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Jane D. (Ziemba) Berling
Oct 29, 2020
WORCESTER/PAXTON – Jane D. (Ziemba) Berling, 88, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 29, 2020, at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Born in Worcester, Jane was the daughter of Joseph and Eleanor Ziemba. Jane graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Worcester and went on to be a legal secretary, tax preparer and worked at Reed Rolled Thread in Holden...
Norma H. (Warren) Copeland
Oct 28, 2020
WORCESTER / HOLDEN - Norma H. (Warren) Copeland, 83, died peacefully on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus, Worcester. She was born in Worcester, the daughter of Charles D. and Marion E. (Lambert) Warren and lived most of her life in Worcester before moving to Holden three years ago. Norma graduated from Commerce High...
Cicely O. (Brunt) Black
Oct 27, 2020
NORWOOD/HOLDEN – Cicely O. (Brunt) Black, 107, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at home in Norwood, under the loving care of her family. Born in Worcester, Cicely was the daughter of George A. and Lilian G. (Bussey) Brunt. Cicely graduated from Classical High School and later the Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She went on to be...
Jacqueline D. (Goyer) Hitchcock
Oct 24, 2020
STERLING - Jacqueline D. (Goyer) Hitchcock, 99, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, October 24, 2020, after an illness. She was born in Worcester, the daughter of Joseph Victor and Frances Genevieve (Fournier) Goyer and had lived most of her life in Sterling. Jacqueline graduated from North High School and later earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Framingham...
Kathryn E. (Shaw) Lynch
Oct 23, 2020
To view Kathe's Funeral Service, please click here: https://client.tribucast.com/tcid/75460224 WEST BOYLSTON – Kathryn E. (Shaw) Lynch, 72, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, October 23, 2020. Born in Providence and raised in Shrewsbury, Kathe was the daughter of John Parker and Rhoda Owens (Dobbie) Shaw and lived the last 50 years in West Boylston. She moved to Hillside Village...
Riva (Sandler) Raykher
Oct 21, 2020
Please click this link to view Riva's Graveside Funeral Service: https://client.tribucast.com/tcid/72841228 WORCESTER – Riva (Sandler) Raykher, age 87, died on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at UMASS Memorial Medical Center – University Campus, after a period of declining health. She was born in Moscow, Russia, a daughter of Sergei and Jenny Sandler. In 1981, Riva, along with her husband and daughters...
Marie Claire (Richards) Macilvane
Oct 21, 2020
AUBURN – Marie Claire (Richards) MacIlvane, 86, passed away with family by her side on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at Life Care Center of Auburn. Marie was born in Worcester, the daughter of Francis D. and Grace H. (Nugent) Richards and had graduated from Commerce High School. Raised in the Worcester area, she lived in Punta Gorda, Florida for 30...
Jane C. (Currivan) Mcdonald
Oct 21, 2020
HOLDEN/CENTERVILLE – Jane C. (Currivan) McDonald, 84, passed away peacefully on October 21, 2020 in the loving care of her family at Rose Monahan Hospice Home, Worcester, MA. Born in Milford and raised in Medway, Jane was the daughter of Clement A. and Helen (Kelleher) Currivan. She was a graduate of St. Mary’s Catholic School in Milford and received a...
Mary Chapman Mcvey
Oct 19, 2020
WORCESTER/MILLBURY - Mary Chapman McVey, formerly of Pittsburgh, PA, NYC, NY and Columbus, Ohio passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home on Monday, October 19, 2020 at CareOne in Millbury, MA. A graduate of the Ohio State University and University High School, she met her late husband, Naval Officer James Gray McVey on a blind date and was...
Cynthia N. (Warwick) Rizzo
Oct 18, 2020
PAXTON - Cynthia N. (Warwick) Rizzo, 78, died peacefully at home on Sunday, October 18, 2020 after an illness. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of James and Geraldine (Hamman) Warwick and grew up in Wayland, MA. Cynthia graduated from Wayland High School with the class of 1959. She later relocated to Fort Collins, Colorado where she...
