OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Blanchard Funeral Chapel & Cremation Service
Margaret A. "Peggy" (Vena) Kearney
Apr 21, 2022
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Margaret "Peggy" A. (Vena) Kearney, 74, of Whitman, MA died on Thursday April 21, 2022 at her home surrounded by family after a long illness. Born in Boston, MA in 1947, Peggy was raised in Quincy, MA where she graduated from Quincy Junior College in 1967. She spent her career working in various clerical and administrative positions, most...
Barbara A. (Mccarthy) Clougherty
Apr 18, 2022
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Clougherty, Barbara Ann (McCarthy), 76 of South Boston and Abington, Massachusetts passed away peacefully on April 18, 2022. She was married to the love of her life, John (Jack) Clougherty for 56 years. Beloved daughter of the late William and Mary (Mimi) McCarthy. Loving mother of her son, Kevin (Cheez) Clougherty and his wife Kathleen of Lynn and...
Margaret (Peg) (Whitehouse) Kenney
Apr 14, 2022
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Margaret (Peg) (Whitehouse) Kenney, of Rockland,73, passed away peacefully at her home on April 14th. She is survived by her loving and devoted husband of fifty years, James (Jim). Peg is also survived by her children Evelyn (Lyn) Leite, Eric Kenney and his wife Stephanie, 6 grandchildren, Alyssa, Angelica, Alexia, Richard, Eric, Jr. and Dominic and 7 great...
Louise (Brophy) Rudolph
Apr 13, 2022
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Louise T (Brophy) Rudolph, age 96, of East Bridgewater, MA entered into eternal rest on April 13th, 2022. She was the beloved wife of Eugene W. Rudolph for more than 50 years. Born in Easton on January 21, 1926 she was the loving daughter of Michael D. and Mary R. (Sullivan) Brophy. She was a graduate of Oliver...
Ruth J. (Maxson) Cobis
Apr 11, 2022
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Ruth J. (Maxson) Cobis, 84 of Whitman, Massachusetts passed away peacefully on Monday, April 11 with her five children by her side. Born in Iowa in 1938, she was the fifth child of the late Frank J. Maxson and Sadie E. (McKinnon) Maxson. She was raised on an Iowa farm and loved country living. She graduated from Oskaloosa...
Robert L. "Bob" Cox
Apr 6, 2022
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Robert Lewis Cox, born June 30, 1947, died April 6, 2022 at the age of 74 after a brief illness. He is preceded in death by his parents Francis and Doris Cox, his beloved wife Cheryl and older brother John. He is survived by his daughter Anne Corrao (Matthew) of Franklin TN, son Andrew Cox of East Bridgewater,...
Mark P. Healy
Mar 30, 2022
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Mark P. Healy, age 58, passed away on Wednesday March 30 at his home in Abington, MA. He was the loving husband of Patricia A. (Laurence) Healy to whom he was married for 32 years. Born in Brockton, he was the son of the late James and Ann (Strange) Healy of Abington. In addition to his wife Patty,...
Cyndi L. Libby
Mar 26, 2022
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Cyndi L. Libby, 62, of Abington, Massachusetts passed unexpectedly on March 26. A lifelong Abington resident, Cyndi graduated from Abington High in 1978, and attended Northeastern University prior to beginning her career as an administrative assistant. She loved spending time with family, visiting the ocean, getting lost in a book, listening to Jimmy Buffet, playing games, attending concerts...
Ruth (Smith) Skinner
Mar 25, 2022
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Ruth Elizabeth Skinner, 87 years old of Whitman beloved wife of the late Joseph T. Skinner, beloved mother of Stephen Skinner and Debra Messier beloved sister of Shirley Greenough of passed at Boston Medical on Friday March 25. Ruth was born on April 15, 1934 in Randolph, Mass to Mary Smith and Samuel Smith. Ruth grew up in...
Joe Gilder
Mar 17, 2022
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Joe D. "Papa" Gilder passed away peacefully on March 17, 2022 after a long battle with dementia. He was born in Jackson, MO on December 7, 1929. He was married to the late Natalie (Fontaine) Gilder for 57 years. He is survived by one sister, Peggy Proffer of Missouri. He joined the Navy in 1948 and served in...
