OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Blanchard Funeral Chapel & Cremation Service
Frederick Wetmore
Mar 30, 2007
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Frederick E. Wetmore 84, died Friday, March 30th, in the Soldiers Home in Chelsea, after a period of failing health. Frederick was born in Holbrook and was the son of the late Carlyle E. and Freda F. (Bernard) Wetmore. He was a lifetime resident of Whitman and attended Whitman Schools. Frederick was a United States Navy veteran of...
Dawn (Boynton) Chapman
Mar 27, 2007
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Dawn (Glynn) (Boynton) Chapman, 79, formerly of Pembroke, died Tuesday in Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, in Brockton, after a period of failing health. Born in Cambridge, daughter of the late Raleigh and Marion (Troop) Glynn, brought up in Needham, graduate of Needham High, also Mount Ida Jr. College. She was a life long resident of Pembroke and...
William M. Mciver
Mar 24, 2007
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William M. McIver, 45, died Saturday March 24th, in the New England Medical Center in Boston, after a period of failing health. Born in Stoughton, he was the son of Shirley (Fields) McIver and the late Michael McIver. William was a resident of Abington, for many years and attended Abington Schools. He was a crane operator for a...
Freda M. (Archibald) Pratt
Mar 23, 2007
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Freda M. (Archibald) Pratt, 83, died Friday March 23rd in the West Acres Nursing Facility in Brockton after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late Robert C. Pratt. Born in Whitman, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Blanche (Jackson) Archibald. Freda was a life long resident of Whitman, and a...
Sarah Benoit
Mar 22, 2007
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Sarah Benoit died Thursday March 22nd in her home. Born in Weymouth she was the daughter of the late Cynthia L. (Carney) Benoit. She lived in Norwell and attended Norwell Schools before moving to Brockton where she was a third grade student in the Arnone Elementary School. Sarah was an active girl participating in both soccer and cheerleading....
Cynthia Benoit
Mar 22, 2007
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Cynthia L. (Carney) Benoit died Thursday March 22nd in her home. Born in Weymouth she was the daughter of David Carney of Wareham and the late Anne (Johnson) Carney. She grew up in Brockton and attended Brockton Schools, living in Norwell for the past 3 years before returning to Brockton. She worked as a pharmacist assistant in the...
Anne Intraversato
Mar 20, 2007
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Anne M. (Murphy) Intraversato, died March 20th at her home in Plymouth, after a brief illness, she was the former wife of David P Intraversato. Born and brought up in Norwood, daughter of the later John and Nella (Filipelli) Murphy. She was a resident of Abington most of her life before moving to Plymouth a few years ago....
Loretta Larkin
Mar 19, 2007
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Loretta A. Larkin, 47, died March 19th in the Brigham's & Women's Hospital after a lenthy illness. She was the daughter of E. Shirley Larkin and the late Ralph J. Larkin. Born in Boston, she lived in Dorchester, until the age of 12, then moving to Whitman, where she has resided ever since. Loretta was a graduate of...
David S. Mccarthy
Mar 10, 2007
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David S. McCarthy 86, died Saturday March 10th in the Brockton Hospital, after a brief illness. He was the husband of Dorothy (Terris) McCarthy. Born in Norwood, he was the son of the late Fred W. and Marion A (Haskins) McCarthy. He was a graduate of East Bridgewater High School. He was a resident of Whitman, in his...
Brenda M. Vaughan
Mar 9, 2007
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Brenda M. Vaughan, 39, died at her home in Whitman, unexpectedly, Thursday, March 9th. She was the daughter of the late Robert F. and Barbara J. (Hurley) Vaughan. Born and raised in Dorchester, a graduate of St. Gregory High School in Dorchester and the Catherine Gibbs School of Boston. Brenda worked as an Administrative Assistant for Comcast Cable...
Robert F. Vaughan
Mar 7, 2007
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Robert F. Vaughan, 71, died Wednesday March 7th in South Shore Hospital after a brief illness. He was the husband of the late Barbara J. (Hurley) Vaughan. Born and raised in Boston's South End, son of the late Herbert and Mary (Griffin) Vaughan. He had been a resident of Dorchester for forty years and worked for the State...
Douglas H. Seggelin
Mar 7, 2007
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Douglas H. Seggelin, 67, died Wednesday March 7th in the Tufts New England Medical Center, after a short illness. He was the husband of Lois (Townson) Seggelin of Whitman. Born in Quincy, grew up in Braintree, he was the son of M. Virginia (Babin) Seggelin and the late Lawrence H. Seggelin. Doug was a resident of Whitman for...
William "Bill" J. Scott
Mar 6, 2007
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William Joseph Scott, 63, died Wednesday March 6th in the Brockton Hospital He was the husband of Cynthia (Pierce) Scott. Born in Brockton, son of the late Hubert and M. Evelyn (Brown) Scott. He was raised in Abington and was a '61 grad of Abington High. He later attended Lowell University where he received his bachelor degree in...
Milton O. Gray
Mar 4, 2007
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Whitman Milton O. Gray, 84 died Sunday March 4th in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, after a period of failing health. He was the husband of Zilpha M. (Moorhouse) Gray. Born in Andover a son of the late Claremont and Hazel (Stiles) Gray, he was raised in Andover and attended Andover schools graduating in 1941. He attended Burdett...
Christopher J. Peterson
Mar 2, 2007
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Whitman Christopher J. Peterson, 64 died Friday March 2nd in the Brocton Hospital after a period of failing health. Born in Brockton a son of Alton E. and Mary A. (Sullivan) Peterson, he grew up in Whitman and was a graduate of Whitman-Hanson High School in 1960. He serviced aboard ship as a Communications Officer in the United...
Phyllis Connolly
Feb 27, 2007
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Phyllis "Ann" Connolly, 77, died Tuesday February 27th at the Southwood at Norwell, nursing facility, after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late John F. Connolly. She was born in Boston, daughter of the late James and Anne (Hanley) Cusick. Mrs. Connolly grew up in Boston and attended Boston Schools, she has been...
Dorothy Taylor
Feb 26, 2007
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Dorothy I. (Sweatt) Taylor, 86, died Monday at the Caritas Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton, after a period of failing health. Born and brought up in, Franklin New Hampshire, daughter of the late Edwin and Marvel (Riel) Sweatt, she was a graduate of Franklin High School. She had lived in Weymouth for 33 years then, in Whitman for...
William "Jake" Burbine
Feb 25, 2007
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William G." Jake" Burbine, 82, died Sunday at his home in Whitman, after a period of failing health. He was the husband of the late Lorraine (Murphy) Burbine Born and raised in Whitman, son of the late William and Saline(Brine) Burbine, he was a graduate of Whitman High School, and had lived in Whitman all his life. Jake...
Frank H. Saccone
Feb 20, 2007
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Frank H. Saccone, 79, of Naples, Florida and Boston, Massachusetts, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 20, 2007, in Naples, Florida. Mr. Saccone was born in Revere, Massachusetts in 1927 and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1944, at the age of eighteen, Mr. Saccone enlisted in the U.S. Naval Air Corps. While stationed in Miami and assigned to the...
Shirley M. (Kohl) Cormier
Feb 20, 2007
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Shirley M. (Kohl) Cormier 82, died Tuesday February 20th in the South Shore Hospital after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late Henry W. Cormier. Born in New Jersey she was the daughter of the late William and Mary (Manning) Kohl. Shirley lived in Nantasket and Brockton, graduating from Brockton High School. She...
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