Obituaries

Winifred I. (Daniels) Engel

Winifred I. (Daniels) Engel

Aug 14, 2011

Winifred I. Engel Athol – Winifred Isabel (Daniels) Engel, 89, of 188 Highland Avenue, died Sunday, August 14, 2011 at the Quabbin Valley Healthcare.      Winifred was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, January 15, 1922, the daughter of Luther Wells and Mabel (Gale) Daniels.  She grew up in Springfield, MA, New York City and Wendell, MA graduating from Orange High School in...

Lillian Marks Haddad

Lillian Marks Haddad

Aug 6, 2011

GARDNER- Lillian Marks Haddad, 88, of Gardner, died on Saturday, August 6, 2011, at the Heywood Hospital in Gardner. She was born on December 28, 1922, in Winsted, Connecticut, the daughter of the late Nahim and Kareeme (Sawayer) Marks. She moved to Gardner with her family in 1925. She was a telephone operator, a receptionist and later worked on the...

William J. O'Dell,

William J. O'Dell,

Aug 6, 2011

ATHOL - William J. Odell, Jr., 43, of 122 Bliss Street, Athol, died on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at the UMass Memorial Medical Center University Campus in Worcester.     William was born in Fitchburg on August 15, 1967, the son of Rita (Caron) Odell of Athol and the late William J. Odell. He was raised in Fitchburg, Gardner and Athol...

Lori A. (Handy) Studt

Lori A. (Handy) Studt

Aug 5, 2011

Lori A. Studt Athol, Ma. - Lori A. (Handy) Studt, 49, of 425 Wallingford Avenue passed away August 5, 2011 surrounded by her family and friends after her courageous battle with cancer.  Lori, daughter of Roy E. and Shirley (Bashaw) Handy, Jr. was born September 12, 1961 in Holden, Massachusetts and grew up in Hubbardston graduating from Quabbin Regional High School...

Brian B. Whittier

Brian B. Whittier

Aug 5, 2011

Brian B. Whittier Athol – Brian B. Whittier, 52, died Friday, August 5, 2011 at the UMASS Memorial Medical Center-University Campus in Worcester following an illness.      He was born in Athol, Massachusetts, May 18, 1959, the son of Courtland M. and Janice M. (Soucie) Whittier.  Brian grew up in New Salem, Orange and Athol where he also attended schools.     ...

Mary M. Kelley

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...