Obituaries
A Memorial Service for the late Ragnhild M. (van den Bogaert) Harris, who died August 14, 2013 and was widow of Dr. Jeffrey H. Harris, formerly of Harvard, will be held Saturday, Sept. 28 at 2 p.m. at First Parish Church of Groton, Powder House Rd. with a reception following in the church vestry.
Mary "Mae" A. (Lynch) Matthews, 95, of RiverCourt Residences, West Groton, passed away Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013 at the Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer. Born March 2, 1918 in Allentown, PA, Mae was the daughter of the late Charles and Mary Agnes (Killian) Lynch. She graduated from Allentown High School in 1936 and attended Temple University for 2 years, studying accounting and office management. She worked as an office manager for Container...
Elizabeth D, "Liz" Reggio, 89, died peacefully with her family members by her side on Monday, September 2, 2013 at the Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Ayer.
She was born in Norwood on September 28, 1923, the daughter of the late Granton H. and Juliet (Huntress) Dowse. She grew up in Weston and graduated from the Rogers Hall School for Girls in Lowell and Garland Junior College in Boston.
She married André C. Reggio in 1947 and moved to Harvard...
After a brief illness, Ragnhild [Ronnie] M, Harris [van den Bogaert], age 91, of RiverCourt Residences, West Groton, died Wednesday, August 14, 2013 with loving family at her side. She was born April 26, 1922 on Java, Dutch East Indies to Alexander and Charlotte [Grüner] van den Bogaert. She is survived by
two sons, Russell H. of Groton and Roger J. of Stockton, NJ; and one daughter, Sally H. Reed of Groton, five granddaughters and one grandson...
Dr. Everett Arthur Garvin Ph.D. died unexpectedly and peacefully in his sleep on Monday, July 15, 2013 at the age of 90. He was a retired psychologist and educator. He leaves his loving wife of 58 years, Norma Joy Ibbotson Garvin; son Michael of St. Louis, MO; son Mark and wife Jill of Andover; son Reid of Alton, NH; daughter Holly Raymond of Townsend; and seven grandchildren.
A resident of Groton, he was born in Worcester on July 30, 1922. He...
Maureen Lester Bascom, 46 of Groton, died unexpectedly Monday, August 5, 2013. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland, May 7, 1967 to Peter and Margaret (Langenscheid) Lester.
After graduating high school in Bahrain, where her father worked for the Flying Wing Bahrain Public Security, she worked as a hotel sales executive and tour guide. In 1989 she returned to Scotland and began a career with Sheraton Hotels. She worked successively for Sheraton in...
Charlotte Feldman (Shafran), age 91, of Roslindale, formerly of Groton and Brookline, died Sunday, July 21, 2013. She was the beloved wife of Allen Feldman and loving mother of Henry Feldman and his wife Elizabeth, and Barbara Feldman and her husband Brian Sheldon. She was the cherished grandmother of David, Jack and Ashley, James, Rebecca and Erik, Martha and Jeff, and great grandmother of Jeffrey, Billie, Davison and Reid. She was the dear...
Rhoda Curtis passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 21, 2013 at the age of 93.
Rhoda is predeceased by her parents, Arthur and Rhoda (Richardson) Colenso, her brother, Henry Colenso, and her daughter Joan Curtis.
Rhoda is lovingly remembered by her sister Thora Colenso of Holiday Florida; her sons Gordon Curtis of Berlin, NJ and Glenn Curtis of Rochester, NY, her daughter Janice Flynn of Groton MA, and five grandchildren.
Rhoda was born in...
Jean Morse Bingham, of Groton, passed away at Life Care of Acton on July 15, 2013. She was born in Lexington on June 4, 1918, daughter of the late George Morse and Beatrice (Fuller) Morse. She was a graduate of Lexington High School 1936, and the Danforth -Dunbar School in Worcester, where she was president of her graduating class. Jean was also an Eliot Pearson alumna of Tufts University, class of 1945. During the 1940's Jean was co-founder of...
Everett A. Garvin died unexpectedly at his home on July 15, 2013. He is survived by his wife Norma J. (Ibbotson) Garvin of Groton, three sons, Michael A. Garvin of St. Louis, Mo., Mark E. Garvin of Andover, Reid A. Garvin of Alton, NH; and a daughter, Holly L. Raymond of Townsend; and seven grandchildren.
A Memorial Service is planned and will be announced at a later date, by the Badger Funeral Home, 45 School St., Groton. Please see www....