Marcia McCraw Hartley
Aug 16, 2024
Marcia McCraw Hartley of Wayland, Massachusetts, passed away on August 16, 2024, at the age of 89. Marcia is survived by her husband of 65 years Loren Howard Hartley (“Howard”) and their four children: Anne Elizabeth Hartley, Thomas Howard Hartley, John Matthew Hartley and his wife Jennie Hartley, and Joseph Andrew Hartley and his wife Diane Bromberg. She also leaves...
Emmanuel Orel
Aug 14, 2024
Mano Orel (né Emmanuel Ostrow), aged 99, of Framingham, formerly of New York, passed away on Wednesday, August 14, 2024. He was the cherished husband of the late Elinor Stecker-Orel, who predeceased him in 2020.
Born on April 24, 1925, in Athens, Greece, Mano was the beloved son of the late Aron Ostrow and Liza (Machoro) Orel. In a peaceful neighborhood,...
Verlyn Kent Green
Aug 3, 2024
V. Kent Green passed away peacefully August 3rd after a short illness. He was born September 30, 1937, in Spencer Iowa to Cleo (Christiansen) and Dent Green. He grew up on West Lake Okoboji, where his mother founded a summer fishing resort called Green Acres. He and his two brothers Dent (Denny) and Brent (Chris) helped to run the resort,...
Philip Bailey Jensen
Jul 29, 2024
Philip Bailey Jensen, MD, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 29, 2024 at the age of 102 in Lincoln, MA. Philip was born on April 10, 1922 to Mabelle (nee Bailey) and Axel Palle Christian Jensen in Kingston, Surrey, England.
Philip was the devoted husband of Dorothy Patricia Jensen, who passed away in August of 2020. Philip and Patricia emigrated to...
Barbara Kincaid Leaf
Jul 20, 2024
Barbara Leaf, age 102, of Concord and formerly of Winchester, passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2024. Her husband of more than 60 years, Dr. Alexander Leaf, died in 2012.
She was born in Seattle, Washington, on October 26, 1921, daughter of Trevor and Louise Kincaid. She was one of six children growing up during the depression years.
Barbara was a proficient...
Dr. Thomas L. Neff
Jul 11, 2024
Dr. Thomas L. Neff, father of the deal that turned more than 20,000 Russian nuclear warheads into U.S. electricity, died on Thursday in Concord, MA. He was 80.
His improbable life began in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The son of a local entrepreneur who taught classes at Lewis & Clark College, he grew up in a largely blue-collar neighborhood. He graduated from...
Donald Oscar Rickter
Jul 11, 2024
Donald Oscar Rickter was an inventor, a scientist, a questioner, a meditator, a memoirist, a husband, and a father. Don died after a short bout of pneumonia at Mt. Auburn Hospital on July 11, 2024. He was 93.
Don was born in Rio Dell in the redwoods of Humboldt County, on May 5, 1931. He was a true son of California...
David William Rohan
Jul 4, 2024
David Rohan, 66, a lifelong resident of Concord, Massachusetts, passed away on July 4, 2024.
He was born in Concord on March 4, 1958, the son of the late George and Shirley (Rimbach) Rohan.
David graduated from Concord Carlisle High School and later attended the Wentworth Institute of Technology, where he studied civil engineering. His long and dedicated career was deeply woven...
Andrew John Clifford Hawes
Jun 26, 2024
Andrew John Clifford Hawes, 82, of Littleton, Massachusetts passed away on June 26, 2024. He was the devoted husband of Brenda Dorothy Hawes for 56 years.
Andrew was born in Claygate, Surrey (UK), the third child of Mildred and Clifford Hawes, where he attended the local primary school. At age nine, he was moved to Bethany School in Goudhurst, Kent, where...
Nancy Lu Kohl
Jun 24, 2024
Nancy Lu Kohl of Concord, Massachusetts passed away peacefully on June 24, surrounded by her two children, and her husband. She was 83.
Born in Fostoria, Ohio to James (Jim) and Rose Middleton, she grew up alongside her three siblings, Rose Ann, whom she nicknamed Ro-ger Virginia (Ginny), and James (Jimmy). A granddaughter of a Methodist minister, and a member of...