Chester Orczyk
Nov 6, 2008
Obituary
WORCESTER- Chester Orczyk, 91 ½ years of age, died Thursday, November 6, 2008 in UMass Memorial Hospital. He leaves his wife of 65 years, Marion Winifred (Erickson) Orczyk and his son Jan Scott Orczyk; his daughter, Gayle Penniman Orczyk and her children, Janos Steven and Olivia Mariche Orczyk of Berwyn, Pennsylvania; his sister, Helen Zimkiewicz; and several nieces...
Jennie J. Larson
Nov 5, 2008
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Charlton: Jennie J. (Carlson) Larson, 99, died Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at her daughter's home. She leaves 2 children, V. Lois and her husband Jack Scott of Charlton and Dennis Larson of Spencer and his wife Sharon; 8 grandchildren, Deborah and Tom Chase of Dudley, David and Tina Bennett of Southbridge, Donna and Moe Bracken of North Brookfield,...
David G. Pickett
Nov 4, 2008
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Worcester: David G. Pickett, 68, died Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at the Tufts NE Medical Center, Boston. He leaves his wife of 42 years, Sandra M. (Clarke) Pickett, a brother Dennis A. Pickett of Rutland, and a nephew, Daniel Pickett of Holden. He was born in Worcester, son of George R. and Ruth I. (Germain) Pickett. David graduated...
Elwin A. Petrie
Oct 31, 2008
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Elwin Alfred Petrie, 87, of Holden, died Friday, October 31, 2008 in Marlborough Hills Healthcare Center. He was the husband of the late Ruth C. (Johnson) Petrie, who died in 2003. He leaves two sons, James A. Petrie and his wife Debra of Leominster, John B. Petrie and his wife Viktoriya of Rutland; a daughter Sandra L. Hachey...
Alice I. (Berglund) Ruffo
Oct 31, 2008
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Alice Irene (Berglund) Ruffo, 83, died Friday, October 31, 2008, in the Lutheran Healthcare Center. She leaves her husband of 57 years, John A. Ruffo; two sons, Mark J. Ruffo and Jay A. Ruffo, both of Worcester; a sister, Betty Anne Bisnette of Tucson, AZ; a brother, Karle R. Berglund of Brookfield; 5 grandchildren, Nikki Ruffo, Joseph Ruffo,...
Marjorie L. (Gould) Moran
Oct 29, 2008
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Marjorie L. (Gould) Moran, of Grafton and Harwich, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2008, in the Lutheran Home after a long, courageous battle with Parkinson's Disease. Her husband, Paul N. Moran, died in 1988. She leaves a daughter, Jalyn Wilson of Grafton; a grandson, Jeffrey Wilson of Washington, DC; 5 granddaughters, Ashleigh, Stephanie, and Jillian Wilson, of Grafton...
Harry "Butch" Surabian
Oct 27, 2008
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Worcester - Harry "Butch" Surabian, 85, passed away peacefully, Monday October 27, 2008 in his home, surrounded by his loving family. Harry was born in Worcester, MA on September 16, 1923, son of the late Solomon and Mary (Harootunian) Surabian. He now joins his beloved wife, Annie (Kustigian) Surabian, who passed away in 1988. Harry leaves his five...
Jeannette (Roraback) Hildreth
Oct 25, 2008
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Jeannette (Roraback) Hildreth, 84, died Saturday, October 25, 2008, in the Odd Fellows Home. Her husband of 59 years, John C. Hildreth, died in 2007. She leaves two daughters, Jane Rantala and her husband Paul of Worcester and Paula Angi and her husband Anthony of Yorktown Heights, NY; a sister, Florence Read of Charlton; four grandchildren, Diana, Kate,...
Joseph Derderian
Oct 17, 2008
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West Boylston: Joseph Derderian, died Friday, October 17, 2008 at home. He leaves his wife Rose (Mosoian) Derderian, three sons, Seth and his wife Ann of Worcester, Steven and his wife Laura of Westwood, MA, and Mark Derderian of West Boylston, MA; five grandchildren, Armeney, Seta, and Ara of Worcester and Aaron and Ani of Westwood, MA and...
