Obituaries

Sep 13, 2005

WINCHENDON - Madeline E. (Doucette) Schofield, 82, of 66 Juniper Street, Winchendon died Tuesday, September 13th in Heywood Hospital, Gardner after being stricken ill at home. She was born in Middleboro on August 27,1923, the daughter of Francis L. Doucette, Sr. and Margaret H. (Anderson) Doucette and had resided in Winchendon for 57 years. Madeline was a graduate of...

Sep 9, 2005

WINCHENDON - Eleanor J. (Millett) Hart, 75, of 65 School Street, Winchendon died Friday, September 9th in the UMASS Memorial Medical Center, Worcester following an illness. She was born in Worcester on May 15,1930, the daughter of Robert M. and Hilve (Yngve) Millett and had resided in Winchendon for eight years. Eleanor was a graduate of Commerce High School...

Sep 2, 2005

WINCHENDON - Arthur R. Moore, 82, of 20 Poland Avenue, died Friday, September 2nd in the Wachusett Extended Care Facility, Holden following an illness. He was born in Stoneham, MA. on January 23,1923, the son of Carl and Alicia (Payne) Moore and had resided in Winchendon for 15 years. Arthur was a graduate of Medford High School with the...

Aug 31, 2005

WINCHENDON - Juliet (Pomponio) Connor, 84, of 180 Spring Street, died Wednesday, August 31st in Heywood Hospital, Gardner after being stricken ill in her home. She was born in Jaffrey, NH on October 31,1920, the daughter of Giustino and Maria (Leone) Pomponio and had resided in Winchendon for 61 years. Julie was a graduate of Conant High School in...

Aug 28, 2005

SOUTH ROYALSTON - Winston G. Neale, 92, of 7 New Boston Road, died Sunday evening, August 28th in the Baldwinville Nursing Home, Baldwinville. He was born in South Royalston on August 17,1913, the son of Alfred and Bertha (Fremeran) Neale and was a lifelong resident of the area. Mr. Neale worked in the Birch Hill Wildlife Management Area for...

Aug 22, 2005

GARDNER - Julia (Buived) Matusewicz, 87, of 278 Lovewell Street, died Monday, August 22nd in the Heywood Hospital following an illness. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 7,1918, the daughter of Stanley and Nellie Buived and resided in Gardner for most of her life. Julia was an assembler at Simplex Time Recorder Co. for many years before...

Aug 18, 2005

GARDNER - Kathleen Julia (Donahue) LeClair, age 85, of 9 Willis Road, died Thursday evening, August 18th in the Wachusett Manor Nursing Home, Gardner, surrounded by her family. She was born in North Devon, New Brunswick, Canada on October 9,1919, the daughter of George and Emily (Gill) Donahue and came to Gardner in 1921. She later graduated from Sacred...

Aug 16, 2005

WINCHENDON - Lillian E. (Vezzani) Price, 96, of 33 Drake Road, Fitchburg and a former long-time resident of Winchendon, died Tuesday, August 16th in the Sterling Health Care, Sterling. She was born in Gardner on May 7,1909, the daughter of Oney and Rose Agnes (Mazziott) Vezzani and had lived in Winchendon for over 50 years before moving to DeLeon...

Aug 6, 2005

WINCHENDON - Zigmund Maliska, 92, formerly of 251 West Street, died Saturday, August 6th in the Wachusett Manor Nursing Home, Gardner following an illness. He was born in Winchendon on September 6,1912, the son of Peter and Helen (Stanecko) Maliska and resided there until moving to the nursing home three years ago. His wife of 63 years, Irene G....

Aug 4, 2005

ROYALSTON - Donald S. Thomas, 82, of Two Neale Road, died Thursday, August 4th in the Quabbin Valley Healthcare, Athol, following an illness. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA. on January 21,1923, the son of Roy H. and Eva L. (Saalinger) Thomas and had resided in Columbus, Ohio before moving to Royalston three years ago. Don was a graduate...

