Obituaries

Kenneth F. Reavis

Kenneth F. Reavis

Aug 30, 2010

ORANGE - Kenneth F. Reavis, Sr., 76 of 383 East River St., Orange, died Monday, August 30, 2010 in the Heywood Hospital, Gardner. He was born in West Medford, MA, on July 14, 1934, the son of the late George A. and the late Frances (Calloway) Reavis. He was a veteran of the Korean War serving in the United States...

Yvonne A. Kulczyk

Yvonne A. Kulczyk

Aug 29, 2010

GARDNER - Yvonne A. (Boulanger) Kulczyk, 86, of 104 Church Street and formerly of Waterford Street, Gardner, died Sunday, August 29, 2010 at the The Highlands in Fitchburg. She was born in Gardner on July 28, 1924, the daughter of the late Marcel and the late Delina (Trembley) Boulanger. Mrs. Kulczyk was a lifelong resident of Gardner. She attended Gardner...

Leslie G. Bell

Leslie G. Bell

Aug 23, 2010

ATHOL - Leslie G. "Gus" Bell, 87 of 739 Daniel Shays Highway, Athol, passed away Monday, August 23, 2010 at Quabbin Valley Healthcare, Athol. He was born in Westford, on September 4, 1922, the son of the late Robert J. and the late Jesse (Walkden) Bell, husband of the late Charlotte (White) Bell who passed away in April of 2010...

Ruth Dorathea Hamel

Ruth Dorathea Hamel

Aug 20, 2010

ORANGE - Ruth Dorathea (Schafron) Hamel, 81, of Red Brook Lane, Orange and formerly of Phillipston, died on Friday, August 20, 2010 at the Baldwinville Nursing Home in Baldwinville. She was born in Boston on March 15, 1929, the daughter of the late Geoge M. and the late Ruth A. (Senical) Schafron. Mrs. Hamel was raised and educated in Boston...

Raymond Robert "Bob" Yelle

Raymond Robert "Bob" Yelle

Aug 20, 2010

FITCHBURG - Raymond Robert "Bob" Yelle, 76, of 408 Daniel Street, Fitchburg, died Friday, August 20, 2010 at the Health Alliance Leominster Campus after an illness. He was born in Leominster on June 18, 1934, the son of the late Raymond and the late Lucienne (Belanger) Yelle. Bob was raised and educated in Leominster. He served during the Korean War...

Diane M. Saulnier

Diane M. Saulnier

Aug 14, 2010

LEOMINSTER...Diane M. Saulnier 56 of 1 Sixth St Leominster, Died Saturday August14, 2010 from injuries sustained in a car accident in Maine. She was born February 4, 1954 in Fitchburg MA the daughter of Claudin Sauliner and the late Dora(Boudreau)Saulnier. She leaves her daughter Erin T. Weeden of Plymouth MA. Her father Claudin Saulnier of Leominster and her two sisters...

Shannon M. Comeau

Shannon M. Comeau

Aug 9, 2010

ATHOL - Shannon M. Comeau, 30, of 229 Hapgood Street, Athol, died unexpectedly on Monday, August 9, 2010 in the Athol Memorial Hospital. She was born in Ware on September 21, 1979, the daughter of Donna M. (Hicks) (Comeau) Hachey and her husband Raymond of Athol and the late Francis R. Comeau. Shannon grew up in Athol and resided in...

Elsa Kristian Charlot Clifford

Elsa Kristian Charlot Clifford

Jul 31, 2010

PHILLIPSTON - Elsa Kristian Charlot (Johnson) Clifford, 89, of 80 Petersham Road, Phillipston, died Saturday, July 31, 2010 at the Wachusett Manor Nursing Home in Gardner with family at her side. She was born in Greenfield on March 23, 1921, the daughter of the late John S. and the late Anna V. (Johnson) Johnson. Elsa grew up in Leyden and...

Bernadette M. Gronowicz

Bernadette M. Gronowicz

Jul 26, 2010

ST. PETERSBURG - Bernadette M. (Baczewski) Gronowicz, 85, of St. Petersburg, Florida, died Monday, July 26, 2010 in the Lexington Health and Rehabilitation Center, St. Petersburg, Florida. She was born in Gardner on April 5, 1925, the daughter of the late Stanislaw and the late Anna (Baldyga) Baczewski. Mrs. Gronowicz worked in the offices of the Simplex Time Recorder Company...

Theresa C. Caron

Theresa C. Caron

Jul 26, 2010

FITCHBURG - Theresa C. (Roy) Caron, 82 of 5 Morgan Way, Fitchburg, died Monday, July 26, 2010 in the Leominster Hospital, Leominster. She was born in Nashua, NH, on October 11, 1927, the daughter of the late Arsidas and the late Delia (Soucy) Roy. Theresa grew up in Nashua and graduated from Nashua High School. She raised her daughter in...

