Obituaries
Doris A. (Johnson) Underwood
Apr 13, 2011
Doris A. Underwood Athol – Doris A. (Johnson) Underwood, 88, formerly of 416 Main Street died Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the Quabbin Valley Healthcare. She was born March 5, 1923 in Calais, Maine, the daughter of Elmer K. and Lillian M. (Dinsmore) Johnson. She graduated from Milltown High School in 1941 in Milltown New Brunswick, Canada, later moving to Adams,...
Jane M.
Apr 13, 2011
TEMPLETON - Jane M (Yackowski) Lis, 92 of 14 Liberty St., Templeton, died Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in the Heywood Hospital, Gardner, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Otter River, MA, on June 23, 1918, the daughter of the late Stanley and the late Antonia (Bogdanski) Yackowski and was a lifelong resident. She was educated in Templeton....

Pauline C. Davenport
Apr 13, 2011
ATHOL - Pauline Caroline (Cameron) (MacKenzie) Davenport, 88, of Athol, died on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol. Pauline was born in Athol on August 26, 1922, the daughter of the late William and the late Pauline (Ward) Cameron. She was a life-long resident of Athol, and graduated from Athol High School with the...

Richard D. Coleman
Apr 12, 2011
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois - Richard D. Coleman, 61 of 745 South McKinley Ave, Arlington Heights, IL, formerly of Athol, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at home. He was born in Medford, MA, on October 6, 1949, the son of Rodman and the late Marie (Daigle) Coleman. Richard grew up in Athol and graduated from Athol High School. Richard...
John H. Barilone
Apr 12, 2011
ORANGE - John H. Barilone, 32 of Bacon St., Orange, died Tuesday, April 12, 2011 in the UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus, Worcester. He was born in Gardner, on August 17, 1978, the son of John B. Barilone and Joanne (Sabulis) Breault. He grew up in Athol and was educated in Athol. He worked for Mass Pallet in...
Alexander Kuropatkin
Apr 11, 2011
GARDNER - Alexander Kuropatkin, 92, formerly of 157 Woodland Ave., Gardner, died on April 11, 2011 at the Wachusett Manor Nursing Home in Gardner. He was born in Gardner, on November 10, 1918, the son of the late Ephram and the late Anastasia (Amelian) Kuropatkin. Mr. Kuropatkin lived all of his life in Gardner and attended local schools. He served...

Kenneth M. Hamilton
Apr 11, 2011
WESTFORD - Kenneth M. Hamilton, 63 of 8D Old Colony Drive, Westford, died Monday, April 11, 2011 in the Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA. He was born in Cambridge, on October 13, 1947, the son of the late George and the late Verna (Murray) Hamilton. Ken grew up in Belmont and graduated from Belmont High School. He received a degree in...
Diane M. Mazejka
Apr 11, 2011
WARWICK, RI - Diane Marie Mazejka, 54, of Warwick, RI, and formerly of Athol, died unexpectedly on Friday, April 8, 2011 at her home. Diane was born in Athol on December 28, 1956, and was raised and educated in Athol. She graduated from Athol High School and was salutatorian of the class of 1975. She was very active on the...

James A. Rush
Apr 10, 2011
James A. Rush Ashby – James A. Rush, 59, of 67 Luke Road died Sunday, April 10, 2011, at his home. He was born August 4, 1951 in Brattleboro, Vermont, the son of Francis and Barbara (Carey) Rush. He grew up in Orange where he lived for many years, later moving to Whitinsville and for the last several years has...
David R. Hayes
Apr 10, 2011
ATHOL - David R. Hayes, 73, of Athol, died on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at the Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol. David was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on July 14, 1937, to Woodrow and Eleanor (Crocker) Hayes. He graduated from Needham B. Broughton High School in 1955. He graduated from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina with a PhD...

