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Ellis E. Walker Jr.
Oct 28, 2016
Ellis E. Walker, Jr, 91, of Concord, died Friday, October 28, 2016 at his Concord home. He was the husband for 62 years of Phyllis (Pitman) Walker. Born in Augusta, Maine on July 26, 1925, he was the son of the late Ellis E. and Marjorie E. (Hathorne) Walker. He attended Augusta public schools and graduated from Cony High School...
Rena L. Themistocles
Oct 18, 2016
Rena Themistocles, 1929-2016, passed away peacefully at her home in Cambridge, MA, on Oct. 18, 2016. Born on December 1, 1929, she was the youngest daughter of Peter & Claire Themistocles and the youngest of the "Themistocles girls. " Rena was born and raised in Southbridge, MA. After attending Mary West High School in Southbridge and Emmanuel College, then living...
William J. Lambert
Oct 18, 2016
William John Lambert of Carlisle passed away on October 18, 2016. Bill was the beloved son of the late Joseph and Mary Lambert. He leaves his wife May Lambert and his four children Marii, Mark, Jesse, and Matthew Lambert, his brothers Mark and Richard Lambert. Bill was born in Boston and has always been an avid Boston Sports fan. Prior...
David M. Powers
Oct 18, 2016
David Michael Powers, 56, of Concord, formerly of Lincoln, succumbed to complications of ataxia and metastatic prostate cancer after a long and courageous struggle, at the Walden Health and Rehab Center in Concord, on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. He was the beloved son of the late Richard F. Powers who died in 2003 and the late H. Irene (Mockel) Powers...
Helen "Betsy" Connelly
Oct 18, 2016
Betsy Connelly passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at Rivercrest Nursing Home in Concord, MA with her husband, Mark, by her side. She was born Helen Elizabeth Cooke in Hinsdale, IL on July 2, 1928, the youngest of five children of Vernon and Hazel Cooke. Betsy's formative years were spent in Pawtucket, RI, where her father was a...
Marguerite T. Hodgman
Oct 17, 2016
Marguerite T. (Gannon) Hodgman, 91, of Concord, died peacefully with her family by her side on Monday, October 17, 2016 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, MA. She was the beloved wife for 62 years of the late Roy B. Hodgman who died in 2009. Born in Yonkers, New York on October 15, 1925, she was the daughter...
John P. Kennedy
Oct 15, 2016
John P. Kennedy, aged 80, of 22 Deerhaven Road, Lincoln MA passed away on Saturday, October 15th, surrounded by his family. Born in Pittsfield, MA August 24, 1936 to Robert Kennedy and Katherine Maloney Kennedy, John was the youngest and last surviving of six brothers: Robert, James, Edward, William, and Lawrence "Flip" Kennedy. Growing up in western Massachusetts, John grew...
Jacob Christian Lasorsa
Oct 14, 2016
"He's in the sun, the wind, the rain, he's in the air you breathe with every breath you take. He sings a song of hope and cheer, there's no more pain, no more fear. You'll see him in the clouds above, hear him whisper words of love. You'll be together before long, until then listen for his song." On Friday,...
Anthony J. Sorrenti
Oct 13, 2016
Anthony J. Sorrenti, 94, of Concord, died Thursday, October 13, 2016 at his Concord home. He was the beloved husband of Shirley (Kroll) Hatch-Sorrenti and the late Maria L. (Colombo) Sorrenti. Born on November 5, 1921, he was the son of the late Salvatore and Bertha (Zanghi) Sorrenti. He attended Concord public schools and as a youth worked on the...
Joseph Severino Antognoni
Oct 6, 2016
Joseph Severino Antognoni passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, October 6th. He was 95, born in Concord Massachusetts to Secondo Antognoni & Ersilia Fraticelli Antognoni from Fano, Italy. One of 8 children, Joe outlived all 7 siblings. Joe attended Concord Public Schools, active in baseball and tennis. He attended Northeastern University in Boston, receiving a Bachelors' Degree in...
