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,...
Frank Steven Crater, 78, died March 24, 2025, at Cape Cod Hospital with his family by his side. Born in Verona, New Jersey, Steve made his home in Marston Mills after many years in Hopkinton, where he and his wife raised their family. Steve co-founded Control...
Thomas Vesey Newton, 85, of Hopkinton passed away on March 5, 2025, at Golden Pond Assisted Living in Hopkinton. Born in New York City, he was the son of the late Mary (Barrow) and Carl Elbridge Newton. Tom is survived by his wife, Andrea (Hendrix) Newton of...
Dolores Connolly (nee Annesi) of Hopkinton died peacefully on March 19, 2025. She was 89 years old. She leaves behind her daughters, Cheryl and Susan; her sons-in-law, Steven and Paul; and her five grandchildren, Max, Jenny, Connor, Rachel (with husband David) and...
Polly Shepherd Freese passed away Feb. 25 at the age of 94. She was born April 14, 1930, in Needham to Joe Van Reypen Shepherd and Dorothea Powell Shepherd. She was a graduate of Hopkinton High School and the Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital School of Nursing. In...
Thomas S. Wallent, 87, of Southborough passed away March 13, 2025. Born in Brockton, he was the son of the late Amelia (Gaidis) and Simon Wallent. He was the beloved husband of 62 years to Patricia (Callinan) Wallent. Tom was honorably discharged at the rank of E-4...
Mr. James G. Daley Sr., 84, of Hopkinton died March 12, 2025, at Beaumont Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation in Westborough after a period of declining health. He was the beloved husband of Donna M. (Rand) Daley. Jim was born in Middletown, New York, the son of the...
Kevin John MacDonald, 55, of Hopkinton passed away from multiple medical complications following respiratory illness on March 9, 2025, at Milford Regional Hospital. Born in Newton, he was the son of John MacDonald of North Providence, Rhode Island, and the late Carol...
