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Honoring Lives: Obituaries and Tributes

Harold S. Shriber

Harold S. Shriber

Apr 19, 2017

Harold S. Shriber, 91, of Acton, entered into rest on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the E.N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford, following a long illness. He was the husband of Janice (Kellert) Shriber. Born in Boston on December 17, 1925, he was the son of the late Maurice and Betty Shriber. From 1944 until 1946, Mr. Shriber honorably...

Mary C. Mckeown

Mary C. Mckeown

Apr 19, 2017

Mary (Cooney) McKeown, 54, of Concord and Nantucket, formerly of Bermuda, San Francisco, CA, New Canaan, CT, Brooklyn, NY and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida died Wednesday April 19, 2017 in the tender care of the medical staff at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She was the beloved wife of 28 years of Christopher R. McKeown. She lived a full life...

H. Roderick Nordell

H. Roderick Nordell

Apr 14, 2017

"What a model of a man he has always been for me," said a friend of the family, "so courteous and fair-minded, yet so smart and independent, and with such an enjoyment of the actualities of life." H. Roderick Nordell, 91, of Concord, formerly of Cambridge, died on Friday, April 14, 2017 at his Newbury Court residence. He was the...

David L. Carlstrom

David L. Carlstrom

Apr 11, 2017

David L. Carlstrom, age 77, of Concord, MA, died peacefully on 11 April, 2017, at the E.N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford. He was the husband for 45 years of Elizabeth (Hayes) Carlstrom. He was born in Buffalo, NY on July 8, 1939, the son of the late Carl and Ruth (Wheeland) Carlstrom. During his youth, Dave was raised...

Margaret Gilligan

Margaret Gilligan

Apr 11, 2017

Margaret Gilligan, a longtime resident of Concord, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on April 11 at her home after a long illness. She was 79. Margaret was married to her beloved husband, Frederick Gilligan for 57 years. They met on a blind date when they were both in high school. She was the loving mother of Erin Gilligan and her husband...

Richard Myrick Hatch, Jr.

Richard Myrick Hatch, Jr.

Apr 11, 2017

Richard Myrick Hatch Jr., 96, a descendant of original settlers at Plymouth Rock, died peacefully in his sleep at Newbury Court, Concord MA, on April 11, 2017. His wife of 62 years, Mary Jaquelin Noyes Hatch, predeceased him in 2010. He is survived by three of the couple's four children, Carolyn Flood of Concord, Rebecca (Roger) Meyers of Sarasota FL...

Beth Taylor

Beth Taylor

Apr 10, 2017

Beth Taylor, residing in Lincoln, MA, died peacefully at home in the early evening on Monday, April 10, 2017, in the arms of her husband, Tim Barclay. She was 87 years old. Beth was born in Richmond, VA, and graduated from Wellesley College in 1951. After graduation she went to England where she taught at Little Gaddesden School in Hartfordshire,...

James A. "Archie" Bonner

James A. "Archie" Bonner

Apr 9, 2017

James A. "Archie" Bonner of Concord passed away peacefully on April 9 at 86 years old. He was the devoted husband of the late Frances J. (Toomey), doting father of Kim A. Bonner of Lancaster, Kara J. Dobbins & husband Kenneth of Stow, and the late Kerry "Kassia" Reynard of Columbia, Missouri, dear brother of Leo F. Bonner of Auburn...

Richard J. Dimare

Richard J. Dimare

Apr 2, 2017

Richard J. DiMare, 70, of Harpswell, ME, formerly of Concord and Medford, admired Teacher and Coach in Concord for over four decades, died unexpectedly on Sunday, April 2, 2017. He was the cherished husband for 46 years of Palma (Petrosso) DiMare. He was the devoted father of Janel Johnson and her husband Doug, Darah DiMare, all of Harpswell, ME and...

Niklaus Vetsch

Niklaus Vetsch

Mar 31, 2017

Niklaus Vetsch, 86, of Acton, MA died peacefully Friday, March 31, 2017 at his home. By his side was his beloved wife Ingrid E. (Michalik) Vetsch. They were married 58 years ago in Ingrid's hometown of Berlin, Germany and then embarked on the first, of many, adventures when they immigrated to the United States the following year for Nick's new...

