*EVERLASTING*
Compiled by Norman E. Scott - Adjutant District 4

This page contains the KNOWN names of all those who have passed away since the Worcester County Council - District 4 meeting held on May 9, 2009.

Only those names that have appeared in the online Worcester Telegram obituaries column AND state that the person is a member of the American Legion family appear here. In some cases a death occurred before the above date but the obituary was not published until after the above date and is therefore listed here.                                                               

Forward the name, date of death or errors to NEScott276@aol.com

 
 "On behalf of the President of the United States and a grateful nation, please accept this flag as a token of the honorable and faithful service of your loved one."

2009 - 2010


Post 2 Barre
Francis J. Cranston 9/11/2009
Lewis E. Paquin, Jr. 12/27/2009
Michael Kowal 2/14/2010

Post 9 Millbury (Devoe-Taylor)
Wallace H. Stewart 7/2/2009
Lewis S. Janzow 8/17/2009
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Maurice A. Roberts 2/22/2010

Post 10 Fitchburg

Post 31 Southbridge
Wilfred P. Lavoie 9/11/2009
Alfred J. DiPietro 10/22/2009
Joseph A. O'Brien 11/16/2009
Stephen G. Lariviere 12/8/2009
John F. Shields 2/12/2010

Post 33 Uxbridge (Charles A. Rice)
Robert F. Romasco 7/2/2009
Louis A. Kosciak 7/27/2009
James T. Baker 8/4/2009
Anthony J. Paszkewicz 8/17/2009 (former member)
Roland E. Benoit 9/20/2009

Post 37 Grafton (Alfred J. Demers)
Napoleon F. Ledoux 1/8/2010 PPC)

Post 41 North Brookfield (Sawyer-Mathieu-Kearns)
Ronald L. Karbowski 1/2/2010

Post 42 Holden (John E. Harkins)
Lawrence V. Grampetro 12/7/2009

Post 50 Clinton (James R. Kirby)
Rev. Dennis J. Rocheford 9/10/2009
John C. Silvester 9/25/2009
Thomas F. Clisham 10/9/2009
Ralph W. Schreiner 11/30/2009
Woodrow B. Wilson 2/2/2010
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Rocco J. Ranieri 3/5/2010

Post 58 Oxford
George A. Morin 6/30/2009
Edgar R. Erickson 7/2/2009
John J. Winsky 8/31/2009
Leo R. Deschenes, Jr. 1/18/2010
William C. Murray, Sr.2/8/2010
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Alfred W. Mars 2/26/2010

Post 59 Milford (Sgt. John W. Powers)
Peter A. Paradiso 7/8/2009
Frederick J. Alberto 9/13/2009
Edward W. Ackerman 1/7/2010

Post 92 North Grafton (Delisle-Goulet)
Marcel J. Dion 6/7/2009
Garnet F. Corey 12/3/2009
Leon J. Mackowiak 1/24/2010
Donald F. Goulet 1/25/2010

Post 96 Lancaster (Everett H. Minigan)
Alan J. Johnston 11/28/2009

Post 102 Athol (Edward H. Phillips)
Orie W. Blankenship, Sr 4/24/2009 (received late)
Norman R. Leonard 2/26/2009 (received late)
Robert L. Gray 5/31/2009 (PPC)
Richard A. Marble 6/2/2009
Addison M. Warren 6/18/2009
Joseph A. Butler 6/21/2009
Conway Miller 11/7/2009
Alvin L. McGuirk 9/16/2009
Willard J. Chaisson 2/1/2010
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Louis W. Calcari, Jr. 2/25/2010
Richard L. Qualters 3/8/2010

Post 109 Sturbridge (Champaeu-Vilandre)
Leo W. Dragon, Sr. 7/20/2009
Bronislaw W. Talisman 12/20/2009
Theophile J. Beaudry 2/16/2010 PPC
Donald R. Mayette 2/21/2010

Post 119 Harvard (Edward Thomas)
Paul V. Johnston 11/29/2009

Post 129 Gardner
Raymond J. Robichaud 6/1/2009
Roger B. Hopkins 9/22/2009 (former member)
Walfred L. Ronn 11/9/2009
Ashton L. Payne 11/14/2009
Gerard J. McCaie 11/19/2009
Edwin H. Hall 2/4/2010
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Michael T. Smith 2/6/2010

