A beloved outdoorsman, husband, father and grandfather, Ronald "Ron" Santarpio, 85, passed away on Oct. 17. Born Sept. 12, 1937, in Boston, Ron grew up in Roxbury and Newtonville and also resided in Westwood and Hopkinton. In 2002, Ron and his wife retired to New...
Obituaries
Alfred Holland, 78
Alfred Holland, 78, formerly of Hopkinton, died Oct. 27 at Clinton Hospital. He was the husband of Geri (Musto) Holland, to whom he was married for 52 years. Born and raised in Revere, he was the son of the late Alfred and Pricilla Holland. Al enjoyed teaching,...
John McKay, 88
John McKay, 88, formerly of Hopkinton, died Oct. 24 in Hollywood, Florida. Born in Boston on Jan. 17, 1934, he was the son of the late William and Sybil McKay. John worked for many years as a chemist. He had a deep love for traveling and the arts. He is survived by...
Peter Nute, 69
Peter David Nute, 69, of Hopkinton passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 22. Born on Jan. 15, 1953, to the late Charles and Grace (Harrington) Nute in Manchester, Connecticut, Peter grew up in Jupiter, Florida, where he could always be found in and on the water. He...
David Dickerman
The Reverend Dr. David L. Dickerman died at home on Oct. 6. Born in Lynn in 1943, the son of Frederick and Bessie R. Dickerman, David grew up in Hopkinton. He leaves his wife, the Reverend Martha (Eames) Dickerman, and his sons, AJ and Peter Dickerman. He also leaves...
Robert Dunphy
Robert B. Dunphy of Hopkinton, formerly of Milton, passed away Oct. 18. Born and raised in Milton, he graduated from Milton High School. Bobby was the owner and operator of a Shell Gas Station in Quincy and worked for UPS in Ashland, where he was a member of the...
Bruce Tobey, 72
Bruce Anderson Tobey, 72, of Hopkinton as well as Ocean Park, Maine, husband, brother, father, uncle, grandfather and friend, passed away peacefully on Oct. 17 following a brief illness. He departed this life a champion of and hero to all who had the privilege of...
Eloise Marsh, 82
Eloise M. Marsh, 82, of Crossville, Tennessee, and formerly of Hopkinton and Framingham, passed away on Oct. 15 at Life Care Center of Crossville after a brief illness. She was born Sept. 28, 1940, in Gardner, daughter of the late Frank Kaminsky Sr. and Hazel (Smith)...
Deborah Cote, 65
Deborah J. Cote, 65, of Hopkinton passed away unexpectedly at her home on Oct. 2. Born in Framingham, she was the daughter of Dorothy (Bancroft) Murphy of Hopkinton. Deborah loved to crochet blankets for children and enjoyed playing bingo. Besides her mother, Deborah...
Sara Deeb, 81
Sara E. Deeb, 81, formerly of Framingham and Hopkinton, passed away peacefully in White Plains, Maryland, on Sept. 9. Sara was preceded in death by her husband, Carl A. Deeb, parents William J. Bates and Mildred E. (Carlstrom) Bates, stepmother Rita Davis, brother...
Irene Timlege, 91
Irene (Terry) Timlege, 91, a lifelong Hopkinton resident, passed away peacefully on Oct. 6 following a period of declining health. She was born on Christmas Day in 1930, as the daughter of the late John and Lucy (Pomeroy) Terry. After graduating from Hopkinton High...
Benton Cassie, 39
Benton Cassie, 39, died suddenly on Oct. 3 at his home in Hopkinton. Born in El Salvador, he was the son of Lawrence Cassie and the late Sandra (Wood) Cassie. Benton was a 2002 graduate of Hopkinton High School and a 2011 graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute...
Lauren Toloczko-Rodriguez, 31
Lauren Mary Toloczko-Rodriguez, 31, of Cottonwood Heights, Utah, and a former longtime resident of Hopkinton, passed away unexpectedly on Sept. 27. Born in Rochester, New York, she was the daughter of Linda Ouellette of Shrewsbury and Mitchell Toloczko of Hopkinton....
Jacqueline Perrone, 78
Jacqueline Hazel (Batty) Perrone, 78, of Ashland passed away peacefully on Sept. 3. Jackie was born as an only child to Gilbert and Ruby Batty of Bradford, England, on July 28, 1944. She emigrated from England at the age of 19 to the United States, where she met her...
Sally Roche, 83
Sally U. (Fairbanks) Roche, 83, passed away Sept. 24 at Boston Medical Center after a period of declining health. She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Raymond V. Roche Sr. She also is survived by her three children, Raymond Roche Jr. and wife Grace of Uxbridge,...
Dorothy Robertson, 92
Dorothy M. Robertson, 92, of Hopkinton and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, passed away peacefully at her home in Florida on Sept. 18. Born in Framingham, she was the daughter of the late Marietta (Davis) and Santo Romeo and the wife of the late Charles A. Robertson. One of...
Sean Fitzpatrick, 43
Sean Perry Fitzpatrick, 43, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sept. 18. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, he was the son of Claudia (Godsil) Fitzpatrick of South Carolina and the late Perry Fitzpatrick. Sean was a member of the Hopkinton High School Class of 1996....
Joan Doyle, 88
Joan Catherine (Courchaine) Doyle passed into God’s hands on Sept. 16. Born May 15, 1934, to Louis Courchaine and Beatrice Garand in Cohoes, New York, she was the youngest of five children. As a child, she moved to St. Augustine, Florida, and then Atlanta, where she...
David Beck, 67
David K. Beck, 67, of Hopkinton passed away at his home as a result of a fall on Sept. 13. Born in Newton, he was the son of William C. Beck Jr. of Gardner and the late Virginia (Shea) Beck. Dave grew up in Wellesley and Yarmouth. After graduating from Dennis-Yarmouth...
John Ryan, 80
John (Jack) Michael Ryan died Sept. 13, just six days from his 81st birthday, at Golden Pond Memory Care in Hopkinton from complications of dementia. His family thanks the exceptional staff at Golden Pond for the kind, patient care they gave Jack. Born in Boston in...