OBITUARIES
Sheila P. (Keating) Costello
Dec 10, 2009
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Whitman – Sheila P. (Keating) Costello 76, died Thursday December 10 after a period of failing health. Born in Ireland and raised in Boston she was a longtime resident of Whitman. She is survived by her children Linda, Edward and Richard and their spouses and companions. She is also survived by several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Family and...
Wanda (Smith) Mastropietro
Dec 9, 2009
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Wanda (Smith) Mastropietro died Wednesday December 9 after a period of failing health. By request of the family all services are private.
Doris M. (Collins) Parker
Dec 5, 2009
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East Bridgewater – Doris M. (Collins) Parker 86, a resident of East Bridgewater for over forty years died Saturday December 5 after a period of failing health. She was the beloved wife of the late Arnold E. Parker. Born and raised in Whitman she was the daughter of the late Elwood and Ethel (Gage) Collins. Doris worked in...
Paul L. Johnson
Dec 3, 2009
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Whitman - Paul L. Johnson 90, a sixty-three year resident of Whitman died Thursday December 3. He was the husband of the late Margaret L. (Dexter) Johnson. Born and raised in Brockton he attended Brockton Schools and was the son of the late Lambert Johnson and Olga (Wahlberg) Johnson who predeceased Paul at the age of 110. He...
Matthew J. Gatturna
Nov 30, 2009
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Whitman - Matthew J. Gatturna 22, life long resident of Whitman died unexpectedly Monday November 30. He was the beloved son of John D. Gatturna of Whitman and Sharon Waterman of West Bridgewater. Born in Boston and raised in Whitman he was a graduate of South Shore Vocational Technical High School. Matt enjoyed his computer and was a...
Barbara A. (Gay) Turner
Nov 27, 2009
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Barbara A (Gay) Turner, 80, of Whitman, died Friday November 27th in the Cedar Hill Healthcare Center after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late Warren Turner. Barbara was born in Brockton, daughter of the late Earl and Adeline (Murphy) Gay. She was a life long resident of Whitman, a graduate of Whitman...
Bernard W. Barrows
Nov 27, 2009
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Bernard W. Barrows, 87, of Plymouth, formerly of Whitman died Friday November 27th in the Jordan Hospital, surrounded by his family. He was the beloved husband of 62 years to Jane (Sweeney) Barrows. He was the son of the late Raymond and Alice Barrows. He was born in Orange, MA, before moving to Whitman and then to Abington...
David D. Davis
Nov 24, 2009
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Hanson – David D. Davis 74 died Tuesday November 24 in his Hanson home surrounded by his family after a battle with cancer. He was the beloved husband of Patricia A. (Phillips) Davis. Born in Canada he was the son of the late Charles K. and Catherine (Dadd) Davis. He was an appliance technician based out of the...
Ruth A. Casey
Nov 23, 2009
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Ruth A. Casey, 93, in West Bridgewater, formerly of Whitman, died Monday November 23rd in the Life Care Center of West Bridgewater, after a period of failing health. She was the daughter of the late Jedrick and Louise (Gray) Casey. Ruth was born and brought up in Whitman and attended Whitman and Fall River Schools .She was a...
John A. Hurley
Nov 18, 2009
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John A. Hurley, 73, of Whitman, died, Wednesday November 18th, surrounded by his loving family at the Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. He was born in New York, son of the late John and Mary (Frawley) Hurley. He is the widower of Ruth F. (DeCoste) Hurley, his wife of 39 years. John was a graduate of Mission...
Susan Marie (Cloyd) Westhaver
Nov 17, 2009
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Whitman – Susan Marie (Cloyd) Westhaver 58 died , peacefully ,surrounded by her family on Tuesday November 17. She was the beloved wife of Donnie Westhaver. Born in Boston she was the daughter of Lillian M. (Pollock) Cloyd of Whitman and the late Walter C. Cloyd. She grew up in the Savin Hill section of Dorchester where she...
Lucy A. (Macneil) Basel
Nov 17, 2009
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Lucy Ann Basel (MacNeil) comfortably passed away after a lengthy illness. Her son, Michael Neil Basel and Grand Children, Courtney, Allison, David and Kaylee, survives her. She is the wife of the late Marion (Mel) Basel and daughter of Emily and Alexander. Her relatives include the late Florence, Roderick, Michael, and Donald, and her brother Malcolm MacNeil. As...
Warren E. Burt
Nov 16, 2009
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Warren E. Burt, 82, of Bridgewater, formerly of East Bridgewater and Whitman, died Monday November 16th in the Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, after a period brief illness. He is survived by his wife of 13 years, Alice (Tuerck) Burt, his three daughters Susan Manning of Marshfield, Patti Paulding of Whitman, and Lisa Violette of Middleboro, seven grandchildren...
Deborah A. (Hedin) Archibald
Nov 16, 2009
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Deborah A. (Hedin) Archibald, 46 of Halifax formerly of Whitman died Monday November 16th in the South Shore Hospital. She was the devoted wife of 17 years to Franklin W. Harbester, and beloved daughter of Ronald D. and Carol J. (McPate) Hedin of Whitman. Born in Brockton and raised in Whitman she had attended Cardinal Spellman High School...
Armand "Charlie" Parent
Nov 14, 2009
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Armand "Charlie "Parent, 83, of Carver, formerly of Whitman died unexpectedly on Saturday November 14th in the Jordan hospital in Plymouth. Born in Quincy, he was the son of the late Harold and Georgiana (Cushing) Parent. Charlie grew up in Weymouth and was educated in the Weymouth School System. He served in the United States Navy during WWII....
Judith A. (Henderson) Beebe
Nov 14, 2009
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Whitman – Judith A. (Henderson) Beebe 62 a lifelong resident of Whitman died Thursday November 19 after a period of failing health. She was the beloved wife for 42 years of Robert Beebe. Born in Brockton and raised in Whitman she was the daughter of the late John and Hazel (Gay) Henderson, a graduate of Whitman-Hanson High, and...
Barbara L. (Christie) Melamed
Nov 12, 2009
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Barbara Louise (Christie) Melamed 64, of Whitman, died November 12th, surrounded by her family. She was born in Norwood, daughter of Marguerite (Boulanger) Milbery of Taunton and the late Ray Christie. Barbara was brought up in Sharon and was a graduate of Sharon High School. She was a member of the Sharon Veterans of Foreign Wars, Ladies Auxiliary....
Ruth Biloni
Nov 12, 2009
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Ruth (Packard) Biloni, 79, of Whitman, passed away on Thursday November 12th at the Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late Edward Biloni. She was born in Brockton, daughter of the late Kenneth A. and Kathleen (Estes) Packard. Ruth was a life long resident of Whitman and...
Robert W. " Bob" Tonner
Nov 11, 2009
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Robert W. "Bob" Tonner, 91, of Hanson, formerly of Braintree, November 11th, husband of 67 years to Margery"Peggy" (Hillier) Tonner. He is survived by three sons, Robert W. Tonner, Jr. and his wife Theora of Boston, James H. Tonner and his wife late wife Kelly and Bradford M. Tonner both of Manchester, NH. A daughter Suzanne (Tonner )...
Althea M. (Keith) Sherrick
Nov 10, 2009
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Althea M. (Keith) Sherrick, 84 of Hanson, formerly of Weymouth, died Tuesday November 10th after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late John F. Sherrick and daughter of the late Chester and Julia (Taylor) Keith. She was born in Miami, Florida, grew up in Weymouth, a graduate of Weymouth High School. She has...