Post 138 Spencer (Gaudette-Kirk)
Wallace J. Casavant 9/9/2009
Robert E. Sasseville 10/3/2009
Harry E. Hodgerney, Sr, 10/28/2009

Post 142 Ashburnham (Thomas P. Sweeney)
Roy D. Elsmore 7/12/2009
Martin L. Litwiller 9/28/2009
James E Godley, Jr. 10/21/2009

Post 151 Leominster
James E. Muse 5/19/2009
Arthur P. DiGeronimo 7/29/2009
Bert A. Nelson 7/../2009
Victor W. Leger 12/20/2009
Robert E. Bashaw 1/8/2010
Harold C. Smith 1/21/2010
John M. Kane 1/24/2010
Adelard F. Charette 1/29/2010

Post 161 Southborough (Bagley-Fay)
Roger W. Maconi 8/2/2009
Joseph P. Sanchioni 11/29/2009
Lewis David Maida 12/20/2009

Post 162 Berlin (H. Wallance Wood)
Clayton Thompson 8/23/2009

Post 163 Westboro (Stowell-Parker)
Robert E. Innis 7/2/2009
Robert A. Eddy 11/27/2009

Post 173 Upton (Marshall-Leland)

Post 174 Westminster (William S. Miller)
Joseph W. Stankaitis, Sr. 9/21/2009

Post 184 Webster (Webster-Dudley)
Philip J. Walach 5/22/2009
Joseph Smith, Jr. 5/31/2009
Anthony J. Czernicki 6/7/2009
James E. Wigglesworth 6/28/2009
Brendan A. Canty 8/8/2009
Ambrose Richard Canty 8/30/2009
Peter T. Labby 11/22/2009
Vincent B. Alexandrowicz 1/28/2010
George A. Brown 2/12/2010

Post 189 Sterling (Hiram O. Taylor)
Armando Puccetti 5/13/2009
Clara (Huston) Sargent 6/26/2009
Richard J. Pope 10/23/2009
Roland B. Gagnon 11/19/2009
Warren A. Olsen 12/17/2009

Post 193 Winchendon (Eugene M. Connor)
Aubrey Pilgrim 4/16/2009 (just received)
Edward W. Moreau 5/9/2009
Michael Moschetti 5/9/2009
Francis E. O'Sullivan 6/10/2009
Ronald E. Guiles, Jr. 6/23/2009
James E. Pineo 8/20/2009
Robert N. Harrington 8/15/2009
Herve J. Soucy 8/19/2009
Roland F. Laberge 8/28/2009
Roger W. Murray, Jr. 12/7/2009
John N. Kuchta 12/18/2009
James E. Stephenson 1/16/2010
Stanley J. Kosewski 2/13/2010
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Robert F. Johnson, Sr. 2/19/2010 SAL
Richard C. Gauthier, Sr. 2/26/2010
Leon M. Shaw unknown date

Post 201 Worcester (East Side)
Frank J. Ciccarelli 5/9/2009
Salvatore P. Buffone 6/4/2009
Vincent C. Baroni 6/29/09
Joseph G. Gemma 6/29/09
Vincent F. Gorgoglione, Sr. 9/15/2009
Carlo Mastrototaro 10/5/2009
Anthony J. Pacheco 10/27/2009
Anthony J. D'Ascanio 11/4/2009
James J. DonFrancisco 11/20/2009
Andrew J. Yess 12/23/2009
Anthony J. Catanzaro 12/31/2009
Vincent Nozzolillo 2/3/2010
Francis L. Carrier 2/15/2010
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Frank A. Reno 2/24/2010
Peter J. DiBenedetto 3/2/2010

Post 204 West Boylston (Harold N. Keith)
Bruce A. Barnett 6/9/2009
John A. Carlson 7/5/2009
Louis H. Frappier 11/18/2009
Alexander W. LaBaire 11/29/2009
Charles W. Noyes 1/3/2010
Chester R. Alexandrowicz 1/26/2010

Post 205 Rochdale (Shannon-Davis)

Post 234 Northboro (Vincent F. Picard)
Joseph J. Zukowsky 4/17/2009
Russell F. Henry 6/18/2009
Martin F. Kelley 10/19/2009
Marco Garofoli 10/22/2009
Herbert R. Brooks 12/16/09

