Obituaries
Barbara Shirley Boynton (Sulman)
Jan 23, 2020
ORANGE – Barbara Shirley Boynton (Sulham), 67 of Orange, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2020 in Heywood Hospital, Gardner. Barbara was born on May 15, 1952 in Gardiner, ME and moved to Orange 20 years ago, moving in with her caretakers Nathan and Nancy Sulham. Barbara was full of life and enjoyed spending time with her family and many friends....
Clayton Russell Leland
Jan 23, 2020
BALDWINVILLE- Clayton Russell Leland, 89, of Baldwinville, died Thursday, January 23, at Alliance Health. Clayton was born March 5, 1930, son of the late Russell and the late Ruby (Davidson) Leland. He lived most of his life in Templeton attending Templeton schools. He worked at the former Templeton Lunch. He was a proud member of the Templeton Historical Society, the...
Linda (Dolan) McCarthy
Jan 16, 2020
ASHBURNHAM- Linda M. (Dolan) McCarthy, 69, of Ashburnham, died Thursday, January 16, at UMass Medical Center, after an illness. Linda was born March 21, 1950, in Somerville, daughter of the late Charles J. and the late Mildred A. (Hutchinson) Dolan. She was a dental assistant before her retirement. She leaves her husband with whom she would have celebrated their 50th...
Fedora Arsenault
Jan 11, 2020
LEOMINSTER- Fedora M. (Pellerin) Arsenault, 83, of Leominster, died Saturday, January 11, at River Terrace surrounded by her loving family after a long illness. Fedora was born December 29, 1936, in Georgetown, New Brunswick, daughter of the late Frank and the late Amanda (Saulnier) Pellerin. She leaves her husband of 64 years, Leo Arsenault; four children, Reginald and Muriel (Bourque)...
Celia Zoldak
Jan 11, 2020
Celia Zoldak, 99, of Gardner passed away peacefully on January 11, at her daughter’s home after a long, declining illness. Born in Gardner on February 10, 1920, Celia was the daughter of the late Alexandra (Poliks) and Wladislaw Wolanske, immigrants from Poland. Celia was raised and resided her entire life in Gardner until her illness required assistance at her daughter’s...
Lola A. O'Mara
Jan 10, 2020
Lola died peacefully on January 10, 2020 in Heywood Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Born in Athol, Mass. on December 22, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Adelard A. Ares and Rita M. Ares (Chaisson). Lola Graduated from Athol High School with the Class of 1954. She was employed for many years at Erving Paper Mills/Georgia Pacific...
Roberta (Carter) Kealy
Jan 7, 2020
GARDNER- Roberta L. (Carter) Kealy, loving wife, mother, and nana, 61, formerly of Lowell, died Tuesday, January 7, after a war with Stage IV esophageal cancer. Roberta was born September 3, 1958 in Lewiston, Maine, daughter of the late Lucien and Florence (Hallock) Carter. She graduated from Billerica High in 1977 and worked for Middlesex County House of Corrections and...
Martha M. Johnson
Jan 7, 2020
GARDNER - Martha M. (Laurila) Johnson, 95 of Gardner, died Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at Alliance Health at Baldwinville. She was born in Leicester, MA, on February 29, 1924, the daughter of the late August and Aina (Mantyla) Laurila. Martha grew up in Leicester and graduated from Leicester High School. In her early years she worked as a secretary for...
Sandra Grace Weiss
Jan 7, 2020
Sandra (Barnes) Weiss passed away peacefully on January 7, 2020, at the age of 79, following a lengthy illness. Born to Grace (Coolidge) Barnes and Harold S. Barnes, she was raised in Petersham. “San” was a member of the first graduating class of Mahar Regional High School in 1958, going on to earn a B.A. in Elementary Education from Fitchburg...
Casey Wayne Sedgwick
Jan 6, 2020
ATHOL- Casey Wayne Sedgwick, 29, of Athol, died Monday, January 6, in his home after a short illness. Casey was born March 18, 1990, in Fitchburg, son of Russell and Althea (Swenson) Sedgwick and has lived in Athol for the past 15 years. He loved life, family, friends and the outdoors, especially fishing, hiking and camping. Besides his parents, Russell...
