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Vernon R. Taylor
Nov 4, 2007
Vernon R. Taylor, 76, a former long-time resident of Upton, died Sunday, November 4, 2007 in Milford Regional Medical Center after a period of declining health. His wife of 35 years, Ruth A. (Barnes) Taylor, died in 1999. Mr. Taylor was born in Milford, the son of the late Lee P. and Nettie F. (Hartling) Taylor. He had lived in...
Marion R. (Mccarthy) Roche
Nov 3, 2007
Marion R. (McCarthy) Roche, 94, of Upton, died Saturday, November 3, 2007 surrounded by loved ones at Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Westborough. She was the widow of William P. Roche, who died in 1993 after 53 years of marriage. Mrs. Roche was born in Boston, a daughter of the late Edward J. and Mildred (Thain) McCarthy. She...
James B. Seitz
Oct 22, 2007
PETERSHAM - James B. Seitz, 76, of Petersham and formerly of Upton, died Monday, October 22, 2007 in University of Massachusetts Memorial Healthcare in Worcester after a brief illness. He was a retired teamster and the husband of Cynthia R. (Sweet) Seitz, to whom he was married for 56 years. Mr. Seitz was born in St. Cloud, MN, the son...
Sheila J. (Walker) Porter
Sep 17, 2007
Sheila J. (Walker) Porter, 64, of Upton, died Monday, September 17, 2007 in Milford Regional Medical Center after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. She was the wife of John F. Porter and a nurse practitioner who specialized in healthcare within the state's correctional system. Mrs. Porter was born in Worcester, a daughter of the late Norman E. and...
Angelo Buscemi
Sep 15, 2007
Angelo Buscemi, 90, a lifelong resident of West Groton, died peacefully on September 15, 2007 at the Keystone Center in Leominster after an illness. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Nellie (Mazukna) Buscemi. Mr. Buscemi was born in West Groton on October 16, 1916, a son of the late Carlo and Antonina (Zammuto) Buscemi. He served with...
Mark L. Johnson
Sep 7, 2007
Mark L. Johnson, 53, of Upton, died Friday, September 7, 2007 in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a brief illness. He was the husband of Tina L. (Jones) Johnson and a systems engineer for Sun Microsystems. Mr. Johnson was born in Brockton, a son of Herbert A. and Jean A. (Wilkie) Johnson of Plymouth. He was a 1973 graduate...
Judith Ann (Pease) Wetzelaer
Sep 6, 2007
Judith Ann (Pease) Wetzelaer, 66, of Millville, died Thursday, September 6, 2007 in UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after a ten-month battle with ovarian cancer. She was the wife of Peter J. Wetzelaer and a retired electronic assembler. Mrs. Wetzelaer was born in Ludlow, the daughter of Virginia F. (Andrews) Jernberg of Springfield and the late Clifford N. Pease....
Loraine M. (Houde) Bouthiette
Sep 3, 2007
Loraine M. (Houde) Bouthiette, 83, of Upton, died Monday, September 3, 2007 in her home after a long illness. She was the wife of Omer A. Bouthiette, to whom she was married for 61 years. Mrs. Bouthiette was born in North Grafton, a daughter of the late Joseph E. and Mary Ellen (Atchue) Houde. She grew up in Grafton, where...
Michael D. Mccarthy
Aug 27, 2007
Michael D. McCarthy, 67, of Grafton and formerly of Upton, died Monday morning, August 27, 2007 in UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after being stricken ill on Friday. He was the husband of Catherine T. (Brosnan) McCarthy and a retired natural resource officer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. McCarthy was born in Worcester, a son of the late...
Catherine M. "Kay" (Bruce) Saucier
Jul 29, 2007
Catherine M. "Kay" (Bruce) Saucier, 79, of Upton, died Sunday morning, July 29, 2007, in Milford Regional Medical Center. She was the widow of John A. "Jack" Saucier, who died March 9th after 58 years of marriage. Mrs. Saucier was born in Milford, a daughter of the late Frank J. and Kathryn (Lang) Bruce. She was a 1946 graduate of...
