Frederic (Rick) Sarvela
Jul 28, 2022
Frederic (Rick) Sarvela, 70, of Littleton MA passed away on Thursday July 28th, 2022 after a lengthy illness. Rick was a devoted husband and loving father. He was predeceased by his mother, Irma, step-father Lauri, and his father, Fred. He leaves behind his wife, Sharon, three children Adam, Andrea, and Amy, five grandchildren Kai, Nicholas, Leo, Hayden, Harry, his sister,...
Jean E. Cummings
Jul 28, 2022
Jean Cummings, 87 years old, passed away on July 28, 2022 at the Emerson Hospital surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Jean was born on December 29, 1934, in Medford, Massachusetts, to Catherine (Hynes) and William McIntosh. She lived most of her adult life in Groton, Massachusetts where she raised her family of eight children. She was a dedicated wife...
Helen F. Pare
Jul 28, 2022
Helen F. (Milne) Pare, 94, of Littleton, formerly of Lowell, passed away peacefully on July 28, 2022. She was the wife of the late Gerard Pare who passed away in 2019.
Helen was born in Lowell on May 12, 1928, one of seven daughters to the late Robert and Catherine (Maguire) Milne. She was raised in Lowell and graduated...
Jackie E. Meyer
Jul 25, 2022
Jacquelynn "Jackie" Meyer, formerly of Ayer, passed away on Monday July 25, 2022 in Spencer, MA. Jackie is the beloved child of Kara Kramer.
Jackie was a proud member of the LGBT community and preferred people to use they/them pronouns. They loved going on long walks to their favorite places, giving gifts to the people they cared about, and standing...
Martha Smalanskas
Jul 24, 2022
Martha Smalanskas passed away peacefully on July 24, 2022 at 2:40 AM, surrounded by her loving family. She was 57 years old at the time. A longtime resident of Harvard, MA, She was the loving and devoted wife of Richard Smalanskas (57) and mother of Sebastian (28), Matias (23), and Oliver (21).
Born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia...
John Earl Keddy
Jul 17, 2022
John Earl “Jack” Keddy of Shirley, MA, formerly of Groton, Lexington, and Somerville, MA, died peacefully at his home of cancer on July 17, 2022; he was surrounded by his family. He was 85. Mr. Keddy was born in Somerville, MA, on April 9, 1937, the son of the late Glynn and Sarah (McNeil) Keddy. He was also predeceased by...
Margaret C. Holdsworth
Jul 13, 2022
Margaret Carey Holdsworth (Peggy), 81, died on July 13, 2022 at Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA surrounded by her loving family.
She was born March 4, 1941 in Bristol, CT, daughter of Harry W. and Margaret E. (Culliton) Holdsworth. Peggy was a graduate of Bristol High School. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English from Regis College in 1963...
Haichen Liu
Jul 11, 2022
Haichen Liu, age 84, passed away peacefully at home in the morning of July 11, 2022, at around 7:40 AM with his wife by his side, and family close by in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Born on June 16, 1938, Haichen grew up in Liuyang, Hunan Province in China, met his beloved wife Defen Huang while working in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, raised...
Barbara Ann O'Neil
Jul 8, 2022
Roberta Barbara Ann (England) O’Neil of Westford, MA passed away peacefully surrounded by family on July 8, 2022 at the age of 89.
Barbara was born on February 26, 1933 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada to Etta (Graham) and Cecil Grover England. From a very early age, and following in the footsteps of her mother, aunt and other strong...
Jonathan C. Curtis
Jul 4, 2022
Jonathan Charles Curtis of Milford, MA died on July 4th at the age of 31 after a brief illness. Jon was born in Fitchburg and grew up in West Groton and Groton. He graduated from Groton-Dunstable Regional High School with the class of 2009, received his BA in communications and rhetoric from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2013, and...