OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Upton, Worcester County & Surrounding Areas
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...
James B. Seitz
Oct 22, 2007
PETERSHAM - James B. Seitz, 76, of Petersham and formerly of Upton, died Monday, October 22, 2007 in University of Massachusetts Memorial Healthcare in Worcester after a brief illness. He was a retired teamster and the husband of Cynthia R. (Sweet) Seitz, to whom he was married for 56 years. Mr. Seitz was born in St. Cloud, MN, the son...
Sheila J. (Walker) Porter
Sep 17, 2007
Sheila J. (Walker) Porter, 64, of Upton, died Monday, September 17, 2007 in Milford Regional Medical Center after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. She was the wife of John F. Porter and a nurse practitioner who specialized in healthcare within the state's correctional system. Mrs. Porter was born in Worcester, a daughter of the late Norman E. and...

Angelo Buscemi
Sep 15, 2007
Angelo Buscemi, 90, a lifelong resident of West Groton, died peacefully on September 15, 2007 at the Keystone Center in Leominster after an illness. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Nellie (Mazukna) Buscemi. Mr. Buscemi was born in West Groton on October 16, 1916, a son of the late Carlo and Antonina (Zammuto) Buscemi. He served with...
Mark L. Johnson
Sep 7, 2007
Mark L. Johnson, 53, of Upton, died Friday, September 7, 2007 in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a brief illness. He was the husband of Tina L. (Jones) Johnson and a systems engineer for Sun Microsystems. Mr. Johnson was born in Brockton, a son of Herbert A. and Jean A. (Wilkie) Johnson of Plymouth. He was a 1973 graduate...
Judith Ann (Pease) Wetzelaer
Sep 6, 2007
Judith Ann (Pease) Wetzelaer, 66, of Millville, died Thursday, September 6, 2007 in UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after a ten-month battle with ovarian cancer. She was the wife of Peter J. Wetzelaer and a retired electronic assembler. Mrs. Wetzelaer was born in Ludlow, the daughter of Virginia F. (Andrews) Jernberg of Springfield and the late Clifford N. Pease....
Loraine M. (Houde) Bouthiette
Sep 3, 2007
Loraine M. (Houde) Bouthiette, 83, of Upton, died Monday, September 3, 2007 in her home after a long illness. She was the wife of Omer A. Bouthiette, to whom she was married for 61 years. Mrs. Bouthiette was born in North Grafton, a daughter of the late Joseph E. and Mary Ellen (Atchue) Houde. She grew up in Grafton, where...
Michael D. Mccarthy
Aug 27, 2007
Michael D. McCarthy, 67, of Grafton and formerly of Upton, died Monday morning, August 27, 2007 in UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after being stricken ill on Friday. He was the husband of Catherine T. (Brosnan) McCarthy and a retired natural resource officer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. McCarthy was born in Worcester, a son of the late...
Catherine M. "Kay" (Bruce) Saucier
Jul 29, 2007
Catherine M. "Kay" (Bruce) Saucier, 79, of Upton, died Sunday morning, July 29, 2007, in Milford Regional Medical Center. She was the widow of John A. "Jack" Saucier, who died March 9th after 58 years of marriage. Mrs. Saucier was born in Milford, a daughter of the late Frank J. and Kathryn (Lang) Bruce. She was a 1946 graduate of...