Shirley Wojtunik, age 88, passed away Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the New Bedford Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late Edwin S. Wojtunik. A lifetime New Bedford resident, she was the daughter of the late William and Albina (Denault) Yates. Mrs. Wojtunik worked as a sales associate at the Outlet company […] Read more »
Mary I. (Coutu) Ringuette, 73, of Mattapoisett died June 13, 2013 at St. Luke’s Hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of Robert E. Ringuette. Born and raised in Pawtucket, RI, the daughter of the late Albert and Lorraine (Grenier) Coutu, she raised her family in South Attleboro before retiring to Mattapoisett in […] Read more »
Louise E. “Peggy” (Perkins) King, 97, of Marion died June 8, 2013 at her home on Converse Road. She was the wife of the late Dr. Robert G. King and mother of five children. She was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on October 15, 1915, daughter of the late Maxwell and Louise (Saunders) Perkins, and […] Read more »
Roland R. Dumas, age 97, of Fairhaven, formerly of Mattapoisett and New Bedford, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2013. He was the husband of Yvonne (Caissie) Leblanc and the late Edna (Brasseur) Dumas. Born in New Bedford, he was the son of the late Louis and Orephise (Trahan) Dumas. Mr. Dumas served in the US […] Read more »
Stacy L. (Robbins) Maxim, 49, of Wareham formerly of Marion passed away Sunday June 2nd at Tobey Hospital. She was the wife of the late George Maxim. Stacy was born in Wareham the daughter of Steven Robbins and the late Elaine (Morse) Robbins. She attended Marion Public Schools and graduated from Old Rochester Regional High […] Read more »
Marjory Nell (Merrill) Robinson, aged 89, died May 26, 2013 at her home. She was born on December 7, 1923. She was the wife of the late Rev. George A. Robinson, II, Minister Emeritus of The First Congregational Church in Marion, Massachusetts. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Marjory was the daughter of the late Clarice Waterhouse […] Read more »
John Woodacre of Wellesley and Mattapoisett passed away on April 20, 2013. Born in New Bedford to John and Doris (Spooner) Woodacre, formerly of Mattapoisett. He was the grandson of Rufus Woodacre a New Bedford whaler and a direct descendent of Mayflower Pilgrim William White and the Delanos of Fairhaven. Growing up in Newton and […] Read more »
Karen Leonard Gifford, 69, of Wareham, died Thursday, May 23, 2013, after a long illness. She died at Tobey Hospital with her son by her side. She was born in Summit, New Jersey. She was a graduate of Catherine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston, MA. She lived in Orleans, MA, and moved to Marion, MA […] Read more »
Robert “Bob” Adams, Age 66, of Tamarac, Florida, formally of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, passed away on May 26, 2013. He is survived by his loving wife, Carol (Manganelli), his daughter Janet her wife Lisa and his son James. He leaves four much-loved grandchildren. Bob was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. During the 1970’s and 80’s Bob […] Read more »
Bertrand D. Allain, Jr., 63, 0f Mattapoisett died May 22, 2013 at home after a long battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). He was the husband of Janet (Lawless) Allain. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Bertrand D. and Marie Jacqueline (Brodeur) Allain, he lived in Acushnet and New Bedford before moving […] Read more »