hometown of Concord, Mass., surrounded by the family she loved and who loved her. She was 49 years old. Born in Concord on May 22, 1969, Cheryl enjoyed and excelled at many activities. Witty and sociable, with her sister Nancy she was a member...
Beverly Barney
Jul 22, 2018
Beverly (Garrett) Barney, 76, of Concord, died on Sunday, July 22, 2018 at Miriam Boyd Parlin Hospice Residence in Wayland with her family by her side. She was the devoted wife of The Rev. David M. Barney, with whom she enjoyed 53 years of loving marriage. Born in Washington, Georgia on September 26, 1941, she was the daughter of the...
Lesley K. Noftsker
Jul 16, 2018
Lesley Kay Hampton Noftsker of Billerica, Massachusetts died peacefully on Monday, July 16, 2018 at age 74. She had endured a gradual accumulation over 45 years of neurological damage from Multiple Sclerosis. Lesley was born in Galesburg, Illinois on December 9, 1943 to Elizabeth Ritter Hampton and Howard H. Hampton. She attended University of Colorado Boulder before she married and...
Kimberly S. Dobbie
Jul 15, 2018
Kimberly (Kim) Sue Dobbie died on July 15, 2018 from injuries sustained in a homicide in Lewiston, Maine. She was 48 years old. Kim is survived by her 11-year-old twin sons, Cole and Dylan, by her mother, Sue Dobbie of Ayer, formerly of Harvard, Massachusetts; and by her brother Christopher of Baltimore, Maryland. She is also survived by her uncle...
Richard Frederic Meyer
Jul 15, 2018
Richard ("Dick") Frederic Meyer, age 71, a longtime resident of Carlisle, Massachusetts, passed away at his home on July 15, 2018, from multiple myeloma. Richard was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 25, 1946 to Arthur and Janet Meyer. He graduated from Munich American High School in Germany in 1964; Michigan State University in 1968; and earned his JD from...
Mary Lou Fadiman
Jul 10, 2018
Mary Lou Fadiman, of Groton, formerly of Concord, passed away peacefully at the age of 89 on Tuesday, July 10, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Mabel Louise (Scott) and Dr. Arthur Robert Turner of Norwalk, CT. Mary Lou graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont. She received her Bachelors and Masters in Fine Arts from New York...
Jenny Phillips
Jul 9, 2018
~ From the Boston Globe Article by Danny McDonald ~ CONCORD / NANTUCKET - Jenny Phillips, an accomplished documentary filmmaker, activist, and therapist from Concord apparently drowned on July 9, 2018 after jumping from her small sailboat to swim to shore in Nantucket. Jenny Phillips was about a quarter-of-a-mile out at most when she began her swim, said her husband,...
Charles W. Haldeman, Iii
Jul 6, 2018
Charles W. Haldeman III (Chuck), age 82, of Concord, died peacefully at his home at the Lincoln Commons on Friday, July 6, 2018. He was the devoted husband for 59 years of Louise (Stephenson) Haldeman, father of two sons, and grandfather to three granddaughters. Born in Philadelphia in 1936, he was the son and only child of Charles Waldo Haldeman,...
Richard B. Marshall
Jul 5, 2018
Richard B. Marshall, 77, founder of Marshall Farms and a lifelong Concord resident, died at home, surrounded by family, on Thursday, July 5, 2018. He was the husband of Betty Whitcomb and the late Diane (Engebretson) Marshall. Born in Cambridge on May 7, 1941, he was the son of the late Joseph and Mary (Perry) Marshall. In the seventies, he...
James E. Murphy, Sr.
Jul 4, 2018
James E. Murphy, Sr. died July 4, 2018 in his home in Newtonville, MA. Better known as Papa or the Old Fart as he liked to call himself, he was born on Holy Thursday, April 5, 1928 and his mother thought for sure he would become a priest. He was the youngest of 7 children born in Concord, Ma to...
Patricia M. Harvey
Jul 3, 2018
Patricia M. (Hennessy) Harvey, 92, a longtime Concord resident, died peacefully in the comfort of her home on Tuesday, July 3, 2018. She was the loving wife of the late Charles J. Harvey who died in 1980. She was born in Woburn on March 29, 1926 to her late parents, Michael and Mary (McEnaney) Hennessy. After graduating from Winthrop High...
Pauline C. "Polly" Eaton
Jul 3, 2018
Pauline Cloutier "Polly" Eaton, 91, of Bedford, formerly of Concord, Acton, and Yarmouthport, MA and Naples, FL, died peacefully on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington. She was the beloved wife of the late Frederick W. Eaton who died in 2004. Polly was born in Portland, Maine on September 25, 1926, the daughter of...
Doreen L. Amaral
Jul 1, 2018
Doreen L. Amaral (née Harper), age 81, of Holden, beloved grandmother, mother, sister, and friend, died from leukemia on July 1, 2018. Born in London, England, Doreen married John P. Amaral in Swindon, Wiltshire and emigrated to the U.S. in 1958. Doreen and John were married until his death in 1979. After careers as a Registered Nurse and Massage Therapist,...
Rebecca L. Wilson
Jun 29, 2018
Rebecca L. (Allen) Wilson, age 38, formerly of Greenville, NH and Acton, MA, died suddenly as a result of injuries she sustained from an automobile accident in Shirley on Friday, June 29, 2018. She was born in Waltham on October 18, 1979. Despite Rebecca's life being cut tragically short, her memory and legacy will live on as a woman of...
