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Clyde William Gould

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. ...

David Allen Shattuck

David Allen Shattuck

May 26, 2018

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...

Frederic William Halbritter

Frederic William Halbritter

May 22, 2018

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...

Mary Ann (Carew)  Brouillette

Mary Ann (Carew) Brouillette

May 17, 2018

Mary Ann (Carew) Brouillette, longtime resident of Groton, MA passed away on May 17, 2018 at the age of 85. Mary Ann was born in Medford, MA to the late Fredrick J. Carew and Mary C. (Curry) Carew on October 11, 1932.  She graduated from Arlington High School Class of 1951 and went to Business School. She served...

Matthew Lee Donovan Sr.

Matthew Lee Donovan Sr.

May 14, 2018

Matthew Lee Donovan Sr. born November 6, 1985 left us on May 14th at the age of 32. An Iraq War veteran, he leaves behind his beloved son, Matthew Lee Donovan Jr. at age 11 and his mother Heather LeBlanc. He is survived by parents Laurie Melendy and her husband Frank Melendy of Pepperell, MA. His father Anthony...

Phyllis Yvonne (Kyer)  Tracey

Phyllis Yvonne (Kyer) Tracey

May 11, 2018

Phyllis Yvonne Tracey passed away at the Community Hospice House in Merrimack, NH on May 11, 2018 at the age of 79.

Phyllis was born on November 5, 1938 in Gallagher, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Clifford and Madeline (Flint) Kyer. She was the wife of the late...

Charles H. " Charlie" Elwood Jr.

Charles H. " Charlie" Elwood Jr.

May 8, 2018

Charles “Charlie” H. Elwood Jr. passed away on May 8, 2018 at the age of 92 at the Apple Valley Center in Ayer. Beloved husband of Margaret “Peggy” (Roberts) Elwood, to whom he was married for 71 years. He is also survived by a Son, Charles G., and his wife Laura of Enfield, Connecticut and their three children,...

Sister Claire LaRoche

Sister Claire LaRoche

May 1, 2018

Sister Claire LaRoche (Sr. Claire Regis) SUSC died May 1 at the age of 90 at Mary Immaculate Nursing/Restorative Center, Lawrence. The daughter of the late J. Arthur and Juliette (Lajeunesse) LaRoche, Sr. Claire was born in Cambridge, MA. Her brothers Charles, Gerard, Paul, Raymond and Roland, and her sister, Sister Pauline LaRoche, SUSC pre-deceased her. She is...