Carolyn F. (Bassow) Landry
Dec 31, 2019
BERLIN — Carolyn Frances (Bassow) Landry, 84, of Berlin, died peacefully Tuesday, December 31, 2019, at UMass Memorial Marlborough Hospital in Marlborough, Massachusetts. She was the widow of Lawrence Joseph Landry and leaves their daughter, Michelle Stein, and son-in-law, Neil Stein, of Safety Harbor, Florida, and granddaughters, Jessica Stein of Clearwater, Florida, and Jillian Stein of Chapel Hill, North Carolina;...
Martina (Stromer) Brogna
Dec 30, 2019
GARDNER - On Monday, December 30,, 2019, Martina (Stromer) Brogna passed away at the age of 61. Proud of her heritage, she was born in Bad Orb, Germany, 1958, one of six children. She is survived by brothers Horst, Ulrich, Kai Uwe, her sister Angelika and many nieces. Martina is preceded in death by her father Hans, mother Ida and...
Robert V. Cudak
Dec 28, 2019
GARDNER - Robert V. Cudak, age 60, of Gardner died Saturday, December 28, 2019 at Heywood Hospital of Gardner, MA. Robert was born July 2, 1959 in Framingham, the son of the late Robert R and the late Thelma (Codding) Cudak. He grew up in Westminster, graduating from Oakmont High School in 1977. He went on to serve in the U.S.Coast...
Paul F. Connors
Dec 28, 2019
BALDWINVILLE- Paul F. Connors, 92, of Baldwinville, died Saturday, December 28, in his home, after an illness. Paul was born July 13, 1927, in Gardner, son of the late Thomas F. and the late Anna F. (Lougee) Connors. He has lived in Baldwinville for the past 67 years. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was honorably discharged...
Barbara J. (Wallquist) Amidon
Dec 27, 2019
PETERSHAM - Barbara J. (Wallquist) Amidon, 92 formerly of Petersham, died Friday, December 27, 2019 in the Quabbin Valley Healthcare, Athol, MA. She was born in Hartford, CT, on February 23, 1927, the daughter of the late Patrick William and the late Anna (Linblad) Wallquist. She grew up in West Hartford, CT. and graduated from high school there. She moved...
Marilyn “Minnie” Martin
Dec 25, 2019
ASHBURNHAM- Marilyn R. “Minnie” (Blood) Martin, 64, of Ashburnham, died Wednesday, December 25, at Heywood Hospital, after an illness. Marilyn was born September 6, 1955, and Lowell, daughter of the late Howard and the late Helen (Balog) Blood. Family was of utmost importance to Minnie. She also loved birds, cats and dogs. She leaves her husband of 40 years, John...
Mylda T Stasiunas
Dec 24, 2019
Mylda T. Stasiunas, 96, of 78 Lake Street, Athol, died on December 24, 2019. She was born in Athol in April 1923, the daughter of Charles and Petronella (Jasinskas) Stasiunas. She graduated from Athol High School in 1940. She was employed by Massachusetts Electric Company for forty-four and a half years and retired from Northampton in 1985. She was active...
Marjorie Ann Kraskouskas
Dec 23, 2019
GARDNER - Marjorie (Marge) Ann (Jandris) Kraskouskas embraced and enjoyed life for 77 years, before letting go on December 23, 2019. She was the wife of John C. Kraskouskas of Gardner and North Attleboro, Massachusetts, whom she married in 1960. Marge noted that John was a person who had moral values, was well read and a good conversationalist – all...
Sheila J. Sheehan
Dec 22, 2019
Shelia Sheehan age 58 of Hubbardston died Sunday December 22, 2019 at home in Asby. Ms Sheehan was born September 21, 1961 in Lowell Ma. She is the daughter of the late Thomas and the late Margaret (Scotland) Sheehan. Shelia graduated from Worcester State College with a bachelor of science in Occupational Therapy and Fitchburg State College with a bachelor...
Bernard R. LaFortune
Dec 19, 2019
GARDNER - Bernard R. LaFortune, 88, of Gardner, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully December 19th in the hospital after complications from congestive heart failure and pneumonia. His wife Dorothy was by his side. Born March 7th, 1931 He served in the Airforce during Korean War as a radio mechanicstationed in Japan. While in the service he played baseball for the Military...
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