All Obituaries

Mary Irene (Mulcahy) O’Dowd, 99, of Worcester, passed away peacefully Sunday evening, April 28, 2024, surrounded by her family.  Her husband of 69 years, John Richard “Dick” O’Dowd, passed away in 2016. Mary was born in Worcester to David W. and Mary Catherine (Deignan) Mulcahy. She was a graduate of Commerce High School. She worked as an office clerk and comptometer operator at H.E. Shaw Co. After marriage, she and Richard relocated to...

Elizabeth A. Woods, age 95, died peacefully on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at the Notre Dame Long Term Care Center. She leaves behind 5 children including daughter, Kate St. Onge with her husband Glenn, and devoted son, John Poulin; 8 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; as well as an abundance of nieces and nephews.  She was predeceased by two brothers, John & Thomas Woods, three sisters, Mary Yaeger, Anna Lipps, and Lillian Gallagher, one grandson and one great grandson. She...

John William Towns, 83, of Rutland, and formerly of Worcester and Ashland, died peacefully and gracefully Monday, April 22, 2024 at the UMass-Memorial Medical Center surrounded by family.  He leaves his wife of 58 years, Phyllis C. (Morley) Towns; five children, Donna McGuirk of Douglas and her partner Joseph Lijoi, Deanna Towns of West Boylston, John W. Towns and his wife Alison of Rutland, Christopher Towns and his wife Roxanne of Rutland, and Patricia E. Towns and her partner...

Judith L. (Sullivan) Roy, 76, of Whitinsville went home to the Lord after a bad fall on Tuesday, April 16th,. She was born on February 14, 1948, to Eugene A. Sullivan and Rose M. (O’Donnell) Sullivan of Worcester. She attended Classical High School, graduating in its last class. Judy graduated from Framingham State College, now University, in 1970, earned a master’s degree from Worcester State College, now University, and a CAGS from Harvard University. She started her career...

Claudia J. (Michalak) McAuliffe, 80, passed away peacefully on April 16th, at the Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester, after complications of a stroke. She leaves her husband of 59 years Daniel J. McAuliffe, a son William McAuliffe and his wife Christine of North Brookfield, a daughter Karen Quinn and her husband Peter of Clinton and a son Michael McAuliffe of Cherry Valley, her brother Paul Michalak and his wife Barbara of Shrewsbury, nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren,...

William B. French Jr., 81, died Monday, April 15, at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, after an illness. Bill leaves his wife of 44 years, Carol Ann Bohigian French; his sister Bonnie Jean Milberg of South Yarmouth; a niece Sybil Librandi and her husband Brian of Montgomery, N.Y.; a grandnephew Nicholas Librandi, and a grandniece Emily Librandi. He was born in Worcester, son of William B. and Florence I. (Martin) French and lived most of his life in Grafton.  Bill graduated from...

Mary Alma (Breen) Duffy, 87, of Southgate in Shrewsbury died at home on Sunday, April 14, 2024. Her husband of 59 years, James P. Duffy Jr., passed away in 2019. Mary leaves three children, Maureen Donovan and her husband Christopher Donovan of Boston, Michael Duffy and his wife Sarah Duffy of Jackson, N.H., and Christine Skwersky and her husband Adam Skwersky of Marlborough; five grandchildren, Callee and Matthew Donovan, Lizzy Duffy, and Joshua and Rachel Skwersky; a sister Ruth...

Eileen P. (Murphy) Berube Johonnett, 70, of West Boylston, died Sunday, April 14, 2024 at the Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester surrounded by her family.  Eileen is reunited with her beloved husband Ronald L. Berube who passed away in 2005. Eileen leaves a daughter Coleen McFarland and her husband David, two grandchildren, Grace and Donovan McFarland, all of Boylston; three sisters, Joan M. Maloney of Northborough, Mary Ellen Lapierre of Fort Myers, Fla., and Martha A. Pike and...

Anne M. Kiritsy passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at Notre Dame Healthcare in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was born on December 18, 1929, in Baldwinville to the late Patrick and Anne (MacPherson) Nicholson. In 1936, her family moved to Worcester where she lived the rest of her life. She was a proud graduate of Ascension High School and worked in the lab at St. Vincent Hospital where she met her husband, Paul A. Kiritsy. Together they raised a family of seven...

Sharon Ann Bates, 67, died Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at the home of her sister after a long illness.    She leaves two daughters, Stephanie S. (Cronin) Lapriore and her husband Gennaro of Worcester, and Jennifer M. (Cronin) Lang and her husband James of San Diego, Calif.; six grandchildren, Caitlin Cronin, Brooke Lang, Brady Lang, Dominic Ayala, Olivia Lapriore and Lorenzo Lapriore; her long time companion Raphael Rebollo,, her sister Susan Ledoux and her husband Richard of...