Obituaries

May 30, 2006

WINCHENDON - Rachel T. (Finn) Murphy, 88, of 17 Oak Street, Winchendon, died Tuesday, May 30th in Heywood Hospital, Gardner, following an illness. She was born in Winchendon on May 23,1918, the daughter of Francis E. and Catherine (Violette) Finn and was raised in Grafton. She lived in Winchendon for most of her life. Rachel was a graduate of...

May 25, 2006

WINCHENDON - Antoinette J. Plante, 81, of 134 Goodrich Street, Winchendon, died Thursday, May 25th in the Leo P. LaChance Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, Gardner. She was born in Winchendon on June 25,1924, the oldest child of George E. and Josephine (Girouard) Plante and was a lifelong resident of Winchendon. Antoinette worked as a sander at the former...

May 18, 2006

GARDNER - Daniel W. Lovett, 23, of 24 Kraft Street, Gardner died early Thursday, May 18th from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Gardner. He was born in Fitchburg on January 31,1983, the son Francis W. Lovett, 111 and Karen L. (Place) Lovett and lived briefly in Augusta, Maine before moving to Gardner. Danny was a graduate...

May 17, 2006

WINCHENDON - Dana G. Putnam, 65, of 2 Juniper Street, a well known auctioneer and former Town of Templeton elected Official, died Wednesday, May 17th in Heywood Hospital, Gardner. He was born in Gardner on July 4,1940, the son of William D. and Daisy B. (Progen) Putnam, and had lived in Baldwinville for 40 years until moving to Winchendon...

May 16, 2006

TEMPLETON - Frances E. (Keane) Moore, 65, of 433 Baldwinville Road, Templeton, died Tuesday, May 16th in her residence following an illness. She was born in Long Island, New York on December 14,1940, the daughter of Stephen and Anna (Koster) Keane and had lived in Billerica for 29 years before moving to Templeton six years ago. Frances leaves her...

May 10, 2006

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N.J. - Arthur R. Robichaud, Jr., 80, of Atlantic Highlands, formerly of Winchendon, MA., died Wednesday, May 10th in the Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. He was born in Winchendon on November 18,1925, the son of Arthur R. and Antoinette (Foisy) Robichaud and grew up on Glenallen Street, Winchendon. From 1963-1980, he lived in Linden, New...

May 3, 2006

WINCHENDON - Shirley K. E. White, resident of Winchendon since 1959, died on May 3, 2006 at Broadview Assisted Living Community. Shirley had had a long-term blood disease that developed into an acute leukemia. Members of her family were at her bedside at the time of death. Shirley, the widow of Joseph N. White III, was an enthusiastic outdoors...

May 2, 2006

WINCHENDON - Arline L. (Ashmore) Patterson, 87, of 41 Ash Street, Winchendon, died Tuesday, May 2nd in the Leo P. LaChance Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, Gardner, following an illness. She was born in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire on October 6,1918, the daughter of Quinn C. and Eva M. (Rouleau) Ashmore and had resided in Winchendon for most of her...

May 1, 2006

WINTER PARK, FL. - Elizabeth M. (Sullivan) Murphy, 90, of 1620 Mayflower Court, Winter Park, Florida, died May 1st in the Mayflower Health Care Center, Winter Park, following an illness. She was born in Winchendon on February 18,1916, the daughter of John H. and Elizabeth M. (Flaherty) Sullivan and had resided in Winter Park for 40 years. Her husband...

Apr 21, 2006

TEMPLETON - Robert E. Goodwin, 80, of 79 Bridge Street, Baldwinville, died Friday evening, April 21st, at his residence. He was born in Gardner on September 16,1925, the son of Earl W. and Lempi E. (Lilius) Goodwin and had been a resident of Baldwinville for over 50 years. For many years, Bob worked as a sander at Harrington and...

Apr 18, 2006

WINCHENDON - Herbert J. Murphy, Sr., 88, of 15 Doyle Avenue, Winchendon, died Tuesday evening, April 18th in Heywood Hospital, Gardner, following an illness.