Catherine R. (Merrick) White
Oct 17, 2008
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Worcester: Catherine R. White (Merrick) passed away peacefully on Friday, October 17th a week before her 89th birthday, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born in Newark, NJ the daughter of John and Catherine (DeCourcy) Merrick on October 29, 1919. Her beloved husband of 48 years, Gordon T. White, died in 1992. She is survived...
Isabel C. (Carr) Jones
Oct 14, 2008
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Boylston—Isabel C. (Carr) Jones, 96, died Tuesday, October 14, 2008. Her husband of 76 years, William R. Jones, died in 2006. She leaves a daughter, Sharon A. Harris and her husband Gerald of Worcester; a brother, David Carr of Delaware; three grandchildren, Steven R. Drew of Cherry Valley, Deborah A. Kelley of Dudley, and Kimberly L. Harney of...
Anne (Boyajian) Avakian
Oct 12, 2008
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Anne (Boyajian) Avakian, 92, died October 12, 2008, in Holy Trinity Nursing Home. Her husband of 56 years, Nishan Avakian, died in 1993. She leaves a son, Robert C. and his wife Isabel Avakian of Franklin; a daughter, Susanne R. Avakian of Worcester; 2 granddaughters, Lori Morville and her husband Michael and their children Max and Eleanor of...
Loretta A. (Laprade) O'Connell
Oct 10, 2008
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Loretta A. (LaPrade) O'Connell, 90, died Friday, October 10, 2008. Her husband of 58 years, William J. O'Connell, died in 1998. She leaves two sons, William J. O'Connell and his wife Mollie and Richard R. and his wife Maureen; a daughter, Kathleen M. Romano and her life partner Gerry Ambrose—all of Worcester; 6 grandchildren; and 7 great grandchildren....
Monica Carter
Oct 6, 2008
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Monica Carter, 39, died peacefully Monday, October 6, 2008. She is survived by a son and daughter, Bryce T. Carter and Whitney T. Carter; her father Joe Carter; her mother Rosemary (Buckley) Carter—all of Worcester; a brother and 4 sisters, Carl Carter of Worcester, Dorothy Humphries of Webster, Joanne Hampton and her husband Michael and their daughter Morgan...
Helen (Johnson) Pelkey
Oct 3, 2008
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Boylston—Helen (Johnson) Pelkey, born in 1926, died Friday, October 3, 2008, at home surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of Inar and Delphia (Streeter) Johnson, and the sister of Irma Kupstas and Deborah Gelinas, both deceased. She lived in Milford and Worcester, graduating from Classical High School. After graduation, Helen worked at AT&T as a telephone...
Dorothy E. (Olson) Nadeau
Oct 3, 2008
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Millbury- Dorothy E. (Olson) Nadeau, 81, passed away on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008 in Shrewsbury Nursing and Rehabilitation Center surrounded by her family. She is survived by her three children and their spouses, Denise Nadeau-Kenny and her husband David Kenny of Millbury, Steven Nadeau and his wife Catherine of Webster, and Christann Spiegel and her husband Alan of...
Karl K. "Kenny" Lundell
Sep 29, 2008
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Karl K. "Kenny" Lundell, 79, formerly of Ridgewood Road, Worcester, died Monday, September 29, 2008, in the Westborough Health Care Center. His wife of 54 years, Lillian A. (Nordfors), died in 2006. He was born in Worcester, son of Carl and Esther (Fiske) Lundell. He worked for Olson Machine Co. and retired from Astra Pharmaceuticals after 25+ years...
Martha A. (Anderson) Tyre
Sep 20, 2008
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Worcester—Martha A. (Anderson) Tyre, 90, passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008, at the Kaplan Family Hospice in Danvers. Her husband of 54 years, Lemuel W. Tyre, died in 2001. She leaves a daughter, Beverly J. Tyre-Flanagan and her husband John of Danvers; a son, Kenneth Tyre of Worcester; two grandsons, Francis McConville, Jr., and Carl D. Nystedt and...
Warren J. Brandt
Sep 12, 2008
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Worcester—Warren Brandt, 95, died on Friday, Sept. 12th. He was born in Hartford, CT, and lived his entire life in Worcester. He was the husband of the late Kathleen (Laycock) Brandt; father of Richard Brandt and his wife Geri of Worcester; brother of Helen Gonyea of Charlton; brother of Virginia Decataldi and her husband Louis "Stretch" of Southbridge;...
