Mary Randig

Feb 20, 2024

Mary Catherine (Bradley) Randig

March 8, 1927 – February 20, 2024

Mary Randig died peacefully on February 20, 2024. Mary and her husband George have been residents of Harvard since 1960.  

Mary was born in Bridgeport, CT to Catherine and Christopher A. Bradley. She graduated from Bassick High School and Danbury State Teacher’s College (now Western Connecticut State University).  Mary had a...

Lucretia "Dolli" Bacchi

Feb 11, 2024

Lucretia “Dolli” Bacchi, of Littleton MA, formerly of Billerica MA, found peace on February 11, 2024. Beloved wife for over 58 years to Anthony “Tony” Bacchi. Loving mother of daughter Diana Paradis and her husband George, and her son Anthony Bacchi, Jr.

Sister of Santa Ann “Sandy” Leone of Cambridge and Waltham; and the late George, Dominic, James (“Jack”), and Baby...

Carol Plauger

Feb 10, 2024

Carol A. (Grady) Plauger, 75, of Littleton, MA, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 10, 2024 at Emerson Hospital. Born January 17, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Irene (Belanger) Grady. 

She is survived by her husband David Plauger of Littleton, MA, and her siblings: Therese (Terry)  Hannigan, Dracut, MA, Richard (Dick) Grady, Southampton, NJ, Pauline Bowers,...

Paulette Lea (Provencher) Girard

Feb 9, 2024

Paulette Lea (Provencher) Girard, 90, of Littleton, passed away on February 9, 2024, at Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, Massachusetts. 

 

Born in Lowell on October 14, 1933, she was the eldest daughter of the late Napoleon M. and Lea C. Provencher. Paulette grew up in Lowell, where she graduated from Saint Louis Academy in 1951. She was married for 51 wonderful years to...

Lt. Col. James Alvin Shearer

Jan 31, 2024

January 31, 2024, Lt. Col. James Alvin Shearer, 78, of Lunenburg, MA, passed away at his home surrounded by love. The lake was calm, the air crisp, and the birds he loved so much peacefully lifted him through the clouds to heaven. Jim was one of 4 siblings and was born November 20, 1945, in Brooklyn, NY, to the late...

Mary E. Holcomb

Jan 27, 2024

Mary Elizabeth Holcomb, of Acton, MA, died unexpectedly at age 70 at home. Predeceased by her brother Edward Leon Holcomb of Acton, MA, her mother Carmella (Deveno) Holcomb, of Westfield, MA, and her father Leon Ellis Holcomb, of Southwick, MA. 

She is survived by her brother Robert Lee Holcomb and wife, Phyllis (Albano) Holcomb from Falmouth, Massachusetts. She leaves nieces Kathryn...

Linda L. Sidloski

Jan 26, 2024

Linda (Lynne) L. Sidloski (Brooks, Barrie, Bottenhorn) - Littleton, MA. 

Lynne Sidloski, 76 passed away Friday, January 26, 2024, at Rivercourt Residences in Groton, MA, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Lynne was born November 12,1947 in Ballston Spa, NY. The daughter of the late Maynard and Helen Brooks, she grew up in Ballston Spa, and at the family’s home-away-from home on Great Sacandaga Lake.  

Following her post-secondary education...

Jean Elizabeth Cronin

Jan 25, 2024

Jean Elizabeth Cronin, age 94, of Palm Coast, Florida, passed away on January 25, 2024, at the Stuart F. Meyer Hospice House. She was born on March 5, 1929, in Middleboro, Massachusetts, to the late Louise Albertina Hornby.

In her senior year of high school, Jean moved from Middleboro to Ipswich, Massachusetts, where she encountered the love of her life, Richard...

Susan (Shu-Shan) Shih

Jan 23, 2024

Susan (Shu-Shan) Shih, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on January 23, 2024, at the age of 87 in Bolton, Massachusetts. Born on July 30, 1936, in Hong Kong, Susan was the wife of Dr. Wei Shih, and daughter of Mr. Yuan and Mrs. Yu-Ying Wang. 

Susan’s life transcended all of life’s boundaries presented to her. As a child, she...

Lorraine West

Jan 21, 2024

Lorraine West of Melbourne, FL, formerly a longtime resident of Dunstable, MA, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 21, 2024 at the age of 81 in Melbourne, Florida where she and her husband Harold spent the last three years. Lorraine was an alumna of St. Louis de Gonzague High School in Nashua, NH where she was known for her academic...