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Allen Whitney Smith
Mar 3, 2022
HOLDEN - Allen Whitney Smith, 93, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 3, 2022, with his last moments surrounded by the love and care of his beloved family. Known as “Al” or “Smitty” by those close to him, Allen lived a life of wide-ranging and celebrated moments— from cross-country traveling to intimate cribbage tournaments. His warmth and joy for the...
Diane T. (Jakubiak) Browne
Mar 1, 2022
HOLDEN/AUBURN – Diane T. (Jakubiak) Browne, 76, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, surrounded by the love of her family and friends. She was born in Worcester, the daughter of Thaddeus and Josephine S. (Choinski) Jakubiak and had lived most of her adult life in Auburn before moving to Holden in 2013. Diane lived a joyous...
David J. Bernstein
Mar 1, 2022
STOUGHTON - David J. Bernstein, age 72, of Stoughton passed away on March 1, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband of Susan Safer Bernstein. They had a wonderful and loving marriage and celebrated their 50th anniversary this past August. He was the cherished father of Adam Bernstein and his wife Ariel (Mann) Bernstein of Franklin...
Gloria C. (Choney) Bobeck
Mar 1, 2022
FRAMINGHAM - Gloria C. (Choney) Bobeck, age 89, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at home in Framingham. Born in Worcester, she was the daughter of Michael C. and Josephine (Küchle) Choney. Gloria spent her early years in Auburn, Boylston, and Worcester, graduating from Commerce High School in Worcester in 1950. Early in life, she worked as an administrative...
Peggy (Voutsas) Kahn
Feb 28, 2022
BOYNTON BEACH - Peggy Kahn passed away peacefully on February 28, 2022 at her home in Boynton Beach, Florida, surrounded by her family. She was 95 years old. Born Pagonia Voutsas, on November 20, 1926, Peg was the daughter of Greek immigrants and grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, with her younger sister, Vasso. From a young age, she helped her...
Margaret (Iscoll) Testarmata
Feb 28, 2022
WEST BOYLSTON - Margaret Mary (Driscoll) Testarmata, 93, of West Boylston passed peacefully into the arms of angels, while in her home surrounded by her children on February 28, 2022. Margaret, known as Peggy, was born in Fitchburg, MA, as the 11th child and youngest daughter of 13 children born to the late Cornelius and Julia (Shea) Driscoll both of...
Marjorie L. (Grout) Cole
Feb 25, 2022
PRINCETON – Marjorie L. (Grout) Cole, 87, a lifelong resident of Princeton, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, February 25, 2022. She was born in Holden, the daughter of Chester W. and Ethyl (Harrington) Grout. She leaves her loving husband of 60 years, Durward W. Cole; her nephews, James MacGeachey of Florida, John MacGeachey and his companion, Colleen Hannam...
Annie D. O'Connell
Feb 25, 2022
Anna M. "Annie" (Dawson) O’Connell, 74, died at her home in Holden on February 25, 2022. She leaves behind her devoted husband of fifty-one years, Bill O’Connell, of Holden, MA; two daughters, Tracy O’Connell Novick, of Worcester, MA, and Kelly Keller, of Charlotte, NC; two sons-in-law, Colin Novick and David Keller; eight grandchildren, Cameron Keller, Aisling Novick, Benjamin Keller, Mara...
Linda M. (Laliberte) Auen
Feb 24, 2022
RUTLAND – Linda M. (Laliberte) Auen, 59, passed away unexpectedly at home on Thursday, February 24, 2022. She was born in Worcester, the daughter of Phillip and Janice (Spadola) Laliberte and had lived in Bellingham and Leominster before moving to Rutland three years ago. She leaves her fiancé, Robert J. Trionfante, Jr., her sons, Norman E. Burke III and his...
Myrna S. Lane
Feb 23, 2022
SAN DIEGO / FITCHBURG – Myrna (Rosenbaum) Lane, age 83, died at her home in San Diego on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Myrna was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Solomon and Rose (Ashkenas) Rosenbaum and lived in Florida and Massachusetts before moving to San Diego in 1987. While living in Massachusetts, she earned a Masters Degree from Fitchburg...
