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Hazel I Goodrow

Hazel I Goodrow

Jan 1, 2013

LEICESTER: Hazel I. (Harvey) Goodrow 88, of 1075 Main St., died peacefully at her home on Tuesday, January 1. She was the wife of Bernard W. Goodrow, Sr. who died in 1968. She leaves two sons; Bernard W. Goodrow, Jr. and his wife Linda of Spencer, and Kevin J. Goodrow and his wife Carol of Fiskdale, four daughters Linda...

Violet E. Chaput

Violet E. Chaput

Dec 31, 2012

SPENCER: Violet E. (Arpin) Chaput 85, formerly of Howe Village, died Monday, Dec. 31 at The Meadows of Leicester. She was the wife of Ernest T. Chaput who died in 1979. She leaves 4 sons; David Chaput of E.Brookfield, Brad Chaput and his wife Linda of Fairbanks, AK, Brien Chaput and his wife Jacqueline of Worcester and Donald Chaput...

Ruth E. Paulauskas

Ruth E. Paulauskas

Dec 31, 2012

LEICESTER: Ruth E. (Mangs) Paulauskas, 89, of 30 Pleasant St., died Monday, Dec. 31 at her home following an illness. She was the wife of Charles Paulauskas who died in 1979. She leaves two sons; Stanley C. Paulauskas of Arcadia, Fl., and Gerald R. Paulauskas of Leicester, two daughters; Carol A. Asquith and her husband Edward and Robin L....

Michael Waitkus

Michael Waitkus

Dec 31, 2012

LEICESTER: Michael J. Waitkus, 72, of Pleasant Street died Monday, Dec. 31 in his home after an illness. His wife of 50 years Eleanor A. (Ferguson) Waitkus died Jan. 7, 2012. He leaves three daughters Maryellen Booth and her husband Harold with whom he lived, Michelle Gutierrez and Kerry Nderitu both of Worcester, three sisters Rosemary Erti and her...

Frederick W. Gatto Sr.

Frederick W. Gatto Sr.

Dec 27, 2012

SPENCER: Frederick W. Gatto, Jr. 74. God took a good man home, on Dec. 27tth, 2012. He surrendered to a long battle with cancer at home with his family at his side. He leaves his beloved wife of 53 years, Carol A. (Mercier) Gatto, four daughters Cathy Brennan and her husband Tom of Danielson, Ct., Kelley Grenier and her...

George H. Lacasse

George H. Lacasse

Dec 17, 2012

SPENCER: George H. Lacasse 85, of Brooks Pond Rd., died Monday, Dec. 17 at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester after being stricken ill at home. He leaves his wife of 58 years, Joan J. (Mathieu) Lacasse, two sons George P. Lacasse and his wife Susan of Spencer, and Scott J. Lacasse and his wife Doris of Spencer, with whom...

Oralla G. Bock

Oralla G. Bock

Dec 14, 2012

LEICESTER: Oralla G. (Larcheveque) Bock 77, of Pitcairn Ave., died Friday, Dec. 14 at UMASS Memorial Healthcare-55 Lake Ave., Worcester after a brief illness. She was the wife of David H. Bock who died in 1997. She leaves a son David W. Bock of Worcester, four daughters Carol A. Watson and her husband Andrew of Payson, Az., Patricia A....

Beatrice L. Norrman

Beatrice L. Norrman

Dec 14, 2012

LEICESTER/MELROSE: Beatrice L. (Neiderer) Norrman 92, of 24 Sylvan St., Melrose, formerly of Leicester, died Friday, Dec. 14 in Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester. She was the wife of Carl G. Norrman who died in 1980. Her first husband, Paul W. Jacques died in 1964. She leaves two sons Alan P. Jacques and his wife Carol of Quinnebaug,...

Norma L. Wood

Norma L. Wood

Dec 13, 2012

SPENCER: Norma L. (Lee) Wood, 85 of Pleasant St., died Thursday, Dec. 13 in Overlook Masonic Healthcare Center in Charlton. She leaves her children, Nancy A. Wood with whom she lived, Paul C. Wood and his wife Anne of Spencer, April L. Burtt and her husband John of Barre and David A. Wood and his wife Lisa of Spencer,...

R.Lenore Thebodo

R.Lenore Thebodo

Dec 12, 2012

LEICESTER: R. Lenore "Nonie" (Young) Thebodo, 85, of Leicester died Wednesday, Dec. 12 in Rose Monahan Hospice Residence in Worcester after an illness. She leaves her husband of 64 years, Edward M. Thebodo, a son Robert E. Thebodo and his wife Honora of Lyme, NH, a daughter Lisbeth A. Bumpus and her husband Peter of Rindge, NH, five grandchildren...

