Local Obituaries for Worcester, MA
Virginia M (Keddy) Pizzarella
August 17, 2015
Virginia M. (Keddy) Pizzarella,70, of Shrewsbury died peacefully Monday August 17, 2015 at home with her loving family by her side. Her husband Deacon Paul F. Pizzarella died on November 29, 2014. Virginia was born in Worcester on December 14, 1944. She graduated from Commerce High School and Worcester State College. She leaves her three children, Michael Porcaro of Shrewsbury...
Antonio Clemente
August 15, 2015
Antonio Clemente, 88 a longtime resident of Worcester passed away peacefully on Saturday August 15, 2015 in Rose Monahan Hospice Home with his family by his side. Antonio is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mary A. (Rucci) Clemente; his five children, Frances Toscano and her husband Michael of Auburn, Gina Graves and her husband Ronald of Sutton, Lisa...
P. Alfred Calce
August 15, 2015
P. Alfred Calce, 93, of Worcester, passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2015, The Feast of the Assumption, in The Rose Monahan Hospice Residence, surrounded by loving family. His loving wife Angelina D. (Gulino) Calce, predeceased him in November 2002. Mr. Calce is survived by his children, Dr. John Calce, MD and his wife Suzanne of Naples, Florida, and Patricia...
Sarah E Ursoleo
August 14, 2015
Sarah E. (D'Angona) Ursoleo, 89 of Worcester died peacefully Friday August 14, 2015 in the Rose Monahan Residence surrounded by her loved ones. Sarah is survived by her devoted husband of 68 years John J. Ursoleo, her loving children; Eugene Ursoleo and his wife Pamela of Ventura CA., R. John Ursoleo and his wife Chelsea of Paso Roble. CA.,Judy Ohlson...
Vincent C. Coraccio
August 14, 2015
Vincent C. "Vinnie" Coraccio, 43 of Holden passed away peacefully on Friday, August 14, 2015 at home. Vinnie is survived by his devoted wife of nine years, Jennifer L. (Cousineau) Coraccio; three sons, Vincent Coraccio, Jr. of Worcester, Daniel Coraccio of Connecticut and Dominic J. Coraccio of Holden; two daughters, Crystal Coraccio of Connecticut and Brianna Curry of Holden; his...
Bronislaw Benny Czynczyk
August 13, 2015
Mr. Bronislaw Czynczyk, 98 (1916-2015) Bronislaw "Benny" Czynczyk of Boylston, Ma passed away on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Christopher House of Worcester. He was born on November 20, 1916 in Swienciany, Poland the son of Franciszek and Jozefa (Poszkaniec) Czynczyk. He was a World War II veteran, having served with the Polish Forces in 1938 and 1939, during the...
Francis J. Riggieri
August 13, 2015
Francis J. Riggieri, 82, of Worcester, passed away on Thursday, August 13, 2015, at Saint Vincent Hospital, surrounded by his loving family after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy (Pacillo) Riggieri; and their five children, Celestina Soloperto of Sudbury, Francis Riggieri of Worcester, John Riggieri of Dublin, NH, Maria Riggieri of Worcester, and Sante Riggieri of...
Robert A. Gabree
August 11, 2015
Robert A. Gabree, 56, a resident of Millbury passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 in UMASS Medical Center after a brief battle with cancer. Robert was born and raised in Worcester the son of the late Gertrude (Healy) Gabree Condon and William J Gabree. He was a 1977 graduate of North High School, where he excelled in sports....
Jeannette E. Abraham
August 11, 2015
Jeannette E. (George) Abraham, 88, of Shrewsbury, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2015, in Memorial Hospital. Her loving husband of forty-eight years, John R. Abraham, predeceased her in 2002. Jeannette is survived by a brother, Charles "Nunnie" A. George, Jr. and his wife Joyce of Worcester; two sisters, Doris Cote and her husband Thomas of Worcester, and Pauline Messenger...
Robert J. Swan
August 11, 2015
Robert J. Swan, 88, of Worcester, formerly of Rockland Road in Auburn, passed away peacefully in the presence of his loving family at Notre Dame Long Term Care Center. He is survived by his wife of sixty-one years, Irene (Pietrusiewicz) Swan. Along with his wife, he is survived by their loving children, two sons, Robert J. Swan, Jr. and his...
