Obituaries

Wellesley Hatfield

Apr 15, 2007

SUTTON Wellesley W. Hatfield Jr., 67, of 2 Dodge Lane, was stricken at home Sunday, April 15th after a long illness. He leaves his wife of 49 years, Joyce B. (Charland) Hatfield; five children, Michael W. Hatfield of Sutton, Denise R. Clinton of Worcester, Wellesley W. Hatfield III of Worcester, Ruth C. Hatfield of Sutton and Roland L....

Katherine Zemaitis

Apr 14, 2007

MILLBURY Katherine A. "Kitty" (Kacevich) Zemaitis, 90, formerly of 1 Heather Ave, died Saturday, April 14th in her home at Notre Dame du Lac, Worcester. Her husband, John A. Zemaitis died in 2002. She leaves a son, John A. Zemaitis, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth of Shrewsbury; three daughters, Nancy M. wife of Anthony Mangano and Carolyn, wife...

Lawrence Richards

Apr 12, 2007

MILLBURY Lawrence R. Richards, 84, of Millbury, died Thursday, April 12, 2007. His beloved wife, Shirley M. (Nichols) Richards, died in 1999. He is survived by his son, Lawrence L. Richards and wife Sharon; daughters, Sheila Hill and Barbara Richards; daughter-in-law, Helena Richards; sisters, Leona Mumley and Norma Tuttle; granddaughter, Jamie Hill; grandsons, Christopher, Matthew, Bryant and wife...

T. Taft

Apr 11, 2007

MILLBURY T. Louise (Thompson) Taft, 54, of 252 West Main St., died Wednesday, April 11th in UMASS Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, after a long illness. She leaves her husband, Clifford W. Taft; two daughters, Karen L. wife of John Cote of Dudley and Natasha M. Vargas-Taft of Millbury; nephews and nieces. She was born in Fredericksburg, VA, and...

Pauline Andrews

Apr 11, 2007

MILLBURY Pauline B. (Josephson) Andrews, 81, died Wednesday, April 11th in the Life Care Center of Auburn. She leaves two daughters, Janet Andrews of Greenfield and Susan wife of Craig Penterson of Sutton; a son, David Andrews and his wife Rebecca of Tewksbury; four grandchildren, Jeffrey Penterson and his wife Julie of Sutton, Michael Penterson of WY, Lynne...

Doris Hoyle

Apr 11, 2007

MILLBURY Doris (Searles) Hoyle, 82, of 95 Elm St., died Wednesday, April 11th in the Rose Monahan Hospice Residence. Her husband of 50 years Harry Hoyle Jr. died in 1997. She leaves a son, David Hoyle of Hanover; two daughters, Linda Sprague of Millbury and Debra Paris of Southbridge; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Martha Perkins of...

William Lebel

Apr 10, 2007

WORCESTER William J. Lebel Jr., 44, of 55 Warner Ave. died peacefully Tuesday, April 10th in his home, surrounded by his family, after along battle with cancer. He leaves his wife, Laurie A. (Carlson) Lebel, three children, Rachel J. Flynn of Sherbourn, Lauren and Vanessa Lebel both of West Boylston and his parents, William J. Lebel Sr. and...

Francis Harmon

Apr 7, 2007

SUTTON Francis A. Harmon, 87, of 109 Mendon Rd., died Saturday, April 7th in Radius Health Care Center, Southbridge. He leaves his wife, Ruth A. (Amster) Harmon; a son, Eugene J. Harmon of Harwich; four daughters, Lois Land of Mountain Ranch, CA, Donna Harmon of Santa Cruz, CA, Ruth Lorusso and Delia "Deedee" Harmon both of Sutton; seven...

Patricia Auclair

Apr 3, 2007

SHREWSBURY Patricia Ann (Baribeault) Auclair, 63, of 549 Lake St., died April 3rd in UMASS Memorial Medical Center, Worcester. Her husband was the late Ovila Auclair. She leaves a sister, Doris Riopel of Florida and a close friend, James Cristo; nephews and nieces and grand nephews and nieces. She was born in Worcester, daughter of Louis F. and...

Louis Baldino

Apr 2, 2007

MILLBURY Louis F. Baldino, 90, of 65 Canal St., died Monday, April 2nd in Holy Trinity Nursing Center in Worcester. He leaves his wife, Phyllis; his son Michael A. and his daughter-in-law, Rachel Baldino of Shrewsbury; two grandchildren, Justin and Emily Baldino; his close friends Bob and Judy Greene of Worcester; nephews and nieces. He was a loving...

