Obituaries
Jeanne Raymonde Rechsteiner, 78, passed away on February 7, 2014. She died in her sleep in her home in Groton after a long battle with asthma. Her death came six days after experiencing the 50th anniversary of her marriage to Emil B. Rechsteiner.
Jeanne; beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister,...
It is with great regret and sorrow that we announce the passing of our Mother on February 4, 2014. She was just shy of celebrating her 90th birthday. She was the daughter of Anthony and Sophia Mantos and was born on March 16, 1924 in Kastoria, Greece.
As a young adult she moved with her siblings...
Albert L. Colburn, 73, of Groton, died on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at his home.
Mr. Colburn was born in Townsend, January 8, 1941, one of 10 children born to Kenneth and Dorothy (Mein) Colburn and has resided in Groton for over 40 years.
He was a 1959 graduate of Ayer High School and later...
Barbara Temple Bruner, longtime Groton resident, died peacefully at her residence in Nashua, NH, on December 17, one day before her 90th birthday. She was the wife of the late Dr. John M.R. "Jack" Bruner, MD, who died in 2008. "Grotonians" since 1954, they were married for 58 years. Barbara was the...
Mrs. Linda Lee DeWitt Lewis, 69, of Groton, died January 11, 2014 at her residence in Groton.
She was born to the Leroy and Catherin (Boxxe) DeWitt, January 1, 1945, in Pooler, GA. Linda graduated from Groves High School in 1963 and she past all of the Massachusetts mandated Child Daycare Courses...
Kathleen T. Mersereau, 61, passed away on January 2, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Concord January 25, 1952 daughter of the late Thomas F. and Helen (Slyne) Conlon.
She was a wife, mother, and doting grandmother and is survived by her loving husband Clayton Mersereau...
Janet Holmes Brindle, age 60, of North Palm Beach, FL, formerly of Groton, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. Janet was the daughter of Warren and the late Nancy Holmes of North Palm Beach, formerly of Shirley.
She is survived by her husband Chuck, sons...
Senior Data Base Administrator, Educator, and school committee member for Nashoba Valley Technical High School, Kevin Myles McKenzie lost his courageous battle with lung cancer on November 13, 2013, a fight that he had waged for well over a year. This once active man spent the last 10 months of his...
Ruth (Blood) Robinson, 91, of Groton died Monday, November 25, 2013 at Life Care Center of Littleton. She was born in Groton on April 28, 1922 daughter of the late Leroy and Grace (Proctor) Blood and was the wife of the late Frank E. Robinson Sr. who died in 1995.
Ruth was a long life resident of...
Monday, November 18, 2013, Alma Smigelski passed away, from complications of a recent stroke.
Alma J. Outten, was born Wednesday, June 6, 1917, into the home of Walter and Josephine Outten in Wilmington, DE. She arrived about 20 minutes after her twin brother Walter. A fun fact of her early days...