OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Westborough, Worcester County & Surrounding Areas
Karin L. Bleakney
Oct 19, 2021
Karin Louise (Kavanagh) Bleakney, 88, of Shrewsbury, MA, and Rumney, NH, passed away peacefully at Benchmark Shrewsbury Crossings on October 19, 2021, due to Alzheimer’s disease and COVID-19 residuals. Born in Claremont, NH, on July 18, 1933, the second child of William L. and Georgia M. (Frolich) Kavanagh, Karin graduated from Needham High school and the Katharine Gibbs School...
Eleanor Levine
Oct 16, 2021
Eleanor (Kahn) Levine, 88, of Deerfield Beach, FL, formerly of Boynton Beach, FL and Framingham, MA passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 16, 2021, at the Broward Health North Hospital. She was the beloved wife of the late Leonard M. Levine.
Born in Worcester, MA, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Sarah (Gould) Kahn...
Merrily F. Murphy
Oct 15, 2021
Merrily F. Murphy, of Newbury, NH and formerly of Westborough, MA, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 15, 2021 at the Granite VNA Hospice Home in Concord, NH, surrounded by her family.
Born in Portland, ME, she was a daughter of the late Doug and Marion Holmes.
Prior to retirement, Mrs. Murphy was employed as...
Dennis J. Mcmullen
Oct 14, 2021
Dennis J. McMullen, 76, of Westborough and Eastham, Mass., was born on October 30, 1944 and passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 14, 2021. The following was written by Dennis prior to his illness because he wanted to express himself with his own words.
Dennis was the son of the late John and Rose McMullen. He was...
Agnes I. Burgess
Oct 13, 2021
Agnes I. Burgess, 90, of Westborough, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at home. She was the wife of the late Francis P. Burgess.
Born in Lakeville, MA, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Moore) Murdoch. She was raised and educated in Lakeville and graduated from Middleborough High School.
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Margaret Mary Schmitt
Oct 10, 2021
Margaret Mary (Gallagher) Schmitt, 83, passed to eternal life on Sunday, October 10, 2021 surrounded by her family.
She leaves her beloved nieces: Kathleen (Michael) McDevitt of Whitinsville, Ann Rabuffo of Sutton, Joan (Harry) Norman of Glastonbury, CT, Ellen Gallagher of Hopkinton, Mary (Tim) Gallagher of Natick, and Jane (Michael) Conard of Canton. She is also survived...
Patricia A. Dwinnell
Oct 3, 2021
Patricia A. Dwinnell, 63, of Westborough, passed away peacefully on October 3, 2021 at the VERO Health and Rehab of Worcester.
Patti was the daughter of the late Howard and Dorothy Dwinnell of Westboro and was educated in the Westboro Public Schools. Patti is survived by her daughter, Jennifer Dwinnell of Belchertown, her sister, Joyce Dwinnell Purdy...
Marion E. Pitkin
Oct 1, 2021
Marion was born in the Bronx, NY on May 13th 1937 to the late Max and Anna (Liff) Cobert. She attended NYC public schools and due to her academic gifts, graduated Taft High School at the age of 16. She went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College by the age of 19 and held her first...
James B. Leland
Sep 28, 2021
James B. “Jimbo” Leland, 59, of Framingham, formerly of Northborough, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at The Reservoir in Marlborough.
Born in Waltham, he was the son of the late Roger B. and Joan M. (Franzosa) Leland. He was raised in Northborough and was a graduate of the Fay School. He lived his entire...
Donald L. Mahan
Sep 26, 2021
Donald Lawson Mahan 91, of Westboro, MA, slipped away to be with the Lord on Sunday September 26, 2021. Born in Clinton Massachusetts, he was the son of Clarence and Elsie (Wright) Mahan and was educated in the Clinton Public Schools. Don served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict. He was a longtime crane operator for...
Gloria C. White
Sep 25, 2021
Soloist Gloria White
HUDSON- After a life filled with making music, singing, painting, entertaining and performing, on September 25, 2021 the final curtain fell for Gloria C. White. She was the loving wife of Denis White.
Gloria was the daughter of Domenica and Adolph Paolini and was raised in a loving home filled with music....

Patricia J. Wood
Sep 23, 2021
Patricia J. Wood, 59, of Orange, formerly of Westborough, passed away on September 23, 2021 at home.
Born in Marlborough, she was the daughter of the late Leo and Mary (Strzelewicz) Wood.
She is survived by three brothers, James Wood of Northborough, Edward Wood and Michael Wood both of Westborough; four sisters, Mary Root of...
Brenda J. Lehan
Sep 20, 2021
Brenda J. Lehan, of Hopkinton, passed away on Monday, September 20, 2021 at the Metrowest Medical Center in Framingham. She was the wife of the late Daniel J. Lehan.
Born in Framingham, she was the daughter of the late Warren and Marie (Antonio) Bodge. She was raised and educated in Westborough and was a 1958 graduate of...
Brian J. Mullin
Sep 19, 2021
Brian Joseph Mullin, Esq., 54, of Westborough, MA passed away of natural causes unexpectedly on Sunday, September 19, 2021. He was the beloved husband of Jessica A. (Wright) Mullin and the devoted father to three sons; Samuel A. Mullin, Matthew W. Mullin and Jacob W. Mullin. Born in Warwick, RI, he was the son of Elizabeth A. (Harson) Mullin...
Marjorie A. Spinner
Sep 18, 2021
SOUTHBOROUGH- Marjorie A. Spinner, 90, passed away on Saturday, September 18, 2021 at the Oasis at Dodge Park. She was the wife of the late Franklin H. Spinner.
Born in Bay City, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Edna (Koeppen) Arndt and was raised in Bay City, Michigan. She graduated from Bay City...
Ann M. Price
Sep 2, 2021
Ann M. Price, 75, of Medway, passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2021 at the Marlborough Hospital surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Marlborough, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Doris (Dufault) Gebhart. She was raised and educated in Marlborough and was a 1964 graduate of Marlborough High School.
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Nellie L. Fryer
Aug 28, 2021
Nellie L. Fryer, 97, of Westborough, passed away on Saturday, August 28, 2021 at the UMass/Memorial Healthcare - University Hospital in Worcester. She was the wife of the late Thomas B. Fryer, Jr. and Michael B. Dayotas.
Born in Worcester, she was the daughter of the late George and Petronela (Matuskyte) Ruksnaitis. She was raised and educated...
Gabriel A. Leblanc
Aug 17, 2021
Gabriel A. Leblanc, 94 of Westborough, passed away on August 17, 2021 at Care One Millbury. He was born in Montreal, PQ, Canada on June 24, 1927 to the late Alberic and Agnes (Laflamme) Leblanc. He is the beloved husband of Katherine (Scheffley) Leblanc.
He received his BA/BS from the University of Montreal, Masters in Geophysics from...
Francis E. Ryan
Aug 16, 2021
Frank entered into eternal life August 16th after years of declining health, he was 64. He is survived by his siblings; Barbara Peirce (Jeff) of TN, Pat Duffy (Doris) and Kathleen Ozella (Tony) of Dennis, Kenneth Burnett of Medway, Bill Richardson (Janet) of Northbridge. Nieces Maria, Andrea, Tara, and Alicia (Goddaughter) and nephews Matthew, Kevin (Godson), and Patrick. He...

Helen E. Bartlett
Aug 14, 2021
Helen E. Bartlett, 87, of Westborough, passed away on Saturday, August 14, 2021 at the Beaumont Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Pelt) Dodge. She was raised and educated in St. Louis and was a graduate Webster Groves High School. She was also...