OBITUARIES

Jul 27, 2015

Gertrude Hammond, 90, longtime resident of Pepperell died peacefully on July 27, 2015 at the Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer. Gertrude was born in Pepperell July 20, 1925 daughter of the late Louis and Nellie (Wood) Parker and the wife of the late Richard A. Hammond who died in 2003. She is survived by her children Donald L....

Jul 24, 2015

Post of Pepperell July 24, 2015 Sachiko Post died Friday at the Apple Valley Center in Ayer. She was born in Yokohama, Japan March 4, 1931. Mrs. Post came to the United States in 1952 after meeting her husband the late William P. Post is in Japan who was serving in the U.S. Army. A longtime resident of Pepperell...

Jul 23, 2015

Brother Gregory Conant, O.S.B. died peacefully on July 23, 2015 at Saint Benedict Abbey, Still River, Massachusetts, after a lengthy illness. In addition to his religious community, he leaves his sister-in-law, Margaret Wait Conant and his nephews and nieces, Kenneth J. Conant, III (Amy), Ann Marie DeMaris (Todd), Mariah Frankenhoff (Darwin), Jeanne Frances Conant-Winter (Joseph), Robert Peter Conant (Geri),...

Jul 22, 2015

Fred E. Shattuck, 93, died Wednesday July 22,2015 at the Harris Hill Genesis Health Care in Concord. He was born in Pepperell, MA September 26, 1921 son of the late Ralph and Mildred (Lohnes) Shattuck and was the husband of the late Shirley (Lundeen) Shattuck. He was a long time Pepperell resident and was a graduate of Pepperell High...

Jul 14, 2015

Alice E. "Pinky" (McBreen) Hamilton died on July 14, 2015, at the Nashoba Hospital. She was born in Concord, MA, April 13,1947, daughter of the late John E. and Alice E. (Griffin) McBreen. She was the wife of the late Richard Hamilton. She leaves her daughter Lori Anne Goodman of Townsend, MA, and her son-in-law Scott Goodman. She also...

Jul 12, 2015

Robert "Rowdy" Norman Dow died at his home on July 12, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Pepperell on November 10, 1938, son of the late Leonard W. and Florence (DeNault) Dow. He was a lifelong resident of Pepperell and Graduate of the former Pepperell High School Class of 1957.

Upon his graduation...

Jul 7, 2015

Joseph Albert Recco, 21, of Pepperell, MA passed away peacefully in his home with his family on July 7th, 2015 after a courageous three year battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). He was born on April 13, 1994 in Nashua, the son of Michael and Taryn (Grenham) Recco. He was a graduate of North Middlesex Regional High School class...

Jul 2, 2015

James R. Hawxwell, age 42, died suddenly on Thursday, July 2, 2015, at his home in Manchester, NH.

He was the beloved son of Patricia Buckjune of Pepperell, MA, and the late James W. Hawxwell. He was born in Plymouth, MA, on January 28, 1973. He spent his early childhood in Wareham, MA, and Paoli, PA.

Jul 1, 2015

Robert H. Hebb Sr., 87, of Ayer, died peacefully on Wednesday July 1, 2015, at Apple Valley Continuing Care Center in Ayer after a brief illness. He was surrounded by his loving family.

He was born in Haverhill, MA, on November 25, 1927, and lived most of his life in Ayer. He served our country in the...

Jun 25, 2015

William S. Boettcher, 97, passed away peacefully on June 25, 2015 at Nashua Crossings Assisted Living in Nashua, NH after a short illness.

Bill was born January 27, 1918 in South Hadley, MA. He graduated from Mount Hermon Preparatory School in Gill, MA. and the Stockbridge School of Agriculture in Amherst, MA. He was a veteran of...

Jun 24, 2015

Jefferson of Ayer June 24, 2015 Emma C. (Briggs) Jefferson 92 died at the Nashoba Valley Medical Center. She was born in Ayer July 31, 1922 daughter of the late William W. Briggs Sr. and Helen T. (Kinney) Briggs.

A lifelong resident of Ayer where she was educated and was a graduate of Ayer High School. Retired...

Jun 10, 2015

Steven W Koeller, age 51 died suddenly Wednesday, June 10,2015 at his home in Pepperell. Details can be found on McGaffigan Funeral Home website.Services are private. Steven formerly of Leighton St. is survived by his wife,Patti Koeller, his children Hilary Koeller,Hannah Koeller, Meghan Tapley and Joshua Levesque. Survivors also include his parents, Maureen Lavely and Donald Koeller. His siblings...

Jun 7, 2015

Elizabeth (Fitzpatrick) Woodin, 83, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on Saturday, June 7, 2015, in the Garden Room hospice suite at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, VT, after a lengthy illness. Born and raised in Pepperell, Massachusetts, on October 2, 1931, Liz was the daughter of the late Peter and Mary (McGuire) Fitzpatrick. She was married for...

May 28, 2015

Claire L. McLaughlin, 85, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after a lengthy illness. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts on December 19, 1929, she was the daughter of Arthur L. and Honorine L. Rheaume.

She was a graduate of Saint Jean Baptiste High School in Lynn. After almost 20...

May 28, 2015

Ralph Brian Blood, 58, passed away, his hand in his wife's hand, on May 28, 2015, after a short, courageous battle with esophageal cancer. He was born November 8,1956, in Nashua, NH, and lived his entire life in Pepperell and Groton prior to retiring to Florida last year. He retired after a 31 year career with NSTAR Electric and...

May 16, 2015

Deborah M. Alciere died Saturday at the Community Hospice House in Merrimack, NH, after a 5 year battle with Lung Cancer. She was born in Somerville, MA, September 11, 1950, daughter of the late Fernando L. and Catherine E. (Balboni) Querze.

She was a graduate of Billerica Memorial High School class of 1968, and later graduated from...

May 10, 2015

George E. Tully, born in Dunstable, MA, on October 1, 1918, passed away at the age of 96 on May 10, 2015, surrounded by his family and close friends. He joins his beloved wife of 70 years June (Lund) Tully, whom he married in May 1938 in Hollis, NH. He held Dunstable's Boston Post Cane since 2014. George was...

Apr 12, 2015

Ralph Joseph Sabatino Of Dunstable, MA entered into eternal peace on April 12, 2015 at the age of 93. He was born in Cambridge, MA to the late Santo and C. Francis (Procopia) Sabatino on November 16, 1921. As a Veteran of World War II (101st National Guard & 91st Infantry), Ralph took great pride in his country and...

Apr 11, 2015

Richard H. "Dick" Aubin, 81, died peacefully in his home, surrounded by family on Saturday, April 11th.

He leaves his wife, Linda J. (Soucy) of 39 years. He also leaves 11 children; Mark, Jill, Paul, Eric, Wade, Jesse, Matthew, Robert, Randy, Richard, and Eva; 19 grandchildren; and 3 great grandchildren.

Born in Cambridge, MA, on...

Apr 7, 2015

Theresa L. Murphy passed away Tuesday, April 7 at the Apple Valley Center in Ayer. She was born in Somerville April 16, 1926, daughter of the late Richard and Mary (Campbell) Reinold. She spent her life in Somerville was a graduate of St. Clements's High School. In her working years she had been employed by the Anderson-O'Donnell Insurance Agency...