OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Upton, Worcester County & Surrounding Areas

Margaret Irene (Macini) Rawson
Aug 29, 2009
Margaret I. (Macini) Rawson, 98, of Upton, died Saturday, August 29, 2009 at Golden Pond in Hopkinton after a period of declining health. She was the widow of Allan V. Rawson, who died in 1978. Mrs. Rawson was born in Milford, the daughter of Antonio and Maria Macini. She was a 1929 graduate of Milford High School and worked as...
Victor H. Marin
Aug 23, 2009
Victor H. Marin, 88, of Hopkinton, died Sunday, August 23, 2009, in his home after a period of declining health. He was a decorated World War II Army veteran and the husband of Maxine F. (Heavner) Marin. Mr. Marin was born in Fitchburg, a son of the late Louis Hilaire and Eugenie Mary (Berube) Marin. He was a U.S. Army...
Georges Jean Marokhovsky
Aug 2, 2009
Georges J. Marokhovsky, 90, of Upton, died early Sunday, August 2, 2009 at his home after an illness. He was a retired civil engineer and the husband of the late Hélene (Desvergnes) Marokhovsky. Mr. Marokhovsky was born March 21, 1919 in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, a son of the late Jean and Claudine Marokhovsky. His family moved to France...
Helen Frances (Brunet) White
Jul 27, 2009
Helen Frances (Brunet) White, 85, passed away July 27, 2009 in Hopkinton after a period of declining health. She was the wife of James Irvin White, who preceded her in death on March 9, 2009, and to whom she was married since 1945. Mrs. White was born in Hibbing, MN on January 8, 1924. She grew up in Minnesota and...
Frank R. Nydam
Jul 7, 2009
Frank R. Nydam, 48, a lifelong Upton resident, died Tuesday, July 7, 2009 in Milford Regional Medical Center after a seven-year battle with brain cancer. Born in Worcester, the son of Klara B. (Zeh) Nydam, of Upton and the late Robert F. Nydam, he was a 1979 graduate of Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School. He worked as a...
William Raymond Ethier
Jun 28, 2009
William R. Ethier, 76, of Vero Beach, FL, and formerly of Upton, died Sunday, June 28, 2009 at his daughter's home in Amherst, VA after a brief illness. He was the husband of Charlotte (Benoit) Ethier. Mr. Ethier was born in Millville, MA, a son of the late Alphonse and Flora (Cabana) Ethier. He attended the former St. Mary's High...

Wilbur P. Fiske
Jun 5, 2009
Wilbur P. Fiske, 77, died Friday, June 5, 2009 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta, ME. He was born on May 17, 1932 in Worcester, a son of the late Reuben and Alice (Potter) Fiske. He grew up in Upton, attended local schools, and was a 1954 graduate of M.I.T. with a B.S. in Engineering. While at M.I.T. he became...

Priscilla M. (Hoel) Partridge
May 31, 2009
Priscilla M. (Hoel) Partridge, 67, of Upton, died Sunday, May 31, 2009 in her home. She was a retired factory worker and the widow of Roger F. Partridge, who died in 1977. Mrs. Partridge was born in Milford, a daughter of the late Pearl (Whalen) and Arnold Hoel, Sr. and had lived in Upton most of her life. She leaves...
Mary Frances (Sadler) French
May 25, 2009
Mary Frances (Sadler) French, 95, a lifelong Upton resident, died early Monday, May 25, 2009. She was the widow of James E. French, who died in 1969. Mrs. French was born in Upton, a daughter of the late Henry S. and Grace (Weir) Sadler. She graduated with honors from Upton High School in 1932 and had worked as a packer...

