Obituaries
Martha H. Siccardi
Sep 14, 2007
PETERSHAM - Martha Helene (Funk) Siccardi died on September 14, 2007, of natural causes, while boating along the Chesapeake Bay. Mrs. Siccardi was born on October 29, 1929, the day of the Great Crash, to Sheldon W. Funk and Dorothy (Eidell) Funk. She was a direct descendant of German Lutherans who migrated to America in 1719, to escape religious persecution....
Bernard L. Duguay
Sep 14, 2007
ATHOL - Bernard L Duguay, 70 of 1596 Old Keene Rd., Athol, died Friday, September 14, 2007 in the Heywood Hospital, Gardner. He was born in Athol, on May 2, 1937, the son of the late Gustave and the late Edna (Bennett) Duguay. He grew up in Athol and graduated from Athol High School. He was a self-employed carpenter and...
Ferdinand "Fred" Duda
Sep 13, 2007
ATHOL - Ferdinand "Fred" Duda, 79, of 739 Daniel Shays Highway, Athol, has been called home to be with the Lord on, Thursday, September 13, 2007 after a brief illness while residing at Quabbin Valley Nursing Home. Born in Montague, on April 19, 1928, the son of John and Zofia (Owsiana) Duda, Fred was raised in Turners Falls and graduated...
Lawrence K. McRae
Sep 11, 2007
ATHOL - Lawrence K. McRae, 96 of 594 Crescent St., Athol, died Tuesday, September 11, 2007 in the Quabbin Valley Healthcare, Athol. He was born in Athol, on August 22, 1911, the son of the late Thomas Henry and the late Elizabeth (Clucus) McRae. He was raised in Athol and graduated from Athol High School. Mr. McRae worked at the...
Rocco "Hawk" Louis Digregorio
Sep 9, 2007
LEOMINSTER - Rocco L. "Hawk" Digregorio, 91 of 43 Carter St., Leominster, died Sunday, September 9, 2007 in the Health Alliance Leominster Campus, Leominster. He was born in Fitchburg, on August 16, 1916, the son of the late Guiseppe and the late Rose (Siciliano) Digregorio. He attended St. Bernard´s High School. He lived in Fitchburg before moving to Leominster many...
Peter P. Krustapentus
Sep 9, 2007
ATHOL - Peter P. Krustapentus, 86 of 623 Pequoig Ave., Athol, died Sunday, September 9, 2007 at home. He was born in Athol, MA, on March 26, 1921, the son of the late Andrew and the late Salome (Palonis) Krustapentus. He attended Athol schools and graduated from Maher Regional High School evening class in 1962. He served in the U....
Frieda Helga Kovacs
Sep 5, 2007
LEOMINSTER - Frieda Helga (Failler) Kovacs, 68 of 40 Gordon St., Leominster, died Wednesday evening, September 5, 2007 at home after a long battle with Peritoneal Cancer. She was born in Munderkingen, Germany, on August 28, 1939. She came to the United States in 1964 becoming a citizen in 1969. Mrs. Kovacs was employed as a lab technician for the...
Helen L. Beasley
Sep 2, 2007
ATHOL - Helen L. (Risatti) Beasley, 86 of 121 Marble St., Athol, died Sunday, September 2, 2007 at home. She was born in Orange, on October 9, 1920, the daughter of the late Tilio and the late Benvenuta (Colo) Risatti. Mrs. Beasley worked at Fishman´s Department Store, Cass Toy Factory, Union Twist Drill, the Orange Shoe Shop and the L.S....
Norman J. Dodge
Sep 1, 2007
ATHOL - Norman J. Dodge passed away on Saturday, September 1st, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester. His loving wife of 44 years, Maryanne; their daughter, Joanne Johnson and her husband, Eric were by his side. He was born in Athol on August 5, 1941 to Dwight Edward Dodge and Esther Carolyn Jones and lived in Athol most of his...
Loraine J. Ricker
Aug 31, 2007
LEOMINSTER - Lraine Jean (Desharnais) Ricker 74 of 92 Grand St.Leominster, died Friday, August 31,2007, in Health Alliance Leominster Hospital after being striken ill. She was born September 23,1932 in Leominster the daughter of the late Rudolph and Marianne (Desilets) Desharnais and was a lifelong Leominster resident. She leaves her husband of thirty years,Ervin Ricker of Leominster; five sons,John W.Amirault,...
