Obituaries
Cheryl Anne Courtney passed away peacefully on November 27, 2014 after a long battle with breast cancer. She is the beloved daughter of Geri Courtney Petrone and stepdaughter of Len Petrone of Methuen. Cherished granddaughter of the late Gert and Chet Alfieri of Somerville. Little sister of Colleen Courtney-Larrabee and Joshua Larrabee of Salem, NH. Sister of Peter Correggio and Karen Correggio of Methuen. Loving Aunt of Skylar Larrabee and...
Peter Rowe Roberts passed away on November 5th, 2014 from complications stemming from a pulmonary illness. He was 82 years old and is survived by his wife of 55 years, Margaret, his two sons, Mark and Matthew, their wives, Heather and Kelly and five loving grandchildren, Madeleine, Emmett, Finn, Esme and Matilda. Born in Barton England in 1932,
Peter was the only child of Edward L and Vera H Roberts. He earned his bachelor's degree in...
Alice (Jacobs) Vlahos, 66 of Groton died at her home Saturday, October 18, 2014. She was born in Groton on December 23, 1947, daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth (McDowell) Jacobs. She grew up in Groton and was a graduate of Groton High School and Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene at Northeastern University in Boston. She was a Director at the Nashoba Boards of Health Dental Program in Ayer and worked at Dr. Bouchard's in Winchendon for...
Edna B. White, a force in Groton politics and civic life for many years died October 11 at the age of 86. Edna was a member of the Board of Selectmen as well as serving on the Planning Board, Town Government Study Committee, an active member of the PTA, and numerous civic ad hoc and subcommittees.
As an advocate for senior and affordable housing, she was largely responsible for creation of the Groton Housing Authority. In addition, she played...
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...