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Joseph A. "Pete" Ramsey
Oct 24, 2017
Joseph A. "Pete" Ramsey Sr., 80, of Upton, passed Tuesday, October 24, 2017 surrounded by family after a battle with leukemia. He was the husband of Helen L. (Langevin) Ramsey. Pete was born in Berlin, NH, the son of the late Arthur G. and Rose (Taillon) Ramsey, and was a graduate of the Notre Dame High School in Berlin. He...
Rodney D. Carter
Oct 24, 2017
Rodney D. Carter, 60, of Upton, died Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at his home surrounded by family after a battle with brain cancer. Rod was born in Oklahoma City, OK, a son of Elsie R. (Bodenheimer) Carter of Oklahoma City and the late Richard A. Carter. A US Army veteran, he was self-employed as a land surveyor and operated Rod...
James R. Kelley
Oct 12, 2017
James R. Kelley, 60, of Upton and formerly of Hopkinton and Westboro, died Thursday, October 12, 2017 in Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester after an illness. He was the husband of Cheryl A. (Dowden) Kelley. Jim was born in Worcester, the son of Davene (Johnson) Nelson of Sun City, AZ and the late Charles R. Kelley. He was a...
Alice T. (Brady) Cornell
Oct 12, 2017
Alice T. (Brady) Cornell, 93, of Mendon, died Thursday, October 12, 2017 in Milford Regional Medical Center. She was the widow of George B. Cornell, who died in 1994. Mrs. Cornell was born in Woonsocket, RI, the daughter of the late Hugh and Leona (Daignault) Brady. She was a graduate of St. Claire's High School in Woonsocket and was an...
Dale A. Patterson
Oct 7, 2017
Dale A. Patterson, 68, of Upton, died Saturday, October 7, 2017 in Milford Regional Medical Center. He was the husband of Deborah A. (Shook) Patterson. Mr. Patterson was born in Perth, New Brunswick, Canada, a son of the late James M. and Iva G. (Gee) Patterson. He was a US Marine Corps veteran who served in Okinawa during the Vietnam...
Charles M. Shanahan
Oct 3, 2017
Charles M. Shanahan, 81, of Upton, died Tuesday, October 3, 2017 in Beaumont Skilled Nursing Center in Northbridge after an illness. His wife of 49 years, Joan E. (Delaney) Shanahan, died six months ago. Charlie was born in Milford, a son of the late Charles J. and Geraldine R. (Murphy) Shanahan. He was a graduate of Milford High School and...
Marion O. (Peters) Ramsey
Oct 3, 2017
Marion O. (Peters) Ramsey, 88, formerly of Upton, died Tuesday, October 3, 2017 in Beaumont Skilled Nursing Center in Westboro after an illness. She was the widow of Robert F. Ramsey, who died in 2003. Mrs. Ramsey was born in Northbridge, a daughter of the late William and Florence (Barber) Peters. She was a devoted mother and homemaker who lived...
Victoria F. (Grebenstein) George
Oct 2, 2017
Victoria F. (Grebenstein) George, 89, of Upton, died Monday, October 2, 2017 in Lydia Taft House in Uxbridge, after a period of declining health. She was the widow of Theodore F. George, who died in 1994 after 33 years of marriage. Mrs. George was born in Newton, the daughter of the late George and Ethel (Slocomb) Grebenstein, and was a...
Jason S. Rakitin
Sep 26, 2017
Jason Scott Rakitin, 41, of Franklin and formerly of Upton, passed away on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at home surrounded by his family. He was the beloved husband of Nicole (LaBreck) Rakitin. Born in Hartford, CT on November 13, 1975, he was the son of Steven Roy and Eileen Marcia (Lazarus) Rakitin. Jason was a graduate of Nipmuc High School...
John A. Richards, Jr
Aug 26, 2017
John A. Richards, Jr., 50, of Clinton and formerly of Upton, died Saturday, August 26, 2017 in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston after a battle with lymphoma. John was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Louise M. (Tobey)and John A. Richards, Sr. of Upton. A graduate of Nipmuc Regional High School, he was a foreman at Suburban...
