All Obituaries

Shaw, of Merrimack, NH.  June 16, 2018. Paul Joseph Shaw, formerly of Chelmsford, MA passed away on June 16, 2018. He was born in Arlington, MA on March 12, 1934 son of the late John and Margaret (Waddleton) Shaw. He was the husband of late Joan L. (Sewell) Shaw. He spent his early life in Arlington, and later graduated from Lexington High School. He and his late wife Joan moved to Chelmsford where they raised their family,...

David Thomas Gilbert RN, FA went home to be with his Lord and Savior after a courageous fight with cancer on June 9, 2018. He was born on October 3, 1951 in Somerville, MA to the late Ralph Gilbert and Genevieve Bernadette (Harrigan) Gilbert. He was raised in Littleton, MA and later served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He worked as a Registered Nurse at Nashoba Valley Medical Center for 41 years, most recently in the Operating Room. He was a long time resident...

It is with great sadness that the family of Barbara Helen Fawcett, announce her passing on Sunday, June 3, 2018 at Nashoba Valley Medical Center. She was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on September 7, 1934, a daughter of the late Alexander McGibbon and Dorothy E. (Boynes) McGibbon. She was a resident for the past 52 years of Pepperell, MA. Barbara was the loving wife of the late John J. Fawcett Sr., with whom she shared 42 years of marriage before his death in...

Dimitrios “Jimmy” Kosmopoulos passed away on June 2, 2018 at the age of 84. Dimitrios was born in Ammos, Kalamata in Greece in 1934. He was the son of a farmer and a homemaker. He grew up in post-World War II Greece and fulfilled his national military service. In 1966, he married Eugenia Lekaditis and emigrated from Greece to the United States. He became the owner of C&S Pizza in Pepperell in 1980, which he ran for twenty years before retiring. He is survived by...

Cynthia Marie (Martin) Heisler, resident of Pepperell MA, passed away peacefully on June 1, 2018 at Nashoba Valley Medical Center, surrounded by family and friends, at the age of 58 years old. Cindy grew up in Acton, MA with her five siblings: Billy Martin, Kevin Martin, Rusty Martin, Lisa Denoncourt and David Martin and parents William and Barbara Martin. She will be sadly missed by her loving family including her three children Jessica Gesner, Joshua Progen and Rebecca Heisler,...

Paul Herbert Slaybaugh, of Nashua, NH, formerly of Somerville, MA, passed away on June 1, 2018 at age of 89.    Loving husband of the late Rose (Anastas) Slaybaugh.  Devoted father of Lorraine Johnson of Billerica and her husband Paul and Maureen Bolger of Pepperell and her husband John.  Proud grandfather of Amy Collins of Shrewsbury, Robyn Johnson of Billerica and Rachel Bolger of Pepperell.  Beloved great-grandfather of...

Margaret Ann Barrett, 77, of West Groton, MA passed away Thursday May 31, 2018 at her home.   Margaret was born in Norwood on October 23, 1940, the daughter of late Matthew L. and Mary A (DeRoche) Barrett.  She spent her early life in Norwood before relocating with her family to West Groton, where she spent the rest of her life.   Margaret was a 1958 Graduate of Groton High School. She worked at Arthur D....

Janet M. (Birkemose) Shea, 76, of West Groton, Massachusetts, passed away on May 26, 2018 after a brief illness. She was born July 9, 1941 in Somerville, MA to Henry and Elizabeth (Walton) Birkemose, the third of six children. Later in life, she often bragged that being the third, she kept her father out of the war.    Janet is survived by her sisters Marie Henriksen, Claire Bennett and her husband, Walter, brother Henry Birkemose and his...

David Allen Shattuck passed away peacefully at the Community Hospice House in Merrimack, NH on May 26, 2018 at the age of 68.   David grew up in Pepperell, the son of Suzanne Whitney Shattuck of Nashua, NH and the late Leon R. Shattuck. He was educated in the Pepperell school system and graduated from Lawrence Academy in Groton. He also attended Wentworth Institute in Boston. In addition to his mother he is...

Frederic W. Halbritter, 86, of Concord, passed away on May 22, 2018 at the Care Dimensions Hospice Facility in Lincoln, MA after a short illness. Frederic was born in Boston, MA on December 24, 1931 the son of the late Edward N. Assad and Jessie Halbritter Assad. After high school Frederic joined the United States Air Force, serving in the Korean War. Frederic was honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant, with two Bronze Stars, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal,...