Obituaries
Mary M. Kelley
Aug 4, 2011
GARDNER - Mary M. (Burns) Kelley, 90, of 32 Crawford St., Gardner died Thursday, August 4, 2011, in the Baldwinville Nursing Home. She was born September 6, 1920 the daughter of William and Margaret (Shea) Burns. She grew up in Gardner and graduated from Gardner High School. Mrs. Kelley worked for Simplex Time Recorder for many years; prior she worked...

Leo E. Desreuisseau
Aug 3, 2011
ATHOL - Leo E. Desreuisseau, 76, of Athol, passed away on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at the Heywood Hospital in Gardner after a two-year battle with cancer. Leo was born in Glover, VT, on September 20, 1934, the son of the late Amey and the late Madeline (Stevens) Desreuisseau. He attended Orange schools and was a longtime resident of...
Victor J. Spar
Aug 3, 2011
GARDNER - Victor J. Spar, 64, of Gardner died Wednesday, August 3, 2011 in Heywood Hospital, Gardner. He was born September 25, 1946 in Yonkers, New York the son of Daniel and Marilyn P. (Steinberg) Spar. He grew up in Yonkers and graduated from Yonkers High School. Victor graduated from Franklin Pierce College with a B.A. in Economics and Marketing;...
Eleanor Mae Malucky
Jul 31, 2011
FITCHBURG - Eleanor Mae (Raymond) Malucky, 86, of 935 John Fitch Highway, Fitchburg, died Sunday, July 31, 2011 at home. Eleanor was born in Norwalk, CT, on February 20, 1925, the daughter of the late Eugene and the late Charlotte (Beers) Raymond. She grew up in Norwalk and graduated from Norwalk High School with the class of 1943. She worked...
Joseph William Cummings
Jul 25, 2011
ATHOL - Joseph W. Cummings, 78 of 433 Harvard Avenue, Athol, died Monday, July 25, 2011 at home. Joseph was born in Orange on February 7, 1933, the son of the late Arthur N. and the late Eva E. (Sweeney) Cummings. He attended Warwick and Athol schools and resided in Warwick and Orange before moving to Athol sixty-six...
Gordon D. Briggs
Jul 23, 2011
Gordon D. Briggs Athol - Gordon Donald Briggs, 89, of 996 Pleasant Street, died Saturday, July 23, 2011 at the Quabbin Valley Healthcare surrounded by his loving family. Gordon was born in Athol, Massachusetts, March 27, 1922, the younger son of Leslie W. and Elsie (MacPherson) Briggs. He attended local schools and graduated from Athol High School in 1939. After graduation...

Richard E. Caissey
Jul 18, 2011
LEOMINSTER------Richard E."Skip" Caissey 62 of Leominster died July 19, 2011 in Health Alliance Hospital Leominster after an illness. He was born October 5, 1948 in Leominster MA the son of the late Richard J. Caissey and Leda M. (Nichols) Caissey and was a lifelong Leominster resident. He leaves his sister Gloria Hazelgreen and her husband Richard of Stafford Virginia, his...
Virginia May Nalivaika
Jul 17, 2011
TEMPLETON - Virginia May (Waterman) Nalivaika, 88, of 20 Shore Drive, Templeton, died on Sunday, July 17, 2011 at her home. Virginia was born in Athol on April 16, 1923, the daughter of the late Raymond H. and the late Lillian E. (Castine) Waterman. She was raised in Athol and graduated from Athol High School with the class of 1941....
Sally Catherine Cormier
Jul 16, 2011
GARDNER - Sally Catherine (Glinski) Cormier, 85 of 44 Sunrise Lane, died Saturday, July 16, 2011 at the Legends Center following an illness. She was born in Gardner on April 17, 1926 the daughter of Bolewlaw and Stephania (Rachubka) Glinski and was a lifelong resident of Gardner. She was a 1944 graduate of Gardner High School. Sally worked for 30...
C. Steven Deyo
Jul 15, 2011
C. Steven Deyo Florida – C. Steven Deyo, 65, of Hawthorne died Friday, July 15, 2011 at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida following an illness. Steve was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, April 8, 1946, the son of Herbert G. and May E. (Scollen) Deyo. He grew up in Orange, graduating from Ralph C. Mahar Regional High...
Paul W. Horrigan
Jul 13, 2011
GARDNER - Paul W. Horrigan, 79 of 272 Pearl Street, Gardner, formerly of 31 Evans Circle, East Templeton, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at home. He was born in Gardner, on September 25, 1931, the son of the late William A. and the late Ella A. (Griffin) Horrigan. He grew up in Gardner and graduated from Gardner High School with...
Warren C. Wilson
Jul 12, 2011
ATHOL - Warren Coleman Wilson, 79, of 60 Ward Street, Athol, died on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at the Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol. Warren was born in Montague on October 2, 1931, the son of the late Rodney S. and the late Millicent (Coleman) Wilson. He resided in Athol all of his life and graduated from Athol High School...

