Wesley Patrick (Pope) Rockhold, 47, of Hopkinton passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on June 22, 2025. Born in Atlanta, he was the son of Terry and Nancy (Hallam) Pope of Pensacola, Florida. He was the beloved husband of 21 years to Chelsea (Fox)...
Helen Calzolari, a beacon of love and kindness, passed away peacefully on June 18, 2025, at the age of 73, in Douglas. Born on July 1, 1951, in Hopkinton, Helen was the cherished daughter of the late Fred and Irene (Warren) Chapman. Her life was a testament to the...
Katherine (Dumais) Micciche, 75, of Pelham, New Hampshire, passed away May 20, 2025. She was the beloved wife for over 52 years of Diego G. Micciche, who survives her. Born Oct. 8, 1949, in Skowhegan, Maine, she was the oldest child of the late Eleanor (Lunna) and the...
Franco DeSantis, age 87, passed away May 16, 2025, at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, where all four of his children were born. He had endured serious health challenges for many months yet stayed remarkably strong, holding on to the hope of returning to his...
Robert Louis Patrick Champney, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, friend and uncle, passed away May 17, 2025, at the age of 86. He is survived by his devoted wife, Barbara; his children, Kara, Kevin, and Kevin’s partner, Laura; and his cherished...
Arthur Lee “Art” Anderson, 85, passed away May 6, 2025, at New Hampshire’s Cheshire Medical Center, surrounded by family. Art was a well-known folk artist and a proud member of the League of NH Craftsmen. While he grew up in Hopkinton, he was a longtime resident of...
Marie Janet (St. Pierre) Brock, 88, a retired nurse and employee of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, died May 12, 2025, at her home surrounded by loved ones. She was the wife of the late Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Thomas Brock, to whom she was married for 31...
James “Mike” Michael McBride passed away peacefully on May 2, 2025, after a brief hospitalization, surrounded by his loved ones. He is survived by his beloved significant other, Carolyn “Bunky” Woodbury; and his loving children, Katie Crandall-McBride and...
Florence (Stone) Higgins, 86, of Hopkinton passed away May 1 after a period of declining health. Born in Ashland, she was the daughter of the late Myron and Alice (Burton) Stone and wife of the late Robert Higgins Sr., who died in 2014. Florence worked as a cook for...
Beatrice Carolyn McMullen (Boyle) entered into the Lord’s loving embrace on April 29, 2025, at home surrounded by her family. Born in Boston on Sept. 16, 1931, she was the wife, for 47-plus years, of Joseph Michael McMullen Jr., who passed away in 1999. The daughter...
Donald C. Harris passed away peacefully at his Hopkinton home on April 27, 2025. He was 92. Born Nov. 7, 1932, he was the son of Arthur L. Harris and Helen (Clark) Harris. He was predeceased by the love of his life, Julia Harris. Donald is survived by his sons, D....
Nathan Otis Beale, better known as “Nate,” a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully at home in Hopkinton on April 28, 2025, just shy of his 90th birthday. He was surrounded by love, with his beloved wife of 66 years by his...
Gertrud Marjorie (Marge) Stein Porterfield passed away April 29, 2025, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s. Marge was born Jan. 2, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York, to Ella Emma Wirth and Henry Gustave Stein. She grew up in Brooklyn, graduated with a music theory...
Jane E. (Forsey) Dunphy, 96, died April 28, 2025, after a period of declining health. She was the wife of the late Richard J. Dunphy, to whom she was married for 53 years. Born in Charlton, she was the daughter of the late George and Estella (Congdon) Forsey. Her...
Richard “Dick” Holt Ernst, a spirited naval aviator, Harvard-educated businessman and adventurer with a witty intellect, passed away peacefully on April 8, 2025. He was 93. Born June 22, 1931, Dick was the third child of Frederick S. and Roberta Ernst. He grew up in...
Phyllis A. Bullard, 98, of Sutton, formerly of Hopkinton and Framingham, passed away April 23, 2025, at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester. She was the wife of the late George M. Bullard. Born in Framingham, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Anne (Atchison)...
Louise Olive (Cole) Lawson, 90, of Hopkinton passed away April 19, 2025. Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Edith May (Thomas) Cole and George Henry Cole. She was the wife of the late Arthur Stanley Lawson. Louise enjoyed life to the fullest and made...
Gertrud Elsasser Bacon, beloved mother and Oma, died April 14, 2025, at Golden Pond Assisted Living in Hopkinton of Alzheimer’s disease. Born in 1938 as second daughter to Frida Wagner and Gerhard Elsäßer (Elsaesser) in Aufhausen, Geislingen an der Steige,...
Elizabeth “Liz” Louise Ahearn, 76, a resident of Hopkinton and formerly of Framingham and Natick, died March 11, 2025, surrounded by her family, after a short, hard-fought illness. Born in Natick, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Elizabeth (McCarthy)...
Stephen Bell Brackett, 87, of Hopkinton, formerly a longtime resident of Ashland, passed away peacefully March 29, 2025. Born in Framingham, he was the son of the late Theodore and Mabelle (Snow) Brackett. He is survived by two brothers, Paul Brackett and wife Carol,...
