Susan Elizabeth (Liz) Barris passed away at home after a long illness in Acton, Massachusetts on Monday, January 11. She was 71 and her 18th birthday would have been February 29, 2016. Liz was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, the daughter of the late Joseph Tofel of Tucson and the late Dianne Kirkpatrick of Escondido, CA. But she moved to...
Isabelle I. (Chase) Albanese age 88 passed away at her home in Acton. She was the beloved wife of Dr. Nicholas Albanese.Born in New York City, New York and the daughter of the late Homer Chase and Lillian (Clarke) ChaseIsabelle's interest in ballet started at the age of six, progressing eventually as a pupil of Sonia Serova, at Steinway Hall...
Angela "Nan" Albano age 93 of Stow, formerly of Brooklyn, NY passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2015 at Concord Health Care Center.Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 20, 1922 she was the daughter of the late Matthew and Marina Petruska. Nan married and soon moved to Brooklyn.Nan was first and foremost a mother and homemaker. Family and friends recall...
Robert Arthur Brooks of Concord, Massachusetts and Stockton Springs, Maine, died on Friday, December 18, at home in the company of his family.Bob was born in 1936 in Asheville, North Carolina, the only child of Gertrude Rubsamen Brooks and Arthur Clinton Brooks. His father was a member of the faculty at the Asheville School, and Bob grew up on campus...
Joseph B. Doherty age 70 of Cambridge passed away on Friday, December 18, 2015 at Walden Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Concord.Joe lived a difficult and challenging life since a young age but through it all he remained honorable, kind and generous.Services were private.Donations may be made to a charity of your choice.
David Ellicott Watson of Carlisle, died peacefully under hospice care on December 15, 2015 surrounded by family and the loving staff at Rogerson House in Jamaica Plain. He was 68 years old and had a happy full life until more than 4 years ago, when a form of early-onset dementia took him on a long, slow journey of many losses....
Leonard L. Burlamachi age 87 of Lakeland, FL formerly of Billerica and Somerville passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 10 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband of 59 years to Anna L. (Solano) Burlamachi.Born in Somerville on April 21, 1928 he was the son of the late Peter D. and Mary C. (Razzaboni)...
Eleanor Tarbell Carman age 102 of Bedford formerly of Lincoln passed away peacefully on December 10, 2015 at Carleton-Willard Village in Bedford. She was the wife of the late John W. Carman, Sr. who died in 1990.She is survived by her daughter Nancy T. Carman of West Windsor, VT and her nephew Chip Tarbell of Wakefield. She was predeceased by...
Laura E. "Betty" (MacLalan) Murray age 91 of Acton passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at the Westford House in Westford. She was the wife of the late Alan Robert Murray who passed away in 1966.Born in Boston on May 12, 1924 she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Elsie (Campbell) MacLalan.Betty was raised and educated...
Steven Lo, of Concord and formerly of Lincoln, passed away on December 6, 2015 at the age of 97. Steve was born in Beijing, China and moved as a child with his family to Shanghai. He began attending Tsinghua University, but in 1938, after the Japanese army attacked and occupied Shanghai, his father sent him to England to study. He...