Yori Oda
Feb 5, 2018
On Monday, February 5, 2018, Ms. Yori Oda of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Tokyo, Japan, passed away after a recent illness. Born in Tokyo before the Second World War, as a young child Yori Oda lived with her family in the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai. It was the first taste of the adventurous life she was to lead in the years...
Philip J. Gulesian, Jr.
Feb 5, 2018
Philip J. Gulesian, Jr. died peacefully in his home in Concord, MA on February 5, 2018, due to complications from Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. He was 83. Philip was born on July 25, 1934 in Boston, MA to his parents, Philip J. Gulesian, Sr. and Gladys Garabedian. Phil grew up in Hyde Park, MA where he had many fond memories. He...
Helen B. Spillert
Feb 2, 2018
Helen B. (Newman) Spillert, 98, of Waltham, entered into rest on February 2. She was the wife for 61 years of the late Gilbert Spillert, who died in 2008. Born in 1919, Helen was raised in the Bronx, NY, and attended Hunter College. She received a degree in chemistry in 1940, unusual for young women of that time. Before the...
Charles Joseph Simpson
Feb 2, 2018
Our Dad and Grandfather, Charles Simpson climbed his final mountain on Friday morning 2 February 2018 at 1144 am. He was 81 years old and lived a full and remarkable life. He was born on March 2, 1936 in Andover MA. He graduated from The University of New Hampshire where he received an undergraduate degree in Forestry. He dreamed of...
Enid C. Winchell
Jan 31, 2018
Enid Clarke Winchell, 93, of Lincoln, passed away at home on January 31, 2018 in the arms of her daughter following a brief illness. Enid was born to Rhoda Margaret and Frederick Clarke in Surrey, England on September 26, 1924. Evacuated from Britain during World War II, she arrived in the United States on the Samaria, the last ship carrying...
John J. Doyle
Jan 30, 2018
John J. Doyle, 75, a longtime Concord resident died suddenly on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at Emerson Hospital. He was the cherished husband for 45 years of Mary (Keogh) Doyle. They met in Ireland and married in Drumkilly in 1972. He was born in Concord on December 11, 1942 to his late parents, C. Edward Doyle and Mary (Reilly) Doyle....
André R. Dion
Jan 25, 2018
André R. Dion, age 91, of Concord, passed away peacefully in the comfort of his home surrounded by family on January 25, 2018. He is the beloved husband of 58 years to Betty F. (Adams) Dion. Mr. Dion obtained a PhD in Physics from Université Laval in Québec City in 1954 and relocated to the United States in 1960 to...
Stephanie Nara Dempsey
Jan 25, 2018
Stephanie Nara Dempsey, 60, a beloved mother and proud United States Army Major veteran died unexpectedly on Thursday, January 25, 2018. She was born in Nara, Japan on February 1, 1957 to her late parents, David and Carolyn Layman. Stephanie graduated from Sam Houston University in Huntsville, Texas. Her honorable military service led to assignments with the First Armor Division...
Pat Sau Fung
Jan 21, 2018
Pat S. Fung, age 95, of Concord, MA, died on Sunday, January 21, 2018 in Concord. She was the wife of the late Mui Kit Lee. Pat was born in a very small town, Zhongshan, located in Southern China and was the daughter of the late Henry Fung and Yukwan Yeung. Pat first set foot in America when she was...
Jeanmary R. Smith
Jan 18, 2018
Jeanmary R. Smith, 92, passed away with family by her side on January 18, 2018. Born in 1925, the daughter of the late Michael F. and Frances E. (O'Connell) Corridan, she attended school in Chicopee MA. and New York City, NY. She was predeceased by her husband of 61 years, Donald O. Smith, who died in 2008; her daughter, Roberta...
Zoel A. Sawyer
Jan 18, 2018
Zoel A. Sawyer, 73, of Concord, formerly of Westford, Waltham, and Canada, passed away at Emerson Hospital surrounded by his family on Thursday, January 18, 2018. He was born in Minto, New Brunswick, Canada on September 6, 1944. He was the son of the late Clarence and Minnie (Leger) Jaillet and his late brother, Eli Jaillet. Zoel is survived by...