Edmund "Slim" Wronski
Oct 17, 2020
Edmund (Slim) Wronski, 100, Sterling passed away on October 17, 2020 at his home, accompanied by his daughter Jean, granddaughter Emily and caregiver/companion Liberty Benson. He leaves his daughter Jean Thomas of Sterling; sons Richard Wronski (wife Michele) of Barre, Joseph Wronski of Worcester; and seven grandchildren, Joanna Thomas, Eric Thomas, Emily Rainford, Martha McFarland, Petr Wronski, Evan Wronski, and...
Rita A. (Wolf) Pierce
Oct 16, 2020
WORCESTER/HOLDEN – Rita A. (Wolf) Pierce, 74, passed away on Friday, October 16, 2020 at UMass Memorial Medical Center. Born in Eureka, California, Rita was the daughter of Ray D. and Dorothy (McKay) Wolf. Rita lived in Worcester from 1970 until 1979 when she and her family moved to Holden. Rita enjoyed the last four years of her life at...
Beverly J. (Butler) Klunk
Oct 16, 2020
RUTLAND - Beverly J. (Butler) Klunk, 89, died peacefully on Friday, October 16, 2020 at UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus, Worcester. She was born in Worcester, the daughter of Percival and Mildred (Fuller) Butler and spent her childhood in West Boylston for several years before returning to Worcester. She graduated from North High School with the class of...
Allen A. Cramer
Oct 15, 2020
Please click this link to view Allen's Graveside Service: https://client.tribucast.com/tcid/86027445 SHREWSBURY - Allen A. Cramer, age 95, died peacefully at home on October 15, 2020. Allen was an honest man who taught by example, and a happy man who enjoyed life and his family. Allen was born in Worcester and graduated from Classical High School. Just before graduation, he enlisted...
Lori G. Wells
Oct 14, 2020
STERLING/LANCASTER – Lori G. Wells, 60, passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at UMass Memorial Medical Center. Born in Clinton and raised in Lancaster, Lori attended Lancaster schools and graduated from Nashoba Valley High School and later received an associate’s degree from Becker College. She enjoyed studying the law and worked as a paralegal for David Hoyt, Esq. for...
Huong Ngo Higgins
Oct 13, 2020
WORCESTER - Huong Ngo Higgins, a professor at WPI, died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at the age of 56. Huong is survived by her husband, Read; their children, Annie and Conan; her mother, Cut Vo; and her brothers, Kuong and Pham Ngo. Huong was born in Saigon, Vietnam on December 5th, 1963 to Kiet Tuan Ngo...
Ronald K. "Butchie" Stone Jr.
Oct 12, 2020
PRINCETON – Ronald K. “Butchie” Stone, Jr., 70, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, October 12, 2020. Born and raised in Worcester, he was the son of the late Ronald K. and Dorothy May (Lalone) Stone. During his childhood, Butchie was an avid baseball player. He graduated from Doherty Memorial High School in 1968 and went on to further his education...
Irwin Jack Volin
Oct 12, 2020
Please click here to view the Graveside Funeral Service for Irwin Volin beginning at 11:00 AM on Thursday, October 15, 2020: https://client.tribucast.com/tcid/27735713 WORCESTER - Irwin Jack Volin, age 95, died peacefully at home in Boca Raton, Florida, after declining health, on Monday, October 12th with loved ones by his side. He lost his beloved wife Suzanne, on New Years Day,...
James Albert Christo
Oct 9, 2020
Funeral Service will be live at 11:00 on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s63QxOF_tSI HOLDEN - James Albert Christo, 84 of Holden, MA and Hutchinson Island, FL., passed away on Friday, October 9, 2020. He leaves his wife of 59 years, Joan (Tonna) Christo; 2 sons, James Christo and his wife, Lea, and Stephen Christo and his...
Judith "Judy" A. (Pugh) Boynton
Oct 5, 2020
STERLING - Judith A. "Judy" (Pugh) Boynton, 69, died peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer on Monday, October 5, 2020 at Health Alliance - Leominster Hospital. She was born in Clinton, the daughter of Joe E. and Erna (Pflugradt) Pugh and spent part of her childhood in Clinton before moving to Sterling where she lived for most of her...
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