Susan Kimball Sugar
Nov 7, 2023
Susan Bowen Kimball was born in New York City on July 31, 1933, the daughter of Charles Kimball Jr. and Louise Van Voorhees. Her father died when she was five years old. She grew up in Greenwich, CT, attending Greenwich Country Day School and Abbott Academy in Andover, MA. She graduated from Vassar College, NY, in 1955, where she gained a...
David Arthur Butler
Nov 6, 2023
David A. Butler, age 79, of Acton, Massachusetts, passed away on Monday, November 6, 2023, at Life Care Center of Littleton. He was the husband of 55 years to Ethel (Sawtell) Butler.David Arthur Butler was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on June 8, 1944, the son of the late Arthur S. and Irene (Yurtin) Butler. David graduated from Stratford High School and, in...
Peter K. Gunness
Nov 1, 2023
Peter K. Gunness was born in Bismarck, North Dakota, on July 6, 1935. He died on November 1, 2023, surrounded by his family in hospice care at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, following a stroke. He was 88. The youngest of four children, Peter was born to parents Clarence Gunness and Florence Larson Gunness. Both parents spoke their native languages, Norwegian...
Diana Peabody Bell
Oct 30, 2023
Diana Peabody Bell (Deenie), age 84, died peacefully at home on October 30, 2023 in Concord, MA. Born on March 17, 1939, in Cambridge, MA, to Nancy Winchester Jackson and Alfred Horatio Belo Peabody, she was raised in Dedham, MA, Lincoln, MA, and Marion, MA.Deenie attended Dedham Country Day School in Dedham, MA, Beaver Country Day School in Newton, MA,...
Darrol F. DeLong, Jr.
Oct 29, 2023
Carlisle, Massachusetts -Darrol F. DeLong Jr., of Carlisle, passed away on October 29, 2023. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 25, 1936, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Darrol F. DeLong Sr., He grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, graduating from Grady High School in 1953. He then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1957, and later receiving...
Dr. Frederick G. Lea
Oct 26, 2023
Concord, Massachusetts - Dr. Frederick G. Lea, age 84, formerly a long-time resident of Concord, passed away in his new home in Maynard on Thursday, October 26, 2023. He was the husband of Susan Carey (Devine) Lea.Dr. Frederick George Lea was born in Pembroke, NH, on November 17, 1938, the son of the late Frederick R. Lea and Marian (Abbie) Lea. He...
Dr. Arthur Beiser
Oct 25, 2023
Dr. Arthur Beiser, 92, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, a physicist, prolific author, and passionate sailor, passed away from Covid on October 25, 2023.Dr. Beiser was born in The Bronx, New York, on February 16, 1931, to Dr. Max Beiser and Gertrude (Rudin) Beiser and attended the Bronx High School of Science.Dr. Beiser earned BS and PhD degrees in physics at New...
Ruth Scheiber-Kurtz
Oct 25, 2023
Lexington, Massachusetts - On Wednesday, October 25, 2023, Rudi (Ruth) Scheiber-Kurtz passed away peacefully following a hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer. Just as she lived, Rudi died with her family by her side, including her husband of 25 years, Michael Kurtz, her three children, Jan Groblewski, Peter Groblewski, and Natasha Robinson, and their spouses. Rudi was born to Elsbeth...
Betty Jane Sweet
Oct 14, 2023
Betty Jane (Flory) Sweet, age 97, of Concord, Massachusetts, formerly of North Port, Florida, and Bangor, Pennsylvania, passed away on Saturday, October 14, 2023. She was the wife of the late Waldo T. Sweet, who died in 2006. Betty Jane Flory was born and raised in Bangor, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Willis Austin Flory and Ada Alberta (Cory) Flory. She was known...
Francis E. Fernandes
Oct 11, 2023
Francis E. Fernandes, of Sudbury, MA., a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, died on Wednesday, October 11. He was 87. He was dearly loved and will be deeply missed by his wife of 49 years, Cecilia Fernandes, his children, and his extended family and friends.Francis was the son of the late Pedro and Carlota Fernandes. He was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania,...