OBITUARIES
Margaret C. (Deehan) Shields
Oct 31, 2020
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Margaret C. (Deehan) Shields 97, formerly of Whitman and Falmouth, died Saturday October 31. She was the beloved wife of 56 years to the late John G. Shields. Born and raised in Whitman, she was the third child of the late John T. and Margaret (Nash) Deehan and a graduate of Whitman High School, Class of 1940. Prior...
Winston W. Walker
Oct 30, 2020
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Winston W. Walker, 85 of Pembroke, died Friday October 30 after a short battle with cancer. He was the beloved husband of over 50 years to the late Esther (Hayward) Walker, whom he met on his "ice cream route'. Born and raised in Milford, MA he was the son of the late John and Elizabeth (Bryars) Walker, and...
John D. Schram
Oct 30, 2020
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John D. Schram Sr., 1935-2020; 85, Retired Firefighter and EMT: Longtime resident of Rockland, Mass. formerly of Clayton, NY passed away on October 30, 2020 after succumbing to his battle with Alzheimer's disease at the Old Colony Nursing Home. He is survived by his wife of 63 years Louise Ida Schram (Phillips); His sons John Jr., James and...
Cecile (Higginson) Murphy
Oct 30, 2020
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Cecile Higginson Murphy, 92, passed away peacefully on October 30, 2020, at her home in North Abington. She was predeceased by her mother and father, Elizabeth (Betty) Eaton Bird and Henry Lee Higginson, her son Donald, her sister Martha Stegmaier Speno (Ed), her husband Bill Murphy, her Aunt Dolly and her stepfather Ted Trench. She is survived by...
Debra F. Leonard
Oct 30, 2020
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Debra F. Leonard 63, a lifelong resident of Whitman, died unexpectedly at home on Friday October 30. Born in Brockton and raised in Whitman, she was the beloved daughter of the late Harold B. and Janetta G. (Kinnear) Leonard and a graduate of Whitman-Hanson High School, Class of 1975. Deb furthered her education attending North Adams State College....
Helen "Edna" (Meads) Kenney
Oct 30, 2020
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Helen "Edna" Kenney (Meads), 96 of Whitman, formerly of Randolph and Dorchester, passed away on Friday, October 30, 2020 surrounded by her family after a brief period of failing health. Born and raised in East Boston, she was the daughter of the late John Meads and Helen (Southard). Helen lived a full life as a wonderful wife, mother,...
Grace H. Smith
Oct 29, 2020
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Grace H Smith 86 of Weymouth, MA died at home on October 29th 2020 after a long illness. Grace was born April 1, 1934 in Middleborough, MA. She was the second daughter of the late Percy Bryant and the late Helen (Haight) Bryant. She was the sister to the late Catherine Britto. Grace graduated from Bridgewater Raynham High...
Carleen (Kelley) Joyce
Oct 27, 2020
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Carleen (Kelley) Joyce, 62 of Whitman, MA was a caring and devoted wife, mother, nana, sister, and friend, who died from complications of her brave battle with lung cancer on October 27, 2020. She passed away in the comfort of her home surrounded by her family and friends. All who knew Carleen will remember her sense of humor,...
Carol K. (Woods) Saccone
Oct 26, 2020
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Whitman – Carol K. Saccone 84, a life time resident of Whitman, died on Monday, October 26th after a long illness. She passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. Born and raised in Whitman Carol was the daughter of the late Charles and Pauline Woods. She graduated from Whitman High School in 1953 and soon...
Kristen Elizabeth Wolfe
Oct 25, 2020
Kristen Elizabeth Wolfe, 39, of Nashua, NH passed away on October 25, 2020 in Nashua. Kristen was the only child of John P. and Leslie (Swain) Wolfe of Hanson, MA.Kristen was born on November 27, 1980 on Thanksgiving day and was raised in Hanson, MA and was a graduate of Whitman-Hanson High School, Class of 1999. She had attended the...