Jul 31, 2005

RINDGE, NH - Thomas F. Moriarty, 78, of 41 Sunset Drive, died Sunday morning, July 31st in the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough. He was born in Leicister, MA. on May 13,1927, the son of John J. and Ida E. (Duval) Moriarty, and had lived in Rindge for 26 years, after moving from Winchendon, where he lived for most...

Jul 17, 2005

GARDNER - J. Henry Goguen, 85, of 17B Knowlton Street, Gardner, died Sunday, July 17th in the Leo P. LaChance Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation following an illness. He was born in Gardner on January 9,1920, the son of Nazaire and Euphemie (Richard) Goguen and was a lifelong resident of Gardner. Henry was a graduate of Gardner High School...

Jul 17, 2005

WINCHENDON - Adeline R. (Richards) Hollister, 93, of 450 School Street, died Sunday, July 17th in the Highlands, Fitchburg, following an illness. She was born in Winchendon on May 20,1912, the daughter of Henry and Alma (Duval) Richards and was a lifelong resident of Winchendon. She enjoyed sewing and playing cards. Her husband of 45 years, Henry S. Hollister,...

Jul 16, 2005

WINCHENDON - Stanley A. Koldys, 87, of 315 Spring Street, died Saturday, July 16th in the Hillcrest Nursing Center, Fitchburg following an illness. He was born in Gardner on November 12,1917, the son of Antonio and Blanche (Rembisiewski) Koldys, and had resided in Winchendon for 55 years. Stanley was a gas station attendant at Newcomb and Walsh in Gardner...

Jul 13, 2005

KEENE, N.H. - Quincy R. Peabody, 19, of 266 Court Street, died Wednesday, July 13th in the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH from injuries received in an automobile accident in Marlborough, NH on June 22, 2005. He was born in Dorchester, MA on September 25,1985, the son of Scott E. Peabody and Robin (Pearcy) Peabody and had resided...

Jul 11, 2005

WINCHENDON - Donald G. Murray, 71, of 116 Ipswich Drive, died Monday, July 11th in the Goodall Hospital, Sanford, Maine after being stricken ill. He was born in Athol, MA. on February 6,1934, the son of Byron R. Murray, Sr. and Aline J. (Laperriere) Murray and was raised in Winchendon. He resided in Rindge, NH for 39 years before...

Jul 7, 2005

WINCHENDON - Ernest I. Wheeler, 82, of 91 Ipswich Drive, died Thursday, July 7th in Heywood Hospital, Gardner after an illness. He was born in Baldwinville on October 25,1922 the son of Everett R. and Ellen M. (Boucher) Wheeler and had resided in Winchendon for 52 years. Ernest was a machine operator at the former Spectar Polymer in Ashburnham...

Jul 2, 2005

WINCHENDON - Robert J. "Bob" Couture, 67, of 105 Ipswich Drive, died Saturday, July 2nd in Wachusett Manor Nursing Home, Gardner. He was born in Winchendon on March 31,1938, the son of Henry and Adele M. (LaChance) Couture and was a lifelong resident of Winchendon. Bob was a blender mixer at Troy Mills in Troy, New Hampshire for 40...

Dec 31, 1969

Ashburnham- Mary Kate Martin, 83, was promoted to Glory on Saturday, April 30, 2022.

She was the devoted wife of the late Henry Hoover Martin, who died in 1979.

She leaves her son, Bruce of Rockville Center, NY; her daughter, Kimberly Levesque and her husband John of Ashburnham; one granddaughter, Mary Regan and her fiance,...

May 29, 1925

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of Albert Burton Willis Sr., who departed this world on May 29, 2025. Born on January 5, 1926, in Mahwah, NJ, Albert was a man of ambition, creativity, resilience, and love. His life's journey took him from New Jersey to New York, where he made his home in Fishkill, after...