Jane M. Johnston
Feb 21, 2022
WEST BOYLSTON - Jane M. Johnston, 71, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, February 21, 2022, after an illness. She leaves her beloved husband of 45 years, Richard J. Johnston Jr. of West Boylston; Jane and Rick were residents of Holden for 40 years before moving to West Boylston in 2020. Raised in Auburn, Jane was the daughter of...
Paul M. Johnson
Feb 19, 2022
STERLING – Paul M. Johnson, age 83, passed away after a brief illness on Saturday, February 19, 2022, at UMass Memorial Medical Center – University Campus in Worcester. Paul is survived by his wife of 55 years, Patricia (Hannam) Johnson; two sons, Michael J. Johnson and his wife, Anne of Swampscott and Paul D. Johnson and his wife, Kitty of...
Kenneth Jon Berggren
Feb 17, 2022
HOLDEN/PALM COAST, FL- Kenneth Jon Berggren, 77, of Palm Coast, Florida, passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2022. Ken was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Elsie and Henry Berggren. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Nancy Hassell Berggren; daughters Sandra and Jodi Berggren; daughter Jennifer and her husband Kevin Simes; grandchildren Abbygail and Michael Simes;...
Rita M. (Dejoinville) Armstrong
Feb 16, 2022
HOLDEN — Rita M. (DeJoinville) Armstrong, 92, beloved wife of the late Robert N. Armstrong, Sr., passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home in Jefferson, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Worcester, she was a daughter of the late George and Marion (Flickner) DeJoinville. She was a graduate of the David Hale Fanning Trade School for Girls...
Herbert "Pete" S. Peterson
Feb 16, 2022
WORCESTER – Herbert “Pete” S. Peterson, 90, formerly of Holden, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. Born and raised in Holden, Pete was the son of Edward S. and Viola (Fredrickson) Peterson and lived the last 37 years in Worcester. His first wife of 30 years, Janet F. (Wolske) Peterson died in 1983. His wife of...
Sanford "Sandy" Griff
Feb 16, 2022
WORCESTER - Sanford L. “Sandy” Griff, 86, died on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at UMASS Memorial Medical Center, University Campus. Born in Worcester, Sandy was the son of Maurice and Lillian (Lipson) Griff, and was a lifelong resident of Central Massachusetts. Sandy graduated from Worcester’s Commerce High School, after which he proudly served his country in the US Navy, on...
Ingrid Brown
Feb 15, 2022
ATHOL - Ingrid Brown died Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at Quabbin Valley Health Care in Athol, MA. Ingrid was born Ingrid Lowenstein on May 18, 1929, in Eschwege, Germany to Willi and Paula Lowenstein. Ingrid, an only child, grew up during difficult times in Germany and after witnessing Kristallnacht was sent at age 9 to Sweden on a kinder transport...
Arlene Barbara (Callender) Joseph
Feb 15, 2022
Lancaster – Arlene Barbara (Callender) Joseph, 71, went to sleep to await the return of her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on Saturday, January 8, 2022. She was born in Brooklyn, NY, on May 20, 1950, the daughter of Conrad and Una May (Darby) Callender and has lived in Lancaster for many years. Arlene was a caring and knowledgeable woman...
James Backus
Feb 15, 2022
FITCHBURG - James “Jimmy” Backus, 90, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance, Leominster Campus. Born and raised in Kingsbury, NY, Jimmy was a son of Richard Guy Backus of Putnam, NY and Orpha May (Vaughan) Backus of Kingsbury, NY. The youngest of seven children, Jimmy was predeceased by his older siblings: brother Royce Backus;...
Madeline F. (Scanlon) Kaskan
Feb 15, 2022
HOLDEN – Madeline F. (Scanlon) Kaskan, age 75, passed away peacefully in the comfort of her family on Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Born in Worcester, she was the daughter of Frank W. and Kathleen (Howard) Scanlon. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Early Childhood Education from Worcester State College in 1970. She was a dedicated...
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