OBITUARIES
Elsie (Ferrari) Studley
Feb 13, 2017
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Elsie (Ferrari) Studley, 97, of Whitman, passed away in her sleep at home on February 13th after a short illness. She was the beloved wife of the late James Studley. Elsie was born in Whitman, daughter of the late John and Tilena (Vergnani) Ferrari. She has been a Whitman resident her whole life, and a graduate of Whitman...
Wayne M. Furness
Feb 12, 2017
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Wayne M. Furness of Marshfield age 68, died peacefully after a long illness February 12th. He was the beloved son of the late George Furness Sr. and Berneice (Ormiston) of Pembroke. He is survived by his sister Barbara Coonan and her husband David of Whitman, his brother George Furness Jr. and his wife Janice of Pembroke, his brother...
Lawrence Smith
Feb 12, 2017
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Lawrence E. "Larry" Smith, 56 of Fall River, formerly of Whitman, passed away Sunday, February 12th in the Charlton Memorial Hospital after a year long battle of cancer. He was the husband of Maureen (Clancy) Smith. He was born in Brockton, son of George Smith and the late H. Virginia "Ginny" (Parker) Smith, he grew up in Whitman...
Marjorie (Howard) Bates
Feb 9, 2017
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Marjorie D. (Howard) Bates 97, a lifelong resident of Hanson, died Thursday, February 9 after a period of failing health. She was the beloved wife of the late Albert S. Bates, Jr. (Bud) for 51 years. Born and raised in Hanson, she was the daughter of the late T. Dean and Cora (Brown) Howard and a graduate of...
Bettyanne (Hamlin) Mcnamara
Feb 6, 2017
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Whitman – Bettyanne (Hamlin) McNamara, age 87 of Whitman passed away unexpectedly and peacefully on February 6, 2017 at Signature Healthcare Hospital surrounded by her son Michael, Jeffrey Craigie, Pastor Joshua Gray of the First Congregational Church of Whitman, and Jolene and Joe Morse at her side. Daughter of the late Melvina and Delwin Hamlin, devoted wife of...
Albert J. Reichert
Feb 6, 2017
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Abington – Albert Reichert, husband of the late Barbara (DuVerger) Reichert passed away on February 6. Born in Boston, he was a resident of Abington for fifty-seven years. He had served in the US Navy during the Korean War and was a member of the American Legion. For many years, he had been the owner and operator of...
Denise A. (Mcguire) Norton
Feb 4, 2017
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Whitman – Denise A. (McGuire) Norton 72, died Saturday February 4 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was the beloved wife of Samuel O. Norton. Denise grew up in Brockton, daughter of the late Frederick and Bronnie McGuire, and graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School. She enjoyed a long career in Nursing as an OR Nurse...
Nora T. Horgan
Feb 3, 2017
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Nora T. Horgan, 87, of Brockton died on February 3rd after a short illness in the West Acres Nursing and Rehab Center. Nora was born in the Lower Mills area of Dorchester on the 28th of October, 1929 to the late William and Margaret (Kelly) Horgan. Nora attended St. Gregory Elementary and High Schools. She attended Emmanuel College...
Theresa E. (Sheehan) Teehan
Feb 2, 2017
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PLEASE NOTE - DUE TO IMPENDING WEATHER BURIAL AT MA VA CEMETERY, BOURNE HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY FEBRUARY 13 AT 10:00 AM Theresa E. (Sheehan) Teehan, 77 of Abington died on February 2nd at home with her family, after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was the wife of the late Thomas J. Teehan for 47 years....
Frederick J. Spencer
Jan 31, 2017
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PLEASE NOTE - DUE TO THE IMPENDING WEATHER THE SERVICES FOR MR. SPENCER HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 AT 11:00 AM. Frederick J. Spencer, 70, of Hanson, passed away surrounded by his family on Tuesday, January 31, 2017. Frederick was born on December 22, 1946 in Brockton to Ronald and Alice (Harriman) Spencer. He graduated from...