Alphonse Matta

Apr 2, 2007

MILLBURY Alphonse J. Matta, 88, of 123 Park Hill Ave., died peacefully Monday, April 2nd in his home, surrounded by his loving family. His wife, of 63 years, Femmy E. (Kangas) Matta, died in 2003. He leaves two daughters, Diane L. wife of Peter Shemeth of Auburn and Caron J. wife of James Willand of Millbury; four grandchildren...

Kim Eitleman

Mar 31, 2007

AUBURN Kim Ann Eitleman, 37, of 11 Whitney Circle, died Saturday, March 31st in University Commons, after a long illness. She leaves her parents, Donald E. Eitleman of Hopkinton and Mary T. (Lestage) Eitleman of Millbury; two brothers, Todd Eitleman of Texas and Howard Eddy Murphy of Millbury; two sisters, Debra Greiciunas of Millbury and Sheila Powers of...

Robert White

Mar 24, 2007

MILLBURY Robert F. White, 82, of 5 Durham Rd., died Saturday, March 24th in the Rose Monahan Hospice Residence. He leaves his wife of 59 years, Helen F. (Cofsky) White; three children, Patricia A. White of Sutton, Margaret White-Guthro of Newburyport and Robert F. White Jr. and his wife Deborah of Woburn; 8 grandchildren, Amy Capomacchio of Philadelphia,...

Ambrose Lebel

Mar 22, 2007

MILLBURY Ambrose A. Lebel, 88, of 112 Wheelock Ave., died Thursday, March 22nd in Millbury Health Care Center. He leaves his wife, Leona A. (Morin) Lebel; a daughter, Carol Ann Lebel of Worcester; four sons, Leonard A. Lebel of Boston, John A. Lebel of Worcester, Kenneth A. Lebel and Richard A. Lebel both of Millbury; 11 grandchildren; 11...

Mary Day

Mar 21, 2007

MILLBURY Mary A. (Berthiume) Day, 79, of 20 Rindge St., died Wednesday, March 21st in St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester. Her husband, Philip J. Day Sr., died in 2004. She leaves a daughter, Mary A. wife of James L. Piscitelli; two sons, Philip J. Day Jr. and his wife, Diana J. Day and Kenneth P. Day Sr. all of...

Joan Cofske

Mar 20, 2007

MILLBURY Joan A. Cofske, 65, of 11 Rhodes St. died Tuesday, March 20th in St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester. She is predeceased by her parents, Arthur and Helen M. (LaPorte) Tobie; three sisters, Grace H. Dangredo, Betty Jane Dumont and Virginia Moisan and two brothers, Harvey J. Cofske and Joseph W Cofske. Joan was an administrative assistant at the...

Norma Landry

Mar 15, 2007

MILLBURY Norma J. (Fontaine) Landry, 78, of 10 Railroad Ave., died Thursday, March 15th in her home. Her husband, Kenneth F. Landry died in 1994. She leaves two sons, William A. Landry of Millbury and Thomas J. and his wife, Cindi Landry of West Boylston; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces. She was born in Millbury and...

John Brady

Mar 13, 2007

MILLBURY John O. Brady, formerly of Colonial Dr., died Tuesday March 13th in Millbury Health Care Center, at the age of 89 years. He leaves his former wife, Ehtel (Sharron) Schunmann; three sons, Michael Brady and Robert Brady both of Auburn and John Owen Brady Jr. of Shrewsbury; five grandchildren, David, Leanne, Jacob, Zachary and Nicholas; one great-grandchild,...

Carmen Lachance

Mar 9, 2007

MILLBURY Carmen P. (Pleau) LaChance, 76, of 3 Birchwood Drive, died Friday, March 9th surrounded by her family, after a long illness. She leaves her husband of 53 years, Wilfred L. LaChance; five children, Lawrence and his wife, Sandra LaChance of Grafton, Donna LaChance of DesMoines, Iowa, Kenneth and his wife Louise LaChance of Lilburn, GA, Patricia wife...

Norman Fairbanks

Mar 9, 2007

MILLBURY Norman C. Fairbanks Jr., 39, of 7 McGrath Rd., died Friday night in UMASS Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Millbury. He leaves a daughter, Rebekah Fairbanks and his daughterTM)s mother, Ann Englehart, his parents, Norman C. Fairbanks Sr. and Joanne C. (Davis) Fairbanks, a sister, Katherine J. Fairbanks and...