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Jerry A. (Priode) Bettano
Jul 20, 2007
Jerry A. (Priode) Bettano, 67, of Mendon, died Friday evening, July 20, 2007 in Franklin Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Franklin after a long illness. She was the wife of James J. Bettano, to whom she was married for 46 years. Mrs. Bettano was born in Williamson, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Peter and Matilda (Mosby) Priode....
Helen (Wing) Rhodes
Jun 23, 2007
Helen (Wing) Rhodes, 93, formerly of Upton, died Saturday, June 23, 2007 in Brookside Nursing Home in Hartford, VT after a period of declining health. She was the widow of longtime Upton businessman, William R. "Dusty" Rhodes, who died in 1991. Mrs. Rhodes was born in Melrose, daughter of the late Charles and Emily (Lewis) Wing. She was an accomplished...
Bessie R. Pedersen (Philbrick) Heald
Jun 18, 2007
Bessie R. (Philbrick) Pedersen Heald of Rockport, a former Greater Lowell resident who was active in civic organizations, died Monday, June 18, 2007 at Beverly Hospital in Beverly, two days before her 98th birthday. She was the wife of the late Oscar E. Pedersen and the late Elmer L. Heald. She was born in New Boston, NH, a daughter of...
Helen K. (Holtz) Harrington
Jun 16, 2007
Helen Ketty (Holtz) Harrington, 91, a former long-time resident of Wethersfield, CT, died June 16, 2007 in the Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester, MA after a period of declining health. The widow of James J. Harrington, she moved to Upton, MA to live with her daughter in April. Helen was born in Hartford, CT, daughter of the late Carl...
Arthur J. Cote
May 25, 2007
Arthur J. Cote, 74, of Upton, died early Friday, May 25, 2007, in the Veterans' Administration Hospital in West Roxbury. He was the husband of Beverly A. (Snow) Cote, with whom he was married for 52 years. Mr. Cote was born in Upton, a son of the late Joseph A. and Antoinette (Page) Cote, and was a lifelong resident of...
Mary (Marsney) Rosengren
May 6, 2007
Mary (Marsney) Rosengren, 94, of Upton and formerly of South Boston, died late Sunday, May 6, 2007 in Blaire House in Milford after a short illness. She was the wife of Wayne Rosengren, who died in 1995 after 57 years of marriage. Mrs. Rosengren was born in Boston, a daughter of the late John and Pauline (Atamanchuck) Marsney. She graduated...
Marilyn Louise Chiumento
Apr 20, 2007
Marilyn Louise Chiumento, 58, of Ashland, died Friday night, April 20, 2007 shortly after arrival at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham after a battle with lung cancer. She was a retired Staff Sergeant with the U. S. Air Force. Ms. Chiumento was born in Natick, a daughter of Dorothy (Randall) Chiumento, with whom she lived, and the late Thomas J....
Joan M. (Murph) Hagspiel
Apr 19, 2007
Joan M. (Murph) Hagspiel, 65, of Ashland, died early Thursday, April 19, 2007 in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston after she was stricken ill on Wednesday. She was an administrative assistant at Wellesley College, where she had worked for the past 20 years. Mrs. Hagspiel was born in Danville, VA, a daughter of the late Charles Murph and...
Donald W. Nelson
Apr 11, 2007
Donald W. Nelson, 68, a lifelong resident of Upton, died Wednesday, April 11, 2007 in Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston after suffering a heart attack four weeks previously. He was the husband of Gloria M. (White) Nelson and had worked for Fenwal, Inc. in Ashland for 37 years before retiring six years ago. Mr. Nelson was born in...
Helen J. (Zimmerman) Bosler
Mar 22, 2007
Helen J. (Zimmerman) Bosler, 87, a former long-time resident of Needham, died Thursday evening, March 22, 2007 in Hearthstone at Golden Pond in Hopkinton after a period of declining health. Mrs. Bosler was born in Baltimore, MD, a daughter of the late John and Blanche (Perrin) Zimmerman. She had lived in Needham since 1959 until moving to Hopkinton last September....