Frank Scioscia
August 8, 2015
Frank Scioscia,94, of Worcester died peacefully Saturday August 8, 2015 in the Shrewsbury Nursing Home. Frank is survived by several nephews and nieces in the Scioscia, Ferro and Hopkins families. He was predeceased by a brother Nicholas Scioscia, and two sisters; Theresa Hopkins, and Mary Ferro. Frank was born in Worcester son of the late Pompilio and Louisa (Allegretti) Scioscia...
Catherine A. (Brennan) Gleeson
August 7, 2015
Catherine A. (Brennan) Gleeson, 79, died peacefully on her birthday Friday August 7, 2015 surrounded by her loving family. Catherine leaves her devoted Husband of more than 48 years Maurice Gleeson, her loving children; Mary Blalock and her husband Ward of Newport News VA, Denis Gleeson and his wife Deborah of Nashua NH, Brendan Gleeson and his wife Natasha of...
Stephen F. Bandilla, Jr.
August 3, 2015
Stephen F. Bandilla, Jr., 77, of Worcester, passed away on Monday, August 3, 2015, in his home, surrounded by his loving family. His wife of twenty-three years, Linda M. (Chiras) Bandilla, predeceased him in December 2005. Stephen is survived by his children, Eugenia Bandilla-Perley with whom he lived, Doreen Lizotte of Millbury, Stephaine Gonelli of MA, Michele Lucier of Auburn,...
Claire R. Simard
August 3, 2015
Claire R. (Grandmaison) Simard, 86, of Shrewsbury, formerly of Ipswich, passed away on Monday, August 3, 2015, surrounded by loving family at Notre Dame Long Term Care Center in Worcester. Her husband, of forty-seven years, Donald A. Simard, predeceased her in 1999. Claire is survived by her devoted family, including her daughter, Lee A. Simard Agnelli and her husband Joseph...
Ann M. Collins
August 2, 2015
Ann M. (Assad) Collins, 90 of Worcester, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 2, 2015 at Sterling Village, Sterling. Ann's husband of twenty-one, years, Ronald W. Collins passed away on January 25, 1972. She is survived by a son, Paul W. Collins and his wife Arwyn of Las Vegas, Neveda; two daughters, Nancy M. Karam and her husband Sami of...
Bachir Hanna Tokatli
August 2, 2015
Bachir Hanna Tokatli, 89 of Worcester, formerly of Syria, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 2, 2015 at Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Northborough surrounded by his devoted family. Bachir is survived by his first wife, Linda (Kaser) Tokatli and his second wife, Fatima Safi; ten children, John Tokatli and his wife Maria Antabi of Venezuela, George Tokatli...
Joseph C. DiLeo
July 31, 2015
Joseph C. DiLeo, 92, of Worcester died peacefully Friday July 31, 2015 in the Memorial Hospital surrounded by his loving family. His wife, Lucy R. (Simone) DiLeo died in 2005. Joseph is survived by his loving family; his daughters Dorene M. Calmus wife of the late Glenn Calmus of Framingham, Marlene A. DiLeo of Belchertown, and Andrea M. DiLeo of...
Frances E. Morgan
July 29, 2015
Frances E. (Levesauskas) Morgan, 78 of Worcester, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at UMass Memorial Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Frances' husband of fifty-four years, Roderick J. "Hook" Morgan, Jr. passed away on October 8, 2008. She is survived by two sons, Paul P. Morgan and his wife Kathleen of Columbia, TN and Roderick J....
Lilyan Bachrach
July 28, 2015
Worcester - Lilyan (Zelman) Bachrach, was born in New Haven, CT, 1/7/1917, and died at the Jewish HealthCare Center, 7/28/2015. She grew up in Lowell and moved to Worcester in 1936 with her parents, Benjamin & Rae (Kan) Zelman, and her sister, Elaine. She attended Boston University and as an adult student graduated from the Worcester Art Museum School. Throughout...
Irving R. Cormier
July 27, 2015
Irving R. Cormier, 66 of Worcester, passed away unexpectedly in Rapid City, South Dakota on July 27, 2015. Irving is survived by his wife of forty-seven years, Carol (Wilcox) Cormier; his son, Joel R. Cormier and his significant other Rebecca of Worcester; his daughter, Judi Cormier-Harrington and her husband Matthew of Spencer; his brother, Paul "Butchy" Cormier of Vermont; two...