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Honoring Lives: Obituaries and Tributes
Elizabeth L. Ramos-Mann
Sep 27, 2015
Elizabeth Ramos Mann, who passed away on Sunday, September 27th, lead an extremely diversified business and family life. By turns, Elizabeth (aka "Liz" or "Libby") was a valued administrator, successful entrepreneur, experienced care giver, and a young family matriarch. These seperate roles often overlapped. Liz was born in the Manila suburb of Quezon City in 1954. Her mother, Dr. Evelyn...
Ruth Forinash
Sep 27, 2015
Ruth Eleanor Thran Wittman Forinash, 94, passed away on September 27, 2015 at home, surrounded by her family on the day of full super moon in Aries and a total lunar eclipse. She was born on April 9, 1921 in Philadelphia, and lived in Fairmont, West Virginia; Munich, Germany; Ft. Benning/Columbus, GA, and had resided in Concord, MA for the...
Marilyn G. Demers
Sep 26, 2015
Marilyn G. (Brown) Demers, 86, of Concord, formerly of Belmont, died Saturday, September 26, 2015 at Apple Valley Center in Ayer. She was the beloved wife for 63 years of the late Raymond L. Demers. Born in Waltham, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Jessie (Rogers) Brown. She attended Belmont public schools and graduated from Belmont High...
Jeanne C. Lochtefeld
Sep 26, 2015
Jeanne (Cann) Lochtefeld, 74, of Leominster, formerly of Concord, died September 26, 2015 at her Leominster home. Born in Rochester, New York on June 9, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Helen (Bickford) Cann. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri where she received an Associate in Arts degree and attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio...
David J. Kneeland, Jr.
Sep 26, 2015
David J. Kneeland, Jr., 76, of Maynard, formerly of Sudbury, died peacefully on Saturday, September 26th at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham with his family at his side. He was the beloved husband for 52 years of Lillian J. (O'Connor) Kneeland. Born in Winthrop on April 28, 1939, he was the devoted son of the late David J. Kneeland, Sr....
Madeleine E. Venti
Sep 22, 2015
Madeleine E. (Coan) Venti, 96, of Concord, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at Concord Healthcare Center in Concord. She was the beloved wife of the late Louis J. Venti who died in 2012. Born in Lincoln on August 1, 1919 she was the daughter of the late Thomas F. Coan and Anna A. (Crowley) Coan. She attended Lincoln and Concord...
Virginia D. Zarr
Sep 19, 2015
Virginia D. (Sims) Zarr, 86, died after a long illness on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley in Littleton, MA. Born in Concord, MA on October 24, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Raymond and Josephine (Moreau) Sims of Concord, and was predeceased by her brother Raymond. In 1966 she married...
Richard M. Glasberg
Sep 18, 2015
On the evening of Friday, September 18th, Richard M. Glasberg of Concord passed away after a long battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). He was 55. He leaves behind his daughters, Samantha M. of Austin, TX and Anna L. of Boston, MA; his brother, Stuart; and many loving friends. Richard Glasberg was born in the town of Lexington, MA on...
John F. Paino
Sep 18, 2015
John F. Paino, age 90, of Boca Raton, FL and North Falmouth, MA, formerly of Lincoln, MA, died Friday, September 18th at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston surrounded by family. He was the beloved husband for 60 years of the late Dolores M. Paino who died in 2009. Born in Waltham, MA on April 30, 1925 he was the...
Michele G. Lombardo
Sep 17, 2015
Michele G. Lombardo, 96, of Cape Coral, Florida, formerly of Concord, Mass. died Thursday September 17, 2015 in Cape Coral. Born in Concord, MA, May 18, 1919, third of four children. The only son of Joseph and Carmela (Marino) Lombardo who settled in Concord in the early 1900's. His three sisters were Carmela Lombardo, Natala Granchelli and Rosemary Panetta. Mike...
