OBITUARIES

Feb 10, 2021

US NAVY VETERAN - WWII, KOREA, VIETNAM Douglas Fahrenbach passed away peacefully on February 10, 2021 at the age of 96 at Home Health Community Hospice from age related issues. Douglas was born October 11, 1924 in Portsmouth, NH  the only son of Harris Fahrenbach and Diana (Lauzon) Fahrenbach. Douglas married Evelyn Theresa Parent in 1946 in Lowell, MA....

Feb 6, 2021

Ann Marie (Pillsbury) Shattuck, 90, passed away on February 6, 2021. Ann fought a courageous battle with dementia and declining health issues over the past four years in particular.

Ann was born on March 19, 1930 in Pepperell, MA to the late Harold Roscoe Pillsbury Sr. and Johanna (Colbert) Pillsbury. She was predeceased by a...

Jan 29, 2021

A memorial service for Sheila (Townsend) Lawrence-Wyman will be held on Friday, June 25, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery, 40 Heald St., Pepperell, Massachusetts. A memorial gathering will be held in Groton following the service, at an address to be announced. Sheila (Townsend) Lawrence-Wyman, 75, of Groton passed away peacefully after a period of declining health on...

Jan 28, 2021

John Francis Dee Jr., age 90, a lifelong resident of Pepperell, passed away peacefully on January 28, 2021 at home surrounded by his family. Born on August 12, 1930, he was the son of the late John F. Dee Sr. and late Teckla (Will) Dee.

He grew up on Leighton Street, attended Pepperell schools and...

Jan 28, 2021

A Celebration of Wayne's Life will be held at 195 Brookline Street, Pepperell, MA on Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 1 PM  – 5 PM. For additional information and to RSVP, please see: https://fb.me/e/1cTGFyv9Y Wayne Joseph Page, born January 15th 1958, passed away peacefully in the arms of his beloved wife Rosemarie on January 28th, 2021. He was affectionately...

Jan 14, 2021

PEPPERELL – Bonnie L. (Loverro) Wozniak, 76, of 70 Wheeler St., Pepperell MA passed away peacefully at home with her loving husband of 37 years Paul F. Wozniak by her side after a courageous battle with cancer. She leaves her husband, Paul F. Wozniak; two sons, Scott D. Rossi of Nashua, NH and Jason C. Rossi and his wife...

Jan 11, 2021

Theresa's Funeral Mass and Committal Service is available to view via this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOFRqMZG26w&feature=youtu.be

Theresa Duff, 57, of Maynard, MA, died following a battle with cancer on January 11, 2021. Beloved daughter of our Lord and wife of Timothy Duff. Born to Frederick J. and Helen F. Griffin in London, UK. Graduate of UMass Dartmouth...

Jan 11, 2021

Nancy L. Page, 60, of Pepperell, passed away peacefully on January 11th, 2021 after a long illness,  surrounded by her loving family.

Nancy grew up in Westford and attended Westford Academy. She graduated from the LPN program at Tewksbury Hospital and worked for many years as an ER Nurse at St. Joseph and Lowell General...

Jan 7, 2021

"Grandma To Everyone" Theresa Mary (Wingfield) Montello, 91, passed away Thursday January 7, 2021 after fighting COVID-19.

Theresa was born in Boston, MA on May 29, 1929 daughter of the late Mary (Halfkenny) and William Wingfield Sr. She grew up in Dorchester and Roxbury and found her way to Groton in the mid-1960’s where she...

Dec 26, 2020

Nancy Jean (McDevitt) Powles of Nashua, NH passed peacefully after a long battle with cancer on Saturday, December 26, 2020. She was born on November 11, 1944 in Cherryfield, ME the youngest of six to Nolan McDevitt and Alfreda (Morse) McDevitt.

Nancy grew up in Franklin, ME and graduated Ellsworth High School. She and her...

Dec 25, 2020

Charles Gary Mayou Sr. of Hollis, NH passed away unexpectedly on December 25, 2020 at his home. He was 84 years old. Charles was born on May 4, 1936 in Pepperell, son of the late Edward and Lestina (Parker) Mayou.

Mr. Mayou spent his early life in Pepperell and was a graduate of Pepperell High...

Dec 23, 2020

Frank “Frankie” Thompson died after a short illness due to complications from COVID-19 on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at the age of 75.

Frank was born on April 4, 1945 in Waltham to Ernest and Florence (Toombs) Thompson. He resided in Townsend for the past 20 years with his beloved wife Kathy (Huber) Thompson.

Dec 20, 2020

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Kathleen T. (Bowler) Strait, 57, of Pepperell, MA, passed away on December 20, 2020. Kathie was born in Springfield, MA to Timothy E. Bowler and Marie T. Bowler. Kathie is survived by her wonderful husband of 27...

Dec 19, 2020

Ronald Richard Mann was born March 18, 1958 in Berlin, NH to “Pop” Ronald Coleman Mann and Lucille Lafeuille Mann as the oldest of his Pop’s six children. He is predeceased by his Pop and brother Louie Anthony Mann. Ron is survived by his partner of 37.5 “loooooonnngg” years, Nandee Ann Willets of Pepperell, MA, and his “Ma” Alice...

Dec 19, 2020

Connie Jane (Clements) Brown of Groton, MA died peacefully in her home on Saturday, December 19, 2020 where she resided for 46 years before succumbing to Alzheimer's disease. She will be deeply missed.

Connie was born October 23, 1945 in Tawas City, MI, the daughter of the late Laurence and Gertrude (Bessey) Clements. She was...

Dec 18, 2020

Herbert Finnimore Woods, 86, born in Groton, MA passed away peacefully at Apple Valley Nursing Home on Friday, December 18, 2020.  Herbert was born December 6th, 1934 at the Woods family home in Groton, MA and was the 7th child out of 13 children born to Delmar Woods and Laura (Morton) Woods.

Herbert left school...

Dec 17, 2020

Eleanor Walters Rees, 87, of Boston Road, Springfield, MA peacefully passed away on Thursday afternoon, December 17, 2020 following a long illness.

Eleanor, daughter of Robert Drake Rees and Emily Morse Rees, was born in Ayer, Massachusetts on January 20, 1933.

During the years of 1949 - 1951, Eleanor worked as...

Dec 11, 2020

PEPPERELL– Philip, “Phil” Birtwell Temple, 82, of Pepperell, MA died peacefully on the morning of December 11, 2020, in his home with his family and supported by Hospice.

Phil was born February 20, 1938, in Woburn, MA, the son of John and Kathleen (Birtwell) Temple. The oldest of four children, he grew up in Lynnfield,...

Dec 4, 2020

Charles “Chickie” Noble Harris, age 78, of Fitchburg formerly of Pepperell, passed away peacefully on December 4, 2020 at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Leominster after a brief illness.

He was born in New Rochelle, NY on November 18, 1942 a son of the late Dr. Sydney and Laura (Crandall) Harris. Chickie relocated to Pepperell as a...