Obituaries
Richard Hill Gagne, 52, died at home in Clinton, MS on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, nine weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. The memorial service was June 8 in Woodworth Chapel on Tougaloo College campus in Tougaloo, MS A graveside service, with music afterwards, is planned for Saturday, July 19,...
Mary Marguerite (Daly) Hemenway passed from this earth Saturday, May 31, 2014. She was born (with a smile on her face) July 21, 1942 to Marjorie A. (Connell) Daly and Vincent B. Daly of Forge Village (Westford). Mary resided in Forge Village, teaching all the boys in the neighborhood, including her...
Lt. Colonel Edward J. Kopec, 91, passed peacefully at his home on May 30, 2014 in Groton. He was born in West Groton on April 18, 1923 son of the late Frank and Frances (Zalesney) Kopec and was the husband of the late Mary (Fitzgerald) Kopec who died in 2012.
Ed grew up in West Groton and was a...
Richard William Dupre, 68, of Surfside Beach and St. Kitts, West Indies, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, May 29, 2014. He was the son of the late George and Jacqueline (Peloquin).
He leaves behind his loving wife Cheryl (Ando), two children, who adored him, son Todd of Kittery, ME; daughter...
Mildred Elizabeth Black, 87, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014 at home in Groton. She was born on March 27, 1926 in Haverhill.
Mildred graduated from Medford High School in Medford in 1945. She worked for Hardware Mutual in Boston as an Administrative Assistant where she met her husband....
Russell C. Kneeland, Sr. passed away in the early morning hours of Friday, May 4, 2014 peacefully, in his sleep at Greenbriar Nursing home in Nashua, NH. He was 80 years old. He was married to Beverly (Carey) Kneeland of Nashua, with whom he would have celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary in...
Richard Marriott Sampson, 88, passed away on February 24, 2014. He was born in Groton, on May 2, 1925, the son of George Fay and Phyllis (Marriott) Sampson.
Dick attended the Groton public schools and graduated from Groton High School in 1943. He enlisted in the United States Army during WWII...
Evelyn (Bowmar) Sestini, 88, of Holliston, passed away April 4, 2014 at
Wayland Nursing and Rehab Center. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of Atty. Ralph B. and Angie (Hall) Bowmar. She was the beloved wife of 53 years to the late Raymond J. Sestini who died in November 2010.
Evelyn graduated...
George Robert Bissett, 88 of Marlow, NH, formerly of Groton, died Monday, March 24, 2014 at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, NH. He was born in Groton on October 16, 1925; son of the late George E. and Hattie (Wright) Bissett and was the husband of the late Priscilla (Marriott) Bissett who...
David S. Ilsley, 100, died peacefully on Saturday, March 29, 2014, surrounded by family. He was the beloved husband of Mary (Root) Ilsley, with whom he recently celebrated 64 years of devoted and loving marriage.
David was born in Thetford, Vermont, son of the late Mabel (Sargent) and Jedediah...