All Obituaries

Nancy Baldwin Beatty of Upton passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on Friday, July 23, 2021, at the age of 101.   Nancy was for decades the beloved matriarch of her family and friends, living in her treasured family homestead.    She was predeceased by her husband, Royce Edwards Beatty, of 59 years who she met in third grade.  Throughout her life she was close to two siblings, Barbara Baker of Upton and Richard Baldwin of West Chester, PA, who predeceased...

UPTON- Marion R. Despres, 78, of Upton, passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021 surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Louis P. Despres to whom she celebrated 50 years of marriage this past February. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late William and Marion (McCarthy) Roche. She was raised and educated in Upton and attended St. Mary’s School in Milford. She graduated from Leo’s Beauty Institute in Worcester. Marion was a self-employed hairdresser in Upton...

Dorothy F. (Gaughan) Ferguson, 94, of Upton and formerly of Holliston, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at the Milford Regional Medical Center following a brief illness.  She is the beloved wife of Scott M. Ferguson. Born in Boston, she was a daughter of the late John and Catherine (Connolly) Gaughan.  She was raised and educated in Brighton, MA. and was a graduate of St. Columbkille’s High School. Prior to retirement, Mrs. Ferguson was employed as an...

Patricia J. “Patty” Bahosh, 51, of Whitinsville, passed away on Friday, July 2, 2021, peacefully at the Milford Regional Medical Center surrounded by family and friends. Born in Shirley, MA, the daughter of Joseph J. Bahosh and the late Mary Jo (Weihn) Bahosh. She was predeceased by her mother, Mary Jo Bahosh, her son, Ryan Bahosh, and her step father, Wes Tuttle. Patty is survived by her lifelong partner Robert Woodin of...

Jeffrey Whitcomb Ballard was born on February 1st, 1967, in Bryn Mawr PA, the son of loving parents Alan A. Ballard and Judith C. Ballard of Moultonborough, NH. He is survived by his wife Kathleen A. Ballard, son Nolan W. Ballard, daughters Kyra A. and Emma T. Ballard of Upton, MA, and sister Elizabeth K. Ballard of Sarasota, FL. He was a member of the class of 1984 at The Haverford School, where he played varsity baseball and squash. Despite a penchant for setting off fireworks at school...

Ralph Leo Fantini, Jr.,75, of Upton, passed away peacefully early on Saturday, June 12th, 2021, after a prolonged fight with numerous health issues. Ralph was born in Milford, MA on the 26th of July 1945. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Laurie (McMahon) Fantini. Ralph is the son of Ralph Fantini Sr. and Ida (Parent) Fantini, who were original Milford residents. Ralph was immensely...

Dr. Meredith L. Rice (Jackson) 85, of Upton passed away suddenly on June 4, 2021 in the countryside of Vermont doing one of the things she loved, visiting with family.  Born August 1, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Horace and Gertrude (Smith) Jackson. She enjoyed the earlier part of her life teaching first grade at The Ball School and then at Memorial Elementary School in Upton.  As if that wasn’t enough fun, she returned to school and obtained her Doctorate in...

Diane Worthington Czajak, 82, of Upton, died early Monday, May 31, 2021 at home surrounded by her loving family and friends. After deciding her argument with cancer was boorish, and quite frankly going nowhere, Diane joined her late husband, Ronald F. Czajak who was far more reasonable when discussing things that Diane knew she was right about. Born in Queens, NY, she was the daughter of the late Constance and Gerard Worthington, and was a graduate of Oswego University. She worked as a...

A celebration of life for Richard Summers will be held from 11 to 3:30 PM on Saturday, June 26, at the Summers Residence, 23 Church Street, Upton.   Richard K. Summers, a lifelong resident of Upton, passed away peacefully on February 4th, 2021. He was surrounded by his wife, mother, sister and the doctors and nurses at St. Vincent's Hospital ... the very same hospital where he was born on June 26, 1962. He is the son of the late George J. Summers, and is survived by his mother,...

Patricia “Patty” Ann Berg, 60 of Upton, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Saturday, May 22nd, 2021. Patty was born November 1st, 1960 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. She went to Seven Hills adult day health where in 1994, she met Amy.  Through a friendship developed at a group home in Worcester, Amy Polenski then took Patty into her home. Within five years, Amy and her husband William Casey had four children, and they became a family of seven. This...