Sylvia E. (Menard) Collette
Jan 13, 2013
EAST BROOKFIELD; Sylvia E. (Menard) Collette, 101, of 172 Lakeview Ave., died Sunday, January 13 at Quaboag Rehab and Skilled Care Center in West Brookfield where she had been living for the last two years. She was the wife of Emile J. Collette who died in 1977. She leaves her daughter Dianne Hatt and her husband Charles, a son,...
Raymond T. Ethier
Jan 12, 2013
LEICESTER: Raymond Thomas Ethier 85 of Mt. Pleasant Ave., Leicester died Saturday, Jan. 12 in St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester. He leaves his wife of 62 years, Mary T. (Moore) Ethier, his three daughters Patricia A. Marino of Oxford, Rosemary Wolanski and her husband Richard Wolanski, Sr. of Leicester with whom he lived, and Margaret "Peg" Erickson and her husband...
Ruth Simpson
Jan 9, 2013
EAST BROOKFIELD: Ruth (Ustinovich) Simpson, 61, Podunk Road died Wednesday, Jan. 9 in UMass Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She leaves her husband of 40 years Neil R. Simpson. Ruth was the loving mother of two sons Matthew B. Simpson and his wife Jennifer of Southbridge and Jeremy M. Simpson of Leicester, three beloved grandchildren Cameron, Addison &...
Stephen T. Ryback
Jan 3, 2013
SPENCER: Stephen T. Ryback 95, formerly of 5 Jones St., Spencer died Thursday, Jan. 3 in Clinton, Ct. after an illness. He was the husband of Lucille (Ethier) Ryback who died in 1984. He leaves his son Richard S. Ryback and his wife Marilyn of Centerbrook, Ct., and his daughter Patricia A. Skeens and her husband Richard of Polk...
Susan Rainsford
Jan 1, 2013
SPENCER: Susan (Peters) Rainsford 64, of Bay Path Rd., Spencer died Tuesday, Jan. 1 at Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester. She leaves her husband of 42 years, Arthur V. Rainsford, her son Keith B. Rainsford and his wife Amy of Rowley, her daughter Kara A. Goodall and her husband Bryan of Worcester her brother Ronald G. Peters of...
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