He was born in Boston on June 4,1917, the son of Michael P. and Alice J. (Herrick) Murphy and had lived in Winchendon for most of his life.

Herb was a...

Apr 18, 2006

WINCHENDON - Jessie L. (Baker) LeBlanc, 79, formerly of 111C Ipswich Drive, died Tuesday morning, April 18th in the Leo P. LaChance Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, Gardner. She was born in Apex, North Carolina on August 28,1926 and had lived in Winchendon for 12 years after living for most of her life in Fitchburg. She had worked as...

Apr 15, 2006

WINCHENDON - Clifton B. Stedman, 90, of 111 Hitchcock Road, Winchendon, died Saturday, April 15th in the Wachusett Manor Nursing Home, Gardner following an illness. He was born in Winchendon on December 29,1915, the son of Phineas and Lillian A. (Baldwin) Stedman and was a lifelong resident. Cliff was a graduate of Murdock High School with the class of...

Mar 27, 2006

ORANGE - Sidney N. Fletcher, Jr., 90, formerly of 105 Wheeler Avenue, Orange, died Monday, March 27th in the Wachusett Manor Nursing Home, Gardner following an illness. His wife of 13 years, Martha (McCarthy) James Fletcher, died last year. His first wife of 50 years, Jeanne C. (Kozlowski) Fletcher, died in 1988. He was born in Winchendon on November...

Mar 25, 2006

WINCHENDON - David Gino Arceci, 50, of North River Road, Chassell, Michigan, and formerly of Winchendon, MA. and Jaffrey, N.H., died March 25th, 2006 in his residence after an exhausting battle with cancer. He was born in Winchendon on September 23,1955, the son on Leon J. and Shirley R. (Homon) Arceci and had lived in Chassell for several years....

Mar 22, 2006

WINCHENDON - Anita B. (Brehio) Ladeau, 90, of 61 Winter Street, died Wednesday evening, March 22nd in the Baldwinville Nursing Home, Baldwinville, following an illness. She was born in Winchendon on March 15,1916, the daughter of John and Rose (Bastille) Brehio and was a lifelong resident. Anita was a graduate of Murdock High School with the class of 1934...

Mar 20, 2006

WINCHENDON - Dorothy M. Fales, 81, formerly of 119A Ipswich Drive, Winchendon, died Monday, March 20th in the Wachusett Manor Nursing Home, Gardner. She was born in Winchendon on December 3,1924, the daughter of Raymond and Victoria (Breton) Fales and was a lifelong resident. Dorothy was a graduate of Murdock High School with the class of 1943. She was...

Mar 19, 2006

JAFFREY, N.H. - Roger E. Robert, 81, of 18 Gilmore Pond Road, Jaffrey, N.H., died Sunday, March 19th in the Cheshire Medical Center, Keene, N.H., following an illness. He was born in Winchendon, MA. on October 26,1924, the son of Arthur J. and Delvina E. (Christian) Robert and had lived in Jaffrey for 23 years. Roger was a woodworker...

Mar 11, 2006

WINCHENDON - Brenda (Greenwood) Coe, 63, of 282 Maple Street, Winchendon, died Saturday evening, March 11th in Heywood Hospital, Gardner, after a long illness. She was born in Bath, Maine on February 20,1943, the daughter of Edwin and Winnifred (Anderson) Greenwood, and had resided in Winchendon for 36 years. Mrs. Coe worked as a woodworker at Eustis Enterprises in...

Mar 8, 2006

WINCHENDON - Ethel L. (Webb) Parks, 89, of 322 School Street, Winchendon, died Wednesday, March 8th in the Hillcrest Nursing Center, Fitchburg following an illness. She was born in Orange on December 11,1916, the daughter of John W. and Abbie (Richardson) Webb and had resided in Winchendon for 72 years. Ethel was a graduate of Murdock High School with...