All Obituaries

David A. Fay, 81, of Westborough, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 16, 2019. He was the husband of Carolyn M. Black and was predeceased in 2013 by his first wife, Anne M. Fay. Born in Boston, he was the son of the late Andrew and Katherine (Kelley) Fay. He was raised and educated in Needham and was a graduate of BC High School. He received a BBA in Marketing from the University of Notre Dame and upon graduation entered the Navy’s Officer Candidate School, achieving the...

WESTBOROUGH- Nancy A. Brodeur, 77, of Westborough, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Paul R. Brodeur, Jr. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late William and Beatrice (McLaren) Mahoney. She was educated in Westborough schools and was a graduate of Algonquin Regional High School. Nancy was employed as a registered nurse at Westborough State Hospital prior to her retirement. She was a life member of the Marlborough...

Ivan Ramirez, 79, of Worcester, passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2019 at the UMass/Memorial Healthcare-University Hospital in Worcester. He was the husband of the late Cheryl (Lee) Ramirez. Born in Medellin, Columbia, he was the son of the late Conrado and Josefina (Gaviria) Ramiirez and was raised and educated in Columbia. Ivan was employed as a Lab Technician for the Norton Company prior to his retirement. He is survived by a niece, Lori Fleming of Harrisville, RI, a nephew, Robert...

Professor David Goland, 78 David Goland of Shrewsbury, formerly of Westborough, passed away peacefully October 30, 2019 at UMass Hospital in Worcester. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, the former Jane Hawkins. He was the son of Shirley and Ernest Goland. David was preceded in death by two sisters, Ruth Loeb and Sandy O’Neill. He leaves behind a sister, Jean O’Rourke, and three sons and their wives: Daniel and Crystal of Bedford, NH, Timothy and Jennifer of North Andover,...

Malinda St. Clair (Showalter) Lareau, 94, a long-time resident of Warren, Pennsylvania, died on October 25, 2019 in Rhode Island where she had been living for the last 7 years. She was born Sept. 16, 1925 in Snowden, Virginia to William Nathaniel Showalter and Lura Malinda (St. Clair) Showalter. She answered to the name "Malinda" even after her discovery, at the age of 60, that her father had entered her legal name on the birth certificate as Alice Malinda Showalter, rather than...

Mary C. Cunning, 86, of Rutland Town, Vermont, formerly of Grafton and Westborough, passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at the Meadows of East Mountain in Rutland Town. She was the wife of the late William F. Cunning. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late James and Josephine (Sponcie) McCarthy and was educated in Boston schools. Mrs. Cunning was employed as a secretary for TJX Corporation prior to her retirement. She was a communicant of St. Luke the Evangelist Church in...

Albert Dwyer Wilbur 4-1-1926 to 10-19-2019   Born in Chelsea, as a 10th generation American to his father Alger H. Wilbur, a descendant of Samuel Wilbur who established the Boston Common and founded Portsmouth Rhode Island and as a first generation American to his mother Elizabeth M  Dwyer Wilbur of Castletownbere, Ireland. He was a resident of Roxbury, Carver, Dorchester, Milton and Cotuit Massachusetts and Saint Petersburg Florida. A graduate of Roxbury Memorial High School and...

Rachel Xu Wang, 57, of Westborough and formerly of Raritan, NJ, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at the Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester. Her passing was preceded by a resilient, decade-long fight with breast cancer. Born in Shanghai, China, she is the daughter and only child of Changtai Xu and Jialan Pan. After attending Fudan University in Shanghai, she immigrated to the United States to pursue a master’s degree at Baylor College of Medicine. Rachel was...

Jean Marie Posk of East Greenwich, RI passed away on October 8, 2019, with family by her side. Jean was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the daughter of Henry Birong and Alice Birong (nee Durrigan). She grew up in Cranston, RI and attended St. Patrick’s High School. Jean worked at Narragansett Electric, where she met her future husband, Joe “Peter” Posk. The couple moved to Germany where he was stationed with the US Army. Jean and Peter moved to Coventry Rhode Island in...

Priscilla A. (White) Federici, 84, of Westborough, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 6, 2019 at the UMass/Memorial Healthcare-University Hospital in Worcester.  She was the beloved wife to Joseph A. Federici. Born in Fitchburg, she is a daughter of the late Raymond and Arlene (McKenney) White.  She was raised in Leominster and was a graduate of Leominster High School.  She also earned her Bachelor’s Degree at Salem Hospital School of Nursing and her...