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Anne Thomas Sears

Anne Thomas Sears

Aug 13, 2017

Anne Thomas Sears, 96, the beloved wife of Douglas Hubbard Sears for 74 years, died peacefully in her Concord home on Sunday, August 13, 2017, with her family by her side. Born in Waltham, Mass on March 19, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Reginald and Sally (Wyman) Thomas. She was Valedictorian of the class of 1938 at...

Barbara Bigelow Dunn

Barbara Bigelow Dunn

Aug 12, 2017

Barbara Bigelow Dunn died peacefully at her home in Lincoln, MA on August 12, 2017 with her family by her side. She was born in Boston to Henry F. Bigelow and Barbara W. Bigelow. She attended Miss Chickering's one-room school where classes were held on the unheated porch, then Bancroft school and Milton Academy. She was always proud of her...

Rev. Rebecca M. Blodgett

Rev. Rebecca M. Blodgett

Aug 12, 2017

Concord, MA - The Rev. Rebecca Morton Blodgett died on Saturday, August 12, age 84. She was born April 16, 1933, in St. Paul, MN and graduated from Summit School in St. Paul, and then Vassar College in 1955. While her children were young, she was a dedicated volunteer with many organizations, including Planned Parenthood, the American Red Cross, the...

Xiaodong Ma

Xiaodong Ma

Aug 11, 2017

Xiaodong Ma, age 59, of Concord, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Friday, August 11, 2017. She was the devoted wife of Baozhang He. Born in Tianjin, China on April 29, 1958, she was the daughter of Sirong Liu of Beijing, China and the late Hongxing Ma. She spent most of her childhood and early years...

Frank B. Hills, Sr.

Frank B. Hills, Sr.

Aug 11, 2017

Frank B. Hills, Sr., 87, of Concord, died on Friday, August 11, 2017 at the Care One Center in Concord following an extended illness. He was the husband of the late Beverly R. (Woolfenden) Hills who died in 2011. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 11, 1930 to his late parents, LaMar and Melba (Bringhurst) Hills....

Aidan Mchale Sierra

Aidan Mchale Sierra

Aug 9, 2017

Aidan McHale Sierra, age 12, of Concord, died on Wednesday, August 9, 2017. He was the treasured son of Michael Sierra and Ellen McHale, and cherished brother of Isabel Sierra, all of Concord. Family and friends will gather for visiting hours on Monday, August 14th from 4 to 8 pm in the Dee Funeral Home, 27 Bedford Street, Concord Center....

Carl N. Madia

Carl N. Madia

Aug 6, 2017

Carl N. Madia, 87, of Hyannis, MA, formerly of Harvard, MA and North Bergen, NJ, died on Sunday, August 6, 2017 at Cape Cod Hospital in Barnstable. He was the devoted husband for 50 years of Rosemary (Moran) Madia. He was born on July 12, 1930 to the late Gaetano and Rose (LaManna) Madia. He spent his childhood in North...

Mary C. Robinson

Mary C. Robinson

Aug 5, 2017

Mary Calista (Clear) Robinson, recently of Boston, formerly a long-time resident of Concord, died on August 5, 2017. Born September 22, 1923 in Somerville, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Katherine Clear. Mary is survived by her daughter, Joanne Hemenway of Boston, her two granddaughters, Bonnie Hemenway and Kory Hemenway and her three great grandsons, Cameron Ripley,...

Gillis F. Stephenson

Gillis F. Stephenson

Aug 4, 2017

Gillis Fraser Stephenson, 80, passed away on August 4, 2017 at his home in Leominster MA, surrounded by family and friends. He leaves behind his loving wife Judith Stephenson (MacKinlay), daughter, Karen Audette and husband Steve (Concord, MA), son, Lloyd and wife Christine (Springfield, VA) and son, Gary and wife Cynthia (Concord, MA). He was the beloved grandfather to Gerald,...

Gene M. Brown

Gene M. Brown

Aug 4, 2017

Gene M. Brown, of Concord, Mass. passed away on Friday, August 4, 2017 after a brief illness. He was born in Pioneer, Missouri and raised in nearby Cassville until around age nine, when his family moved to Idaho. He worked his way up from walking to a one room schoolhouse to become Dean of Science at M.I.T., was the first...