John Colin "Jack" Chisholm
Jan 15, 2018
John Colin "Jack" Chisholm, 95, of Concord, died peacefully at his home on 19 Thoreau Court, where he was born, with his family by his side on January 15, 2018. He was born May 1, 1922, the son of the late Allan Daniel Chisholm and Ellen Theresa (Brennan) Chisholm. He was a Concord firefighter for 28 ½ years prior to...
Claire R. Mariano
Jan 13, 2018
Claire Rita (Grady) Mariano, 82, of Carlisle, passed away peacefully in her loving family's company on January 13th at Lahey Hospital in Burlington. Claire (lovingly referred to as "Miss Grady" by her husband Tony) was born in Cambridge in 1935 and raised in Somerville and Winchester. She graduated from Saint Joseph's School in Somerville in 1953. She married Tony Mariano...
Edward F. Lanchester
Jan 11, 2018
Edward F. Lanchester, 74, of Concord, died peacefully in the comfort of his home on Thursday, January 11, 2018. He was the loving husband for 56 years of Patricia M. (Norris) Lanchester. He was born in Boston on March 14, 1943 to his late parents, Lawrence and Irene (Gray) Lanchester. A graduate of Brookline High School, Mr. Lanchester subsequently served...
Pasquale V. "Pat" Costa
Jan 10, 2018
Pasquale V. "Pat" Costa, 74, of Concord, died at home with his loving family by his side on Wednesday, January 10, 2018. Pat was born in Cambridge on September 4, 1943, the son of the late Vincent and Mary (Mercurio) Costa. He grew up in Arlington and attended Northeastern University before going on to obtain his Masters in Electrical Engineering...
Robert P. Bicchieri
Jan 10, 2018
Robert P. Bicchieri, 78, of Leominster, formerly of Sudbury and Boston, died on January 10, 2018. He was the beloved husband of 48 Years of Patricia M. Roche; loving father of Erica C. Boudreau and her husband John of Natick; dear Grandpa of Mason and Lila Boudreau; son of the late Dr. Anthony and Yvonne (Reed) Bicchieri; brother of Rex...
Mary Power Monaghan
Jan 8, 2018
Mary Power Monaghan, age 79, formerly of Chatham and Cohasset, MA, Greenwich, CT and Bloomfield Hills, MI. died Jan. 8, 2018. She was the beloved mother of Patricia Monaghan Underwood and her husband Steven of Acton, MA, Peter Joseph Monaghan of Pontiac, MI, Kevin Christopher Monaghan and his wife Elizabeth of Waterford, MI, Erin Carney and her husband Tucker of...
Spencer F. Ridick
Jan 8, 2018
Spencer F. Ridick, age 20, of Concord, died unexpectedly on Monday, January 8, 2018. He was the cherished and adored son of Mark and Kristie (Blenman) Ridick of Concord. Spencer was born in Worcester on August 18, 1997. He graduated from Concord-Carlisle High School in 2015, where he played football and lacrosse. Spencer was currently studying Business at the University...
Raymond Bush Hanselman
Jan 5, 2018
Raymond "Ray" Bush Hanselman passed away in Lincoln, MA on January 5, 2018, at the age of 85. Ray is survived by his wife of 60 years, Judith Helen (Bailey) Hanselman; his children, Eric and his wife Sarah, John and his wife Rachel, and Ted and his wife Carolann and seven grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his twin...
Mary Margaret Steedly
Jan 4, 2018
Mary Margaret Steedly, age 71, of Lincoln, formerly of Cambridge, died peacefully at the Miriam Boyd Parlin Residence in Wayland on Thursday, January 4, 2018. For the past sixteen months, she bravely and calmly lived her life as she fought her battle with breast cancer. She was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on December 16, 1946, the daughter of the...