Natale N. Arena
Oct 3, 2016
Natale N. Arena, age 62, of Boxford, formerly of Westford, died peacefully on Monday, October 3, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband for 35 years of Theresa I. (O'Brien) Arena. Born in Concord on November 27, 1953, he was the devoted son of the late Pat and Sophie (Salamone) Arena. He graduated from Concord-Carlisle High...
Robert Goodwin
Oct 3, 2016
Robert Goodwin, 83, of Lincoln and Harwich, died Monday, October 3, 2016 at Lahey Clinic in Burlington. He was the beloved husband of Trudy (McInerney) Goodwin. Born in Norwood on March 29, 1933 he was the son of the late Wallace Francis Goodwin and Margaret Elizabeth (Costello) Goodwin. He attended Norwood public schools and graduated from Norwood High School in...
James P. Gallagher
Oct 1, 2016
James P. Gallagher, 88, of Concord, died peacefully on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at Emerson Hospital in Concord. He was the beloved husband for 48 years of the late Catherine "Kathleen" (Burke) Gallagher who died in 2006. Born in Boston on October 11, 1927, he was the son of the late Thomas and Mary (Flatley) Gallagher. In his youth, he...
H. Irene Powers
Sep 28, 2016
H. Irene (Mockel) Powers, 91, of Concord, passed away at the Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley in Littleton on September 28, 2016. She succumbed only after a valiant fight from complications following a stroke that she had suffered in January 2015. She was the beloved wife of the late Richard F. Powers, who died in 2003, after 54 years...
Gary A. Armellino
Sep 27, 2016
Gary A. Armellino, 53, of Concord, MA, passed away on September 27, 2016 at his home in Boston, MA. Born in East Orange, NJ on April 12, 1963, he was the son of Milda Walkley and Bert Armellino and brother of Glenn Armellino, Wendy Brown, and Erik Armellino. Gary graduated from Concord Carlisle High School. Following that, he enlisted in...
James Thomas Hurley
Sep 26, 2016
James Thomas Hurley, 84, of Concord, Massachusetts, formerly of Westport, Connecticut, passed away Monday, September 26, 2016 at Emerson Hospital in Concord. He was the husband of the late Patricia Anne (McKenna) Hurley. Born in Glen Cove, New York on January 28, 1932, he was the son of the late John Thomas and Della Josephine Hurley. He received a Bachelor...
Barbara Rosser
Sep 24, 2016
Barbara "Bobby" Rosser, 89, of Concord, MA, formerly of Cape Cod. Bobby was born and raised in New York city and attended DePauw University, majoring in music and voice. There she met her husband, artist Curtis Rosser. Married for over 50 years, they raised their four children in New York, Connecticut, Maryland and Massachusetts. As a teenager Bobby got the...
Timothy Alan Thomas
Sep 17, 2016
Timothy will forever be remembered fondly as the incredible Father, Husband, Son, Brother, Uncle, Cousin, Friend, and so much more, that he represented to all of us. Tim was always comfortable in learning new things, making new connections, and leaving an immediate and enduring impression on the people he met in doing so. He was fearless, never intimidated to try...
Harriet D. Parish
Sep 15, 2016
Harriet Dinsmoor Parish, 91, of Concord, died on Thursday, September 15th. Harriet—or Dinnie, to those who knew her from childhood—was born and raised in Newton, MA, and earned a degree in Chemistry from Simmons College. She married Gene Parish on October 9, 1948, and they had 66 wonderful years together before his passing in 2014. From the time of their...
Peter A. Defoe Ii
Sep 13, 2016
Peter A. DeFoe II, age 53, of Stow, died peacefully on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 following a brief, hard-fought battle with cancer. He is survived by his beloved wife, Katie and his adoring children, Kayla and Anthony. He is the cherished oldest son of his mother and stepfather, Julia and Christopher Chase of Lakeland, FL and his father and stepmother,...
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