Joan Mcclane Leftwich

Joan Mcclane Leftwich

Aug 2, 2017

Joan McClane Leftwich, a woman defined by her commitment to family, friends, and love for art and music, passed away on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 7, 1932, the only child of George W. and Mary J. McClane, Ms. Leftwich attended the academically elite Philadelphia High School for Girls where...

Michael Leonard Joyce

Michael Leonard Joyce

Jul 28, 2017

Michael ("Mike") Leonard Joyce of Leominster, MA, formerly of Concord, MA passed away at his home surrounded by his family after a short, but hard fought battle with cancer on July 28, 2017 at age 54. He was the loving husband of Leah (Centore) Joyce and father to Michael. Mike is survived by his parents Loeta and Bradford Joyce of...

Salvatore Charles Razionale

Salvatore Charles Razionale

Jul 27, 2017

Salvatore Charles Anthony Razionale of Concord, MA, born November 25th 1989 passed away Thursday July 27th 2017 at 27 years of age. Sal will forever be remembered by countless friends, relatives and loved ones. He will always remain the loving father of Pasquale Jeffrey Razionale age 4, Dominic Anthony Razionale age 3 and a devoted companion of their mother Julia-Rose...

Robert G. Bower

Robert G. Bower

Jul 27, 2017

Robert G. Bower, 81, of Concord, died on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at Emerson Hospital in Concord following a brief illness. For 60 years, he was the loving husband of Sally A. (Shaw) Bower. He was born in Methuen on June 24, 1936, the son of the late Herbert and Eva (Robillard) Bower. He remained a Methuen native, and graduated...

Toni M. Marckini

Toni M. Marckini

Jul 14, 2017

Toni M. (Gibb) Marckini, of Weston, formerly of Lexington, July 14. Devoted wife of Eugene F. Marckini. Loving mother of Frederick W. Marckini of Miami, FL and Sandra E. Johnson of Augusta, GA. Dear sister of William B. Gibb of Nova Scotia, Keith G. Gibb of Blackstock, Ontario, Canada and Sandra Sterritt of Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada. Cherished grandmother of Joy,...

Audrey J. Lawser

Audrey J. Lawser

Jul 12, 2017

Audrey Jutten Lawser passed away at age 99 on July 12, 2017, at Brookhaven at Lexington, where she lived for nearly a quarter century. Audrey was born during a raging snowstorm in Hamilton, Ontario on April 13, 1918, to Charles K. and Myrtle G. Jutten. She was the second oldest of four Jutten sisters, granddaughters of Thomas Jutten, a two-term...

Eleanor D. Mahoney

Eleanor D. Mahoney

Jul 9, 2017

Eleanor (Davis) Mahoney, 79, of Lincoln, died peacefully, following a long illness, on July 9, 2017 at the Sunrise Assisted Living Facility in Weston. She was the cherished wife for nearly sixty years of the late John D. Mahoney who passed away on June 12, 2017. Born on March 25, 1938 and raised in Waterbury, Connecticut, she was the daughter...

Heidi Scholz Donaldson

Heidi Scholz Donaldson

Jul 6, 2017

Heidi Scholz Donaldson died on July 6, 2017 after a long battle with cancer, just two days after celebrating her 71st birthday. Heidi Donaldson is survived by her daughters, Kristin Donaldson and her husband, Andrew Sims of Carlisle Massachusetts, Stephanie Labdon and her husband Nathan of Aiken, South Carolina, and her three grandchildren, Thatcher and Ellie Sims and Alyssa Labdon....

H. Cecil Wagner

H. Cecil Wagner

Jul 3, 2017

H. Cecil Wagner, a man deeply loved and honored, went peacefully to his Lord at home in Lincoln, MA on July 3, 2017, with overflowing love from his family and friends. He lived to celebrate his sixtieth wedding anniversary with his college sweetheart and cherished wife, Anita McClure Wagner. His life was one of doing for others, of blessing, great...

Catherine G. (Kay) Fowler

Catherine G. (Kay) Fowler

Jul 2, 2017

Catherine G. "Kay" Fowler of Concord, Massachusetts, died on July 2, 2017 at 95 years old. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Grimes. After graduating from the University of Illinois in Economics, Kay married the love of her life, Charles (Bert) Fowler, and moved to Boston where they both worked at MIT...

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