OBITUARIES

Aug 10, 2014

Robert Leigh Stone, age 82, died on Sunday, August 10, 2014, at the Catholic Medical Center in Manchester.

Robert was born in Whitefield, NH, on January 18, 1932. Son of the late Willard Chester Stone and Bertha May (Hanson) Stone.

He was a graduate of Pepperell High School, Class of 1950. He attended Boston University....

Aug 3, 2014

Lyle L.E. Sherwood died Sunday at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in Presque Isle, Maine, son of Clinton E. Swalley and the late Dorothy Flynt. Being the child of a serviceman he lived in many places across the United States.

He also chose to serve in the Military and was...

Jul 24, 2014

The beautiful spirit of Joanne Kathleen (Cox) Westlund, 68, passed on July 24, 2014. She was born January 7, 1946, in Boston, MA, to the late Hugh and Frances (Jakubowski) Cox. She was survived by her two daughters Linda Leland and Lisa Catalani; her siblings Frances Brown, Barry Cox, Kevin Cox, Ellen Cox; and her grandchildren Victoria, James, Nichole,...

Jun 25, 2014

Mary Elizabeth (LoVetere) Campano, 71, of Pepperell, MA, died peacefully at home on June 25, 2014, surrounded by her loving family, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

She was born October 9, 1942, in Somerville, MA. Daughter of the late John A. and Mary E. (Bradley) LoVetere. Mary attended Stoneham High School and was a...

Jun 22, 2014

Barbara Giguere died June 22, 2014, at age 73. She was the beloved wife and soul mate of M. Gary Giguere for over 41 years. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 3, 1940, and graduated from St. Angus Cathedral High School in Rockville Centre, NY. She worked in the medical field for 15 years, was a...

Jun 17, 2014

Louise Frances Goodlavage died peacefully at her home on the morning of Tuesday, June 17, 2014. She was 87.

She was the beloved wife for 37 years of the late Frank J. Goodlavage who died August 21, 1984.

Born a coal miner's daughter on June 22, 1926 in Edwardsville, Pennsylvania to the late John Mieluch...

Jun 8, 2014

Antoinette J. "Toni" (Gruzewski) DubAC., 95, died peacefully at St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Worcester, MA on Pentecost Sunday, June 8, 2014. She was surrounded by her family during her brief illness and at the time of her death.

She was born in McKees Rocks, PA on Christmas Day 1918 (a birthday she shared with...

Jun 1, 2014

Paula L. Gillogly, a lifetime resident of Pepperell, MA, passed peacefully June 1, 2014. Daughter of the late Paul and Ruth McNiff, and wife of the late Albert Gillogly, she is survived by her sisters Rita Hamilton of Pepperell, Sheila Griffin of Groton, Carole McNiff of Florida, and Marylou Shattuck of Townsend. She is also survived by her daughters...

May 17, 2014

Ruth Adelaide Hardy Seifert, age 95, died Saturday, May 17, 2014, at home with family in Pepperell, MA.

Ruth was born July 17, 1918, in Hollis, NH. She was one of five children of Harold and Estelle (Wooden) Hardy, who owned Brookdale Fruit Farm in Hollis, still in family operation today after 168 years.

Ruth...

May 16, 2014

Marion R. Granberg passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family on May 16, 2014. She was born in Groton on July 4th 1943, and was the daughter of the late Delmar and Laura (Morton) Woods. Marion grew up in a family with 12 siblings, and remained very close to them in her adulthood. Marion cherished her...

May 16, 2014

Norma N. (Noyes) Wilton, age 89, of Pepperell, passed away on May 16, 2014, following a brief illness. She is survived by her children Wendy A. Wilton, of Pepperell, Terry J. Wilton, of Pepperell, and Charles H. Wilton, IV, and his wife Wendy Lee Wilton, of Rutland, Vermont, and two grandchildren, Charles H. Wilton, V, of Fairbanks, Alaska, and...

May 10, 2014

Hazel (Gitschier) Beskalo of Pepperell, formerly of Westford, passed away on May 10, 2014. She was born in Dracut on February 16, 1920, daughter of the late William and Edna (Thomas) Gitschier and was the wife of the late Gregory G. Beskalo Jr.

Mrs. Beskalo spent her early life in Dracut where she was a graduate of...

Apr 29, 2014

Linda Jean (Linton) Magnuson, beloved wife of Eric Magnuson, passed away on April 29, 2014 surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle with brain cancer. Linda was born into the loving home of the late Wilbur Everett and Natalie Frances Linton on May 8, 1958. She joined sisters Phyllis (McArdle), Arlene (Putnam), Patricia (MacFadgen), Eleanor (DeBow), and...

Apr 24, 2014

Virginia (Goldthwaite) Stakun, 87, passed away on Thursday, April 24, 2014, at her home following a short illness. She was born on July 22,1926, and was raised in Dunstable, MA. She was the daughter of the late Marjorie (Loop) and Rea Goldthwaite. She was the widow of Vitie J. Stakun to whom she was happily married for 40 years....

Apr 15, 2014

Inez Lorraine (Hewitt) Forbes, 77, of Pepperell, MA passed away, April 15, 2014.

She was born in Somerville, MA in 1937 and graduated high school from Cambridge High and Latin in 1955. Lorraine worked for Liberty Mutual before raising four sons and traveling the world as an army wife. After her children were grown she worked at...

Apr 2, 2014

Cecile "Sis" Stella (Forest) McWatters, 87 years old, a longtime resident of Shirley, died Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at the Life Care Center of Acton. She was predeceased by her husband of 56 years, Samuel J. McWatters, in 2003. She is survived by her brother Donatien Forest and his wife Janina (Saxon) of Shirley, brother J. Walter Forest and...

Apr 2, 2014

Walter H. York, CWO3, was born on January 6, 1937, in Greenville, Maine, son of Howard Elwin York and Constance (Smith) York. On April 2, 2014, he passed into eternal life. He graduated from Greenville High School in 1956 and joined the U.S. Army in 1958. During his military career he was stationed in Korea, Germany, the Marshall Islands...

Mar 26, 2014

Ellen M. (Cooper) Paradis passed away at home on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, surrounded by her loving family, after fighting a courageous three-year battle with cancer. She was born on December 13, 1956, in Lowell MA, to Roger L. and Frances (McKinley) Cooper of Pepperell. She spent her early years in Pepperell & Groton and attended the schools there....

Mar 25, 2014

William T. Hazel, Jr., March 25, 2014, died peacefully surrounded by his entire family. Born in Ayer, MA, August 16, 1937, son of the late William T. Hazel, Sr., and Mildred (Garrick) Hazel, both of Harvard, MA, who were then caretakers for the Miriam Shaw estate on Old Littleton Road, Harvard. Billy, as he was called, went through the...

Mar 13, 2014

Earl H. "Skip" Kinney (73) of Pepperell, MA, born in Lowell, formerly of Chelmsford passed away peacefully March 13, 2014 at the Community Hospice House in Merrimack, NH surrounded by the love of his wife of 49 years and daughter. Skip was born January 10, 1941 in Lowell. In his younger years he was an avid baseball and basketball...