Hollis/Brookline Journal > Obituaries

TOWNSEND: James Bruce Thaxter, 76, of North End Road, died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, at Health Alliance – Leominster Hospital after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Barbara C. …

Friday, January 29, 2010
John H. Leavitt, 91, of Hollis, a World War II British Royal Air Force bomber pilot and senior Central Intelligence Agency officer, died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. A graduate of Brown University, he was teaching English at Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1939 when Britain declared war on Germany. …
Friday, January 8, 2010

Michael D. Gallant, 50, of Merrimack, died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009, at his residence. …

Thursday, December 31, 2009
MILFORD – Thomas Christie Evans, of Milford, was born Feb. 19, 1954, in Montague, Mass. His soul passed into the Spirit World Dec. 8, 2009. Unable to obtain affordable medical care to treat his condition, he finally succumbed to coronary artery disease.   The third child of Edward Merritt Sr. and …
Thursday, December 24, 2009
LYNDEBOROUGH – Marie Carroll McCarthy Isherwood, of Lyndeborough, died peacefully on Nov. 24, 2009, surrounded by the love of her family, at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua. She was born Nov. 8, 1922, in Hartford, Conn., to Daniel and Helen Flanagan Carroll. She grew up in Hartford with brothers Edward, …
Friday, December 4, 2009
BROOKLINE – Retired Lt. Col. Leslie P. Mason Jr., 74, passed away on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. He was born Nov. 2, 1935, in Iron River, Mich., to the late Leslie P. Mason Sr. and Martha (Kumkoski) Mason. A 1960 West Point graduate, he was commissioned to the 82nd Airborne …
Friday, December 4, 2009
Arthur Chester Dyer III, 78, formerly of Brookline, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Cape Coral, Fla. He was born July 16, 1931, in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. He worked for MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He is survived by his children, Anne Swanek of Maryland, Kathy Pelletier of Brookline, and Arthur C. “Kit” …
Friday, November 13, 2009

BROOKLINE – Lorraine “Bana” Ward, 79, a longtime resident of Brookline, died Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, at her home. She was born in Pepperell, Mass. …

Friday, October 9, 2009
Theresa Christians, 88, of Brookline, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, at Greenbriar Healthcare Terrace in Nashua. She was born in Clifton, N.J., on June 28, 1921, a daughter of the late Frank and Ana (Khacenbiger) Virag. Mrs. Christians resided in Brookline for several years and formerly lived in Sebring, Fla., …
Friday, September 25, 2009
MILFORD – Virginia E. Meuse, 83, of Milford, died Aug. 25, 2009, at St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Malden, Mass., on July 28, 1926, a daughter of the late Ralph and Marion (Perkins) Eaton. Mrs. Meuse was raised and educated in Malden, …
Friday, August 28, 2009
MILFORD – Patricia A. Jesse, 61, died Aug. 20, 2009, at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston. She was born in Burgettstown, Pa., on March 17, 1948, a daughter of Catherine (Colpo) Moskun of Ravenna, Ohio, and the late Joseph Moskun. Mrs. Jesse earned her bachelor’s degree from Kent State University. …
Friday, August 28, 2009
Kristofer Peter Beinder, 36, died Aug. 25, 2009, at his home in Hollis, surrounded by his family. He was born August 14, 1973, in Truckee, Calif., the only child of Bruno and Margaret Beinder. Due to his father’s career in the ski industry, Kris spent his life in the mountains …
Friday, August 28, 2009
Elizabeth M. Fyfe of Hollis, died Aug. 17, 2009. She was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on May 7, 1923, daughter of Hubert and Marie (Durtchi) Close. She was married to Donald W. Fyfe, who died in 1984.  She is survived by three sons, Andrew of Shirley, Mass., Donald of Hollis, Robert …
Friday, August 21, 2009
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