OBITUARIES
Murry L. Meisner
Apr 14, 2014
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Whitman – Murry L. Meisner 85, a lifelong resident of Whitman, died Monday April 14 in his Whitman home after a period of failing health. He was the beloved husband of the late Gladys (Conquest) Meisner. Born in Brockton and raised in Whitman he was the son of the late James E. and Clara E. (Downie) Meisner and...
Joseph "Frank" Ouillette
Apr 13, 2014
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Abington – Joseph "Frank" Ouillette 84, passed away quietly in his sleep on Sunday April 13. Frank was a master carpenter by trade and had been a plumber/pipefitter in the Naval Shipyards. He was also a hairdresser having once owned and operated his own beauty salon in Virginia. He was a proud veteran of the US Navy serving...
Lillian B. (Cook) Palm
Apr 8, 2014
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Ellicott City, MD - Lillian B. (Cook) Palm 95, formerly of Whitman, MA and Falmouth, MA, died Tuesday April 8 surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of the late Harold R. Palm. Born in Brockton and raised in Whitman she was the daughter of the late Milton R. and Rena C. (Emond) Cook. Lillian...
Karen M. (Tucker) Yelapi
Apr 5, 2014
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Middleboro – Karen Marie (Tucker) Yelapi, 62, of Middleboro passed away peacefully at home on Saturday April 5. She was the beloved wife of 27 years to Kevin Yelapi. Born in Fort Benning, GA and raised in Whitman she was the daughter of the late Roy G. and Patricia A. (Twomey) Tucker and a graduate of Whitman-Hanson High,...
Madeline L. (Macdonald) Turner
Apr 2, 2014
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Duxbury, MA -- Madeline Lamson MacDonald Turner, 100, died peacefully in her sleep on April 2nd at Bay Path Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, having lived previously at the Village at Duxbury for seventeen years and in Abington for fifty-six years. Born in Waltham, she was raised in Norwell from the age of six by her adoptive parents, Nellie...
Justine (Doucet) Healey
Apr 1, 2014
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Justine (Doucet) Healey, 96 of Abington, passed away on Tuesday April 1st surrounded by her family at the South Shore Hospital, after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late William Healey. She was born and brought up in Grand Etang, Nova Scotia, daughter of the late Hurbert and Melanie Doucet. Justine has been...
Ruth (Lucas) Sheehy
Apr 1, 2014
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Duxbury – Ruth (Lucas) Sheehy 91, formerly a longtime resident of Abington, died Tuesday April 1 after a period of failing health. She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Sheehy. Born and raised in Littleton, NH she was the daughter of the late Jessie and Elizabeth (Tyler) Lucas, and a graduate of Littleton High School. Ruth...
Barbara A. (Curtis) Casey
Mar 28, 2014
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Barbara A. (Curtis) Casey, 87, of Abington, passed away on March 28th, surrounded by her family at the Sachem Center for Health & Rehab. She was the beloved wife of the late John F. Casey, former Fire Chief of Abington. She was born in Whitman and grew up in Abington, daughter of the late Alfred and Louise (Freeman)...
Margaret M. "Rita" (Smyth) Odom
Mar 24, 2014
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Whitman – Margaret M. "Rita" (Smyth) Odom 68, a longtime resident of Whitman, died Monday March 24 after a brief illness. She was the beloved wife of 48 years to Thomas E. Odom. Born in Ireland she was the daughter of the late Felix and Catherine (McGary) Smyth. Rita had immigrated to the United States in 1964 and...
Isabel (Robertson) Gassett
Mar 23, 2014
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Halifax - Isabel (Robertson) Gassett, 89 died Sunday March 23 after a period of failing health. She was the beloved wife of the late Walter H. Gassett. Born in Lowell and raised in Dorchester she was the daughter of the late George and Christiana (Thompson) Robertson and a graduate of Girls High School of Boston, Class of 1941....