Gerry John Letourneau
Jul 7, 2011
LUNENBURG------Gerald John "Gerry" Letourneau 43, of Lunenburg died July 7, 2011 at home after an illness. He was born November 29, 1967 in Fitchburg MA the son of Ephrem"Tom" Letourneau and Gloria (Gagnon) Letourneau. Besides his parents Tom and Gloria Letourneau of Leominster, Gerry leaves his four sisters, Sylvia Munting and her husband David of Leominster, Diane Hawkins and her...
Matilda Milkulskis
Jul 6, 2011
ATHOL - Matilda (Shillingas) Mikulskis, 90 of 2018 Main Street, Athol, died Wednesday, July 6, 2011 after a short illness at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Germany, on February 8, 1921, the daughter of the late Pijius and the late Agota (Bendokaite) Shillingas. She lived in Lithuania and Germany while growing up and moved to...
Luis N. Acevedo
Jul 5, 2011
Luis N. Acevedo Athol – Luis N. Acevedo, 56, of 9 Kendall Street, died Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at the Athol Memorial Hospital. He was born in Havana, Cuba, February 16, 1955, the son of Nildo and Raquel (Moya) Acevedo. He came to Miami at age four where he grew up graduating from high school and college. He moved to Westminster,...
Kenneth M. Fish,
Jul 4, 2011
ATHOL - Kenneth M. Fish, Sr., 70 of 1370 South Main Street, Athol, died Monday, July 4, 2011 in the UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus, Worcester, MA. He was born in Boston, on October 21, 1940, the son of the late Kenneth O. and the late Winifred (Anthony) Fish. He was educated in Marlboro. Mr. Fish was a...
Joseph A. Baublis
Jul 1, 2011
ATHOL – Joseph Anthony Baublis, 88, of 78 Hampstead Place, Athol, died on Friday, July 1, 2011 at the Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol after an illness. Joseph was a lifelong resident of Athol, born on December 25, 1922, the son of the late Anthony and Veronica Baublis. He graduated from Athol High School and attended Fitchburg State...
Frederick Allen Wiles,
Jul 1, 2011
GARDNER - Frederick A. Wiles Sr., of Gardner, died unexpectedly on Friday July 1, 2011, at St. Vincent's Hospital, peacefully with his wife and family by his side. Fred was born on July 14th 1940 in Fitchburg to the late Stephen F. Wiles & Alice (Spring) Wiles, he was a 1959 graduate of Leominster High School. He had a long...

Raymond Charles LaFrance
Jun 29, 2011
FITCHBURG-------Raymond Charles LaFrance 70 of Fitchburg died Wednesday June 29, 2011 in U-Mass Memorial Hospital Worcester after an illness. He was born February 16, 1941 in Fitchburg MA the son of the late Charles S. LaFrance and Alice (Brassard) LaFrance and was a lifelong city resident. He leaves his wife of (26) Years, Nina (Hobbs) LaFrance, his three sons Mark...

Mary A. Krymowski
Jun 29, 2011
GARDNER - Mary A. (Sawicki) Krymowski, 90, of Bonita Springs, Florida, and formerly of Gardner died on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at the Ohio Valley General Hospital in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania after a brief illness. Mary was born in Phillipston on December 5, 1920, the daughter of the late Adam and the late Rozalia (Swienkowski) Sawicki. She was raised in...