All Obituaries

John W. O’Neil, 56, of Housatonic, MA, formerly of Westborough, died on Sunday, April 22, 2018 at home. Born in Framingham, he was the son of the late Paul J. O’Neil and Barbara A. (Dwyer) O’Neil-Bush. He graduated from St. John’s High School in Shrewsbury in 1980 and Bryant University in 1984 with a BSBA in Accounting. John was the president and part owner of the former Village Lumber in Westborough. He was currently employed at Carlson Heating...

    Verna Mae Brown Dwyer, 90, of Fredericksburg, VA, formerly of Westborough, passed away peacefully on Wednesday March 21, 2018 at Mary Washington Hospital.    Born in Concord, Mass. on September 10, 1927 to the late George Milford Brown and Florence Bertha MacQueston Brown.   Verna graduated from Newton Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing in 1949.  She married the love of her life G. Gordon Dwyer on Oct. 8, 1949. ...

Edward F. Callahan, of Westborough and Pocasset, MA died peacefully on April 19, 2018 after a brief illness. He was 93 years of age and lived a very full life. Ed was predeceased by his cherished wife of 33 years Mary Callahan (Silvestri) and his beloved sister Eleanor (Beaton). He leaves his children Dennis Callahan and JoAnn Wilkinson of Westborough, MA, Caitlin Callahan and James Norris of Milton, MA, and Colin Callahan and Toni King of Concord, NH. He also leaves...

Robert Alan Ward, formerly of Westborough MA, died unexpectedly on April 13.  He was 48.  He is survived by his wife Amrita (Datta) Ward and their 6-year-old daughter Gia; parents Charles and Nancy (Cabral) Ward of Westborough MA; siblings Glen Ward of Windsor CT, Betsy Ward of Millbury MA, and William Ward of Framingham MA; niece Ashley (Ward) Katz of Equinunk PA; nephew Alex Ward of Westborough MA. Robert was born June 15, 1969 in Manchester CT, attended Boston...

  Elizabeth H. “Betty” Winchell, 91, of Westborough, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 5, 2018. She was the wife of the late Harry C. Winchell. Born in Worcester, she was the daughter of the late Felix and Mary McDermott. She was educated in Worcester schools and was a graduate of Commerce High School. Betty had worked in the office at Marshall Insurance in Worcester prior to her retirement. She was a communicant of St. Luke the...

Joyce J. Dehey, 95, of Westborough, passed away on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at the Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center. She was the wife of the late Peter A. Dehey, Jr. Born in Northampton, MA, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Selma (Keller) Jarvis. She was a graduate of Northampton High School. During WW II she was a clerk and stenographer for the Department of Defense at Westover Air Force Base. In later years she was a library assistant at...

  Jon H. Bulger, 79, of Westboro, passed away on Thursday, March 29th, 2018.   Born in Westboro, he was the son of the late Francis Bulger and Grayce O’Neill, a sister Mary Jane Foley predeceased him.  He is also survived by his 4 sisters, Beverly Bulger and Elaine Bulger of Marlboro, Grayce Mullen of Grafton, and Connie Rebakas-Fisher of Auburn.   He leaves behind his children, Jack Bulger of Nantucket, Ma; Lissa...

      Ann M. MacDonald, 82, of Upton, passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2018 surrounded by family. She was born in Cambridge and was the last of eight children born to the late John and Katherine (McDonough) Sullivan. She was educated in Cambridge, graduated from St. John’s High School, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from Boston Teachers College. Throughout her career, she taught in many classrooms and grade levels, but...

Patricia A. (Durkin) Viscardi, 81, passed away on Friday, March 16, 2018 surrounded by family after a courageous 3 year battle with cancer.  She was born to Harold Durkin and Anna M. (Heeney) (Durkin) DeRosa in Jersey City, NJ. She was raised in Jersey City as well as Bayonne, NJ.  She graduated from St. Dominic Academy in 1954 and went on to train as a registered nurse at the Jersey City Medical Center, graduating in 1957. She continued her education at Boston College,...

  Brian Donaghue Simpson, 32, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 12, 2018 after a long battle with addiction.   Born in Worcester, he is the son of Kimball Simpson and Kate Donaghue of Westborough. He was educated in Westborough schools and was a 2003 graduate of Westborough High School. He attended UMass Amherst and Lone Star College in Texas.   Brian was a talented and passionate battle rapper who worked with, and inspired...