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Obituaries

Joseph Bleakney, 63

Joseph Bleakney, 63

Joseph E. Bleakney passed away peacefully at the Rhode Island Hospital in Providence on Aug. 8 after a brief illness. Joe was born and raised in Framingham, one of four children to Charles W. and Rosemary Y. (Grant) Bleakney Jr. He was a graduate of the J.P. Keefe...

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Elaine LaBonte, 90

Elaine LaBonte, 90

Elaine LaBonte passed away peacefully at home on Aug. 13 surrounded by love. Born on April 1, 1930, in Great Barrington, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Anna (Owens) Norton, and Irene Gerard Norton. She was predeceased by her loving husband of 47 years,...

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Randy Magnanti, 49

Randy Magnanti, 49

Robert Randall “Randy” Magnanti, 49, of Hopkinton passed away from COVID-19 on Aug. 5. He was born to Beverly A. and Thomas L. Magnanti in Palo Alto, California, on Feb. 10, 1971. Later that same year the family relocated to Massachusetts when Thomas joined the MIT...

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Richard Cronin, 77

Richard Cronin, 77

Richard A. Cronin, 77, died Aug. 12 in the Saint Camillus Health Center after a period of declining health and a broken heart, three months after the death of Suzanne (LaFlash) Cronin, his wife of 54 years. He is survived by his daughter, Tricia Lambert, and his...

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Suzanne Dalton, 76

Suzanne Dalton, 76

Suzanne W. (Deroo) Dalton of Winthrop passed away on Aug. 3. She was 76 years old. The beloved wife of the late Edward J. Dalton, she was born in Winthrop, the cherished daughter of the late Abbott and Marion (Daly) Deroo. Prior to her retirement, Suzanne was employed...

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Ruth Holmes, 96

Ruth Holmes, 96

Ruth Lorraine Fecteau Holmes lived her dash from Sept. 5, 1923, to Aug. 4, 2020, as a daughter of Wilfred Fecteau and Isabel DeWolf, wife of Robert Swasey Holmes, and mother to Lorraine (affectionately known as Muffet) Holmes Martorana. Ruth passed peacefully at the...

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Laurie Bilodeau, 32

Laurie Bilodeau, 32

Laurie Joanne Bilodeau, 32, of Maynard and formerly of Westborough, passed away peacefully on July 23 with loving family by her side after a courageous battle against cancer. Born in Framingham, she was the daughter of Thomas A. and Maryanne (Pratt) Bilodeau of...

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Shirley Johnston

Shirley Johnston

Shirley K. (Barrett) Johnston of Needham, formerly of Brookline, died July 28. She was the beloved wife of the late Lt. Robert J. Johnston of the Brookline Fire Department. She was the devoted mother of Robert F. Johnston and his wife, Anne, of Holliston; Terry M....

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Kenneth Chouinard, 84

Kenneth Chouinard, 84

Kenneth Wayne Chouinard, 84, of Ashland passed away July 27 after a period of declining health. He was the son of the late Louis and Ruth (Lougee) Chouinard and husband of 48 years to Theresa (Krivicich) Chouinard. After growing up in Hopkinton, Ken eventually moved...

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Kevin Kenney, 68

Kevin Kenney, 68

Kevin M. Kenney, 68, died July 28 at Milford Regional Medical Center after a long illness.  Born in Framingham, he was the son of the late Thomas and Ruth (MacMillian) Kenney. Kevin was a 1970 graduate of Hopkinton High School. He was owner and operator of Central...

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Norma Nordstrom, 88

Norma Nordstrom, 88

Norma Hazen Nordstrom passed into eternal life on July 26 after a year-long battle with cancer. Born in Newton on Dec. 14, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Mabel (Wildman) and Lloyd Hazen. She is predeceased by her loving husband of 65 years, Paul, who passed...

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Janet Rooney, 92

Janet Rooney, 92

Janet M. (Larkin) Rooney died July 24 after a three-week illness. She was born Sept. 8, 1927, in Norwood to the late Albert and Agnes Larkin. She was the sister of the late Robert (Shirley), Allan and Richard Larkin, all of Medfield, and the sister-in-law of Joan...

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Jacqueline Bowker, 55

Jacqueline Bowker, 55

Jaqueline Marie Bowker, 55, of Taunton and formerly of Hopkinton, passed away unexpectedly on July 16. Daughter of the late Francis X “Jerry” and Sarah Riordan Bowker of Hopkinton, "Jackson" was the cherished first sister of Julie Bowker (Ho-ping Wei) of Portland,...

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Maureen Ferguson, 72

Maureen Ferguson, 72

Maureen E. Ferguson, 72, of Holliston died July 21 after a prolonged illness. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Cornelius P. and Mary E. (Linehan) O’Brien. Maureen graduated from Brighton High School and Boston City College and ultimately earned her...

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Margaret Nichols, 81

Margaret Nichols, 81

Margaret Agnes Nichols (nee Lynch), 81, of Bradenton, Florida, went to meet the Lord on July 19, while in hospice care. She had suffered many years with lupus and COPD. Margaret was born on April 20, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York, to Mary and Cornelius Lynch. She is...

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Nelson Goldin, 74

Nelson Goldin, 74

Nelson H. Goldin of Framingham, a former Hopkinton police officer and constable, passed away in Tamarac, Florida, on June 15 after a long battle with kidney disease. Nelson was born on July 29, 1945, in Boston. He was predeceased by his parents, George and Ruth...

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Katrina Hope Yip, 47

Katrina Hope Yip, 47

Katrina Hope Yip, 47, of Hopkinton, passed away after a 15-year war with leukemia. Born in Kittery, Maine, she was the daughter of Judith Anne (Hosmer) Lincoln of Hopkinton and Peter Souther Lincoln of Florence, Massachusetts. She was the beloved wife of 14 years to...

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Eleanor Morgan, 86

Eleanor Morgan, 86

On July 17, Eleanor (Cantwell) Morgan, 86, of Marshfield, formerly of Waltham, died peacefully in her home after an extended illness. She was surrounded by loved ones as she earned her guardian angel wings and joined her beloved husband, Donald, and son Edward...

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Jacqueline Cronsberg, 82

Jacqueline Cronsberg, 82

Dance Magazine led a series in 1994 about teachers who had trained remarkable young dancers with a profile about Jacqueline Ann Cronsberg, founder of the Ballet Workshop of New England. At the time, Cronsberg had been running the school in suburban Boston for nearly...

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Eric Nickerson, 73

Eric Nickerson, 73

Eric Hampton Nickerson passed away peacefully in his home in the early morning of June 10 at the age of 73 after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. Eric was a 14-year resident of Milford, New Hampshire, and a 28-year resident of Amherst, New Hampshire. He was...

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