Robert Karl Sanderson
May 16, 2009
Robert Karl Sanderson, 75, of Upton, died Saturday, May 16, 2009 at his daughter's home after an illness. Mr. Sanderson was born in Upton, a son of the late Charles E. and Dorothy G. (Burroughs) Sanderson, and had lived in Upton for most of his life. He was a graduate of Grafton High School, served a tour of duty with...
Laura (Libassi) Caron
May 3, 2009
Laura (LiBassi) Caron, 88, formerly of Natick, died Sunday, May 3, 2009 in Lydia Taft House in Uxbridge after a period of declining health. She was the widow of Robert E. Caron, Sr., who died in 1984. Mrs. Caron was born in the North End of Boston, a daughter of the late Simone and Guiseppina (Ortoleva) LiBassi. She danced in...

James H. Costello
Apr 17, 2009
James H. Costello, 60, of Upton, died early Friday, April 17, 2009, in his home after a long illness. He was the beloved husband of Geraldine E. (Shea) Costello, to whom he was married for 29 years. Mr. Costello was born in Boston, a son of the late Henry and Agnes (Wolkowski) Costello. He was a graduate of the University...
Alfred R. Leblanc
Apr 5, 2009
Alfred R. LeBlanc, 52, of Upton, died Sunday morning in his home after a long battle with cancer. He was the husband of Margaret (Gallagher) LeBlanc and a construction worker for Henderson Builders of Upton for many years. Mr. LeBlanc was born in Worcester, a son of the late Francis and Vera (Trevett) Jablonski, and grew up in Hopedale. He...
Jean E. (Whitney) Mcauliffe
Mar 31, 2009
Jean E. (Whitney) McAuliffe, 83, of Uxbridge, died early Tuesday, March 31, 2009 in Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital in Westborough after a long illness. She was the widow of James McAuliffe, who died in 1983 after 32 years of marriage. Mrs. McAuliffe was born in Milford, the daughter of the late Wilfred B. and Inez (Wood) Whitney. She grew up in...

Helen L. (Nydam) Larose
Mar 25, 2009
Helen L. (Nydam) LaRose, 79, a longtime Upton resident, died Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at Milford Regional Medical Center following an extended period of failing health. She was the wife of John F. LaRose, who died in 1977. Born in Whitinsville, May 4, 1929, a daughter of the late George E. and Goldie (Dow) Nydam, she lived in Upton for...

Eleanor M. (Fenner) Mcdonnell
Mar 24, 2009
Eleanor M. (Fenner) McDonnell, 85 of Upton, died peacefully Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at Sunbridge Care Center in Milford, following a long illness. She was the wife for 55 years of the late Paul "Slim" McDonnell who died in 1998. Born in Milford, a daughter of the late Raymond A. and Mabel (Ferguson) Fenner, she was raised and educated in...
Stephie M. (Kuras) Kuczinski
Mar 19, 2009
Stephie M. (Kuras) Kuczinski, 87, died early Thursday, March 19, 2009 in Milford Regional Medical Center in Milford after a period of declining health. She was the widow of Edward Kuczinski, who died in 1988. Mrs. Kuczinski was born in Grafton, the daughter of the late Albert and Aniela (Matuszek) Kuras. She grew up in South Grafton, graduated from Grafton...

Donald L. Hebert
Mar 11, 2009
Donald L. Hebert, 79, of Northborough and formerly of Braintree, died early Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Northborough after a long illness. He was the devoted husband of Gloria C. Hebert, who died in 2001 after 45 years of marriage. Mr. Hebert was born in Fort Kent, Maine, a son of the late...
Oma E. (Prall) Hamm
Feb 11, 2009
Oma E. (Prall) Hamm, 90, of Upton, died early Wednesday, February 11, 2009, in Westborough Health Care Center, where she had resided for several years. She was the widow of Leslie E. Hamm, who died in 1990 after 54 years of marriage. Mrs. Hamm was born in Alliance, Nebraska, the daughter of the late Roy and Orpha (DeRoss) Prall. She...
Raymond A. Benoit
Feb 8, 2009
Raymond A. Benoit, 80, of St. Cloud, FL and Sutton, and formerly of Upton, died Sunday, February 8, 2009, in St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester after he was stricken ill at home. He was the husband of Doris B. (Cote) Benoit. Mr. Benoit was born in Upton, a son of the late Pierre V. and J. Aurora (LeCourt) Benoit. He...