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Honoring Lives: Obituaries and Tributes

Judith Flemming Gale

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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