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Henry A. Zajac, 85

Henry A. Zajac

Henry A. Zajac, 85, of Mattapoisett, passed away peacefully at home on December 2, 2025, with his loving wife by his side. Born on September 26, 1940, he was the son of the late Henry M. and Janet K. Zajac. He grew up in the South End of New...

D. Ralph Whiterell, 98

D. Ralph Whiterell

D. Ralph Whiterell, 98, of Mattapoisett passed away Thursday, December 4, 2025 peacefully at home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of the late Barbara A. (Cox) Whiterell. Born and raised in Worcester, MA, son of the late John and Cora...

Robert "Bob" Demeo

Robert Demeo

Robert "Bob" Demeo, a long-time resident of Marion, MA, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 30, 2025. Bob was born on October 3, 1931, in Boston to Sophie A. (Bucewicz) Demeo and Pasquale J. Demeo. He was predeceased by his cherished wife...

Andrew "ANDO" Dadagian, M.D, 94

Andrew "ANDO" Dadagian, M.D

Andrew "ANDO" Dadagian, M.D., age 94, passed away at home on November 30, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on August 10, 1931, in Watertown, and was the only child of the late Rose (Meremian) and John Dadagian. Andy's work ethic,...

Janet R. (Griffith) Young

Janet Young

Janet R. (Griffith) Young left us recently in 2025. She was born in 1932 in New Bedford, MA to Delano and Iva (Savery) Griffith and raised in nearby Marion, MA. Janet was a very special person. She enjoyed time reading at the beach or hanging...

Joan E. (Grassetti) Lagunowich, 79

Joan E. (Grassetti) Lagunowich

Joan E. (Grassetti) Lagunowich, 79, of Mattapoisett, formerly of Longmeadow, MA died November 29, 2025 peacefully at St. Luke's Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of Paul G. Lagunowich, with whom she shared 57 years...

Robert B. Caldeira, 88

Robert B. Caldeira

Robert B. Caldeira, 88, of Marion passed away at home on Friday November 28, 2025. He was the husband of Susan A. (Giard) Caldeira.Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Celestino and Georgiana Caldeira, he lived in Marion for most of his...

William L. Long, 85

William L. Long

MARION - William L. Long, 85, passed away at his home in Marion, Massachusetts on November 24, 2025. Bill was formerly of Marlborough, Pembroke and Jamaica Plain. Bill grew up in Jamaica Plain, and attended Wentworth, and Northeastern...

Jane H. Lonsdale, 95

Jane H. Lonsdale

MATTAPOISETT – Jane H. Lonsdale, 95, of Mattapoisett, died Saturday, October 18, 2025 after a period of declining health. She was the wife of the late Adrian L. Lonsdale and the daughter of the late Frank P. and Mildred R. Swett. Jane was born...

Sylvia A. (Hales) Fales, 82

Sylvia A. (Hales) Fales

Sylvia A. (Hales) Fales, 82, of Mattapoisett died peacefully on November 19, 2025 at the Sacred Heart Home in New Bedford. She was the loving wife of Alan F. Fales, with whom she shared 63 years of marriage. Known for being playful, joyful, and...

Robert Daniel Maher

Robert Maher

Robert Daniel Maher, “Rob“, “Robbie“Norton, MA; Marion, MABorn Stoughton, MA 8/16/1984Musician, Song Writer With heavy hearts, we share the unexpected passing of Robert Daniel Maher, who left us too soon on October 31, 2025 following a car...

Arlene F. (Rogers) Belliveau, 82

Arlene Belliveau

Arlene F. (Rogers) Belliveau, 82, of Rochester, MA and The Villages, FL died Sunday, November 23, 2025 at Charlton Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of Paul Belliveau. Born in New Bedford, daughter of the late John and Maude...

Thomas M. Ferreira, 82

Thomas Ferreira

Thomas M. Ferreira, 82, of Mattapoisett, passed away peacefully on November 15, 2025. Born on November 30, 1942, Tom was raised in New Bedford, the son of the late Manual B. Ferreira and Mary (Ornellas) Ferreira. He was the devoted husband of...

Linda Mabelle (Purslow) Cyr, 84

Linda Mabelle (Purslow) Cyr

Linda Mabelle (Purslow) Cyr, 84, of Rochester passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 16, 2025, at Sippican Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center after a brief illness. Born on January 21, 1941, in Milton, Massachusetts, Linda grew up with a...

Noreen D. (Andersen) Lyonnais

Noreen D. (Andersen) Lyonnais

Noreen D. (Andersen) Lyonnais of Mattapoisett passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on Wednesday November 12, 2025. Born on September 9, 1938, she was raised in Fairhaven, the daughter of Martin Sorvik Andersen and Agnes Nellie (Hansen)...

