Obituaries
Christine Elizabeth Franzeim passed away in the early hours of Wednesday, March 19, 2014 in her home in Harvard. She was 67 years old. She was born August 29, 1946 in New York. In the spring of 2010 she was diagnosed with cancer. Her passing is the end of a long, hard-fought battle against the...
Earl David Russell passed away on March 24, 2014 in Groton. Russ was the beloved husband of Margaret (Peggy Connors) Russell, to whom he was married for over 58 years. He was the son of David C. Russell and Corrine Russell and grew up in Chelmsford, MA, graduating from CHS with the Class of 1946....
Kenneth Morse Thompson, 86, of Groton, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 21, 2014, surrounded by his loving family at Apple Valley Center in Ayer. He was the youngest of five children born to Luther and Gertrude (MacLean) Thompson.
Kenn is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Janet...
Mildred Elizabeth Black, 87, passed away on 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.
Mildred ...
George F. "Fran" Dillon Jr., 77, a lifelong resident of Kemp Street, Groton, died Saturday, February 15, 2014, at Nashoba Valley Medical Center , Ayer.
Fran was born in Groton on October 6, 1936 and until his death resided in the house on Kemp Street his grandparents owned and where is mother and...
Kevin was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, October 16, 1954, son of Catherine B. (Murphy) Franzek and the late Stanley Franzek and was a lifelong Groton resident.
Kevin was a 1972 graduate of Groton Dunstable Regional High School and then continued his education at Suffolk University and Northern...
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...