All Obituaries

Louise Carolyn French July 21, 1947 – September 7, 2018   DERRY – Louise C. French, age 71, a resident of Derry, passed away on Friday, September 7, 2018, at the High Pointe Hospice House in Haverhill, with her loving family by her side. Born in Cambridge, MA on July 21, 1947, she was the daughter of the late John E. and Fern E. (Barrett) French. Louise worked in silk screening for many years, an admired country line dance instructor and disk jockey as well as employed...

Mrs. Loretta D. (Biggar) Williams Loving wife, mother and grandmother   TYNGSBOROUGH – Mrs. Loretta Doris (Biggar) Williams, age 75, passed away at her home on Thursday morning, October 11, 2018, with her loving family by her side.  She was a resident of Tyngsborough from the age of four and prior to that she resided in Revere. She was the loving wife of Donald K. Williams, with whom she celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary this past April.   Born in Boston on...

Pauline C. (Desruisseaux) Wagner  Loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother   Pauline C. (Desruisseaux) Wagner, age 80, a longtime resident of the Pawtucketville section of Lowell, passed away on Friday, October 5, 2018, with her loving family by her side.  She resided at Sunny Acres Nursing Home in Chelmsford, where she was fondly referred to as Memere by the entire staff.  She was the wife of the late Richard “Dick” Wagner.   Born in Lowell...

Loretta E. (Beaulieu) Fallis  Loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother   Loretta E. (Beaulieu) Fallis, age 78, a resident of Lowell, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018, at the Palm Center in Chelmsford, surrounded by her loving family.   Born in Lowell, on September 11, 1940, a daughter of the late Joseph A. and Yvonne M. (Bussiere) Beaulieu.   Loretta was a homemaker whom enjoyed raising her family and had later worked at a shoe factory, a...

Don L. Hopkins “Mishy”   WESTFORD – Don L. “Mishy” Hopkins, age 62, a longtime resident of Westford, passed away unexpectedly on September 15, 2018.  He was born in Boston on April 14, 1956, a son of the late John A. and Helen S. (Jacobsen) Hopkins. Don was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force having served from 1974 until his honorable discharge in 1977 having earned the rank of Sergeant.  Prior to his retirement, he was employed by the United...

Donna P. (Purtell) Ferguson …loving wife, mother and grandmother   TYNGSBOROUGH – Donna P. (Purtell) Ferguson, age 60, a lifelong resident of Tyngsborough, passed away on September 18, 2018 at Lowell General Hospital.  She was the loving wife and soulmate of Gary J. Ferguson with whom she recently celebrated 44 years of marriage. Donna was born in Lowell on December 11, 1957. She was employed as an LPN at a few nursing facilities in the area. Donna was an avid...

DUNSTABLE - Jeanne Marie (Hathaway) Mitchell, age 62, a resident of Dunstable, MA, beloved mother, wife, daughter, grandmother, sister, aunt, godmother and cherished friend to many passed away on Monday, August 27th, 2018 at the Community Hospice House in Merrimack, New Hampshire after a courageous battle with cancer. Jeanne passed peacefully in the presence of her loving family.   Jeanne was born in Santa Monica, California on June 27, 1956 and raised in Beverly, MA by her...

Margaret P. Strope Loving mother and grandmother   TYNGSBOROUGH – Mrs. Margaret P. (Strybel) Strope, age 101, passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018 at the Lowell General Hospital with her loving family by her side.  She was the wife of the late Vern Hall Strope. Born in Chicago, IL on July 4, 1917, she was a daughter of the late Leo and Sally (Orilowski) Strybel. She was educated in the Chicago school system and was a graduate of Carl Sehurz High School. Margaret had a...

Bradford H. Tukey   Bradford H. Tukey, age 72, passed away on July 31, 2018 at the Northwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, after a period of declining health.   Born in Portland, Maine, on November 10, 1945, he was a son of the late Spaulding and Violet (Hartley) Tukey. He attended the University of Maine where he was a member of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity, and received his master’s degree from Western New England University. Brad served as Vice President of...

Mark J. Brophy   NASHUA, NH – Mark J. Brophy, age 55, a resident of Nashua, NH, passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018, with his family by his side.  He was the beloved husband of Chae (Lee) Brophy.   Born in Queens, NY, on May 17, 1963, he was a son of James V. Brophy of NY and the late Beverly (Tyler) Brophy.  Mark was an outdoorsman who was very active with the Boy Scouts achieving the rank of Eagle Scout in 1981 and loved camping, shooting and...