Douglas James Barents
Aug 17, 2017
Douglas James Barents, 43, passed away peacefully on August 17, 2017 at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. He was born on February 28, 1974, in Worcester to Thomas A. Barents of Upton and Gail A. Valera of Boylston. Douglas grew up in Shrewsbury and graduated from Shrewsbury High School in 1992. After high school, he attended Becker College in...
Concetta F. "Connie" (Giordano) Clark
Jul 22, 2017
Concetta F. "Connie" (Giordano) Clark, 76, of Upton, died Saturday, July 22, 2017 in Milford Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Roger L. Clark. Connie was born in Framingham, the daughter of the late Jack and Catherine (Gennaro) Giordano. She came to Upton from Framingham in 1970 and was a communicant of St. Gabriel...
Harold W. Coakley
Jul 15, 2017
Harold W. Coakley, 88, of Upton and formerly of Newton and Kissimmee, FL, died Saturday, July 15, 2017 after an illness. He was the husband of Gloria J. (Magnarelli) Coakley. Mr. Coakley was born in Newton, a son of the late Daniel J. and Cecilia (Mullahey) Coakley. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and the chef/owner of...
Dorothy M. (Murray) Gaskill
Jul 12, 2017
Dorothy M. (Murray) Gaskill, 89, of Naples, FL and formerly of Upton, MA passed away in peace at her home on July 12, 2017, surrounded by family. She was the widow of John F. Gaskill, who died in 2014. Born in Milford, MA, the daughter of the late Edward and Evelena (Page) Murray, Dottie was a devoted wife and mother....
Norman J. Sanders, Jr
Jul 6, 2017
Norman J. Sanders, Jr., 68, of Upton and formerly of Everett, died Thursday, July 6, 2016 in the University of MA Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after an illness. He was the husband of Linda (Juliano) Sanders. Mr. Sanders was born in Boston, the son of the late Norman J. and Patricia M. (Oberton) Sanders. He worked as a machinist...
James P. Hentz
Jul 2, 2017
Attorney James P. Hentz, 50, of Upton, died Sunday, July 2, 2017 after he collapsed while walking. He was the husband of Yara Hentz and father to Annabelle and Kiki. A member of the Worcester County and Massachusetts Bar Associations, his law practice included offices in Worcester and Milford. Born in Ft. Bragg, NC, the son of James D. and...
Nancy L. (Wright) Greenwood
Jun 27, 2017
Nancy L. (Wright) Greenwood, 77, of Upton, died Tuesday, June 27, 2017 in Genesis Milford Center after an illness. She was a health aide at the former Cushing Hospital and Wrentham State School until retiring about ten years ago. The daughter of the late Harold and Mabel (Swan) Wright, she was a lifelong Upton resident and a member of the...
Michael D. Canane
Jun 24, 2017
Michael D. Canane, 77, of Worcester, died Saturday, June 24, 2017 in St. Vincent Hospital after a brief illness. He had worked as a press operator for Woodbury & Co. of Worcester until retiring several years ago. Born in Worcester, he was the son of the late Charles and Emily (Ford) Canane. He was a lifelong Worcester resident who served...
Walter H. Williams
Jun 9, 2017
Walter H. Williams, 84, of Harwich and formerly of Upton, died Friday morning, June 9, 2017, at home. He was the husband of Martha R. (Wohlfahrt) Williams, who died two years ago after 61 years of marriage. Mr. Williams was born in Springfield, the son of the late Harold and Florence (Barrett) Williams, and was a graduate of Classical High...
William C. Conine
May 31, 2017
William C. Conine, 55, of Davie, FL, and formerly of Mendon and Franklin, died Wednesday May 31, 2017 at Westside Regional Medical Center in Davie, FL following a five-year battle with metastatic colon cancer. Born in Cranston, RI, he was the son of Lenora Conine of Uxbridge and the late Charles Conine. He was a graduate of Nipmuc Regional High...
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