Jerry A. (Priode) Bettano
Jul 20, 2007
Jerry A. (Priode) Bettano, 67, of Mendon, died Friday evening, July 20, 2007 in Franklin Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Franklin after a long illness. She was the wife of James J. Bettano, to whom she was married for 46 years. Mrs. Bettano was born in Williamson, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Peter and Matilda (Mosby) Priode....
Helen (Wing) Rhodes
Jun 23, 2007
Helen (Wing) Rhodes, 93, formerly of Upton, died Saturday, June 23, 2007 in Brookside Nursing Home in Hartford, VT after a period of declining health. She was the widow of longtime Upton businessman, William R. "Dusty" Rhodes, who died in 1991. Mrs. Rhodes was born in Melrose, daughter of the late Charles and Emily (Lewis) Wing. She was an accomplished...
Bessie R. Pedersen (Philbrick) Heald
Jun 18, 2007
Bessie R. (Philbrick) Pedersen Heald of Rockport, a former Greater Lowell resident who was active in civic organizations, died Monday, June 18, 2007 at Beverly Hospital in Beverly, two days before her 98th birthday. She was the wife of the late Oscar E. Pedersen and the late Elmer L. Heald. She was born in New Boston, NH, a daughter of...
Helen K. (Holtz) Harrington
Jun 16, 2007
Helen Ketty (Holtz) Harrington, 91, a former long-time resident of Wethersfield, CT, died June 16, 2007 in the Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester, MA after a period of declining health. The widow of James J. Harrington, she moved to Upton, MA to live with her daughter in April. Helen was born in Hartford, CT, daughter of the late Carl...
Arthur J. Cote
May 25, 2007
Arthur J. Cote, 74, of Upton, died early Friday, May 25, 2007, in the Veterans' Administration Hospital in West Roxbury. He was the husband of Beverly A. (Snow) Cote, with whom he was married for 52 years. Mr. Cote was born in Upton, a son of the late Joseph A. and Antoinette (Page) Cote, and was a lifelong resident of...
Mary (Marsney) Rosengren
May 6, 2007
Mary (Marsney) Rosengren, 94, of Upton and formerly of South Boston, died late Sunday, May 6, 2007 in Blaire House in Milford after a short illness. She was the wife of Wayne Rosengren, who died in 1995 after 57 years of marriage. Mrs. Rosengren was born in Boston, a daughter of the late John and Pauline (Atamanchuck) Marsney. She graduated...
Marilyn Louise Chiumento
Apr 20, 2007
Marilyn Louise Chiumento, 58, of Ashland, died Friday night, April 20, 2007 shortly after arrival at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham after a battle with lung cancer. She was a retired Staff Sergeant with the U. S. Air Force. Ms. Chiumento was born in Natick, a daughter of Dorothy (Randall) Chiumento, with whom she lived, and the late Thomas J....
Joan M. (Murph) Hagspiel
Apr 19, 2007
Joan M. (Murph) Hagspiel, 65, of Ashland, died early Thursday, April 19, 2007 in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston after she was stricken ill on Wednesday. She was an administrative assistant at Wellesley College, where she had worked for the past 20 years. Mrs. Hagspiel was born in Danville, VA, a daughter of the late Charles Murph and...
Donald W. Nelson
Apr 11, 2007
Donald W. Nelson, 68, a lifelong resident of Upton, died Wednesday, April 11, 2007 in Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston after suffering a heart attack four weeks previously. He was the husband of Gloria M. (White) Nelson and had worked for Fenwal, Inc. in Ashland for 37 years before retiring six years ago. Mr. Nelson was born in...
Helen J. (Zimmerman) Bosler
Mar 22, 2007
Helen J. (Zimmerman) Bosler, 87, a former long-time resident of Needham, died Thursday evening, March 22, 2007 in Hearthstone at Golden Pond in Hopkinton after a period of declining health. Mrs. Bosler was born in Baltimore, MD, a daughter of the late John and Blanche (Perrin) Zimmerman. She had lived in Needham since 1959 until moving to Hopkinton last September....
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