Robert Kendrigan
Mar 16, 2022
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Robert Kendrigan, 51 of Quincy, Massachusetts died on Wednesday March 16 at Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Stoughton, Massachusetts in 1970 he was the son of Robert P. and Marie J. (Salvo) Kendrigan. He graduated from Bridgewater State University with a Bachelors in English and spent the rest of his life working as...
James J. Blaine, Iii
Mar 15, 2022
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James J. Blaine III, 47, of Whitman, Massachusetts died at home on March 15 after a lifelong illness of Type I diabetes. Born in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1974 the son of James J. Blaine Jr. and Joyce (Morrison) Blaine. He graduated from Silver Lake Regional High School in 1993 and attended UMass Dartmouth before beginning his career with...
Sybil Rodrigue
Mar 13, 2022
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Sybil Rodrigue, 95, of Bridgewater Massachusetts passed away peacefully on March 13th at the Villages at Willow Crossings. Born in Boston Massachusetts, she was the only daughter of Sybil and Arthur Baker and the sister of the late Arthur Baker. She grew up in Malden, Massachusetts. After graduating high school, she attended the Vesper George School of Art....
John W. "Jackie" Burns, Sr.
Mar 12, 2022
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John William Burns, Sr. loving Husband and Father. John "Jackie" Burns 66, formerly from Whitman, MA, residing in Raynham MA, passed away surrounded by loved ones at home on March 12, 2022. Born in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1955, son of the late Joann and William Burns, he graduated from Whitman Hanson in 1973 and directly enlisted in the...
Charles E. "Charlie" Tuttle
Mar 10, 2022
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Charles E. "Charlie" Tuttle, 81, of Brockton passed away Thursday, March 10, 2022, at St. Joseph's Manor after a long illness. He is survived by his beloved wife Jayne (Partridge) of Brockton, a daughter, Sheryl O'Donnell of Chelmsford, two sons, Charles Tuttle II of Wakefield and Jeffrey Tuttle of Taunton as well as his step daughter-in-law Dianna Zucco,...
Patricia (Lennon) Earle
Mar 7, 2022
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Patricia "Pat" A. (Lennon) Earle of Whitman, formerly of Quincy and Dorchester, passed away peacefully on March 7 in Kingston, at the age of 83. Born in Dorchester, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Moran) Lennon. One of Patricia's favorite activities was taking care of her garden. She enjoyed playing cards every week with...
Hilda E. (Simmons) Elder
Mar 2, 2022
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Hilda E. Elder, 80, died peacefully on March 2, 2022 at Wingate Silver Lake in Kingston. Born in Marshfield, Massachusetts in 1941 she was the middle daughter of the late Charles and Evelyn Simmons. Following her graduation from Marshfield High School she married the love of her life, Kenneth S. Elder, her husband of 54 years until his...
Daniel J. Macneil
Mar 1, 2022
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Daniel James"Danny MacNeil 63, of East Bridgewater, died unexpectedly on Tuesday March 1, 2022. Born November 8, 1958 in Boston, he was the son of Diane (Orth) MacNeil of Whitman, and the late Alexander MacNeil. Danny was a graduate and valedictorian of both Weymouth Vocational Technical High School and Franklin Institute and earned his Bachelor's Degree from Northeastern...
Francis J. "Frank" Kailher
Mar 1, 2022
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Francis Joseph Kailher 85, a longtime resident of Whitman, died Tuesday March 1. Francis was born in Boston on June 22, 1936, son of the late Everett and Arline (Fuller) Kailher. He married the love of his life Linda (McKinnon) Kailher, sixty-three years ago in Hanson and they moved to Whitman where they raised their family. Francis was...
Gretchen (Sweeney) Mccarthy
Feb 26, 2022
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Gretchen (Greta) F. McCarthy (Wallstrom), 54, of Whitman, Massachusetts died on February 26th at Pat Roche Hospice Home in Hingham after a battle with cancer. She was born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1967,and grew up in Abington, Massachusetts. Greta graduated from Abington High School in 1985. Shortly after graduating, Greta began working at Blue Cross Blue Shield, where...
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