Peter P. Grad

Peter P. Grad

Mar 29, 2017

Peter P. Grad, 95, of Concord, died on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at home with Marylynn Boris, his loving companion of 29 years by his side. He was born and raised in Vienna, Austria, the only son of the late Berthold and Johanna (Deutsch) Grad. He proudly served his country in the Navy during World War II as a Forensic...

Betty R. Skomski

Betty R. Skomski

Mar 29, 2017

Betty Ruth (Lasher) Skomski, 93, formerly of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan died Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Acton Life Care Center. She was the beloved wife for 50 years of the late Anthony J. Skomski. Born in Detroit, Michigan on October 22, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Reuben Frank Lasher and Anna Josephine (Johnson) Lasher. She grew...

Theresa Jordan

Theresa Jordan

Mar 28, 2017

Theresa (Babish) Jordan, 80, died on Tuesday March 28, 2017. She was the beloved wife for 52 years of the late Leo Jordan who died in 2011. They were residents of Concord, MA for nearly forty years. Born in Lawrence, MA and raised in Methuen, MA, she graduated from Tenney Memorial High School in 1954. She then studied nursing at...

Jane Gilbert Wertz

Jane Gilbert Wertz

Mar 26, 2017

With her family lovingly gathered around, Jane Gilbert Wertz peacefully passed away on March 26, 2017. She was loved by her family and admired by her friends. She was the spouse of the late Vance Grazier Wertz (1908-1984); daughter of the late Richard Henry Gilbert (1885-1947) and Missoura May Wolfgang Gilbert (1885-1966), and sister of the late Julia Gilbert Ling....

Blanche Derylo Balacek

Blanche Derylo Balacek

Mar 26, 2017

Blanche Derylo Balacek, 94, died peacefully on Sunday, March 26th in Carlisle, Massachusetts, at the home of her daughter, Robin Emerson Bearfield, and son-in-law, Larry Bearfield, where she had been living for the past two years. Blanche was born in New York, New York on September 7, 1922 to John and Kathryn Derylo, both Polish immigrants. She attended New York...

Janice Musiak Duffy

Janice Musiak Duffy

Mar 25, 2017

Janice Duffy, 70, of Concord, MA, passed away Saturday night, March 25, 2017, surrounded by her family and friends. Janice is survived by her son Brian and his girlfriend Kylie Fulton of South Boston, step-daughter Jane Leonard and her husband Brian of Marlborough, sister-in-law Kathy Musiak of Spencer, niece Liz Sarantopoulos, her husband Jim, and their daughter Emma of Framingham,...

Nancy M. Flaherty

Nancy M. Flaherty

Mar 23, 2017

Nancy M. (McManus) Flaherty, age 58, of Concord, died peacefully on Thursday, March 23, 2017 following a courageous struggle with brain cancer. For 35 years, she was the cherished wife of Joseph P. Flaherty. He remains smitten to this day. Nancy was born on April 3, 1958, in Boston, MA, to Joseph P. and Carole D. McManus of Walpole. She...

Catharine H. Allen

Catharine H. Allen

Mar 21, 2017

Catharine (Kay) Allen, 97, formerly of Wellesley Hills, died peacefully on March 21, 2017 in Bedford, MA. Catharine Schofield Hayes was born in Winthrop, MA, on June 7, 1919 to Joseph Daniel and Edith (Milnes) Hayes. She grew up in Newtonville, graduating from Newton High School in 1936. She spent a post-graduate year at Dana Hall School in Wellesley, then...

Leo J. Mcgrath Jr.

Leo J. Mcgrath Jr.

Mar 20, 2017

McGrath, Leo J. Jr. in Concord on March 20th at age 84. Member of a long time Concord family. Beloved husband of 38 years of the late Elizabeth D. "Betty"(Lynah) McGrath. Father of Matthew A. and his wife Catherine of Concord, and Owen G. and his wife Ruby of Newark, CA. Grandfather of Courtney A. Cronkhite and her husband, Justin,...

James Hart Evans

James Hart Evans

Mar 18, 2017

James Hart Evans, 89, of Concord, Massachusetts, died peacefully on Saturday March 18, 2017 at the Newbury Court residence he shared with Betty, his beloved wife of over 61 years. James Hart was born in Bridgeport, CT on May 25, 1927, the eldest child of the late William Hooper Evans Sr. and Dorothy Hart Evans and was commonly called Hart....

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