Wendy Lynn Roy

Mar 27, 2024

Wendy Lynn (Jones) Roy, age 67, passed away peacefully on March 27, 2024. Wendy was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on November 5, 1956, and was the daughter of Nellie Grant Christie MacRae and Oscar Jones. She is predeceased by her sisters Shirley Schwartz and Elsie Hancock and survived by her loving husband of 43 years, David C Roy, and her...

William H. Holtsnider

Mar 24, 2024

William “Bill” Holtsnider passed away on March 24th, 2024, after a brief illness at the age of 88. He will be dearly missed by his loving wife of 69 years Sheila (Troy); son William of Chesapeake Virginia; daughter Catherine Thompson and her husband Steve Feldman of Naples Florida; daughter Michele Robinson and her husband Steve of Carlisle; son Timothy and his wife Patricia of Milford. He is predeceased...

Waleska Evans James

Mar 21, 2024

Waleska Bacon Evans James, died peacefully at home in Lexington, Massachusetts on March 21, 2024, surrounded by her family. At one hundred years old, she had led a long and joyful life, and was loved and admired by all who knew her.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut on July 2, 1923, Waleska was the only child of Dr. Theodore Schneeloch Evans...

Peter Michael Holleran

Mar 21, 2024

Peter Michael Holleran, age 82, a longtime resident of Concord, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on March 21, 2024, after a brief illness.Born on December 21, 1941, Pete grew up in Westfield, Massachusetts, where he met his future wife, Candace, while attending high school at the Williston Northampton School. After he graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, they moved to their house...

Maxine Slater Bretnall

Mar 20, 2024

Maxine Slater Bretnall, 87, of Carlisle, formerly of Greenville, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of the late Walter Grainger Bretnall, who died in 2002.

Maxine Slater was born, raised, and early educated in Norwich, New York, the daughter of the late Maurice and Hazel (Reiben) Slater. 

She...

Martha O'Neill Pickett

Feb 16, 2024

Martha O’Neill Pickett, age 77, of Lincoln, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on Friday,  February 16, 2024.  She was the wife of the late Robert Clement Pickett, who died in 2012. She is survived by her sister, Olivia O’Neill of Jamacia Plain, and sister-in-law, Heather O’Neill of Petaluma, CA. Also survived by many loving cousins and friends. Martha was predeceased by...

David Lattimore

Feb 15, 2024

Lincoln, Massachusetts - David Lattimore, age 92, passed away on Thursday, February 15, 2024. David was a son, father, grandfather, husband, poet, translator, photographer, and professor.Born March 25, 1931, in Peking (Beijing), China, to travelers, authors, and scholars Owen and Eleanor (Holgate) Lattimore.David circumnavigated the globe three times before the age of five. Evacuated from Perking in 1937 by the...

Dr. Alan Dobrow

Jan 30, 2024

A child of New York, Dr. Alan Dobrow spent his long life fascinated by the city in which he was born and its literary and musical residents. Even after he and his wife Vicki moved to Massachusetts to be close to their children and their grandchildren, Alan retained an avid interest in those who’d resided on or near 10th Street,...

Darlene A. Spittle

Jan 26, 2024

Darlene Ann Spittle (Chick), 77, of Rockport, MA, passed away peacefully with her siblings by her side on January 26, 2024. Born on March 28, 1945, in Gloucester, she was the daughter of the late John E. Chick and Lucille A. Chick. Darlene was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Richard "Dick" C. Spittle.A graduate of the Rockport High...