OBITUARIES

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Mary A. (Lamb) Owings
Dec 22, 2009
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Mary A. (Lamb) Owings, born on July 9, 1918 in Boston, was called to heaven on December 22nd. Mary served in the United States Navy as a Telegrapher in the World War II. She joins her previously passed siblings, Gertrude, Roy, Johnny, Edward and Robert. She is survived by her siblings Donald, Doris, and Arthur as well as...
Robert G. Jordan
Dec 19, 2009
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Brockton - Robert G. Jordan 79 a 40 year resident of Brockton, died Saturday December 19 after a period of failing health. He was the beloved husband of the late Frances M. (Cerci) Jordan. Born and raised in Whitman he was the son of the late Philip B. and E. Mable (Edmed) Jordan and step son of the...
Ada G. (Suprynowicz) Giniewicz
Dec 18, 2009
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Whitman – Ada G. (Suprynowicz) Giniewicz 93, died Friday December 18 after a period of failing health. She was the beloved wife of the late Charles S. Giniewicz. Born and raised in Whitman she was the daughter of the late Adolph and Sophie (Stankiewicz) Suprynowicz. Ada a life long resident of Whitman attended Whitman Schools and was a...
Earle Lefort
Dec 18, 2009
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Brockton – Earle L. LeFort 76 passed away on Friday December 18, 2009 after a period of failing health. He was the husband of Theresa (Gosselin) Lefort of Woonsocket who predeceased him; also predeceased by his daughter Katherine Louise. He is survived by his children, Douglas LeFort of Walton Beach, Florida, Dennis LeFort of Haiku, Hawaii and Rebecca...
Earle L. Lefort
Dec 18, 2009
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Brockton – Earle L. LeFort 76 passed away on Friday December 18 after a period of failing health. He was the husband of Theresa (Gosselin) Lefort of Woonsocket who predeceased him; also predeceased by his daughter Katherine Louise. Born in Brockton and raised in Whitman he was the son of the late Joseph and Maud (Littlefield) LeFort and...
Frederick J. Coots
Dec 17, 2009
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Frederick J. Coots, 86, of East Bridgewater, passed away, after a period of failing health ,Thursday, December 17th, surrounded by his family at his home. Born in Brockton, son of the late Frederick J. and Mary ( McInerny) Coots. He was brought up in Whitman, and was a graduate of Whitman High School, class of 1942. He was...
Beverly G.(Monroe) Peterson
Dec 13, 2009
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Beverly G. (Monroe) Peterson, 90, of Whitman, died Sunday December 13th after a period of failing health. She was the beloved wife of Stanley H. Peterson. She was the daughter of the late Edgar C. and Beatrice (Stanley) Monroe. Beverly was born and brought up in Whitman, a graduate of Whitman High School, class of 1937. She was...
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...
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