Obituaries

MILLBURY - Kevin M. May, 73, of Long Beach, California, formerly of Millbury, MA died July 20th in California. He leaves his loving companion, Donna Rowland of Long Beach; a brother, Martin May of Lakeland, FL, 10 sisters, Grace May, Sheila Courchaine, Barbara Boria, Maureen May and Regina Bleau all of Millbury, Elizabeth Coleman and Catharine Lapointe both of Worcester, Marion Falcone of Shrewsbury, Mary Congdon of Southbridge and Maggie May of South Yarmouth. He was born in Worcester and...

SUTTON – Mary G. (Cassidy) Kelley, 87, of Sutton, died Sunday Aug 18th. Mary leaves behind her children, Steven T. Kelley and his wife Susan of Merrimack, NH and Neil T. Kelley and his wife Julie of Oxford;  6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren; her brother, James Cassidy and his wife Janet of Millbury.  She was born in Worcester at City Hospital and grew up in Millbury. She was predeceased by her parents James J. and Celima V. (Crepeau) Cassidy, her daughter Sharon A....

  MILLBURY – Ronald H. Rudge, 88, passed away on Thursday, August 14th surrounded by his sons at Beaumont Rehab & Nursing Center in Northbridge.  Ron’s wife of 60 years, Janet C. (Schonberg) Rudge passed away in 2012.  He leaves three sons, David J. Rudge and his wife, Susan, Donald J. Rudge and his wife, Denise and Allan M. Rudge and his wife, Michelle all of Millbury; five grandchildren, Daniel Rudge and his wife, Anna of Marblehead, Scott Rudge of...

  WORCESTER - Yvonne Georgette Vissers-Jiron, 98, passed away peacefully on August 15th at Lutheran Rehab and Skilled Care Center.   Born in Paris, France to Pierre Joseph Van Vrecken and Zoe Desnyder.  She is preceded in death by her two husbands, Martin Vissers and Robert Jiron and daughter Nadia.   Yvonne is survived by a daughter Simone, grandchildren Glenn, David and Nicole and great-grandson Erik.  Yvonne owned and operated a European...

      WHITINSVILLE - Janet Mae (Yacino) Black-King, 80, formerly of Oxford, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family in Quaboag Rehab & Skilled Care Center. Janet is predeceased by her first husband, Alexander Black and her second husband, Herbert King, Jr; she leaves her two children, Debra Armstrong and her husband, Christopher of Southbridge and Scott Black and his wife, Tena of Auburn; three grandchildren, Ryan and Salina Black of Auburn and Tristan...

  WORCESTER- Nancy L. (Pratt) Vaillancourt, 78, passed away on Friday August 2, 2019. Nancy was the wife of the late Robert E. Vaillancourt who passed away in 2014. She leaves behind three daughters, Suzanne and her husband James Chanis, Kim and her husband James Montgomery, and Kristen and her husband John Williams. Her grandchildren, Jessica Rutkiewicz, Jillian and her husband Christopher Bradley, Sam, Sophia and Lydia Chanis, Nathaniel and Olivia Montgomery, Emily and Jack...

  OXFORD – Jason M. White, 32, formerly of Sutton, passed away suddenly on Saturday, July 27th in St. Vincent Hospital. Jay leaves his mother, Kathleen A. (Rydzy) White of Oxford and a brother, Michael N. White and his, wife Jillian of Webster; two nieces, Cassidy and Abby; an aunt, Diane Murphy and her husband, Craig of Haddam, CT; cousins, Billy, Cathy and David.  He is predeceased by his father, Barry J. White; a brother, Sean M. White; his paternal and maternal...

Father, Joseph W. McKiernan, 92, passed away on Friday, July 26th at the Christopher House of Worcester. He leaves a sister, Mary Manning of Braintree; a niece Patricia Manning; six nephews, Michael, Kevin, Joseph, John, Daniel, Robert, and their families, including 19 grandnieces and grandnephews and many other relatives and friends.  He was born in Woonsocket, RI and is predeceased by his parents, Francis and Ellen (McCarthy) McKiernan.  He was raised in Millville and attended...

    DOUGLAS – Bernard R. Gover, Jr., 63, passed away on July 23rd surrounded by his family after a brief illness. Bernie leaves his wife, Michelle J. (Oullette) Gover; two sons, Ryan J. Gover and his wife, Michelle and Andrew B. Gover all of Douglas; two grandchildren, Liam and Lauren; a step grandson, Declan; two sisters, Patricia Hughes and her husband, Robert of Oxford and Pamela Gover of Douglas; three sister-in-law’s, Maureen Ouellette, Nancy Weljkovic and her...

    Millbury—Ian Kiadii Stewart, 67, of Rice Road, died Friday 7/19/19 at home. He was born in Robertsport, Liberia on October 6, 1951, the eldest son of Reed and Gail (Peterson) Stewart who were superintendent and principal at the Bromley Mission Episcopal Girls School. During his childhood he spent time in Duxbury, MA; Princeton, MA; Cos Cob, CT; Evanston, IL; Nairobi, Kenya; Holden, MA; and Martha's Vineyard. Ian was a graduate of Wachusett Regional High School,...