Obituaries
Jack Balonis of Groton passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 10, 2017. He was the beloved husband of Marcia (Carrow) Balonis. Son of the late Dolores (Ghidoni) and John Balonis.
Jack was born November 15, 1948 in Brockton, attended Plymouth Public Schools class of 1966. He made Groton his hometown in 1971.
Jack was a respected police officer in Groton for 23 years until his retirement in 2002.
Jack enjoyed many hobbies such as...
Robert J. Cady, age 85 of Groton, passed away at Lahey Hospital in Burlington. He was the loving and devoted husband of 61 years to the late Rosemary (Kilbride) Cady who died in January of this year.
Born in Dorchester on September 19, 1932, he was the son of the late Patrick and Marie (Rosa) Cady. He was a graduate of Boston Technical High School and tried out for a few professional baseball teams as a pitcher. He enlisted in the U.S....
Rosalind J. Whitney of Groton, MA passed away at Emerson Hospital on September 28th, 2017. She leaves behind her beloved husband Richard G. Lampke, son Daniel H. Lampke and his wife Sarah F. Lampke of Dayton Ohio, two grandchildren Genevieve and Henry, her twin sister Pamela Whitney Kush of Stamford, CT, and nephew Dave W. Kush of Trondheim, Norway.
Family and friends will gather to honor and remember Rosalind on Monday, October 2nd from...
A lifelong resident of Harvard, James Albion Dunlap, Jr. passed away at his home Saturday, September 23, 2017, at the age of 98. He was born in the Bromfield House in Harvard on March 3, 1919, the son of the Bromfield School principal James Albion Dunlap and Martha Soule Robinson.
Like many in the Maine-based Dunlap family before him, Jim attended Bates College in Lewiston. He graduated in 1940 and went to work at John Hancock...
John R. “ Dick” Norstrom died Friday, September 29, 2017 in Ayer. He was born in Groton on October 7, 1931 son of the late Charles O. and Luella (Bebbe) Norstrom. He was an Air Force veteran, retired Town of Groton Highway Superintendent, and Deputy Fire Chief.
A lifelong resident of Groton, where he grew up on the family farm Pinecrest Orchard and where he also attended the schools. After high school Dick enlisted in the United States Air...
Hugh Franklin Stoddart of Groton, MA died August 24, 2017 at the age of 90. Hugh was born on May 17, 1927 in Portland, OR to Hugh A. and Elsie (Long) Stoddart. He leaves a very loving family: Marion Stoddart, his wife of 65 years; their 3 children: Heather (Barros) Stoddart of Princeton, NJ, Hugh A. Stoddart of Harvard, MA and Thomas B, Stoddart of Nantucket, MA; five grandchildren; and two sisters, Donna (Stoddart) Seeman of Brookings, OR and...
The Reverend George E. Downey in his workshop.
The Reverend George E. Downey died September 11, 2017 at High Pointe Hospice, Haverhill. A resident of Groton, Massachusetts, he was born September 6, 1924 in Fountaintown, Indiana. Attending a Disciples of Christ church in Greenwood, Indiana throughout his youth, he received pre-Ministerial deferment during the Second World and Korean Wars and graduated from Butler University and the Lexington Theological Seminary, being ordained into the...
A Memorial Service for Tom Crow
will be held Saturday, September 16 at 11:00 a.m.
at First Parish Church of Groton, Powder House Road,
with a reception following the service.
All who knew Tom are invited to attend.
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Francis J. “Frank” Hartnett Jr., e 60, a resident of Lunenburg and former longtime Pepperell resident, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, August 31, 2017.
Frank Jr. was born June 7, 1957 in Groton, a son of Francis J. Hartnett Sr. and Gertrude (Pillsbury) Hartnett. He received his early education at the Country Day School in Groton, and was a graduate of Merrimack College in North Andover with a degree in economics, the first of seven...
Paul J. Shammas, 42, passed away peacefully in his sleep Sunday, August 20, 2017. Paul proudly served in the U.S. Army as a member of the famed First Ranger Battalion from 1994 to 2001. Paul was born November 19, 1974 and lived for the past 15 years in Savannah, GA with his wife Heidi Shammas, and Sabu Shammas, his faithful canine companion.
Paul was a graduate of Groton Dunstable Regional High School in Groton, and studied nursing at both the...