Reginald Peter Fitzgerald
Jan 28, 2017
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Reginald P. Fitzgerald Jr. (Peter), 81 of Whitman MA; formerly of West Palm Beach FL. died on January 28, 2017 peacefully at home surrounded by family after a long illness. Peter was born at South Shore Hospital on August 29, 1935 to his parents Reginald P. and Gertrude (McGran) Fitzgerald. Peter grew up in Braintree and was a...
Edward R. Murphy
Jan 28, 2017
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Edward Russell Murphy, 83, of East Bridgewater, died on January 28 at the Tremont Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center in Wareham, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Born in Brockton, in 1933, he was the son of Vesta A. (Strout) Murphy Mizaris, and Edward R. Murphy. He graduated from Stoughton High School in 1952. After graduation he...
Paul J. Sickoll
Jan 22, 2017
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Brockton – Paul J. Sickoll 63, a lifelong resident of Brockton, died Sunday January 22 after a brief illness. Born and raised in Brockton he was the son of Loretta (Bell) Sickoll of Brockton and the late Gordon W. Sickoll and a graduate of Brockton High School, Class of 1971. For over twenty years Paul had worked as...
Sharon E. (Taylor) Kelley
Jan 21, 2017
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Hanson – Sharon E. (Taylor) Kelley 77, formerly of Abington, died Saturday January 21 in Tufts Medical Center, Boston. She was the beloved wife of the late Richard F. Kelley, Sr. Born in Franklin, NH and raised in Weymouth she was the daughter of the late Weymouth R. and Dorothy I. (Sweatt) Taylor and a graduate of Weymouth...
Karen M. (Walsh) Tevlin
Jan 15, 2017
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East Bridgewater - Karen Marie (Walsh) Tevlin 64, passed away peacefully on Sunday January 15 in the Brockton Hospital after a period of failing health. She was the beloved wife of the late James F. Tevlin. Born in Quincy and raised in Hingham, she was the daughter of the late Robert Sr. and Margaret (Smith) Walsh and a...
Joseph L. Miksch, Sr.
Jan 15, 2017
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Joseph L. Miksch, 80, of East Bridgewater, MA died peacefully on Sunday, January 15, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. Born May 14, 1936, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania to Raymond and Marion (Heesen) Miksch. He joined the Navy Reserves upon graduating High School then served Active Airforce from 1955-59 before joining the Army National Guard in 1960 until...
Herbert C. Hamilton, Sr.
Jan 15, 2017
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Herbert C. Hamilton Sr. of Whitman died peacefully in his sleep in Raynham on Sunday morning, January 15. Herbert was born in Cambridge in 1922, the second son of Willard K and Lydia F Hamilton. Many of his friends know Herbert as Hap; his grandchildren know him as Bunka. Herbert graduated from Sumner High School in Holbrook and...
Hans J. Kurps
Jan 8, 2017
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Hans J. Kurps, 66, of Whitman, passed away on January 8th in the Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, after a brief illness. He was the beloved husband of 23 years to Janet M. (Kennedy) Kurps. He was born in Germany, son of the late Peter and Ellen (Anthes) Kurps. Hans was 2 years old when he came to the...
Richard L. Tower
Jan 6, 2017
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Richard L. Tower, 81 of Abington, MA died Friday January 6, 2017 at South Shore Hospital after a long illness. He was the beloved husband of Nancy (Belcher) Tower for 53 years. He was born in Medford, MA on May 3, 1935 to the late Lawrence A. and Ellen (Nickerson) Tower. He moved to West Abington on Pearl...
Robert W Delong
Jan 6, 2017
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Robert W. DeLong, 91, a longtime resident of Abington, died Friday January 6th while in the care of Old Colony Hospice at the Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, due to complications from a traumatic fall. Recently widowed after 65 years of marriage to his loving wife Margaret M.(Kendall)DeLong. Born in Hoboken, NJ on November 9, 1925 to Frank and...
