Ruth Ellen Howard was born in Washington, D.C. on April 25, 1923 the daughter of Charles Spaulding Howard and Pearl May Collicutt Howard. She graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, D.C. in 1941 and Bates College in Maine in 1945. From early college days onward she preferred the nickname Rae to her given name Ruth. Rae met Edward...
Henry Cooper Nields age 88 of Concord passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2013. He was the husband of the late Olivia (Marshall) Nields.Born in New York, NY on September 27, 1924 he was the son of the late Benjamin and Hazel (Whitelaw) Nields. Raised and educated in Rye, New York and Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Nields graduated from Yale University...
Hugh Andrews Madden, beloved father, grandfather, scholar, teacher, and attorney, died Wednesday evening in Burlington, Massachusetts, at the age of 77. Mr. Madden was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up on Rockledge Farm in Martin City, Missouri. He attended Pembroke Country Day School in Kansas City, and later graduated from The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. The youngest...
Christopher M. Curtis age 49 of Concord. May 21, 2013 in Denton, TX. Beloved son of C. Michael Curtis of Spartanburg, SC and Jean L. Getchell-Forbes of Harborside, ME. Caring stepson of Elizabeth Cox and Maynard Forbes. Loving brother of Hilary Curtis and husband Don Osmer from Ayer and Hans Curtis of Acton. Also survived by his nephew DJ Osmer....
Marion Littleton "Lit" Meeks passed away on May 17 in Lexington, Mass. He was 89 years old. Lit was born in Gainesville, Ga., in 1923, attended Gainesville High School and graduated from Georgia Tech in 1942. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a lieutenant JG on a destroyer escort off the coast of North Africa.After...
Thomas C. Allen age 61 of Concord passed away suddenly on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at his residence. He was the son of the late Donald G. and Charlotte (Jones) Allen. Mr. Allen is survived by his brother Stephen C. Allen and his wife Sigrid Anderson of Arlington, VA. Services will be private. Interment in Roseland Cemetery, Manchester-by-the-Sea. Mr. Allen's...
John T. Northrup of Boxborough, died suddenly Monday, May 13, 2013 of acute lymphoma. He was 63.John was the son of the late Shirley and Norman Northrup of Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He is survived by his wife Melissa; children, Matthew Siska and his wife Stephany Siska, Andrew Northrup & John W. Northrup; sister, Jean Northrup Burditt and her husband Frederic Burditt;...
Joseph L. Smith Jr. Sc.D. age 83 of Concord passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 7th 2013 at the Miriam Boyd Parlin Residence in Wayland. He was the loving husband of the late Luverne (Floyd) Smith.Born in Macon, Georgia on September 4, 1929 he was the son of the late Joseph L. and Margaret (Blair) Smith. He attended Georgia Institute...
John Allan Gunnarson died peacefully following a long struggle with a rare, debilitating, neuromuscular disease, Inclusion Body Myositis, on April 24, 2013 at the age of 87.John is survived by his loving wife of nineteen years, Mary Ann, who, over the past several years was his devoted companion and caretaker. John had lost his first wife, Ione, to cancer after...
Henry Paul Berlied, age 92 and life long resident of Concord, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, April 18, 2013. He was the husband of the late Thelma (Wetherbee) Berlied who passed away in 1986. Born in Concord on October 1, 1920, he was the son of the late Norwegian immigrants, Conrad and Inga (Olsen) Berlied. Raised and...