Stanley Narkevicius

Stanley Narkevicius

Jul 24, 2010

GARDNER - Stanley Narkevicius, 67 of Gardner, died unexpectedly on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at Heywood Hospital, Gardner. He was born in Lithuania on February 14, 1943, the son of the late Benedictas and the late Bronislava (Goncauskas) Narkevicius. Stanley was raised and educated in Gardner. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the U.S. Army and...

Victoria E. Girouard

Victoria E. Girouard

Jul 23, 2010

LEOMINSTER - Victoria E. (Gosselin) Girouard,104, formerly of 70 Lakeview Street, Leominster, died peacefully on Friday July 23, 2010 at the home of her daughter at 600 Brooks Pond Road, Leominster, after an illness. She was born on January 9, 1906 in Fitchburg, the daughter of the late Helver Gosselin and Rosealma (Beaulac) Girouard and came to Leominster over 70...

Helen M. Piaseczny

Helen M. Piaseczny

Jul 22, 2010

TEMPLETON - Helen M (Suszynski) Piaseczny, 78 of 364 Dudley Rd., Templeton, died Thursday, July 22, 2010 at home after an illness. Helen was born in New Hampshire, on July 20, 1932, the daughter of the late Felix and the late Helen (Przybylska) Suszynski. And came to Templeton many years ago. She leaves her loving husband of 48 years: Joseph...

Anna W. Cloutier

Anna W. Cloutier

Jul 19, 2010

SOUTH ROYALSTON - Anna W. (Wikel) Cloutier, 92 of 26 Pleasant St., South Royalston, died Monday, July 19, 2010 at home. She was born in Orange, on December 21, 1917, the daughter of the late Charles W. and the late Rosella (Hause)(Wikel) McIntosh. She graduated from Orange High School in 1935. She was a secretary for the L. S. Starrett...

Robert N. Phelps

Robert N. Phelps

Jul 17, 2010

ASHBURNHAM - Robert N. Phelps, 81 of 12 Cobb Rd., Ashburnham, died Saturday, July 17, 2010 in the Heywood Hospital, Gardner, MA. He was born in Fitchburg, on August 2, 1928, the son of the late Robert C and the late Elsie (Hellman) Phelps. Mr. Phelps was a lifelong resident of Ashburnham. He was a member of the Ashburnham Community...

Cynthia I. Hawkins

Cynthia I. Hawkins

Jul 15, 2010

ATHOL - Cynthia I. (Hodge) Hawkins, 63 of 191 Pinedale Rd., Athol, died Thursday, July 15, 2010 at home surrounded by her family, having fought ovarian cancer for more than eight years with hope and always a smile. Cindy loved her family wholeheartedly as they did her. She was born at the Winchendon Hospital, on April 25, 1947, the daughter...

Sophie E. Maselli

Sophie E. Maselli

Jul 15, 2010

ATHOL - Sophie E. (Wolcott) Maselli, 95, of Athol, died Thursday, July 15, 2010 at the Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol. She was born in Holyoke on February 11, 1915, the daughter of the late Walter Pope and the late Anna (Reed) Wolcott. She was raised and educated in Vermont and moved to Athol in 1927. She worked at the...

Barbara J. Spinelli

Barbara J. Spinelli

Jul 13, 2010

HAMPTON NH - Barbara J. (Allain) Spinelli, 72, formerly of Leominster died peacefully on July 13, 2010 surrounded by her family. Barbara was the youngest of ten children born in Leominster to the late Calixte and Josephine (Collette) Allain on May 15, 1938.Barbara was predeceased by her husband Anthony in 2003 and her siblings Clarence, Raymond and Corinne Allain and...

Geraldine I. Ashe

Geraldine I. Ashe

Jul 12, 2010

ATHOL - Geraldine Irma (Anair) Ashe, 82, of 181 School Street, Athol, died Monday, July 12, 2010 at the Heywood Hospital in Gardner. She was born in Hardwick, Vermont, on December 30, 1927, the daughter of the late Perley and the late Irma (Dunn) Anair. Geraldine was raised and educated in Hardwick, Vermont. She had resided in Barton and West...

Sophie V. Cichonski

Sophie V. Cichonski

Jul 11, 2010

GARDNER - Sophie V. (Buraczewski) Cichonski, 92 of 18 Wright Street, Gardner, died Sunday, July 11, 2010 in the Wachusett Manor Nursing Home, Gardner. She was born in Gardner, on January 13, 1918, the daughter of the late John and Katherine (Astramecki) Buraczewski, and the wife of the late Zenon Cichonski, who died in 1994. She was a life long...