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James Richard Howley Sr.
Aug 15, 2018
James Richard Howley, SR. 77, of Florence, MA and formerly of Groton, fought a courageous battle against Colon Cancer and passed away at home surrounded by his family on Wednesday, August 15, 2018.
Born in Waltham, MA to Thomas Joseph Howley and Hazel (Bazley) Howley, Jim was one of six children. Growing...
David J. Fitzgerald
Aug 4, 2018
David J. Fitzgerald passed away on Saturday, August 4, 2018, after a long illness. He spent the majority of his life in Endwell, NY and the last three years in Pepperell, MA.
David loved working with people over the years in real estate, mortgage banking, as owner of his kitchen design business,...
Philip R. Swain
Aug 4, 2018
Philip Raymond Swain died on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at Nashoba Hospital, after a long illness.
Phil was born on November 30, 1929, and grew up in Meriden, Connecticut, coming to Massachusetts to attend Harvard College from which he graduated in 1950. From that time, he became closely associated with Saint Benedict’s. For years,...
Douglas E. "Ned" Schultz
Aug 4, 2018
Douglas E. “Ned” Schultz, of Winchendon, MA passed away on Saturday August 4, 2018 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in the loving company of his wife Dianne M. Schultz, son Justin D. Schultz and daughter Lindsey M. Jolley. Doug was born in Greenville, Maine on August 17, 1954, son of Joan Corinna McBrierty Schultz and Douglas E....
Robert F. Clarke
Jul 30, 2018
Robert F. Clarke, 76, a longtime Pepperell resident, died Monday, July 30, at his home. He was born in Woburn, August 3, 1941 and was the devoted son of the late William R and Loretta E Clarke from Pepperell. Robert was preceded in death by his sister, Jacqueline Linehan of Billerica. He was in the US Air Force...
Francis William "Frank" Finney
Jul 26, 2018
Francis W. “Frank” Finney, age 80, of Westford, passed away Thursday, July 26, 2018 at the Care Dimensions Hospice in Lincoln after a brief illness. Frank was born in Lexington on January 16, 1938 son of the late Charles A. and Helena C. (Wezewich) Finney. Frank grew up in Lexington where he attended the local schools, and later...
Phyllis A. Granberg
Jun 29, 2018
Phyllis A. Granberg, 95, of Milford, New Hampshire and Hermann, Missouri died peacefully at the Community Hospice House on June 29, surrounded by her children. Phyllis was born on November 17, 1922 in Acton, MA, the daughter of the late Leslie Stuart and Mable Waite. Phyllis was predeceased by her husband Alfred O. Granberg. Phyllis is survived by...
Clyde William Gould
Jun 26, 2018
Clyde William Gould, 88, husband of Judith Marie Green Powell Cleary Gould, died Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at McLeod Health Clarendon. Born November 24, 1929, in Manchester, New Hampshire, he was a son of the late William Clyde Gould and the late Doris Arlene Whitney Gould. He was a US Army veteran, a Mason, a Shriner and a...
Catherine "Pat" P. (Jones) Porter
Jun 26, 2018
Catherine Patricia (Jones) “Pat” Porter, age 84, died peacefully on June 26, 2018 with her four children at her side. Catherine, known as Pat, was born on November 28, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts. Pat is predeceased by her loving husband of 47 years, Carl L. Porter, her parents, John and Lillian (Sweet) Jones, and siblings William Jones, Joseph...
Mildred "Milly" Janet (Goldthwaite) Cunningham
Jun 25, 2018
Mildred (Milly) Janet Goldthwaite Cunningham lived a long and full life. She loved hand crafts. Her greatest passion was quilting. She taught quilting for many years before, while, and after owning her quilt shop, the Schoolhouse Gallery. A Quilters Gathering, an annual quilt show which attracts quilters from all over the Northeast, invited and featured an exhibit of...
Jack Ryan Wilbur
Jun 23, 2018
Jack Ryan Wilbur, 21 years old, born April 22, 1997 who was born and raised in Pepperell, MA died Saturday morning, June 23rd as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident Friday evening.
Jack is the son of Eric and Carol (Paradis) Wilbur and is also survived by his two...
Gerard Joseph Levesque
Jun 21, 2018
Gerard Joseph Levesque, 75, of Pepperell, MA passed away on June 21, 2018. Gerard “Jerry” is the beloved husband of Susan M. Levesque. Jerry was born in Lac Baker, New Brunswick, Canada on August 1, 1942, son of the late Albenie and Irma (Tardif) Levesque. He is the brother of Claude (Clara) Levesque, Lucille (Elie) Caron, Gaston “Pit”...
Paul Joseph Shaw
Jun 16, 2018
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...
David Thomas Gilbert
Jun 9, 2018
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...
Barbara Helen (McGibbon) Fawcett
Jun 3, 2018
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,...
Dimitrios Kosmopoulos
Jun 2, 2018
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...
Cynthia Marie (Martin) Heisler
Jun 1, 2018
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...
Paul Herbert Slaybaugh
Jun 1, 2018
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...
Margaret Ann Barrett
May 31, 2018
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...
Janet M. Shea
May 26, 2018
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. ...
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