Obituaries
Bennett Raddin Black, 92, passed away on March 22, 2015 at his home in Groton. He was born on October 26, 1922 in Everett, MA.
Bennett, "Ben," graduated from the Lawrence Academy at Groton in 1941 and from the University of New Hampshire at Durham in 1947. After graduation, he went to work for...
Peter Moller, 65, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015 after a brief illness. He was born October 23, 1949 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, son of the late Edith and Borge Moller. He moved with his family to Acton when he was five and attended Acton-Boxborough High School. He and his wife Marva (Lewis) were married...
Aldo Luca, 94, of Groton passed on March 23, 2015 with his loving children, Linda and Tim and his son-in-law, Jerry Tarpey by his side.
Born in New York City on June 25, 1920, Aldo was the son of Italian immigrants Domenico Luca and his wife, Maria Monetucci. Raised in Brooklyn, he graduated from...
Nancy J. (McGrath) Tyler of Cumberland, R. I., and West Harwich, formerly of Worcester, died Saturday, March 14, in Providence, R.I., after a brief illness. She was 85. Her husband, Dr. Robert J. Tyler, a Worcester dentist, died in 1989.
Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late John J....
Irene M. (Richard) Collette, 91, formerly of Emery Road, Townsend, died Sunday, March 15, 2015, at RiverCourt Residences, West Groton.
Her husband of 63 years, Richard O. Collette, died in 2009.
She leaves three sons, R. Lee Collette and his partner, Lee McTighe of Townsend, Stephen J. Collette...
Allan Thomas Friedrich, age 62, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, March 12, 2015.
He was born in Ayer, MA on December 9, 1952, the son of John R. and Eileen Friedrich and
lived most of his life in Groton. He was the beloved husband of Donna (Drew) Friedrich.
Allan attended Country Day...
William Howard "Tonto" Grennell, 85, passed away January 19, 2015 at the VA Medical Center, West Roxbury after battling heart disease.
He was born in Philadelphia, PA November 19, 1929 to the late Ruth Ann Flewelling and William Edward Grennell. He was raised in Belmont and attended Northeastern...
Richard Homère Gagné, longtime teacher and coach at the Lawrence Academy in Groton, died of natural causes in Arlington, VA on March 7, 2015. He was 85.
Mr. Gagné was born at home in Franklin, NH, on February 5, 1930, second child of Romeo Omer Gagné and Marion Edna Cate Gagné, and brother to...
Jane N. (Coates) Barry, 86, died peacefully on February 17, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Roy F. and Mary (Ford) Coates Sr. of Medford, MA. A long time resident of Groton, she was predeceased by her husband Henry F. Barry Jr., son Christopher Barry, siblings Roy F. Coates Jr. , Peg Delaney...
Arthur Floyd Blackman, age 91, of Groton died peacefully at home on Thursday, February 5, 2015.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Camilla (Cunningham) Blackman and their four children: Oliver Blackman and his wife Jenny Wise Blackman, Camilla (Mim) Blackman and her husband Francis Saunders...