Obituaries
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Norma Joy (Ibbotson) Garvin, a longtime Groton resident, well known for her many contributions to the community, passed away peacefully in her sleep, May 8, 2019. She was the wife of Everett Garvin who passed away in July, 2013. She was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,...
Bruce Lane Chase, 79, died Sunday evening, April 14, 2019 at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington. Born in Lewiston, Maine, he was the son of the late Otho and Lottie (Gould) Chase. Upon graduating high school, he joined the United States Navy. During his 20-year Navy career, he served on several...
Surrounded by her children, Corrine Elizabeth Orcutt, 84, passed away peacefully at her summer home in Eliot, Maine on April 28th 2019. She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on August 4, 1934, the daughter of the late Dr. Robert and Eleanor (Manson) Hutton. After receiving her nursing degree...
Nancy Kay (Fitch) Fox passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2019. Born in Trenton, NJ on November 29, 1937, daughter of the late Frederic and Dorothy Fitch, Nancy graduated from Oak Grove School in Vassalboro, ME in 1955. She also earned degrees from UNH in 1959, and Regis College in 1983. Although...
Donald Henry Melloon Jr., husband of Marilyn Melloon (deceased), of 4 Brown Road, Shirley passed away April 6, after a heroic battle with Parkinson’s Disease, at age 89. Don was proud to be known as a self-proclaimed Parkinson’s Ass-kicker.
He was born on April 3, 1930, son of Dorothy Stevens and...
Carole Ann (Caffaro, Fretts) Bouchard, 71, of Groton, passed peacefully at home on April 8, 2019 with her sisters and husband by her side. She was born and raised in West New York, NJ, where she still has family. She moved to Massachusetts in the early 1970s.
Carole enjoyed careers as an...
Helen (Wilson) (McCarthy) Sawyer passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 31, 2019 at the age of 109.
Born in Nashua, NH, on June 15, 1909, daughter of the late Arthur R. Wilson and Annie L. Wilson, she graduated from Nashua High School, 1927, Plymouth Normal School, 1930, and earned a earned a...
With deepest sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved son, Bryan Peter Heffernan, age 22, of Groton, Massachusetts, on March 15, 2019. Bryan fought a long hard battle against DSRCT, a rare and aggressive form of Sarcoma cancer, with grace, dignity and determination for two years. He was born...
Surrounded closely by her family in her Groton, Massachusetts home, Catherine Anne diGrazia peacefully passed away on March 12th, 2019. She was 58 years old.
Catherine, known to her friends as “Cathie”, lived a life filled to the brim with adventure. Fueled by her two children, Michael Marc...
Dorothy Maude (Durant) Shepard age 97 of Ayer formerly of Groton passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at Apple Valley Center in Ayer. She was the beloved wife of the late Charles Alexander Shepard.
Dorothy Maude Durant was born in Pepperell on August 1, 1921 the daughter of the late Harold...