Obituaries
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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...
Norman Hallock, age 71, of Groton, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, August 16th with his family by his side. He was the loving husband of Rebecca (Longtin) Hallock with whom he shared twenty-fours of marriage. Born on September 10, 1945 in Duluth, Minnesota he was the son of the late Lester and Alice (Sachs) Hallock. He graduated from Hibbing High School and went on to graduate from The Wharton School of Business at the University...
Isabel Campbell Bixby, age 92, from Ayer, formerly of Pepperell and Groton, passed away on Friday, July 21, 2017 at Nashoba Park in Ayer. She was the wife of the late Rudolph Varnum Bixby.
Born on April 21, 1925 in Milngavie, Scotland, she was the daughter of the late James and Eisabella (Emerson) Campbell.
Raised and early educated in Scotland, Isabel moved to the United States in 1949 and settled in Groton where she soon married. Isabel was...
Bradbury Bartlett Smith passed away peacefully at his home in Groton on Monday, July 31, 2017 surrounded by family. He was 65. Brad will be remembered as a dedicated husband, caring father and valued member of the community.
Bradbury was born in Boston, son of the late Carol Shepard Smith and the late Shea Smith III. Raised in St. Louis, MO, Brad attended Colorado State University as an undergraduate before being accepted to University of...
Dennis R. “Denny” Bennett, 64, of Groton passed away Friday August 4, 2017 at home after a long battle with cancer. Denny was born in Boston on October 15, 1952, son of Theresa (Wingfield) Montello and Gerard Bennett. He spent his early life growing up in Dorchester and Roxbury. He resided in Groton over the last 51 years surrounded by a large group of family and friends. Denny was employed as a Master electrician at Hollingsworth & Vose of...
James C. Cullen, 84, of Groton, passed away at Rutland Regional Medical Center in Rutland, VT Thursday, June 27, 2017. A wonderful father and husband, and a man of considerable charm and intelligence, Jim passed peacefully from this life with his beloved wife and four sons at his side.
The son of Charles E. Cullen and Helen Graham, Jim was born in 1933 in Boston, grew up in Shrewsbury with his four brothers, and was a 1950 graduate of St. John’s...
Thomas Seabury Crow died at his home in Groton, Massachusetts on July 7, 2017.
He was born May 6, 1920, oldest child and son of Glenn Frank Crow and Rachel Kensett Crow in Wooster, Ohio. At the age of one year he moved with his parents to Loudonville, Ohio, where he lived until he left to attend college. He graduated valedictorian in 1938 from the Loudonville High School after which he attended The College of Wooster where he graduated in 1942...
Eileen M. (Haley) Navien age 93 and longtime resident of Groton passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at Sunny Acres Nursing Home in Chelmsford. She was the widow of the late Richard K. Flagg and the late Charles I. Navien.
Born on August 8, 1923 in Leominster she was the daughter of the late Michael and Annie (Connors) Haley. Raised and early educated in Leominster, she graduated from Leominster High School with the class of 1942.
During World...
Elizabeth A. (Hayes) Coleman “Betty” 79, of Ashburnham and Cape Coral, FL, passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at her home in Ashburnham, after a brief cancer illness. Betty was born in Lowell to Oswald and Ellen (Connolly) Hayes. She spent her early life in Lowell and Chelmsford and graduated from Lowell High School. After marrying Robert E. “Bob” Coleman Jr. in Chelmsford in 1961, she lived in Groton for 45 years and Ashburnham for 12.
She...