Joshua Matthew Spearin, 25

Joshua Spearin

Joshua Matthew Spearin, 25, of Tarzana, California (originally Rochester, Massachusetts), returned to his Heavenly Home on November 1, 2025, following a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles. Born July 14, 2000, Josh is the fourth child of Sean and...

John E. Clark, 80

John Clark

John E. Clark, 80, of Mattapoisett died November 10, 2025 peacefully at St. Luke's Hospital. He was the husband of Shirley A. (Liberty) Clark, with whom he shared 56 years of marriage. Born and raised in New Bedford, son of the late Louis H. and...

Jerald Max Hodson, 68

Jerald Max Hodson

WAREHAM – Jerald Max Hodson, 68, of West Wareham, passed away at home on November 9, 2025. He was born in Dayton, OH and lived in Wareham for 40 years. Mr. Hodson worked as a carpenter in the area for many years. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, and...

Douglas Homer Watson

Douglas Homer Watson

Douglas Homer Watson died at his home in Marion on October 28, 2025 after living valiantly with Parkinson’s disease for 16 years. His beloved wife, JoAnn was by his side.Doug was born in 1949 in Bryn Mawr, PA. to Anne Sweetser Watson and L. Hoyt...

Walter L. Reid Jr., 85

Walter L. Reid Jr.

Walter L. Reid Jr., 85, of Mattapoisett passed away peacefully on November 5, 2025 at WestView on Main in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, alongside the shimmering waters of Buzzards Bay.Amid his lifelong focus on empirically grounded truth rather than...

Ward Reynolds “Renny” Maier, M.D., 83,

Ward R Maier

Ward Reynolds “Renny” Maier, M.D., 83, of Marion, Massachusetts, died of multiple myeloma on Sunday, October 26, 2025, under hospice care at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. He was the loving husband of Christine Walker Maier, with whom he...

Mary Mellor, 92

Mary Mellor

Mary Mellor died on February 24, 2025. She was 92. Mary Gillard was born in Fulton New York on June 16, 1932 and grew up with her father, Thomas Gillard, mother, Teresa and sister, Kathleen. As a child, she played the organ at her church for 360...

Deborah Rose Alves, 80

Deborah Alves

WAREHAM - It is with great sorrow that we announce the loss of Deborah Rose Alves at the age of 80 who passed away on October 29, 2025. She was the beloved wife of Kenny Alves. She passed peacefully with her husband and daughters by her side after...

Jacqueline Ann Whitney, 93

Jacqueline Ann Whitney

ROCHESTER - Jacqueline Ann Whitney, 93 of Rochester, Massachusetts and Barefoot Bay, Florida passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on October 24, 2025. Born on November 4, 1931, in Beaumont, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Mary...

Dr. Adel Yousif Shamoon, 85

Adel Yousif Shamoon

Dr. Adel Yousif Shamoon, 85, of Marion, MA died October 19, 2025 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the husband of Samira Jamil (Shaman) Shamoon. Born in Bagdad, Iraq, son of the late Yousif Shamoon and Regina Habba. He was raised in Baghdad and Kut,...

James D. Murray, 85

James D. Murray

MARION – James D. Murray, 85, of Marion, passed away at home on Oct. 20, 2025. He was the husband of the late Elsie (Kasparian) Murray and the son of the late James S. and Shirley L. (Davidson) Murray. He was born in Boston and raised in West...

Lissa "Lisa" A. (Sylvia) LaBelle, 76

Lissa "Lisa" A. (Sylvia) LaBelle

Lissa "Lisa" A. (Sylvia) LaBelle, aged 76 passed away on October 13, 2025 at the Royal Skilled Nursing Facility in Fairhaven, MA from Alzheimer's. She was the daughter of the late Grace Hammond and Ernest Sylvia. Predeceased by her sister Donna...

Wilfred F. Demarais Jr, 79

Wilfred F. Demarais Jr, 79

Wilfred F. Demarais Jr, 79, of Mattapoisett, MA passed away at Tobey Hospital on October 13, 2025 surrounded by the love of family and friends.Will was born in Greenfield, MA on April 15, 1946 to Roseanna (Chagnon) and Wilfred Demarais, Sr. He was...

William “Doc” J. Doherty, 84

William “Doc” J. Doherty

William “Doc” J. Doherty passed away on Monday, October 6, 2025. He was 84 years old. Doc was born in Brockton, MA, on August 21, 1941, and was the cherished son of the late William J. and Claire (Burke) Doherty. He was a graduate of both...

Dora Kate (Vollgraff) Doubrava, 96

Dora Kate Doubrava

Dora Kate (Vollgraff) Doubrava, 96 of Mattapoisett, MA, died peacefully at her home on August 25, 2025. A joint memorial service for Dora Kate and her late husband Joseph Doubrava will be held on Sunday, November 2, 2025 from 3:00 to 5:00pm at the...

