Jan 17, 2010

WORCESTER Thomas C. Petrella, 54, of Worcester died on Sunday, January 17 at his home after a long battle with mental illness and leukemia. He is survived by his parents, Frank and Eleanor Jane (McGinley) Petrella; three sisters, Bonnie Jean Croteau and her husband Paul and Teresa Wheeler and her husband Walter, all of Auburn and Karen Vogelsberger and her...

Jan 16, 2010

WORCESTER-Albin F. "Al" Belevick, Jr., 78, died Saturday, January 16.

He leaves his beloved wife of 52 years, Elizabeth A. "Betty" (Zolnowski) Belevick; his son, Gregg K. Belevick of Worcester; two daughters, Allison Belevick of Millbury and Claudia-Beth Jalowka and her husband Joseph of Broad Brook, CT and two grandchildren, Alexander and Gregory Jalowka.

He was born in Worcester the...

Jan 15, 2010

WORCESTER-Robert S. "Bobby" Cole, Sr., 61, of Worcester, died Friday, January 15 in UMASS Memorial Hospital. He leaves his wife, Margaret (Holmes) Cole; five children, Robert W. Cole and his wife Cynthia of NC, Gary R. Cole of Foxboro, Nicole S. Graham of Worcester, Robert S. Graham of Rockville, CT and Tanya White of NC and twelve grandchildren. He also...

Jan 14, 2010

PITTSFIELD-Donald D. O'Brien, 87, passed away Thursday, January 14 at Berkshire Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family.

Born in Worcester, son of J. Augustin and Gertrude (Sullivan) O'Brien, he attended Worcester Public Schools, The College of the Holy Cross and The Seminary at Moontreal, Canada.

Donald worked in Retail Management most of his life, also he and his wife...

Jan 14, 2010

SHREWSBURY- Avadnandhan Ramachandra, M.D., Poet, known by many as "Dr. Ram", 79, died Thursday, January 14 at St. Vincent Hospital.

He leaves his beloved wife of 45 years, Mary; two sons, Vijay Chandra and his wife, Deepa, of Brighton and Jaydev Chandra of Worcester; two grandchildren, Matthew and Hannah Chandra; a nephew, Matthew Chacko of Leominster, whom he thought of as...

Jan 12, 2010

WORCESTER-Ronald C. Garabedian, 68, died Tuesday, January 12.

He leaves his son, Ronald F. Corey of Worcester; two brothers, Richard Garabedian of Las Vegas, NV and Douglas Garabedian of Worcester; two sisters, Joan McDermott of Leicester and Pauline Fresolo of Worcester, nieces and nephews. Three brothers, Paul, Robert and Jack and his sister, Peggy predeceased him.

He was born in...

Jan 9, 2010

WEST BOYLSTON-David J. Cavan, MD, 89, of West Boylston, died Saturday, January 9 in UMASS Memorial Hospital. He leaves his wife of 64 years, Mildred (Dorr) Cavan; six children, son David J. Cavan, Jr. and his wife Karen of Holden and their children, John, Brian and Kathryn, daughter Maryellen Cavan of Littleton, NH., son Dennis Cavan of Worcester and his...

Jan 8, 2010

WORCESTER - Jose A. Rosabal, 103, died Friday, January 8th, 2010 at UMass Memorial Hospital. Jose was born in Cuba on November 28, 1906, the son of Jose and Gregoria Rosabal. He was taken as a political prisoner and spent 18 years in prison for fighting to bring democracy to the Cuban people. Jose was a strong believer in democracy...

Jan 8, 2010

SUTTON-Maureen A. (Troy) Bradley, 64, formerly of Worcester, died Friday, January 8 at her daughter's home surrounded by her family. She was predeceased by her husband of forty years, Richard A. Bradley in April, 2008. She leaves four children, David A. Bradley and his longtime companion, Jocelyn A. Segrin of Holden, Timothy J. Bradley of Sutton, Michele J. Shenette and...

Jan 7, 2010

WORCESTER-Dorothea "Dottie" (Powers) Skinner, 100, died Thursday, January 7 at Hermitage Nursing Home. She leaves two daughters, E. Helene Hanam of Auburn and Catherine R. Spiegel of CA; five grandchildren, Edward J. Hanam, Jr. and his wife Michelle of CO, Jeffrey A. Hanam and his wife Cynthia of Shrewsbury, MA, Karen J. Bremer and her husband Randy of CA, Karen...