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

Pauline (Kessler) Monica
May 27, 2008
Pauline (Kessler) Monica, 98, of Milford, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008 in Blaire House of Milford after a period of declining health. She was the widow of Savino Monica, who died in 1986 after 49 years of marriage. Mrs. Monica was born in Lanesboro, the daughter of the late Charles and Anna (Wagner) Kessler. She attended Hoosick Falls schools and...

Eleanor F. "Betty" Young
May 6, 2008
Eleanor "Betty" (Friend) Young, 76, of Upton, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in U. Mass. Memorial Healthcare in Worcester after an illness. She was the wife of William C. Young and a licensed psychologist with Riverside Community Care in Upton. Dr. Young was born in Aurora, WV, the daughter of the late Robert and Nellie (Forman) Friend. She earned nursing...
Ernest R. Rivers
Mar 29, 2008
Ernest R. "Junie" Rivers, 78, of Upton, died Saturday, March 29, 2008 in Milford Regional Medical Center after he was stricken ill at home. He was the husband of Florence E. (Drew) Rivers, to whom he was married for 57 years. Mr. Rivers was born in Grafton, a son of the late Ernest N. and Dorothy (Gilbert) Rivers. A lifelong...
Charles Francis Weisner Ii
Mar 13, 2008
Charles F. "Tony" Weisner II, 56, of Upton, died peacefully at his home on Thursday, March 13, 2008 after a spinal cord stroke in August, 2003, which rendered him paralyzed. He was the beloved husband of Elizabeth L. (Fiekers) Weisner, to whom he was married for 17 years. Mr. Weisner was born in Manchester, CT, the son of the late...

Altha (Wallace) Duncan
Mar 3, 2008
Altha (Wallace) Duncan, 96, died peacefully at her home in Whitcomb House of Milford on Monday, March 3, 2008. She was the widow of the Rev. Paul C. Duncan, who died more than 30 years ago after 43 years of marriage. Mrs. Duncan was born in Pasadena, CA, the daughter of the late Herbert and Cora (Corder) Wallace. She spent...
Ashley M. Perkins
Feb 3, 2008
Ashley M. Perkins, 88, a former long-time Upton Town Treasurer and Collector, died early Sunday, February 3, 2008 in Bolton Manor Nursing Center in Marlboro after a period of declining health. His wife of 63 years, Elinor A. (Hall) Perkins, died in 2004. Mr. Perkins was born in Upton, the son of Ernest and Lema (Daily) Perkins. He was a...

Elizabeth A. Fraser
Jan 15, 2008
Elizabeth A. "Beth" Fraser, 45, of Townsend, died early Tuesday, January 15, 2008 in Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer after being stricken ill at her home. She was the daughter of George H. Fraser of Carlisle and the late Elizabeth "Betsy" (Brooks) Fraser. Born in Concord, she was a graduate of Concord-Carlisle Regional High School and Mt. Ida College...
Harold F. Francis
Jan 13, 2008
Harold F. Francis, 84, of Upton, died Sunday, January 13, 2008 in the University Campus of UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after being stricken ill at home. He and his wife, Dorothy M. (Wellman) Francis, would have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in March. Mr. Francis was born in Milford, one of ten children of the late William and...
Carlton Brown
Jan 6, 2008
Carlton Brown, 64, of Upton, died Sunday, January 6, 2008 at his home after a long illness. He was the husband of Dianne (Grignon) Brown. Mr. Brown was born in Northbridge, a son of the late Irwin and June (Goding) Brown. He had lived in Upton for most of his life and was a 1961 graduate of Nipmuc Regional High...

Sean Richard Donald
Jan 4, 2008
Sean R. Donald, 21, of Franklin, died Friday, January 4, 2008, at the Stanley Tippet Hospice in Needham after a long and courageous battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Born in Milford, he was the son of Terry M. Donald of Franklin and Leslie S. Young of Upton. He had worked as a sales associate at Stop & Shop in Franklin for...
Frederick J. Smith, Sr
Dec 15, 2007
Frederick J. Smith, Sr., 78, of Upton, died Saturday, December 15, 2007 in St. Camillus Healthcare in Northbridge after an illness. He was the husband of Jeannine M. (Capistran) Smith, to whom he was married for nearly 58 years. Mr. Smith was born in Natick, the youngest of ten children of the late Jesse W. and Agnes H. (Hubert) Smith....

Albert J. Pepin
Dec 1, 2007
Albert J. Pepin, 67, of Upton, died Saturday, December 1, 2007 in Milford Regional Medical Center after a long illness. He was the husband of Avis (Swett) Keating Pepin and a retired engineer. Mr. Pepin was born in Plattsburgh, NY, a son of the late Albert E. and Ione E. (Aubrey) Pepin. He was a graduate of Northeastern University and...

Gerard J. Lavergne
Nov 27, 2007
Gerard J. Lavergne, 97, of Upton, died late Tuesday, November 27, 2007 in Beaumont Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Northbridge after a period of declining health. He was the husband of Carolyn M. (Smith) Lavergne, who died in 1974. Mr. Lavergne was born in Lincoln, RI, the son of the late Napoleon and Alida (Lavasseur) Lavergne, and had lived in...
Mary F. (Larosa) Lapierre
Nov 21, 2007
Mary F. (LaRosa) Lapierre, 68, of Upton, died Wednesday, November 21, 2007 in Milford Regional Medical Center after an illness. She was the widow of Joseph W. Lapierre, Jr., who died in 1999 after 43 years of marriage. The daughter of the late Leonard Tony and Madelene (Hamlet) LaRosa, she grew up in Holliston and had lived most of her...

Josephine S. (D'Alesio) Silva
Nov 12, 2007
Josephine S. (D'Alesio) Silva, 79, of the Whitinsville section of Northbridge, and formerly of Milford, died Monday evening, November 12, 2007 in Milford Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Silva was born in Milford, the daughter of the late Carmenio and Domenica (Monoco) D'Alesio. She was a lifelong resident of Milford until moving to Whitinsville in 2002, where she lived with her...

Betty C. (Michel) Labaire
Nov 9, 2007
Betty C. (Michel) LaBaire, 98, died Friday, November 9, 2007 at Westborough Healthcare Center in Westborough. Born in Worcester in 1909, she was the daughter of the late Eva and Michael Michel. She attended Worcester schools and resided in Worcester, Auburn, and Westborough. Her husband, Ernest L. LaBaire, died in 1980 shortly after they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Betty...

Beatrice L. (Negus) Perkins
Nov 6, 2007
UPTON - Beatrice L. (Negus) Perkins, 93, a lifelong Upton resident, died Tuesday, November 6, 2007 in SunBridge Care and Rehabilitation of Milford where she had been a patient since August. She was the widow of Leslie E. Perkins, who died in 1975. Mrs. Perkins was born in Upton, the daughter of the late Harry E. and Julia (Noe) Negus....
Margery A. (Black) Carbonneau
Nov 4, 2007
Margery A. (Black) Carbonneau, 95, of Upton, died Sunday, November 4, 2007 in SunBridge of Milford after a period of declining health. She was the widow of Philip G. "Buster" Carbonneau, who died in 2002 after 65 years of marriage. Mrs. Carbonneau was born in Milford, a daughter of the late James L. and Florence (Bradish) Black. She moved to...

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...