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Donald E. Hall
Sep 21, 2010
Donald E. Hall, 68, a lifelong resident of Upton, died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, in Milford Regional Medical Center after an illness. He was the husband of Patricia E. (Woodcome) Hall. Mr. Hall was born in Worcester, a son of the late Maurice and Aurora (Belanger) Hall. He was a 1959 graduate of Northbridge High School and earned a degree...
Howard Frederick Hill
Sep 14, 2010
Howard F. Hill, 76, a lifelong Upton resident, died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010 in Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester. He was the husband of Ann F. (Gulino) Hill. Mr. Hill was born in Upton, a son of the late Howard M. and Edith L. (Smith) Hill, and served with the Army National Guard of Mass. and the Army Reserves. He...
Kevin R. Gormley
Aug 25, 2010
Kevin R. Gormley, 57, of Charlton, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, after a period of declining health. He was born in Boston, the beloved son of the late Helen M. (Jordan) and James J. Gormley, Sr., and had lived in Charlton for the past 15 years. He participated in the Southbridge Adult Day Program. He leaves...
Claire M. (Blanchard) Dufresne
Jul 16, 2010
Claire M. (Blanchard) Dufresne, 83, of Perry, Georgia, and a former longtime Upton resident, died Friday, July 16, 2010, in Georgia after an illness. She was the wife of Gaston M. "Gus" Dufresne, to whom she was married for 57 years. Mrs. Dufresne was born in Upton, MA, on March 23, 1927, a daughter of the late Alfred J. and...
Steven P. Dexter
Jul 2, 2010
Steven P. Dexter, 61, of Holden, died Friday, July 2, 2010, in Holden Nursing Home after an illness. Mr. Dexter was born in Worcester, the son of Amelia A. (Koziol) Dexter of Milford and the late Paul B. Dexter. He grew up in Grafton and was a graduate of St. John's High School in Shrewsbury. After earning a civil engineering...
John Francis Westcott, Jr
May 28, 2010
John F. Westcott, Jr., 69, of Upton, died Friday evening, May 28, 2010 in his home after an illness. He was the husband of Cherrie S. (Gordius) Westcott and was a retired mechanical engineer. Service Details Funeral arrangements are private.
George Keville Tinker
May 16, 2010
George K. Tinker, 94, of Fort Collins, CO and formerly of Newton and Upton, MA, and Port St. Lucie, FL, died Sunday, May 16, 2010. He was the husband of the late Catherine (Shea) Tinker, who died in 1973, and Christine (Heald) Schug Tinker, who died in 2006. Mr. Tinker was born in the Roslindale section of Boston on January...
Mary E. (Kirby) Vaccaro
May 10, 2010
Mary E. (Kirby) Vaccaro, 64, a retired teacher and administrator in the Mendon-Upton Regional School District, died Monday, May 10, 2010 in UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after an illness. She was the wife of Charles J. Vaccaro and a lifelong Upton resident. Mrs. Vaccaro was born in Milford, the daughter of the late Walter J. and Shirley (Goodridge)...
Barbara Jean (Flooks) Willette
May 6, 2010
Barbara Jean (Flooks) Willette, 63, a former long-time Upton resident, died Thursday, May 6, 2010, in Westborough Healthcare Center in Westborough after a long illness. Ms. Willette was born in Milford, a daughter of the late Robert E and Irene M. (Partridge) Flooks. She grew up in Upton and lived in Grafton before moving to Westborough eight years ago. She...
Kenneth Earle Usher
Apr 27, 2010
Kenneth E. Usher, 92, a lifelong resident of Upton, died Tuesday, April 27, 2010 in Milford Regional Medical Center in Milford after an illness. He was the husband of Carolyn (Williams) Usher. They recently celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary. Mr. Usher was born in Upton, the youngest and last surviving of thirteen children of the late Frank and Sarah (Chapin)...
