Obituaries

Oct 28, 2025

Rodney "Rocket" Bayer Andrews of Lexington, Bedford, and Billerica died on October 28, 2025 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease; he was 83 years old.

Rodney lived in Lexington until he was 8 years old, then moved to Bedford with his family and attended the Bedford school system graduating in 1961. He continued is education by...

Oct 18, 2025

Phyllis E. (Shute) Thomas of Lexington died on October 18, 2025 at the age of 102. She was the beloved wife of the late Hazen A. Thomas.

Loving mother of Pamela A. Thomas and Gordon C. Thomas and his wife Diane.

Loving grandmother of Cassandra Thomas and her partner Christopher Freligh and Jennifer Thomas and...

Sep 29, 2025

In Loving Memory of Ioana Gorohovschii

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Ioana Gorohovschii, who left this world peacefully on September 29, 2025, at the age of 93.

Born on November 13, 1931, Ioana lived a long and meaningful life defined by compassion, wisdom, and unwavering dedication to education. As a teacher, she...

Sep 27, 2025

David Franklin Norris, lovingly known as "Tye Dye Dave," passed away this past week at his home in Bedford at the age of 68. Born November 2, 1956, his personality was as colorful as his trademark bandanas. David's life can be likened to chapters of a bestselling novel. At just 17, he joined the U.S. Army and proudly served...

Sep 6, 2025

Jim Hamilton, 96; Aviator, Architect, Designer and Inventor

James (Jim) Lyman Hamilton, a Cold War Naval aviator and photographer as well as a regarded architect, lighting designer, and lifelong inventor who, with friend and NASA physicist Jordan Kirsch, patented the iconic 1970s "Aurora" and "Prisma" clocks and later designed the "Time Square" clock in the Museum of...

Sep 1, 2025

Madeline A. Chilton, born July 13, 1940, passed away September 1, 2025.

Madeline is survived by her son Wayne Chilton and his wife Nancy of Chelmsford and Lorrie Rooney of North Carolina; she is also survived by son-in-law Brian McMahon of Ashby.

Known as Mimi, she enjoyed spending time with her grand hildren: Kasey Webb,...

Aug 22, 2025

Alan Gardner Andrews (Al), born in Waltham on April 12, 1945, lived in Lexington until moving with his family to Bedford in 1950. He attended the Bedford school system and graduated class of 1963. After school and on Saturdays he worked at the First National grocery store in The Great Road Shopping Center.

Alan enlisted in the...

Aug 11, 2025

Frank J. Nappi, 57, of Bedford, MA passed into eternal peace on August 11, 2025. He died suddenly while on a family vacation in Virginia, surrounded by his beloved wife Judy and children, Samantha, Daniel and James.

Frank was born in West Islip, NY on July 1, 1968 to Gaetana (D'Bella) Nocella and Frank Nappi, Jr. His...

Jul 30, 2025

William (Bill) F. Ford, Sr. of Bedford passed away peacefully on July 30, 2025 surrounded by his family.

Bill was raised in Cambridge and graduated from Sacred Heart High School. After marrying his beloved wife Mary (Sullivan) Ford, he settled in Medford before moving to Bedford in 1973, where they raised their family and shared 63 loving...

Jul 27, 2025

On July 27, 2025, Joan M. Henault, of Bedford, Massachusetts, passed away unexpectedly while visiting a relative on Long Island, NY. She was 82 years old.

Joan was born on December 20, 1942 in Arlington, Massachusetts to the late Robert and Lillian (Johnson) O'Neill. She graduated from Arlington High School in 1960 and attended nurse's training at...

Jul 27, 2025

Byron Roseman was a son, brother, husband, father, uncle, father-in-law, grandfather, doctor, friend, and punster extraordinaire; best known as a much loved pediatrician in Chelmsford Massachusetts.

Please join us for a memorial and celebration of the his life:

Sunday, August 3rd, 2025

11:00am - 2:00pm

The Red Room, Carleton-Willard Village

Jul 17, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Donald Russell MacLeod, who died peacefully on July 17, 2025, at the age of 80, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Born on June 29, 1945, in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, "Donnie" spent his early years in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Provinces of...

Jul 13, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Kathleen (Kathy) Anne Grey, 80, of Bedford, MA on July 13, 2025. Kathy is survived by her husband of 56 years, Peter Grey; her three children, Holly, Ethan and Hannah; her brother George Iszlai and 6 grandchildren, all between the ages of 8 – 11.

Kathy...

Jul 6, 2025

Barbara Molineux Mix, 93, of Lexington, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on July 6, 2025, in Bedford, Massachusetts.

She is survived by her loving husband William F. Mix Jr. of Lexington; her stepdaughter Marsha Mix Barnes and son-in-law, James Barnes of Duxbury; and her treasured grandchildren, Jillian, Gabrielle, and Caleb.

Born in Boston, Barbara was the...

Jul 3, 2025

Edward P. Modoono Jr, valued groundskeeper of Shawsheen Funeral Home for 35 years, died on July 3, 2025 at Lahey Hospital in Burlington after a tragic accident.

Ed was born on March 16, 1964 in Arlington, MA.

He is survived by his aunt Jane Messina and uncles, Paul T. Modoono and Kenneth Veno and cousin...

Jun 29, 2025

Paul Przyjemski of Carlisle MA on June 29, 2025, Beloved partner of Mary Accaputo. Brother of Charles Przyjemski and wife Frances of Wilmington. Also survived by brothers John and Joseph and many nieces and nephews. Paul enjoyed fishing with family and helping with their home projects, His favorite place was in Hideaway Village in Buzzards Bay.

Visiting...

Jun 23, 2025

William R. Miller (Bill), 89, of Bedford, died peacefully with his wife and daughters by his side on June 23, 2025.

To many he was Mr. Miller, the teacher and athletic director who was known for his fairness, compassion, and love for his students, who somehow seemed to appear at every game and had every coach's and...

Jun 18, 2025

Frederick J. Grof, age 84, of Bedford, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on June 18, 2025.

Fred is survived by his beloved wife of 56 years, Carol Grof (Caney); his three sons, Daryle Grof and his wife Lee Hughes of Manchester, NH, Kevin Grof and his wife Theresa (Malon) of Dayton OH, and Brian Grof of...

Jun 15, 2025

It is with deep sorrow and profound sadness that we announce the passing of Elio Cerchione on June 15th, 2025, after a sudden and hard battle with Guillain Barre Syndrome. He was 64 years old.

Born in Italy on June 23rd, 1960, Elio moved to the States as a boy, spending his youth in the Belmont and...

Jun 12, 2025

Frances M. Durkin, age 81, resident of Bedford, MA since 1967, passed away peacefully on June 12, 2025. She was the beloved wife of Harold W. Durkin (deceased) and longtime companion of William J. Flaherty (deceased) of Burlington, MA.

Mrs. Durkin grew up in Lexington and was the daughter of the late Grace V. White and Raymond...