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Jacqueline G. (Fairbanks) Matis
Apr 19, 2020
HOLDEN – Jacqueline G. (Fairbanks) Matis, 81, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2020. She was a resident of the Odd Fellows Home for the past 5 years. Her beloved husband, Sigmund A. Matis, Jr. passed away on February 5, 2020. She will be lovingly missed and remembered by her two sons, Mark Matis and his wife, Tammy of Farmville,...
Corrine A. Gibbons
Apr 18, 2020
WORCESTER/HOLDEN - Corrine A. Gibbons, 90, formerly of Holden, passed away at UMass Memorial Healthcare on Saturday, April 18, 2020 after a brief illness. Born and raised in Jefferson, Corrine was the daughter of George H. and Margaret E. (Manning) Gibbons and lived most recently at Notre Dame du Lac Assisted Living Community in Worcester for the last four years....
Nelson E. Mather Iii
Apr 18, 2020
STERLING – Nelson “Nel” E. Mather III, 87, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at Oakdale Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center after a long illness. He was born in Clinton, the son of Nelson, Jr. and Sylvia (Davis) Mather and had lived in Sterling since 1966. He leaves his beloved wife of 56 years, Judith (Crosby) Mather; his loving...
Jerilynn M. Valley
Apr 17, 2020
WORCESTER/HOLDEN – Jerilynn M. (Angell) Valley, 77, passed away peacefully at Tatnuck Park on Friday, April 17, 2020. Jerilynn was born in Worcester, and raised in Marlboro, a daughter of the late Frederick and Mary (Connery) Angell. She enjoyed a long career as a Senior Sales Assistant with Morgan Stanley Dean Whitter & Co. While she enjoyed many things in...
Leroy "Roy" A. Hermanson
Apr 17, 2020
MILLBURY - Leroy “Roy” A. Hermanson, 87, passed away on Friday, April 17, 2020 at UMass Memorial Healthcare – University Campus. He was born in Gloucester, the son of John Alban and Margaret (Johnson) Hermanson and had lived most of his life in Holden. Roy graduated from Holden High School and enlisted into the U.S. Army in 1952. He proudly...
Morton "Red" Morin
Apr 16, 2020
Red's Service Live Stream Link: https://client.tribucast.com/tcid/42197214 WORCESTER- Morton “Red” Morin of Worcester passed away peacefully at home on April 16th. Red’s wife of 53 years, Celia (Bazer) Morin, passed away May 1,2009. He is survived by daughter Joanne and son Steven and Steve’s finance Pam Martin all of Worcester. Two granddaughters. Eve and Micali of New York City. Red was...
Robert G. Anusbigian
Apr 16, 2020
The service will be live streamed starting at 10:00 AM, on April 21, 2020 at this link: http://client.tribucast.com/tcid/23276694 SHREWSBURY - Dr. Robert G Anusbigian, age 75, died April 16, 2020 at UMass Medical Center. He was born in Worcester on March 10, 1945, a son of the late Papkan and Charlotte (Emirzian) Anusbigian. Bob, as he was affectionately known, was...
Richard Thomas Goonan
Apr 13, 2020
HOLDEN - Richard Thomas Goonan, 81, passed away peacefully on April 13, 2020 at the Jewish Healthcare Center in Worcester. Dick was born in Milton, the son of the late James and Nora (Connolly) Goonan. Over the years he lived in Phoenix, AZ, Albuquerque NM and Groton before moving to Holden in 2015. He grew up in Norwood where he...
Rita Toni (Brandstein) Wahle
Apr 13, 2020
WORCESTER - Rita Toni (Brandstein) Wahle, age 85, died unexpectedly on Monday, April 13 at the Jewish Healthcare Center after a brief illness, comforted by the loving presence of her family. Rita was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1935, the eldest daughter of Solomon and Esther (Riesel) Brandstein. In February of 1939, Rita and her sisters Ruth and Helen, accompanied...
David F. Gilchrist
Apr 13, 2020
RUTLAND – David F. Gilchrist, 69, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2020 at UMass Memorial Healthcare – University Campus after a brief illness due to Lung Cancer. He was born in Somerville, the son of Frederick L. and Shirley S. (Skillin) Gilchrist and graduated from Burlington High School. He leaves his children, Neil Gilchrist and his wife Angela Gilchrist,...
