Ellery Taft, 93, of Hopkinton passed away on May 6. He was the husband of Madeline L. (Simmons) Taft, who died in 2009. Ellery was a WWII Navy veteran. He joined the Navy in 1945 and had his first job working in the kitchen. From there he worked at the former Draper...
Roger E. Corey, born March 16, 1921, and Dorothy (Haywood) Corey, born Dec. 22, 1916, first met in the spring of 1944 while both were stationed in West Palm Beach, Florida, with the Army Air Corps. Roger served as a radar specialist and Dorothy as a cryptographer. If...
Shelli Gwen Breault, 64, of Worcester and formerly of Hopkinton, passed away unexpectedly at her home on May 17. Born in Framingham, she was the daughter of the late Beverly Ann (Parker) and Kenneth D. Wilcox Sr. She was the beloved wife of 30 years to David F....
On May 5, Christos S. Papadellis, loving husband of Niki and father of Randy C. and Louis C., passed peacefully in his home of 56 years after a short illness. Born Aug. 13, 1922, in the village of Anemotia on the island of Lesvos, Greece, the youngest of five...
Arthur L. Lane, 93, of Hopkinton passed away May 8 following a short battle with COVID-19. Born in Saint Clairsville, Ohio, he was the son of the late Goldie and Christopher Lane. He was the husband of 71 years to Ann (Mead) Lane of Hopkinton. Arthur was a Navy...
David W. Pierson, 72, of Hopkinton passed away April 27 at Milford Hospital after three years at Golden Pond Assisted Living. Born Sept. 11, 1947, in Waterbury, Connecticut, he was the son of the late Edith (Wilber) and David D. Pierson. He lived most of his life in...
Mary Abajian, of Framingham and formerly Hopkinton, passed away peacefully after a short battle with COVID-19 on May 7. She would have turned 102 on May 28. She was the wife of the late Paul Abajian — when you saw one, you saw both. Mary is survived by her son, Paul...
Marilyn June (McKay) Armstrong, 89, died in Hopkinton on May 1 from complications of COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s. Born in Butler, Pennsylvania, on June 23, 1930, she was the only child of the late Hildegarde E. (Zimmermann) Fredrick and Orville B. McKay. After her father...
June Marie Ranlett, 91, of Hopkinton passed away April 29 at Denmar Health and Rehab in Rockport following a short battle with COVID-19. Born in Framingham, she was the daughter of the late Eva (Nichols) and William “Arthur” Grant. She was the wife of the late Chester...
Frederick C. Oehley, 67, died May 2 in Marlborough. Born in Framingham, he was the son of the late Arthur F. Oehley Sr. and Charlotte L. (Carruth) Oehley. He was the stepson of the late Leonard F. Chase. He was a longtime resident of Hopkinton, and a lifelong member...
Armin Lewis Burdick, 27, of Millis, passed away April 29 as a result of an automobile accident. Born in Boston, he was the son of Betsabeh Ghazian and George Burdick of Southborough, and father to Elora Burdick, age 2. Armin attended the Faith Community Church in...
Robert King, 70, a longtime Natick resident, died April 29 at Eliot Center for Health and Rehabilitation. He was born May 12, 1949, in Dorchester, a son to the late Kenneth and Eleanor (Driscoll) King. He moved to Natick as a young teenager in 1962, graduating from...
William P. Hayward Sr., 78, died April 27 at the Lahey Hospital and Medical Center after a brief illness. He was the husband of Marilyn (Dumas) Hayward. Born in Framingham, he was the son of the late Francis “Doc” and Virginia (Fecteau) Hayward. He was a 1959 graduate...
Eugene (Wen) Tanubrata (Tan Kai Jan) departed this world the morning of April 30, in his 93rd year. Wen’s amazing life spanned many generations and continents. He was born March 26, 1927, in Cirebon, Indonesia, to Tan Gin Han and Nelly De Vos, the second youngest of...
Charles (Chuck) Woods passed away on April 30 in Hopkinton at an assisted living facility. He lived with frontal-temporal dementia for a number of years and finally succumbed to COVID-19. His death was peaceful and comfortable, thanks to his hospice workers. Chuck...
Joseph Jesensky, 73, of Hopkinton passed away April 22 at Milford Regional Hospital following a short battle with COVID-19. Born in Czhechoslovaki Ruzomberok, Czechoslovakia, he was the son of the late Frances (Grunstein) and Alexander Jesensky. Joseph was a resident...
Dana Marchant, 67, formerly of Hopkinton, passed away peacefully on April 17 in Stuart, Florida, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Dana was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Sept. 21, 1952. He graduated from Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School in...
Edmund “Ned” F. Leger Sr., 93, of Hopkinton died peacefully after a short battle with COVID-19 on April 23. Born in Walpole in 1927, he served in the Coast Guard on troop transport ships during WWII. He was director of maintenance at the Charles River Hospital in...
Our beloved mother, Carol P. Bronder, 84, of Hopkinton passed away April 16 in the virtual embrace of her family. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Mary (Gora) and Paul Partlow, and celebrated 50 years of marriage with her loving, late...
William C. Palmer III, 72, of Ashland passed away April 7 at the Timothy Daniels House in Holliston. Born in Natick, he was the son of the late Alice (Slack) and William C. Palmer Jr. William grew up in Ashland and then Hopkinton in his early years. He was most proud...
