OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Westborough, Worcester County & Surrounding Areas
Pauline C. Fairbrother
May 21, 2020
Pauline C. Fairbrother (nee Laprade) passed away peacefully on May 21, 2020. She was beloved by her husband, Edward, who passed away in 1985, and by her eight children, Mary Fairbrother and her husband Don Thompson of Arizona, Ed and Patti Fairbrother of Kentucky, Tom Fairbrother of Manchester, CT, Peter and Martha Fairbrother of Acton, MA, Ann and Barry...
Glenna E. Smith
May 13, 2020
Glenna E. Smith, 84, formerly of Westborough and Dennisport, passed away at the Royal Wayland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wayland. She was the wife of the late Clayton L. Smith
Born in Worcester, she was the daughter of the late Stanley W.and Marian (Bethune) Eames. She was raised and educated in Worcester and graduate of South...
Beatrice L. Ladner
May 7, 2020
Beatrice L. (MacLeod) Ladner, 90, of Westborough MA passed away peacefully on May 7, 2020 at Westborough Healthcare, succumbing to complications of Covid-19 after a long battle with dementia. Wife of the late Hugh A. Ladner, Bea is survived by her six children and spouses - Lois Hogan of North Grafton, Ronald Ladner of Denton, TX, Linda Scricco and...

Sylvia M. Moro
May 7, 2020
Sylvia M. Moro, 96, of Westborough, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at Westborough Healthcare. She was the wife of the late Ernest T. Moro.
Born in Southborough, she was the daughter of the late Massimo and Albina (Berni) Bertonassi. She was raised in Fayville with her 7 siblings and was a graduate of the former...
Frederick J. Brown
May 7, 2020
Frederick J. “Fred” Brown, 100, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, May 7, 2020. He was the beloved husband of the late Christine E. (Pike) Brown.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Richard and Ruth (Owen) Brown. He was raised and educated in Shelburne Falls and was a graduate of Arms...
Claud M. Davis
May 5, 2020
Claud Myron Davis, 95, passed away May 5, 2020, at The Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester, MA. He was born on August 23, 1924, in Pine Valley Mississippi, the son of the late Claud Clifton Davis and Anna Kelly Davis.
Mr. Davis was a veteran of World War II having served in the Pacific as a...

Shirley A. Jackson
May 3, 2020
Shirley A. Jackson, 83, of Westborough, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2020 at UMass/Memorial Healthcare-University Campus, Worcester.
Born in Worcester, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Alice (Thompson) Tortora. She was raised and educated in Westborough and was a graduate of Westborough High School.
Shirley was employed in the housekeeping department...
Eleanor Z. Scheiner
May 2, 2020
Eleanor (Zelvin) Scheiner entered into rest on Saturday, May 2nd, 2020. She was the beloved wife of Donald Scheiner. Devoted mother of Leslie Jaffe and Roberta Hall. Sister of Norman and Joseph. Also survived by four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
A private graveside service was held at B’Nai Brith Cemetery, Worcester.

Frances R. Larson
May 2, 2020
Frances R. Larson, 97, of Westborough, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at St. Mary’s Healthcare Center in Worcester. She was the wife of the late Albert C. Larson.
Born in Shrewsbury, she was the daughter of the late Lorenzo and Catherine Bisceglia. She was educated in Shrewsbury and was a graduate of Shrewsbury High School....
Virginia A. Erwin
May 1, 2020
A memorial service for Virginia will be held on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at 11 AM, in the Congregational Church of Westborough, 57 West Main Street, Westborough.
Virginia “Gini” Anne (Packard) Erwin, 73, of Westborough, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 1, 2020 at the Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Westborough...
Gloria L. Kennedy
May 1, 2020
Gloria Kennedy was born November 2, 1928 in Boston. The daughter of Mabel and George Johnson, she was raised in Holden, Massachusetts. After having four children, she began college at Clark University, and went on to get her graduate degrees and practice psychology both for the state of Massachusetts and in private practice. Always a free spirit, she and...
Donald R. Jolie
Apr 28, 2020
Donald Jolie of Westborough passed away on April 28, 2020 at UMass Memorial Hospice Unit at Beaumont in Worcester of Covid-19 and dementia. He was 88.
Donald was born in Marlborough, Ma. son of Napoleon and Edna (Gardner) Jolie. He attended the Marlborough Schools and was an outstanding athlete elected to the first Marlborough Athletics Hall of...
Luis F. Torres
Apr 24, 2020
Luis F. Torres, 1SG USA (RET), 84, of Westborough, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2020 at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was the husband of the late Berji (Ohan) Torres.
Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, he was the son of Fernando and Santia (Ruiz) Torres and was educated in Puerto Rico.
Luis...
Jane E. Hughes
Apr 19, 2020
Jane Elizabeth (Welch) Hughes, 78, of Westborough, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020, at the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, MA. She was the loving mother of Kimberly (Hughes) Huie and Michael Hughes (previously deceased), and loving grandmother of Michael Huie. She leaves behind her sister, Geraldine (Welch) Conley of Durham, NC, and her brother, Thomas Welch and...
Roy T. Fenneuf
Apr 19, 2020
Roy T. Fenneuf, 89, of Grafton, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2020 at the UMass/Memorial Healthcare-Memorial Hospital in Worcester. He was the husband of the late Stephanie C. (Lettic) Fenneuf.
Born in Worcester, he was the son of the late Roy and Grace (O’Neil) Fenneuf. He was educated at the Woodland Prep School and was a...
Lucille M. Loomis
Apr 17, 2020
Lucille Martha (North) Loomis, 89, of Westborough, MA passed away on Friday, April 17, 2020, at Notre Dame Health Care in Worcester, MA. She was the wife of the late Robert “Bob” M. Loomis to whom she was married for 65 years. Lucille is survived by her children Donald Loomis and fiancée Diane Michlig of San Jose, CA; William...
Ethel V. Smith
Apr 16, 2020
Ethel V. Smith, 99, of Westborough, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2020 at the Beaumont Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Northborough. She was the wife of the late Stanley R. Smith.
Born in Worcester, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Amy (Anderson) Hanson. She was educated in Worcester schools and was a...
Marie E. O'Brien
Apr 16, 2020
Marie E. “Chickie” O’Brien, 96, of Westborough, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2020 at the Beaumont Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Westborough. She was the wife of the late Joseph J. O’Brien to whom she was married for 53 years.
Born in East Providence, RI, she was the daughter of the late Walter F. and...
Robert L. B. Brais
Apr 13, 2020
Robert L. B. Brais, 81, of Westborough, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2020. He was the husband of Barbara R. (Morrison) Brais whom he married in 1966.
Born in Montreal, Canada he was the son of the late Louis Alexis and Dorothy Louise (Brewster) Brais. He was educated in Canada and attended Sir Williams College in...
Evelyn Richardson
Apr 10, 2020
Evelyn (Raposa) Richardson, 93, of Westborough, passed away on April 10, 2020 in Rockledge, FL.
Born in Fall River, MA she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Mary Raposa. She was a graduate of Fitchburg High School in 1945 and the Burbank Hospital School of Nursing in 1957 and Boston College School of Nursing in...