Obituaries

SUTTON – Joanne B. (Baroni) Christie, 65, passed away peacefully in her home on Wednesday, Oct. 13th surrounded by her loving family Joanne leaves her loving husband of 44 years, David A. Christie; three sons, Steven A. Christie of Sutton, Bryan D. Christie of Somerville and David A. Carlson and his wife, Stacy, of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA; two grandchildren, Zoe and Kai; her mother, Barbara A. Baroni of Millbury; her sister, Cynthia MaGuire and her fiancé, Glenn Wells of...

MILLBURY-Victor A. Army, Jr., age 87, formerly of Grafton passed away peacefully Monday, October 11th in his home.  He leaves his beloved wife of 64 years, Valerie J. (Cooke) Army; three children, Lynne V. Zucchi and her husband, Jeff Zucchi of North Kingstown, RI, Russell V. Army and his wife, Cindy L. (Graham) Army of Kingston, NH and Brian K. Army and his wife, Maureen A. (King) Army of Millbury; six grandchildren, Eric Army and his wife, Melanie, Michael Army and his wife,...

  ROCHDALE - Osler K. Coonan, 92 of Rochdale passed away peacefully at St. Vincent’s Hospital on Tuesday, October 12th.  Her husband, of 39 years, Walter Coonan died in 1988.   She leaves a daughter, Patricia Frankian and husband Mark of Sutton, two granddaughters Katelyn Maxwell and husband Andrew, Julie Connor and husband John, two great grandchildren, Jack and Harper Maxwell all from Millbury, several cousins, and three very special people in her life, cousin...

MILLBURY – Lucy “Meme” P. (Grenier) Richford, 81, passed away on October 11th, in UMASS Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. Lucy’s husband of 53 years, Leonard "Pepe" R. Richford passed away in 2010.  She leaves 8 children, Leonard Richford, Jr., Guy Richford and his wife, Barbara, John Richford, Craig Richford and his wife Debbie, Michael Richford and his wife, Kristy, Doreen Schluns and her husband Robert, Darlene Orrell and her husband, Roy and...

Worcester/Falmouth - Thomas M. Silva, 80, passed away on Tuesday, October 12th. He is predeceased by his wife and partner in life, Joanne “Duffy” Silva; his parents Claude and Georgina (Oliver) Silva and a brother William Silva.  He leaves behind a son Patrick Silva and wife Danielle of Lancaster; a daughter Jeanne (Silva) Pellegrino and fiancé David Bazin of Shrewsbury; two beloved grandsons, Logan Pellegrino and Cameron Pellegrino; a sister...

SUTTON - Brendin John Lange, 39, passed away suddenly on Sunday, September 26th in Alabama. He is survived by his mother Cheri A. (Bazinet) Lange, three brothers, Gregory P. Lange Jr. and his wife Mary, William J. Lange and his partner H. Glenn Scott, Jamie C. Lange, and one nephew Kameron. He also leaves his grandfather Arthur G. Bazinet Sr., two uncles William J. Lange and his partner David Breton and Arthur G. Bazinet Jr. and his wife Kathy, and two Aunts Charlene Tetreault and her...

MILLBURY – Lillian M. (Gosselin) MacDonald, 88, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, October 10, 2021 surrounded by her family. Her husband Howard MacDonald of 66 years, died in 2019. She leaves three daughters, Debra Post of Millbury, Linda Bjorn and her husband Don of Sutton and Carol Perron and her husband Richard of North Grafton; six grandchildren, Andrew and Erik Bjorn, Michael and Nicholas Post, Sarah and Melissa Perron; four great-grandchildren, Todd, Kara, Luke and...

MILLBURY - Lien K. Tran, 32, passed away on October 7, 2021, after struggling for years with a mental illness. Lien is survived by her beautiful and courageous daughter Reina, parents, Tuyen and Lieu, her siblings, Dieu, Zum, Hanh, Tina, Quinton and Loan, and 9 nieces and nephews. Lien’s love, artistic talents and quiet humor will be missed by everyone who was privileged enough to know her. Lien had dreams about art and fashion, she saw beauty in life even if her illness did not...

MILLBURY – Michelle Ann (Newlands) La Vallee, 54, passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on Monday, October 4th.  Michelle leaves her three daughters, Renee L. La Vallee of Millbury, Stephanie M. La Vallee of Millbury, and Lauren A. La Vallee of Spencer; five grandchildren, Dante, Aiden, Alianna, Marabella and Andre; two brothers, Michael Newlands and his wife, Jane and Keith Newlands and his wife, Heather all of Millbury; her fiancé, Richard P. Karalus, Jr. of...

   SOUTH GRAFTON - Marsha (Desrosiers) Ford 51, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family’s love on Monday, September 27th after a sudden illness at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Worcester MA. She leaves behind a loving and devoted family including her husband Bill Ford, a son Nathaniel Desrosiers, her parents Harold and Bernadette Desrosiers, sisters Lisa Desrosiers and Monique Quinn and their spouses, a niece Raelene Wolfgang and her son Alexander Wolfgang, a nephew...