OBITUARIES
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...
Dorothy J. (Foster) Richardson
Feb 25, 2022
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Dorothy J. (Foster) Richardson, age 82 years old. Passed away Friday, February 25th at Good Samaritan Hospital, after a brief illness. Born on May 3rd, 1940, she was the wife of the late Arthur H Richardson Jr. She was the loving mother to three children: Marc H Richardson and his wife Kelly Richardson of Maine, Craig W Richardson...
Wilson H. "Bill" Seward
Feb 22, 2022
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Wilson "Bill" H. Seward, 97, of Hanson, died peacefully at home on February 24, 2022. Bill was born in Toronto, Ontario on December 8, 1924 to Simeon and Dorothy (Tulk) Seward. He was raised in Wilson, NY and enlisted in the US Navy in 1943 when he was 18 years old to support the US efforts in World...
Rhonda Ellen (Mazar) Trieger
Feb 21, 2022
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Rhonda Ellen (Mazar) Merritt Trieger, 71, of Brockton, Massachusetts passed on February 21st at Good Samaritan Medical Center after complications from COVID. Born in Brighton, Massachusetts in 1950 and the second daughter of the late Dorothy (Jacobs) Mazar and Philip Mazar, she graduated from Brookline High School in 1968. She went on to become a homemaker and a...
Mary Ann (Ferguson) Lathrop
Feb 21, 2022
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Mary Ann (Ferguson) Lathrop, died peacefully the day after her 92nd birthday on February 21, 2022. Born on February 20, 1930, she was the loving wife of the late Arthur Lathrop for 40 years. They raised their three children in Hanson where they lived together for 32 years. Mary Ann loved to sing and was often a featured...
Joseph M. Silvia, Jr.
Feb 20, 2022
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Joseph M. Silvia 76, of Rockland Massachusetts died surrounded by loving family on February 20th in the care of South Shore Hospital after succumbing to long time illness. Born in Columbus, Georgia in 1945 first son to Joseph and Pauline (Turcotte) Silvia, he graduated from Norwell High School in 1963 and went on to work for Herman, Inc....
Annette (Smith) Dias
Feb 19, 2022
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Annette Dias, a long-time resident of Brockton, MA passed away peacefully after a long illness on February 19, 2022, at the age of 82. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Annette was born on December 10,1939 and raised in South Boston, MA and later moved to Randolph MA. She was the daughter of the late Anthony...
William Siltanen
Feb 17, 2022
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William E. Siltanen, 81, of Hanson passed away peacefully of natural causes on February 17, 2022. Born August 11, 1940 to Oscar and Ruth Siltanen of Quincy Massachusetts. "Bill" is survived by his wife of more than 60 years, Jeannette (Ferguson) Siltanen of Holbrook. Bill will also be missed by his daughter Barbara J. (Siltanen) Dodge and her...
Alfreda "Freda" (Brett) Cirelli
Feb 16, 2022
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Alfreda "Freda" (Brett) Cirelli, 92, of Rockland, MA Loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and aunt died peacefully at home on Friday February 16, 2022. Freda was born and raised in Abington, MA, and she was a true "Abingtonian." She was the daughter of the late William and Bernice Brett. Freda is survived by her daughter Linda "Lin" Loffert...
Donald K. Voudren
Feb 13, 2022
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WHITMAN - Donald K. Voudren, 93, a long time native of Whitman, MA, passed away February 13, 2022. Donald was born Feb. 5, 1929, to Henry N. and Margaret (Murphy) Voudren. He married his wife of 65 years, Helen J. Martell, on Sep. 1, 1954 in Hanson, MA and they raised their family in Whitman. Survivors include their...
Philip "Phil" N. Joubert
Feb 11, 2022
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Philip "Phil" Norman Joubert, 82, skilled storyteller, passed away at his Middleboro home on Friday February 11, 2022. He was born in Brockton to Norman Joubert and Ruby (Johnson) (Joubert) Foley. Phil's favorite occupations were his 29 years as a letter carrier in the town of Whitman and driving bus 9 for South Shore Vocational Technical High School...
Nancy Turner
Feb 10, 2022
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Nancy E. Turner 71, of Halifax, MA died on February 10, 2022 at Good Samaritan Hospital after a short illness. Born in Brockton, MA in 1950, the daughter of the late Priscilla (Chapman) and Alden Davis Turner Jr. She graduated from Silver Lake Regional High School in 1968. She worked for Sevigny's Candy in Hanover and Cumberland Farms...
Raymond James Fell
Feb 5, 2022
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Raymond J. Fell, 94, of Braintree, died peacefully at home on February 5, 2022. Ray was born in Boston, one of five sons of the late John and Elizabeth (Moynihan) Fell. He graduated from Mirimar, a minor seminary run by the Divine Word Missionaries, in Duxbury. In September of 1946, he was drafted into the United States Army...
Walter Dunbar
Feb 3, 2022
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Walter S.DunbarJr, 80, of Abington, Massachusetts passed away surrounded by his loving family on February 3, 2022 at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth Ma. Born in Cohasset he was the son of the late Walter S. and Anna S. (Coburn) Dunbar. Raised in Abington, he was a graduate of Abington High School, Class of 1959. During his college...
