Obituaries
Sheila (Townsend) Lawrence-Wyman, 75, of Groton passed away peacefully after a period of declining health on Friday, Janu- ary 29, 2021 at Gulfside Hospice Center in Zephyrhills, FL, a town where she and her husband of 27 years, James “Skeeter” Wyman, Jr., happily spent their winters for the past 16 years.
She was born in Pepperell on April 28, 1945, the daughter of the late Evelyn (Marshall) Townsend and Seymour Townsend. Sheila and...
Ruth Alice Bochnowski of Dover passed away Thursday, January 21, 2021 from complications due to Covid-19. She was 83.
Ruth was born February 7, 1937 to the late George Penna Frazee and Alice Prince Frazee (a descendant of the Mayflower). She grew up with her siblings, Helen, Jean and Bill, in the small town of Groton, with the Smith cousins nearby. Her strong work ethic, practicality, and dreams of the world beyond were forged during...
Brenda Lee Thurston, 74, of Groton, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer. She was the loving wife of 53 years to William Andrew Thurston, Sr.
Brenda was born in Bangor, ME on October 21, 1946 a daughter to the late Lionel and Velma (Gray) Marquis. Brenda was raised and educated in Bangor and graduated from Bangor High School in 1965. That same year, she met her husband, William. The couple...
Theresa Mary (Wingfield) Montello, 91, formerly a longtime Groton resident, passed away Thursday January 7, 2021 after fighting COVID-19.
Theresa was born in Boston, MA on May 29, 1929 daughter of the late Mary (Halfkenny) and William Wingfield Sr. She grew up in Dorchester and Roxbury and found her way to Groton in the mid-1960’s where she lived until she recently relocated to an assisted living residence in Ayer, MA.
Theresa...
Mary Elizabeth (Laird) Gaudet, RN, of Gardner, formerly of Groton, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 23, 2021 in Phillipston, surrounded by her loving family.
Born September 18, 1929 in Norwood, she was the beloved wife of the late Francis Gaudet. Devoted mother of Beverly Gaudet and Larry Simmers of Dedham; Brenda Gaudet-Duffy and Larry Duffy of Phillipston; and John Gaudet of Gardner. Grandmother of Justin Maynard, Shane...
Lee Sullivan Burton of Gro-ton MA died Friday, January 8, 2021 after a brief illness. Lee was born in Cleveland, OH on December 22, 1937 to Homer and Elizabeth Sullivan where she attended elementary school in Cleveland Heights and graduated high school from Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights. She graduated from Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ. In high school and college she excelled at athletics, especially field hockey, figure...
William A. Haddad, Jr. age 88, of Andover, passed away peacefully after a brief illness. He was the devoted husband of 61 years of Lila M. (Maloof ) Haddad. Son of the late Martha A. (Aboshar) and William A. Haddad, Sr., William was born and raised in Lawrence. After graduating from Lawrence High School, he attended Boston College where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics. After college, he enlisted in the United States Army and...
December 8, 2020 marks the day our dear father and friend Donald Stoops, age 96, fell asleep in death at home. Though restrictions prevented all eight of his children from being with him, his son Glen and dearest Nancy were by his side at his home. Don was born and raised in the mid-west, spending most of his boyhood in his father’s hometown of Nappanee, Indiana, where his mother had been the first librarian. Having lost his mother in early...