Carol Dupont, 85

Carol Dupont photo

Carol Dupont, 85, of Wareham, was born on April 12, 1940, to the late Mildred and Francis Corbett, and passed away on October 12, 2025. Affectionately known as Mum, Carol was a devoted mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother whose greatest joy...

David Roy Anderson, 92

David Anderson

David Roy Anderson, known and admired for his intellect, eloquence, and the rare ability to welcome all points of view with kindness and grace, died peacefully at home with his loving wife Phoebe Girard at his side, on October 3, 2025. He was...

Barbara Louise Rohrback McManus, 86

Barbara Louise Rohrback McManus

Barbara Louise Rohrback McManusMarch 4, 1939–September 30, 2025A Full, Loving, and Graceful LifeMARION, Mass. — Barbara Louise Rohrback McManus, 86, died peacefully at home, surrounded by family, after a long and courageous journey with...

Jason V. Gonsalves, 77

Jason V. Gonsalves

WAREHAM – Jason V. Gonsalves, 77, formerly of Wareham, passed away on October 8, 2025 at The Oaks in New Bedford. He was the son of the late Jason and Isabelle (Triano) Gonsalves.He was born in New York, New York and grew up in Woodbridge and...

Peter Converse McDonald, 80

Peter Converse McDonald

Peter Converse McDonald, 80, of Carver, passed away on September 22, 2025, at Royal Megansett Nursing Home in Falmouth after a brief illness.Born in Boston, he was the son of the late Patricia (Converse) McDonald and William James McDonald. A...

Elizabeth (Bette) Willis Scholter, 88

Elizabeth (Bette) Willis Scholter passed away peacefully on October 2, 2025 at the home Bette and Ed built. She was 88. Bette was born on February 17, 1937, daughter of Elton and Doris (Adams) Willis. She grew up in Needham and graduated with the...

Ralph G. Washburn

Washburn

Ralph G. Washburn was born on April 16, 1931 to parents Ralph E. and Pearl Washburn. He attended New Bedford Vocational High School where he learned a lot about electronics. Shortly after World War II, he built a ham radio station on the family...

Henry Stopka, 95

Henry Stopka

ROCHESTER – Henry Stopka, 95, of Rochester, passed away on October 3, 2025, at Alden Court Nursing Home in Fairhaven. He was the husband of the late Nancy A. (Lake) Stopka. They were married for 60 years. He was the son of the late John and...

George Howard "Indian George" Smith Jr., 76

Indian George

George Howard Smith Jr. of Marion passed away on September 28, 2025 at age 76. George was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts on January 28, 1949, the middle child of the late George H. Smith Sr. and Angela Miller Smith. He grew up in Mattapoisett...

Pamela A. (Hoyt) Newell, 83

Pamela Newell

Pamela A. (Hoyt) Newell, 83, of Mattapoisett, passed away peacefully at home on September 30, 2025, surrounded by her family after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Piatt Andrew Newell. Born and raised in Fort Fairfield, Maine, Pamela...

Marilyn T. Nye, 88

Marilyn Nye

MARION – Marilyn T. Nye, 88, of Marion, died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025 at Sippican Healthcare Center in Marion. She was the wife of the late Howard F. Nye. Born in New Bedford and a lifelong resident of Marion, she was the daughter of the late...

Purnell "Joe" Guard, Jr., 84

Joe Guard

Purnell "Joe" Guard, Jr., 84, of Fairhaven, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, September 24, 2025. He was the husband of Nancy I. (Borges) Guard for 61 years. Born in Greensboro, NC, son of the late Purnell Hall Guard...

Marcelle Brenda (Caron) Morris, 81

Marcelle Brenda Morris

Marcelle Brenda (Caron) Morris, 81, of Marion died September 21, 2025 at Tobey Hospital. She was the wife of the late Francis A. Morris. Born in Paterson, NJ, daughter of the late Alfred T. and Cecelia M. (Jacques) Caron, she lived in Marion most...

John Bellafatto, 89

John Bellafatto

John Bellafatto, a proud Navy veteran and devoted family man, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2025, at Tobey Hospital in Wareham, Massachusetts at the age of 89. Born in Sea Cliff, New York, John was the son of John G. Bellafatto, who...

Sheila Anne Carvalho, 66

Sheila Anne Carvalho of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts passed away peacefully on September 19, 2025 at the age of 66, surrounded by the love of family after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in New Bedford on December 5, 1958, Sheila was the only...

Robert K. Kirkland, 83

Robert K. Kirkland, 83, of Mattapoisett died Sunday, September 21, 2025 at Alpine Nursing Home in Coventry, RI, after a period of declining health. He was the husband of the late Barbara M. (Harriman) Kirkland, with whom he shared 34 wonderful and...