Gilman S. Paulding
Mar 21, 2014
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Abington – Gilman S. Paulding 73, a lifelong resident of Abington, died Friday March 21, in his Abington home, surrounded by loved ones after a period of failing health. Born in Boston and raised in Abington, where he had attended Abington schools, he was the son of the late Gilman S. and Eleanor (Gardner) Paulding. Gilman was a...
James S. Gilson
Mar 20, 2014
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James "Jim" Scribner Gilson, 78 of East Bridgewater, formerly of Whitman, MA died unexpectedly on March 20th. Born on December 31, 1935, to the late Clarence and Ruth Gilson, he was husband of the late Jean Elaine Gilson of Whitman and the late Ede (McClellan) Gilson of East Bridgewater. He leaves behind a sister Marjorie Gilson Bonnivier of...
Donald A. Foster
Mar 15, 2014
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Donald A. Foster, age 81 of East Bridgewater, passed away on Saturday March 15th, devoted husband, loving father of five and "Papa" to two generations of grandchildren. Donald was a carpenter and a Korean War veteran. He worked as a house builder since the age of 16 and then for Norwood Hospital as a carpenter for over 30...
Francis T. Murphy, Jr.
Mar 14, 2014
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Francis T. Murphy,Jr.,70, of Hanson, passed away on Friday March 14th, after a brief illness. He was the beloved husband of the late Maureen (Shea) Murphy.and son of the late William, Sr. and Marjorie (Turner) Murphy. He was also the brother of the late William Murphy. "Murph" was a life-long resident of Hanson, and had worked in the...
Ida F. (Nickerson) Tassinari
Mar 13, 2014
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Brockton – Ida F. (Nickerson) Tassinari 98, formerly a longtime resident of Kingston, died Wednesday March 13 in St. Joseph Manor Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late Remido L. Tassinari. Born and educated in Duxbury, she was the daughter of the late Avner and Jessie (Weatherbee) Nickerson. Ida had married Remido Tassinari on her 17th...
Florence J. (Zink) Maxwell
Mar 11, 2014
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Bridgewater - Florence J. (Zink) Maxwell, 93 formerly of Abington and Middleboro, passed away on Tuesday March 11 surrounded by her loving family. She was predeceased by her husband of 63 years John I. Maxwell. Florence was born in 1920 in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, the youngest of 10 children. She was educated in Somerville, MA and graduated...
Edward M. "Ted" Dechambeau
Mar 6, 2014
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Whitman – Edward M. "Ted" DeChambeau 86, a longtime resident of Whitman, passed away peacefully Thursday March 6 in the St. Joseph Manor of Brockton with his loving family by his side, after a long illness with Parkinson's. He was the beloved husband of 64 years to Marguerite "Peggy" (Prouty) DeChambeau. He had proudly served in the US...
Stephen H. Smith
Mar 3, 2014
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Stephen H. Smith, 74, of Abington, passed away surrounded by his loving family on March 3rd at his home. He was the beloved husband of Diane (Phillips) Smith. Steve was born in Halethorpe, MD, son of the late Cyrus and Dorothy (Dunn) Smith, he grew up in Braintree and was a 1958 graduate of Braintree High School and...
Geraldine M. (Crofwell) Kelley
Mar 3, 2014
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Geraldine M. ( Crofwell) Kelley, 72, of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts died on Monday, March 3 at McCarthy Care Center, Sandwich, MA after a lengthy battle with ovarian cancer. Born in Boston, MA in 1941 the daughter of the late Gerard and Margaret (Dempsey) Crofwell, she graduated from Mission Church High School, Boston, MA in 1959 and worked for...
Mary E. "Mae" (Coletti) Gerrish
Mar 1, 2014
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Mary E. "Mae" (Coletti) Gerrish, 77, of Bridgewater, formerly of Whitman, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away peacefully March 1, 2014, surrounded by her family. Born April 27, 1936, to the late Carmin and Mary (Mahoney) Coletti, she graduated from Braintree High School in 1954 where she excelled as a soloist trumpet player in the...