Emily B. Schetky
Sep 14, 2015
EMILY B. SCHETKY, 89,GARDNER EXTRAORDINAIRE, LOVER OF NATURE Emily (Barber) Schetky died September 14, 2015 after a long illness. She was 89. Born in Morristown, NJ on March 10, 1926, she was the daughter of the late William and Emily (Ranshaw) Barber. She spent most of her life in Massachusetts, first as a child in Waban, and later, most of...
Ltc Arcade G. Boivin, Ii
Sep 13, 2015
LTC Arcade G. Boivin, II, USA (Ret.), age 79, of Concord, MA, died Sunday, September 13th at his Concord home in the company of his loving family. He was the beloved husband for 58 years of Jane (Buckley) Boivin. Born in Cohoes, New York on November 26, 1935 he was the son of the late Lionel J. and Alma (Delisle)...
H. Alexander Porter
Sep 12, 2015
H. Alexander Porter, 84, of Sudbury, MA passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 12, 2015. Born in Buffalo, N.Y. to Isobel Margaret Farncomb (Porter) and Alexander Langmuir Porter, Mr. Porter is survived by his wife Janet E. Porter, and by his former wife Susan Porter of Framingham. He is also survived by his children Kip Porter and her partner Nikki...
Bojan Hamlin Jennings
Sep 8, 2015
Bojan Hamlin Jennings of Plymouth MA, formerly of Lake Villa, ILL, and Norton, MA died on September 8, 2015 in Concord. She was married to the late Addison Llewellyn Jennings for seventy years. She was born on April 4, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. From 1943 until her retirement in 1985, Mrs. Jennings was a Professor of Chemistry at Wheaton College...
Joan S. Wright
Sep 4, 2015
Joan (Sweetser) Wright, 77, of Concord died Friday September 4, 2015 in Concord. She was the beloved wife of the late Kent Wright. Born in Winchester on December 18, 1937 she was the daughter of the late Charles N. Sweetser and Jane (Perkins) Sweetser. She attended Winchester schools, graduated from Winchester High School and later from Colby Junior College. Following...
Laurie J. Thompson
Sep 4, 2015
Laurie J. (Finnerty) Thompson, 70, of Concord, formerly of Carlisle and Waltham died Friday September 4, 2015 in Boston. She was the beloved wife of 50 years of Ronald G. Thompson. Born on January 4, 1945 she was the daughter of the late Gerard W. Finnerty and Jeanne (Kerwin) Finnerty. She attended Belmont schools, was a 1963 graduate of Belmont...
Elinor M. Condon
Sep 4, 2015
Elinor M. (Mahoney) Condon, age 95, a lifelong Concord resident, died Friday, September 4th at the Bedford V.A. Hospital. She was the beloved wife of 63 years of the late James M. Condon who died in 2010. Born in Concord on April 27, 1920 she was the daughter of the late Richard and Josephine (Kelleher) Mahoney. She attended Concord Public...
Francis D. Curran
Sep 1, 2015
Francis D. Curran, 83, of Concord, died Tuesday, September 1st at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington. He was the beloved husband for 58 years of Barbara (Albani) Curran. Born in Concord on October 25, 1931 he was the son of the late Edward Sr. and Catherine (Gannon) Curran. Mr. Curran attended Concord Public Schools and graduated from Concord High...
Peggy Schmertzler
Aug 28, 2015
Peggy Schmertzler of Lincoln passed away peacefully on August 28, 2015. The beloved wife of Alvin Louis Schmertzler, mother of Francis Brooks Belford of New Zealand, Caleb Cushing Clapp of Gloucester and Margaretta Story Phillips of Santa Monica, and step-mother of Amy Anisimov of Newton, MA and Michael Schmertzler of New Canaan, CT. Nee Margaretta Stewart Bridgman, Peggy was born...
Ralph E. Wesinger, Sr.
Aug 22, 2015
Ralph Edward Wesinger, Sr., 83, retired Concord Police Officer, of North Myrtle Beach, SC, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2015. Ralph was predeceased by his wife of 56 years, Kathleen "Kay" Harrington Wesinger on December 18, 2011. Born on June 23, 1932 in Lexington, MA he was the eldest son of Charles and Audrey Ryan Wesinger and brother to...
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