Obituaries
Sandra "Sandy" A. (Daggett) Alcott, RN, died at Massachusetts General Hospital with family and close friends by her side, after a short illness. Sandy was the beloved wife and best friend of Brian and devoted Mom to Kiersten and David.
She was born in Leominster, on February 24,1959, daughter of the late Leon F. and Alice T. (Bourque) Daggett. A resident of Leominster in her earlier years, she attended Leominster Schools and was a graduate of...
Robert Sawin Davis, Sr. died at age 95, Friday, August 15, 2014. A twelfth-generation American, he was born in 1919 and raised in Storrs, CT, where his father was Chair of Agricultural Economics at the University of Connecticut and mother, an historian, wrote UConn's alma mater.
Attending the Hart School of Music in Hartford on scholarship as an early teenager, he later graduated college from The Juilliard School of Music in New York City,...
Ann Emerson died in her home Tuesday, August 26, 2014, after surrendering peacefully and courageously to a six-month long ordeal with pancreatic cancer. She was 71 years of age. Born Olivia Ann Bradley on June 6, 1943, she was the first of four daughters born to Thurman and Thelma Bradley of Boise, Idaho. After graduating from Borah High School in Boise, Ann went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Boise State University and a...
Steven F. Mickle, 63, of Ayer, died on September 2, 2014 as a result of a motorcycle crash in Berwick, Maine. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky on March 21, 1951, son of the late Frederick Mickle and Mary DeMeo Mickle Glavine. He grew up in Lincoln and was a graduate of Arlington Tech. Steve worked in automotive repair for many years at Doherty Garage, Moran Motors, and his own Mickle Automotive. He then worked for the Groton Highway...
Ivan George Eagleson Jr. (best know as Skip) passed away on July 17, 2014. He was 85 years old.
He lived many years in California but was born and raised in Groton. He graduated from Groton High School and went to Mount Herman for Boys. He attended Northeastern University and graduated with honors. He also enlisted in the Army Paratroops after WWII and was a candidate for officers training school.
He is survived by his daughter Stacey,...
Martha Johnson Brown died unexpectedly December 17, 2013. She was born October 29, 1929 in Arlington to Philip Reynolds Johnson and Charlotte Stiles Johnson. Martha was the middle child with two brothers. She enjoyed her childhood in Arlington and later the family moved to Greenfield where she graduated from high school in 1947. She went on to graduate from Vesper George Art School in Boston in 1949.
Martha enjoyed several years in...
Helen A. Shluzas Woodworth passed away at the age of 72 on August, 18, 2014. She was born on February 13, 1942 in Boston to the late parents of Albert J. Shluzas and Anna V. Shluzas.
She is survived by her siblings Edward Shluzas of Millis, Robert Shluzas of New Smyrna Beach, FL, and Mary Shluzas Spittle of Rockport. She was a loving mother to her daughters Patty Mahoney of Groton and Karen Manzoni of Cumberland, R.I. She leaves her...
Roger S. Benson, 58, of Groton died unexpectedly at Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, MA on July 15, 2014. He was born in Orange, NJ, on December 5, 1955, son of Fredanna (Lieberman) Benson of Sudbury, MA and the late Robert Benson.
Roger grew up in Natick and was a graduate of Natick High School. He later graduated from Northeastern University with a BS degree in Biology/Chemistry and obtained a F.A.A. Airframe and Power Plant License...
Adelaide Mountain Luca, 99, of Groton, died peacefully on Monday, July 7, 2014 in her home on Blossom Lane with her loving and devoted husband, Aldo F. Luca, and family by her side.
Born in Boston on May 6, 1915, Adelaide came to Groton with her family in 1920 and made it her lifelong home. She was the first of five children of the late James P. and Ethel (Davenport) Mountain.
Adelaide graduated high school from Groton's Prescott School. Soon...
Mary (Pearce) Allen, 91, of West Groton, wife of the late John D. Allen, died peacefully, surrounded by her family and friends, at home on Saturday, June 14, 2014. Mary was born in Latrobe, PA on August 24, 1922 to the late Joseph J. and Florence (Lynch) Pearce who owned Pearce Woolen Mill, the oldest woolen mill in the country.
Mary spent her summers on Conneaut Lake where she learned to swim before the family moved to Milford, DE, spending...