OBITUARIES
Manuel A. "Manny" Almeida
Jul 14, 2008
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Whitman-Manuel A. "Manny" Almeida 79 died Monday July 14th after a lengthy illness. He was the beloved husband for 58 years of Ruth M. (Morgan) Almeida. Born and raised in Bridgewater he was the son of the late John G. and Alice R. (Sylvia) Almeida. Manny was a Veteran of WWII having served as a Military Policeman in...
John S. Smedile
Jul 7, 2008
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West Bridgewater-John S. Smedile 59 died after a brief illness on Monday July 7th in the Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center. Born in Boston he was the son of the late Charles and Edith (Clark) Smedile. He was raised in Braintree and was a graduate of Braintree High School. He served in the United States Marine Corp Reserves....
Anna Reed
Jul 5, 2008
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Anna F. Reed, daughter of the late Alden and Pearl (Costellow) Reed passed away on July 5, 2008 in Austin, Texas, after a brief illness. Miss Reed was a 1939 graduate of Whitman High and received her advance education a The Chandler School in Boston. Throughout her executive assistant career with the Exxon Corp. Miss Reed lived in...
Anna F. Reed
Jul 5, 2008
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Anna F. Reed, daughter of the late Alden and Pearl (Costellow) Reed passed away on July 5, 2008 in Austin, Texas, after a brief illness. Miss Reed was a 1939 graduate of Whitman High and received her advance education a The Chandler School in Boston. Throughout her executive assistant career with the Exxon Corp. Miss Reed lived in...
Esther Magoun
Jul 4, 2008
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Esther (Stroud) Magoun, 94, died, Friday July 4th in the Baypointe Nursing & Rehabilitation in Brockton, after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late Kenneth A Magoun. Esther was born in Dedham and brought up in Duxbury; she was the daughter of the late Perry V. and Elizabeth K. Stroud. She was a...
Mildred Blanchard
Jul 3, 2008
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Mildred "Millie" (Harris) Blanchard, 88, died July 3rd in the Norwell Knoll Rehabilitation in Norwell, after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late Alton Blanchard. Born in Brockton a daughter of the late Lester C. and Mildred L. (Whynock) Harris. Millie was raised in Whitman, and a graduate of Whitman High School. She...
George F. Whalen
Jul 3, 2008
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Abington- George F. Whalen 73 passed away Thursday July 3rd, in his Abington home after a battle with cancer, his loving wife Elizabeth by his side. Born in Brockton he was the son of the late George F. and Avis M. (Blanchard) Whalen. He was raised in Abington and a graduate of Abington High School class of 1953....
Frances Hogg
Jul 2, 2008
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Frances L. Hogg, 91, of Bryantville, daughter of the late William and Nelia (Andersen) Hogg." Sis" as she was called by friends and family passed away Wednesday July 2nd at her home. She was born in Lincoln Nebraska and moved to several states with her family until they settled in Whitman, a graduate of Whitman High School 1934....
James A. Mcgrath
Jul 2, 2008
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James "Jim" Arthur McGrath, a lifelong and well-known resident of Whitman was struck by a motor vehicle Wednesday and died that morning from injuries he sustained. He was the husband of Margaret (Mosher) McGrath, with whom he shared 21 years of marriage. He was the loving father of Kathleen and Gregory. Jim was very involved and supportive of...
Elizabeth Hunble
Jul 1, 2008
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Elizabeth A. (Chamberlain) Humble, 98, of Abington, formerly of Whitman, died July 1st in the Colony House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late Stanley L. Humble. Born and brought up in East Bridgewater, she was one of ten children born to the late Charles and Elizabeth (Hammond)...
Emma Dechristopher
Jun 29, 2008
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Emma M. (Ziegler) DeChristopher, 86, of Bridgewater, died Sunday in the Life Care Center in West Bridgewater, after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late Albert M. DeChristopher. Emma was born in Hanover and grew up in Rockland and she was a graduate of Rockland High School Class of 1940.She has been a...
Stefan J. Smith
Jun 27, 2008
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Stefan J. Smith, passed away peacefully at his home Friday June 27th. He was the beloved husband of Nancy L. (Hollenbeck) Smith and devoted father of Lindsay J. (Smith) Leighton. Born in Scranton, PA he was the loving son of Helene (Porter) Smith of Weymouth and the late Rev. Lynn C. Smith. He was raised in Medford and...
Josephine M. (Wladkowski) Hennigan
Jun 20, 2008
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Halifax-Josephine M. (Wladkowski) Hennigan 87 died Friday June 20th after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late Alfred J. Hennigan. Born in Halifax she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Katherine (Hubacz) Wladkowski. She was a graduate of Whitman High School. She was a veteran of the United States Army during...
Peter Knox
Jun 19, 2008
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Peter Knox, 65, of Troy, ME and Raynham, formerly of Whitman, died Thursday June 19th in the Boston Medical Center. He was the husband of Gloria (Benner) Knox of Whitman. Peter was born in Tiverton, RI grew up and attended schools in Dighton. He was the son of the late Walter and Jean (McKay) Knox. He worked as...
Mary Rose Anctil
Jun 18, 2008
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Plymouth-Mary Rose Anctil, 89 died Wednesday June 18th after a period of failing health. Born in Fall River a daughter of the late Albina Anctil, she grew up in Pembroke and was a resident of Plymouth for over 20 years. She loved knitting, bowling, and bingo and was a true Red Sox fan. She is survived by her...
Natalie C. (Fontaine) Gilder
Jun 14, 2008
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Carver-Natalie C. (Fontaine) Gilder, 77, died Saturday June 14th after a period of failing health. She was the loving wife of Joseph D. Gilder. Born and raised in Whitman she was the daughter of the late Amos and Gladys (Tripp) Fontaine. She was a graduate of Whitman High in 1948, and a life long resident of Whitman before...
Robert W. Brown
Jun 13, 2008
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Whitman-Robert W. Brown 67, died Friday June 13th after a period of failing health. He was the former husband of Rachael (Chamberlain) Bosten of Falmouth. Born in Stoughton he was the son of the late John J. and Roseanna (Vezina) Brown. He was raised in Abington and was a graduate of Abington High School. For the past forty...
Richard"Rick" Galvin
Jun 13, 2008
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Richard J."Rick" Galvin, 51, of Abington died at his home on Friday June 13th from cancer. He was the loving husband of Sharon (Ramdhan) Galvin and loving step-father of Brandon and Dylan Sookala and the son of the late Richard and Eva (Chase) Galvin. Richard co-founded "Lou Miami & the Kozmetix".He played lead guitar and performed under the...
Phoebe D. Hallquist
Jun 12, 2008
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Phoebe D.(Shea) (Smith) Hallquist, 91, of East Bridgewater , died Thursday June 12th in the Life Care Center in West Bridgewater, after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late John Henry Smith and for 50 years the late Francis Hallquist. Phoebe was born in New York, she was the daughter of the late...
Catherine Mcguane
Jun 11, 2008
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Catherine (Austin) McGuane, 63, of Whitman died unexpectedly, Tuesday June 10th at her home. She was born in Brockton and grew up in Rockland, a graduate of Rockland High School. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Mary Ellen (Burns) Austin. Catherine has been a resident of Whitman since 1964.She worked as a Home Health Aide...