Roger Francis Stewart
Apr 10, 2011
LEOMINSTER......Roger Francis Stewart 72 of Leominster, died Sunday April 10, 2011 in Kindred Hospital Waltham after an illness. He was born May 31, 1938 in Bradford Pennsylvania the son of the late Francis L. Stewart and Lillian F.(Carrow ) Stewart. Roger was a longtime musician throughout the area. Funeral services and burial are private. There are no calling hours. For...
Florence B. White
Apr 5, 2011
TEMPLETON - Florence B. (King) White, 85, formerly of Gardner, died Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Baldwinville Nursing Home. Mrs. White was born in East Boston on June 29, 1925, the daughter of the late John and the late Florence (Rush) King. Mrs. White was raised and educated in East Boston and has been a resident of Gardner for...

Walter B. Richards
Apr 5, 2011
Athol – Walter B. Richards, 63, died Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the home of his daughter in Chicopee after a brief battle with ALS. Walter was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, August 12, 1947, the son of Fred and Lillian (Thomson) Richards. He grew up and has lived in Athol all of his life, graduating from Athol High School in...
Lawrence E. Bachelder
Apr 4, 2011
Athol – Lawrence E. Bachelder, 93, of 662 Spring Street, died Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Athol Memorial Hospital. He was born in Athol, Massachusetts, June 1, 1917, the son of Charles W. and Leola C. (Whitaker) Bachelder. He attended schools in Athol and has lived in Athol all his life, spending winters in Zephyrhills, Florida for 25 years....
Lorraine Dargis
Apr 4, 2011
LEOMINSTER------Lorraine (Forest) Dargis, 89, of Leominster, died of Congestive Heart failure on April 4, 2011 at the Manor on the Hill Assisted Living Facility. Lorraine was born on July 7, 1921 in Fitchburg, the daughter of the late Beatrice (Bourgeois) Forest and Arthur Forest. She is survived by her three children, Sandra Dargis and her husband Richard St Cyr of...
Martha J. Hurd
Apr 3, 2011
FITCHBURG - Martha J. Hurd, 50, of 240 Ashburnham Street, Fitchburg, died on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at the Health Alliance Leominster Campus. Martha was born in Gardner on January 17, 1961, the daughter of Roy E. Hurd of Gardner and the late Ruth L. (Packard) Hurd. She resided in Westminster for many years and belonged to her group home...
Theodore H. Newton,
Apr 3, 2011
ATHOL - Theodore H. Newton, Jr., 81 of Athol, died peacefully Sunday, April 3, 2011 at home. He was born in Athol on September 10, 1929, the son of the late Theodore H. Newton Sr. and the late Beatrice W. (Smith) Newton. He worked for over 25 years and retired from the L.S. Starrett Company in Athol. In addition,...
Thomas Bryan Johnson
Apr 2, 2011
GARDNER, MA - Thomas Bryan Johnson, 31, of 38 Stuart Street, Gardner, died unexpectedly on Saturday, April 2, 2011 from injuries sustained on Route 2 in Lancaster, MA. Tom was born in Torrington, CT, on July 27, 1979 and moved to St. Clair, Michigan, with his family when he was seven years old. Upon his graduation from St. Clair High...
Donald F. Bachelder,
Apr 1, 2011
ATHOL - Donald F. Bachelder Sr., 83 of 612 Spring Street, Athol, died Friday, April 1, 2011 at home surrounded by his loving family after a long battle of pulmonary fibrosis. He was born in Athol, on August 30, 1927, the son of the late Charles and the late Leola (Whitaker) Bachelder. He grew up in Athol and graduated from...
E. Kathleen Hachey
Mar 30, 2011
ATHOL - E. Kathleen “Kathy” (Kiernan) Hachey, 95 of 195 Intervale Avenue, Athol, died on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at the Athol Memorial Hospital in Athol. Kathy was born in Dublin, Ireland on December 28, 1915, the daughter of the late Patrick and the late Anne (Hopkins) Kiernan. She was raised and educated in Dublin, Ireland and moved to...