Robert E. Sadler
Apr 20, 2010
Robert E. Sadler, 79, a lifelong Upton resident, died early Tuesday, April 20, 2010, in St. Camillus Health Center in Northbridge after a period of declining health. He had been a factory worker for the former Porter Shoe Company in Milford and Bullard Abrasives in Westborough until retiring about ten years ago. Robert was born in Upton, the youngest of...
Everett Gerard Lapierre
Apr 5, 2010
Everett G. Lapierre, 66, of Uxbridge and formerly of Upton, died late Monday, April 5, 2010 in his home after an illness. He was the husband of Cynthia L. (Simpson) Lapierre, and a retired maintenance supervisor who worked most recently at Draper Place in Hopedale. He previously worked at Milhaus Apartments in Upton for 18 years. Mr. Lapierre was born...
Carolyn Johnson Blomquist
Mar 30, 2010
Carolyn (Johnson) Blomquist, 86, a lifelong Upton resident and an avid town historical researcher, died late Tuesday, March 30, 2010 in Milford Care and Rehabilitation Center in Milford after a brief illness. Ms. Blomquist was born in Winchester, MA, the daughter of the late Roy Ruggles and Frances Adelaide (Blake) Johnson. She graduated from Upton High School in 1940, Duke...
Marcus Leo O'Brien
Mar 24, 2010
Marcus L. O'Brien, 89, passed away on March 24, 2010 in Dunnellon, FL after a period of declining health. He was the husband of Josephine Clara (Corazza) O'Brien and a retired financial planner. Mr. O'Brien was the son of the late Thomas and Genevieve (Sullivan) O'Brien, born on the Silver Leaf Farm in Galesburg, IL, which has been owned by...
Kevin G. Pedersen
Feb 10, 2010
Kevin G. Pedersen, 58, of Chelmsford and formerly of Carlisle, died Wednesday, February 10, at home after a long illness. He had been an electronics technician for Brooks Automation for several years and more recently was a sales associate at Ace Hardware stores in Concord and Cambridge. Mr. Pedersen was born in Concord, a son of Kenneth M. Pedersen of...
John Francis "Red" Bowen
Feb 4, 2010
John F. "Red" Bowen, 87, of Upton, died peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, February 4, 2010 in St. Francis Nursing Home in Worcester. He was the husband of Doris B. (Daubney) Bowen and had lived in Upton most of his life. Mr. Bowen was born in Framingham and raised in Upton by Rubelle Keniston. He was a World War...
Shirley Lucille (Merrill) O'Connor
Feb 1, 2010
Shirley L. (Merrill) O'Connor, 86, of Hopkinton, died Monday, February 1, 2010 in her home. She was the wife of Irving P. "Pat" O'Connor and a founder of Evergreen Haven Garden Center. Mrs. O'Connor was born in Springfield, a daughter of the late Amos A. and Margaret L. (Gunther) Merrill. She had lived in Hopkinton for 60 years and with...
Roger I. Bartlett
Jan 25, 2010
Roger I. Bartlett, 86, of Upton, died Monday, January 25, 2010 in Beaumont Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Northbridge after a period of declining health. A retired carpentry instructor at Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School, he was the husband of Marie A. (Viger) Bartlett, who died in 2008 after 62 years of marriage. Mr. Bartlett was born...
Patricia Joan (Farnese) Lebrun
Jan 20, 2010
Patricia J. (Farnese) LeBrun, 61, of Upton, died Wednesday, January 20, 2010 in the University of Massachusetts/Memorial Healthcare in Worcester after an illness. She was the wife of John F. LeBrun and had lived in Upton for the past ten years. Mrs. LeBrun was born in Newton, a daughter of Dalby A. Farnese of Newton and Dora A. Frada of...
Catherine Elizabeth Tourish
Jan 16, 2010
Catherine E. Tourish, 86, of Upton, died January 16, 2010 at home after an illness. The eldest child of the late James and Mary (Diver) Tourish, she was born in Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland on July 7, 1923. She immigrated to Worcester, MA on March 27, 1951, arriving on the Queen Mary from Southampton, England with her two younger sisters,...
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