Caroline L. (Binks) Tracy
Oct 23, 2020
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Caroline L. (Binks) Tracy, 84, of Abington, passed away on Friday October 23rd at the Brockton Hospital. She was the beloved wife of 63 years to John Tracy. They celebrated their anniversary on October 12th. She was born and grew up in Watertown, daughter of the late Joseph and Frances Binks. Sister to the late Joseph Binks and...
John "Jack Swanson
Oct 21, 2020
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John "Jack" Swanson, 69, of East Bridgewater passed away on October 21st at the Brockton Hospital with his family by his side. He was the son of Meredith Swanson and the late Kenneth Swanson. He enjoyed the outdoors as a young man, trapping and duck hunting on the river, camping, fishing and big game hunting in northern Maine,...
Charles R. Davenport
Oct 19, 2020
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Charles R. Davenport 93, a longtime resident of Whitman, died Monday October 19 after a period of failing health. Born and raised in Whitman, he was the son of the late Charles E. and Adeline (Palmeiri) Davenport. Charles was a veteran the US Army, having served in the 4th Signal Battalion at Fort Bragg, NC and Fort McClellan,...
Stephen D. Libby
Oct 18, 2020
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Stephen D. Libby, 69, of Whitman, died on Sunday October 18, 2020 at his childhood home in Whitman, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Brockton, on January 8, 1951 he was the oldest child of the late Donald and Barbara (Pratt) Libby. Stephen graduated from Whitman Hanson Regional High School Class of 1969. He attended the...
Barbara W. (Adams) Meiggs
Oct 17, 2020
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Barbara W. Meiggs, 104 years young, formerly of Whitman, MA, died on October 17, at Wingate Nursing Facility in Kingston of the Chinese COVID virus. Born in Brockton in 1915 to Gladys and Robert Adams. She graduated from Whitman High School in 1933 and married Carleton Meiggs in 1934 for 65 years. They had two sons, Russell, deceased,...
Joan L. (Davis) Pratt
Oct 17, 2020
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Joan L (Davis) Pratt, 89, of Whitman, died on October 17 at Signature Healthcare after a short illness. She was the beloved wife of the late Perley G. Pratt for 63 years. Born in Cambridge, MA, she was the eldest child of Victor C. Davis and Mary L. (Lamprey) Davis. At the age of 11 she moved to...
Robert "Arky" Vaughan
Oct 14, 2020
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Robert "Arky" Vaughan a resident of Whitman, MA died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on October 14, 2020. Beloved husband of 34 years to Carol (Taylor) Vaughan. Loving father to daughter, Wendy Solari and her husband Rick of Kingston, son Steven and his wife Lynda of Rockland, son Jeffrey and his wife Janine of Marshfield, daughter Kathy...
Dorothy I. (Susicki) Kulikowski
Oct 14, 2020
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Dorothy I Kulikowski 62 of Whitman, Massachusetts passed away peacefully at home on October 14th surrounded by her loving family and friends. Born in Boston, MA in 1957 to the late Anthony and Irene Susicki. Loving wife to Edward and loving mother to David Kulikowski of Rockland, MA, Matthew Kulikowski of Whitman, and Alicia Kulikowski of Whitman. Loving...
David Allen Peluso
Oct 13, 2020
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David Allen, Peluso, 53, passed away at his home in Whitman, Mass on October 13th. He was born in Weymouth, Mass on June 18, 1967 and was the son of the late Joseph (Ken) & Florence (Shannon) Peluso. He attended Whitman-Hanson RHS and worked for Fence Lines, Inc. He loved spending time with his family, loved the Boston...
Lynne F. (Johnson) Lydon
Oct 12, 2020
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Lynne F. Lydon passed away suddenly after a brief illness at the Massachusetts General Hospital on October 12, at the age of 52. Lynne was born in Rockland on January 9, 1968 and at a young age moved to Whitman where she graduated from Whitman-Hanson Regional High School in 1986. She worked at Boston Financial Services in Quincy...