Catherine Daunais

Catherine Daunais

Dec 3, 2012

SPENCER: Catherine (Fitzgerald) Daunais 86, of Howe Village, formerly of Jersey City, N.J. died Monday, Dec. 3 at home. She was the wife of Lucien J. Daunais who died in 1994. She leaves her sons Joseph R. Daunais and his wife Lynette of Cridersville, OH., and Michael B. Daunais of Sturbridge, her daughters Michele Albert and her husband George...

Wallace B. Kennedy

Wallace B. Kennedy

Dec 3, 2012

NORTH BROOKFIELD: Wallace B. Kennedy, 78, of New Braintree Road died Monday, Dec. 3 in St. Vincent Hospital after an illness. He leaves his wife of 34 years, A. Marion (Makynen) Kennedy, two step-sons Vic J. Vangel and his wife Susan of Paxton and George N. Vangel and his wife Lisa of Brooklyn, CT, two sons Joseph Kennedy and...

Ann M. Richard

Ann M. Richard

Dec 3, 2012

SPENCER: Ann M. (O'Toole) Richard 76, of Grant St., died Monday, Dec. 3 at home, following a long illness. She was the wife of Donald F. Richard who died in 2002. She leaves two daughters Nancy A. Richard of Spencer with whom she lived, and Patricia A. Geer and her husband Phillip of Spencer, a son John R. Richard...

Robert G. "Coke" Thibault

Robert G. "Coke" Thibault

Dec 1, 2012

PRINCETON: Robert G. "Coke" Thibault, 87, of Coalkiln Road and formerly of Spencer died Saturday, Dec. 1 in UMass Memorial Hospital University Campus after a courageous battle with kidney failure and congestive heart failure. He leaves his wife of 51 years Marion L. (Keith) Thibault, two daughters Sandra Dubey and her husband Glen of Morriston, FL and Suzanne Garrity...

Father Kizito Thompson

Father Kizito Thompson

Nov 28, 2012

Father Kizito Thompson, OCSO, a Trappist monk of St. Joseph's Abbey, 167 North Spencer Road, died Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after an illness. Born Earl Anthony Thompson in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1940, he received a Masters of Divinity degree from St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, N.Y. He was ordained a priest in 1970. In...

R.Virginia Cleary

R.Virginia Cleary

Nov 23, 2012

SHREWSBURY: R. Virginia (McDonald) Cleary 88, of Jordan Rd., formerly of Leicester, died Friday, Nov. 23 in the Lutheran Healthcare Center in Worcester. She was the wife of James F. Cleary, II who died in 2010. She leaves her son James F. Cleary, III of Edgartown, three daughters Ann M. Johnson of Quincy, Marybeth Foote and her husband Kevin...

Adrien O. Bouley

Adrien O. Bouley

Nov 20, 2012

SPENCER: Adrien O. "BÉ" Bouley, 84, of Salem Street, died Tuesday, Nov. 20 in his home with his loving family by his side. He leaves his wife of 57 years, Constance T. (Delisle) Bouley, two sons David P. Bouley and his wife Anne of Holland and Francis E. Bouley and his wife Donna of Hartsdale, New York, two daughters...

Kenneth R. Anderson

Kenneth R. Anderson

Nov 18, 2012

STURBRIDGE: Kenneth R. Anderson, 59 of 6 Bentwood Dr., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 18 in Rose Monahan Hospice House in Worcester after a brief illness. He leaves his wife of 37 years, Kathleen M. (Wasgatt) Anderson and his three children: Katherine E. Guida and her husband Matthew and their two children Andrew and Sophia of Worcester, John K....

Robert E. Letendre

Robert E. Letendre

Nov 17, 2012

SPENCER: Robert E. Letendre, 80, of South Street died Saturday, Nov. 17 in UMass Memorial Hospital University Campus after an illness. He leaves his wife of 59 years Norma J. (Turrentine) Letendre, two sons Alan A. Letendre and his wife Michelle of Spencer and Steven R. Letendre and his wife Jan of East Brookfield, three daughters Barbara J. Devault...

Doris M. Palmer

Doris M. Palmer

Nov 16, 2012

SPENCER: Doris M. (Lagerstrom) Palmer, 86, formerly of 50 Lambs Grove died Friday, Nov. 16 in Knollwood Nursing Center after an illness. Her husband John Palmer, Jr. died in 2008. She leaves a son Jeffrey J. Palmer and his wife Brenda of North Brookfield, a daughter Dawn Mathews of Ft. Myers, FL, three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter, nieces and...

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