Patricia M. Oakley
Dec 9, 2024
Patricia M. Oakley (Patty), loving wife of William L. Oakley (Bill), passed away suddenly on December 9, 2024, at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center after four days in the hospital. She was surrounded by her husband and her family at the time of her death. Patty fought valiantly through multiple medical issues beginning with cancer in 2008. Despite the challenges,...
Martha Crane Gruson
Dec 5, 2024
On December 5, 2024, Martha Mitchell Crane Gruson, known by many as Twitch, set out on her final voyage from Bedford, Massachusetts. It was on a winter’s eve with steady headwinds at 14 knots, passing clouds and visibility for 10 miles. She is the last of her generation from Whitinsville, the end of an era.
Martha was a lifelong lover of...
Dr. John M. Osepchuk
Nov 28, 2024
John M. Osepchuk, passed away on Thanksgiving afternoon at the age of 97. He was born on February 11, 1927 in Peabody, MA to Moses and Mary Osepchuk, who had immigrated from Russia’s Ukraine region. He spent in childhood in Peabody but spent most of his life (nearly 60 years) in Concord, MA. John is predeceased by his wife Shirley...
Judith Khetani
Nov 26, 2024
Judy Khetani passed away surrounded by love and family on November 26, 2024 in Concord, MA. Judith Anne was born on September 17, 1941 in Melrose, MA. She will always be deeply loved by her husband of 60 years, Bhupendra, her children, and their spouses, Jay (Sarah) Khetani and Amy (Trey) Dobson, and her grandchildren, Charlie Dobson, Alexander Khetani, Chase...
Sophie Java Richardson
Nov 22, 2024
Sophie Richardson (née Sophie Java) died peacefully in her sleep the morning of November 22, 2024, in Burlington, Massachusetts. She passed two weeks after her 101st birthday, and while she was proud that she lived past 100, she was most proud that she knew it! In her final months Sophie repeated that she was ready to leave this world and...
Amy E. Cook-Wright
Nov 22, 2024
Amy Cook-Wright, loving wife of Jermaine, and mother of Mika, Melia and Mahali, passed away on November 22, 2024, from a two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her loving family at the time of her death. She was the devoted daughter of David and Marcia Cook, and sister to Melissa and Mike. She graduated from Concord Carlisle High...
Edmund John Waldron
Nov 13, 2024
Edmund John Waldron, age 85, of Reed, Maine, formerly of Concord, Massachusetts, passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at the Togus VA Medical Center in Chelsea, Maine. He was the husband of Nancy Gleason Waldron.
Born at Emerson Hospital in Concord on July 18, 1939, he was the son of the late Edmund James and Elmira (Brown) Waldron. He was...
Eleanor Sweetman Smith
Nov 11, 2024
Eleanor Sweetman Smith, 83, passed away peacefully during her afternoon nap on Nov 11, 2024 in her home in Concord, MA. She is survived by her loving daughter, Randi (Smith) Soltysiak of Somerville, MA, her son-in-law, Mark Soltysiak, grandchildren, Jacob Soltysiak and Ari Soltysiak, her devoted son, Lee Smith of Concord, MA, her daughter-in-law, Jennifer (Boniface) Smith, grandchildren Claire Smith,...
James Theodore Bartlett
Nov 7, 2024
James Theodore Bartlett died peacefully at home In Lincoln, MA on November 7 at age 87. He was born to Theodore and Maud Bartlett in Washington DC, but most of his early years in the 1940s were spent with his mother and brother, Dick, in small Florida towns where the boys attended segregated schools. In each town, Jim and Dick...
Jerry Alan Goldlust
Oct 31, 2024
Jerry Alan Goldlust, age 83, of Concord, MA passed away peacefully on the morning of October 31, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. Jerry was born in Cleveland, Ohio on September 1, 1941 to the late Max and Wanda (Chaney) Goldlust. Raised in a modest home with limited financial means in Euclid, OH, his childhood and teenage years consisted of...