Edward P. Roach,
Aug 31, 2007
ORANGE - Edward P. Roach, Sr., 49 of 419 East River St., Orange, died Friday, August 31, 2007 in the Athol Memorial Hospital. He was born in Athol, on July 15, 1958, the son of Albert and Loretta (Ducharme) Roach. He was a Truck Driver for many years. He leaves two sons, Nicholas Roach and Edward Roach, Jr. both of...
Andrew A. Brileya
Aug 31, 2007
ATHOL - Andrew A. Brileya, 56 of 545 Main St., Athol, died Friday, August 31, 2007 at home. He was born in Cambridge, NY, on July 7, 1951, the son of the late Andrew and the late Frances (LaBounty) Brileya. He was a Machinist, employed by L. S. Starrett Tool Co. He leaves his son: Randall Brileya & wife Katie...
Paul A. Smialek
Aug 28, 2007
ATHOL - Paul A. Smialek, 48 of 868 North Orange Rd., Athol, died Tuesday, August 28, 2007 in Athol Memorial Hospital. He was born in New London, CT, on November 11, 1958, the son of Edward Smialek and Winifred (Given) Smialek. Paul grew up in Gardner and attended Gardner Schools. He played football for Gardner High School. He served in...
Roger G. Kachinsky
Aug 28, 2007
ATHOL - Roger G. Kachinsky, 95 of 721 Lenox St., Athol, died Tuesday, August 28, 2007 in Athol Memorial Hospital, Athol. He was born in Suffield, CT, on April 30, 1912, the son of the late John and the late Carolina (Biernat) Kachinsky. Roger moved to Athol when he was 6 years old. He was educated in Athol. He married...
Winifred R. Kelly
Aug 14, 2007
ATHOL: Winifred Ruth (Livingston) Kelly, 86 of 124 Glendale Ave., Athol, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family, on Tuesday, August 14, 2007. She was born in Phillipston, on August 15, 1920, the daughter of the late Phillip & Nellie (Burrows) Livingston. Winifred lived in Athol most of her life, she was the former owner of Winnie's Beauty Salon...
Walter L. LaPointe
Aug 14, 2007
FITCHBURG - Walter L. LaPointe, 47 of 973 Main St., Fitchburg, died Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at home. He was born in Leominster, MA, on August 28, 1959, the son of the late Walter L. and the late Blanche (Despres) LaPointe. Walter was a graduate of Leominster High School. He was a longtime resident of Leominster before moving to Fitchburg...
Milton W. Chapin
Aug 13, 2007
ATHOL - Milton W. Chapin, 84 of 323 Fairview Ave., Athol, died Monday, August 13, 2007 at home. He was born in Athol, MA, on December 29, 1922, the son of Earl W. and Izzetta (Woodard) Chapin. He was a graduate of Athol High School and was a Navy Veteran having served during World War II in the South Pacific....
Sr. Edith S. Simoneau
Aug 11, 2007
PETERSHAM - Sister Edith Simoneau, 92, of the Sisters of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin died August 11, 2007, at Assumption Residence after a long illness. Formerly known as Sister Sainte-Armande, she professed 71 years of religious vows. Born is Laconia, N.H., she was the daughter of Albert and Marie Louise (Hupe) Simoneau. Sister spent 34 years teaching the...
Joyce T. Shelton
Aug 8, 2007
ATHOL - Joyce Shelton, 60 of 224 South St., Athol, died Wednesday, August 8, 2007 in St. Vincent´s Hospital, Worcester, MA. She was born in Mineville, N.Y., on January 3, 1947, the daughter of Fremont J. and Rita I. (Smith) LaFountain. Joyce was predeceased by her husband Bobbie Gene Shelton Sr. who died in 2006, her father Fremont LaFountain who...
Raymond G. Ellis
Aug 6, 2007
ORANGE - Raymond G. Ellis, 81 of 21 Sunset Dr., Orange, formerly of Athol; died Monday, August 6, 2007 in the Athol Memorial Hospital, Athol. He was born in Boston, on April 7, 1926, the son of the late Merrill R. and the late Effie H. (Finney) Ellis. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946 during World...
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