Sonia Lee (Lutoff) Strawn

Sonia Lee (Lutoff) Strawn, 74, of Wareham, died Friday, February 7, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Merritt Edwin Strawn.             Born in Wareham, she was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Mabel T. (Zion) Lutoff.  She was a graduate of Wareham High School, Class […] Read more »

Donald Morse Savery, Jr.

Donald Morse Savery, Jr. 68 passed away peacefully after an illness at St. Luke’s Hospital Palliative Care on January 30, 2020 surrounded by his loved ones. He was born and raised in Marion and was the son of the late Donald M. Savery, Sr. and Florence J. Savery.             He attended Old Rochester Regional High School […] Read more »

Sally T. (Tolman) Hopkins

Sally T. (Tolman) Hopkins, 87, of Rochester, died January 3, 2020 at home.  She was the wife of John A. Hopkins and the daughter of the late Everett Deacon and Ora (Farnham) Tolman.             She was born in New London, CT and lived in Westwood and then in Marion for many years before moving to Rochester in […] Read more »

Susan Jean Olson

Susan Jean Olson, (née Raleigh), of Rochester, MA, formerly of Newton, MA, died peacefully after a courageous cancer battle, surrounded by her loving family, on February 2, 2020. Susan was preceded in death by her devoted husband of 41 years, Marc A. Olson. Susan is survived by her two daughters, Kristen A. Flores and her […] Read more »

Alice D. Clapp

Alice D. Clapp, 96, of Rochester, died Sunday, February 2, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Raymond W. Clapp.             Born in Cambridge, the daughter of the late William H. and Mariam (Burns) Davis of Brookline, she was a Rochester resident for 60 […] Read more »

José R. “Joe” Beatriz

José R. “Joe” Beatriz, 85, of Mattapoisett died January 30, 2020 peacefully at home surrounded by his family.             He was the husband of Kathy Downey with whom he shared 44 loving years. Born and raised in Faro, Portugal, son of the late José G. and Alice (Aldeia) Beatriz, he immigrated to New Bedford in 1959 […] Read more »

Vernon Russell Tisdale

Vernon Russell Tisdale of Fairhaven and Mattapoisett formerly of Westwood died peacefully on January 25 surrounded by his family at Brigham and Women’s Hospital after a 23 year battle with cancer.             Loving husband of Ann (Schultz) Tisdale; brother to Donald and Sheila Tisdale of Walpole, NH, Robert and Dianne Tisdale of Keene, NH, and June […] Read more »

Rachel F. (Forbes) Wilbur

Rachel F. (Forbes) Wilbur, 90, of Mattapoisett passed away Monday January 27, 2020 at home after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late William K. Wilbur.            Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late James and Elise (St. Pierre) Forbes, she was raised and educated in Matane, Quebec, Canada, and […] Read more »

Edward A. Farinon

Edward A. Farinon, 72, passed away peacefully with family by his side on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, Massachusetts.             Born in North Adams, MA on October 4, 1947, Edward was the son of late Edward and Mary (Peat) Farinon. He was a graduate of North Adams High School and […] Read more »

Doria A. Goodwin

Doria A. Goodwin, 96, a 33-year resident of St. Petersburg, Florida died of complications from a fall. The former resident of New Bedford and Mattapoisett, Massachusetts is remembered as energetic and good-natured right to the end.  Sewing and needlework were her passion. She is survived by 4 children, 3 stepchildren, 15 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. […] Read more »