Obituaries
Robert Sawin Davis, Sr. died at age 95, Friday, August 15, 2014. A twelfth-generation American, he was born in 1919 and raised in Storrs, CT, where his father was Chair of Agricultural Economics at the University of Connecticut and mother, an historian, wrote UConn's alma mater.
Attending the...
Ann Emerson died in her home Tuesday, August 26, 2014, after surrendering peacefully and courageously to a six-month long ordeal with pancreatic cancer. She was 71 years of age. Born Olivia Ann Bradley on June 6, 1943, she was the first of four daughters born to Thurman and Thelma Bradley of Boise...
Steven F. Mickle, 63, of Ayer, died on September 2, 2014 as a result of a motorcycle crash in Berwick, Maine. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky on March 21, 1951, son of the late Frederick Mickle and Mary DeMeo Mickle Glavine. He grew up in Lincoln and was a graduate of Arlington Tech. Steve...
Ivan George Eagleson Jr. (best know as Skip) passed away on July 17, 2014. He was 85 years old.
He lived many years in California but was born and raised in Groton. He graduated from Groton High School and went to Mount Herman for Boys. He attended Northeastern University and graduated with...
Martha Johnson Brown died unexpectedly December 17, 2013. She was born October 29, 1929 in Arlington to Philip Reynolds Johnson and Charlotte Stiles Johnson. Martha was the middle child with two brothers. She enjoyed her childhood in Arlington and later the family moved to Greenfield where she...
Helen A. Shluzas Woodworth passed away at the age of 72 on August, 18, 2014. She was born on February 13, 1942 in Boston to the late parents of Albert J. Shluzas and Anna V. Shluzas.
She is survived by her siblings Edward Shluzas of Millis, Robert Shluzas of New Smyrna Beach, FL, and Mary...
Roger S. Benson, 58, of Groton died unexpectedly at Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, MA on July 15, 2014. He was born in Orange, NJ, on December 5, 1955, son of Fredanna (Lieberman) Benson of Sudbury, MA and the late Robert Benson.
Roger grew up in Natick and was a graduate of Natick High...
Adelaide Mountain Luca, 99, of Groton, died peacefully on Monday, July 7, 2014 in her home on Blossom Lane with her loving and devoted husband, Aldo F. Luca, and family by her side.
Born in Boston on May 6, 1915, Adelaide came to Groton with her family in 1920 and made it her lifelong home. She...
Mary (Pearce) Allen, 91, of West Groton, wife of the late John D. Allen, died peacefully, surrounded by her family and friends, at home on Saturday, June 14, 2014. Mary was born in Latrobe, PA on August 24, 1922 to the late Joseph J. and Florence (Lynch) Pearce who owned Pearce Woolen Mill, the...
Frank Merrill was born in Salem, MA and raised in Danvers, MA. He recently resided in Millsboro DE, Fairfax VA, and Scotch Plains NJ, but previously lived in Groton from 1957-1981 and in Largo FL from 1981-2000.
He served with the 1st Infantry "Red Arrow" Division in WWII in New Guinea & the...