J. Jonathan Harrison
Apr 12, 2020
BARRE - J. Jonathan Harrison, 65, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, April 12, 2020. He was the son of H. Lincoln and Dorothy Harrison. He lived in Worcester until going away to college. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and for many years, owned and operated a job placement agency. Music was very important...
Marjorie Faith (Macintosh) Borg
Apr 12, 2020
WORCESTER - Marjorie Faith (MacIntosh) Borg passed away peacefully in her home in Worcester, Massachusetts on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020 at the age of 88. She was born in 1932 in Cambridge to Walter MacIntosh and Ruth Virgo MacIntosh and grew up in nearby Watertown nurtured by abiding values of faith, family, and learning. She had an enduring love...
Shelly Ann (Martin) Magnett
Apr 12, 2020
WORCESTER - Shelly Ann Magnett, age 50, passed away after an illness on Sunday, April 12, 2020. She was born in New Bedford, the daughter of Morris and Hellen and Morris Martin. She was a graduate of New Bedford High School and worked as a Personal Care Attendant/Home Health Aide in the Worcester area for 20 years. She leaves her...
Marilyn M. (Spillane) Henderson
Apr 11, 2020
WORCESTER - Marilyn M. (Spillane) Henderson, 87, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester after a lengthy illness. Born in Dracut and raised in Leicester, Marilyn was the daughter of Maurice and Lillian (Scarlett) Spillane, and lived 19 years in Princeton before moving to Worcester in 1977. She graduated from Leicester High School in 1951....
Mildred M. (Antos) Borowski
Apr 10, 2020
WEST BOYLSTON – Mildred M. (Antos) Borowski, 100, beloved wife of the late Earle Borowski, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 10, 2020 at the Oakdale Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center. Mildred was a 1941 graduate of Bartlett High School in Webster. She went on to further her education and graduated in 1945 from Maine General Hospital in Portland where...
Earl G. Sundin
Apr 10, 2020
NORTHBRIDGE / TEMPLETON – Earl G. Sundin, 77, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 10th at Beaumont Skilled Nursing Facility in Northbridge. Born in Gardner on January 17, 1943, Earl was the son of Erland and Ellen (Erickson) Sundin. Earl graduated from Narragansett Regional High School in 1962. He worked as a laborer for many years. He enjoyed music and...
Doris (Katz) Goff
Apr 10, 2020
WORCESTER - Doris (Katz) Goff passed away on Friday, April 10, 2020 after using her 93 years to lead a life of love and adventure. She leaves her children: Joseph and Harriet Goff, Robert and Jinny Goff, and Amy and Barry Rosenberg; her grandchildren: Debbie Goff, Michael and Sophie Goff, Steven and Christiana Goff, Jennifer and Jon Schwartz, Jeffrey and...
James Edward Bourque
Apr 8, 2020
WORCESTER - When we reach up in that final breath God will say, welcome good and faithful servant. God welcomed Jim Bourque to eternal life on April 8, 2020. He passed from this life after a long history of heart disease. Jim was the son of Emil Bourque and Mary (Meuse) Bourque. His brother Charlie was 4 when Jim was...
Barbara R. (Merrick) Costello
Apr 8, 2020
STERLING - Barbara Ruth Costello died on April 8, 2020, at her home in Sterling, Massachusetts, in the comforting presence of her family, having gracefully and courageously faced pancreatic cancer. Barbara was born on July 22, 1930, to Durancy Cecil and Minna Ottelia Merrick in Montclair, New Jersey. She graduated from the Clifford J. Scott High School in East Orange,...
Edward J. Polwrek
Apr 7, 2020
BROCKTON - Edward J. Polwrek, 62, passed away unexpectedly on April 7th, in Brockton, MA. A native of Florence, MA, Ed graduated from Northampton High School, served honorably in the United States Navy, and completed various certificate programs at local colleges. Ed worked at numerous jobs including the V.A. Medical Center in Leeds and Hairston House in Northampton. Throughout his...
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