Helen M. (Luhta) Baxter
Mar 18, 2007
Helen M. (Luhta) Baxter, 86, died Sunday, March 18, 2007, in Beaumont Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Northbridge after a period of declining health. Her husband of 61 years, Walter Baxter, died in 2004. Mrs. Baxter was born in Worcester, a daughter of the late Thomas and Mary (Niami) Luhta. She lived in Whitinsville before coming to Upton in 1970...
John A. Saucier
Mar 9, 2007
John A. Saucier, 80, died Friday, March 9, 2007, in Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester following an illness. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Catherine (Bruce) Saucier; a son, Stephen J. Saucier and his wife Shirley of Millbury; three daughters, Annette E. Richards and her husband Don of Upton, Marie F. McMahon and her husband Joe of...
Gordon L. "Pete" Stearns
Mar 2, 2007
Gordon L. "Pete" Stearns, 58, of Upton, died Friday, March 2 in the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester where he had been a patient since being stricken ill two weeks earlier. Born in Milford, he was a son of the late M. Lewis and Carrie (Jefferson) Stearns and a lifelong Upton resident. He was an avid NASCAR race...
Allan W. Mckinstry
Feb 17, 2007
Allan W. McKinstry, 75, of Upton, died Saturday, February 17, 2007 in Milford Regional Medical Center in Milford after a long illness. He was the husband of Gladys McKinstry and a retired postal carrier. Born in Worcester, he was a son of the late W. Frank and Doris (Kilburn) McKinstry. He grew up in Sterling, graduated from Leominster High School,...
Lawrence R. "Larry" Hart, Sr
Feb 7, 2007
Lawrence R. "Larry" Hart, Sr., 79, of Upton, died Wednesday, February 7, 2007 in Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Northboro after a long illness. He was the husband of Beverly B. (Norton) Hart. His first wife, Marion (Kane) Hart, died in 1965. Mr. Hart was born in Bath, ME, a son of the late Andrew B. and Dorothy...
Margaret M. (Daunais) Rodwill
Feb 3, 2007
Margaret M. (Daunais) Rodwill, 88, of Mendon, died Saturday, February 3, 2007, in the Geriatric Authority of Milford after a period of declining health. She was the widow of Vincent Rodwill, who died in 1975. Mrs. Rodwill was born in Milford, one of 16 children of the late Joseph and Alma (Champlain) Daunais. She worked at the former Draper Corporation...
Judith C. Teachout
Feb 2, 2007
Judith C. Teachout, 71, of Upton, died at her home on Friday, February 2, 2007. She worked at State Mutual Insurance Company in Worcester for 35 years, retiring in 1990. Ms. Teachout was born in Worcester, a daughter of the late Clifton C. and Marguerite F. (Lowder) Teachout. She was a 1953 graduate of Grafton High School, served briefly with...
Elizabeth J. (Zeliph) Lifrieri
Jan 14, 2007
Elizabeth J. (Zeliph) Lifrieri, 70, of Upton and formerly of East Windsor, NJ, died January 14 in Milford Regional Medical Center in Milford, MA. She was the widow of Louis J. Lifrieri, who died in August after 49 years of marriage. Mrs. Lifrieri was born in Peekskill, NY, a daughter of the late Alfred Mitchel and Maude (Daniels) Zeliph. She...
Albert J. Bradley
Jan 6, 2007
Albert J. Bradley, 89, a former long-time Upton resident, died Saturday, January 6, 2007, in the Geriatric Authority of Milford, where he had resided for the past six years. His wife of 57 years, Dorothy J. (Varney) Bradley, died in 2003. Mr. Bradley was born in Milford, a son of the late John and Annie (Dunn) Bradley. He grew up...
Goldie Marie (Berry) Criasia
Dec 13, 2006
Goldie Marie (Berry) Criasia, 79, of Milford, died Wednesday evening, December 13, 2006 in Continuing Care Center of Hopedale, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Criasia was born in Greenfield, MO, a daughter of the late Wiley and Ova Olivia (Bishop) Berry. She grew up in Missouri and came to Massachusetts as a young woman. She lived in Upton for...
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