Post 238 Shrewsbury (Ray Stone)
William R. Ahlstrand 5/22/2009
Lendon Earl Barnes 5/28/2009
Chandler P. Creedon, Sr. 12/20/2009
Carlo P. Alano 2/12/2010

Post 244 West Brookfield (Adams-Coney-Frew)
John A. Tuttle 7/19/2009
Daniel A. Santos 2/15/2010

Post 246 Gilbertville (John J. Weir)
Robert T. Bessette 6/20/2009
Louis H. Germain 8/2/2009

Post 258 Bolton (D O N Edes)

Post 279 Auburn (Chester P. Tuttle)
Andrew J. Hacanis, Sr. 6/22/2009
Arthur H. Cote, Jr. 6/27/2009
Raymond J. Robichaud, Sr. 8/20/2009
Keith E. Brooks, Sr. 9/29/2009
Lowell C. Mercier 11/26/2009
Eddie A. Jameson, Jr. 12/1/2009
Robert B. Johnson 1/31/2010
Raymond T. Giddings, Sr. PD4C 2/6/2010
Ernest C. Nault PC 2/7/2010

Post 283 Lunenburg
Douglas S. Russell 12/11/2009

Post 288 Tatnuck
Thomas J. Hogan 7/23/2009
James D. Johnson 12/16/2009

Post 306 Paxton
Edward O. Asselin 12/10/2009

Post 310 Rutland
George K. Prifti 7/29/2009

Post 318 Quinsigamond
H. Stanley Peterson 10/25/2009 Past Commander

Post 319 Greendale
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Charles R. Marzilli 2/17/2010

Post 323 Grafton Hill
Daniel J. Foley 12/11/2009

Post 341 Worcester (Main South)
Jeremiah C. Leary 6/24/2009
Frank A. Valerio, Jr. 6/29/2009
Edgar J. Bourgea, Jr. 7/8/2009
Framk L. Warren 8/6/2009
Gregory W. Judge 8/10/2009
Alphonse J. Bove 8/17/2009
Victor B. Stevens, Jr. 8/22/2009
Ernest E. Pelletier 8/24/2009
Thomas J. Pashoian 9/22/2009
Everett R. Gonyea 9/29/2009
John A. O'Toole 10/31/2009
John J. O'Malley 12/10/2009
Edward J. Harrington 1/28/2010
Robert Wadleigh 1/31/2010

Post 343 Northbridge (Oliver Ashton)
Anthony H. DiCillo 11/28/2009
Normand R. Lavallee 12/27/2009
Ovila G. Massey, Jr. 2/4/2010

Post 355 Mendon (Roger L. Wood)

Post 373 Baldwinville (Lt. Roger P. Warfield)
Robert O. Champagne 5/7/2009
Arthur S. Hines 6/20/2009
Patrick E. Dunlavey 7/26/2009

Post 386 East Brookfield (Boulette-Sky)
Richard C. McNeaney 6/30/2009

Post 390 Manchaug (John Mateychuk)
Alexander Pristawa 8/24/2009
Nicholas Mateychuk 10/12/2009
Robert L. Giampietro 10/19/2009
Otis Taylor Johnson 11/14/2009

Post 391 Charlton

Post 397 Shrewsbury (Victor R. Quaranta)
George C. DiTerllizzi 5/11/2009
Ernest P. Bianchi 6/10/2009
Leo R. Corazzini 8/19/2009

Post 398 Boylston (Barton-Brown-Button)

Post 404 South Barre (George L. Thorng)
Antonio Staiti 11/11/2009

Post 411 Millville (Millville Memorial)

Post 414 Sutton (Dudley-Gendron)
William R. Ethier 6/28/09
Joseph A. Briand 12/12/2009
Paul F. Millett 1/28/2010
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Paul J. Jandron 2/17/2010
Roy W. Brown, Jr. 3/13/2010

Post 415 Petersham
Horace O. Coolidge, Jr. 1/16/2010

Post 423 USS Ironsides

Post 424 ESPAS

Post 429 Cleghorn
Michael Fiorentino 1/8/2009 - just found out(NES)
Gerard J. Arel 1/28/2009 - just found out(NES)
Kenneth E. Johnson 6/2/2009
Wayne G. Zilli 6/30/2009
Joseph W. Berube 7/12/2009
Code J. Willingham 7/22/2009
Andrew A. Cechin 8/29/2009
Peter A. Guazzo 9/16/2009
Leo P. Lorion 10/5/2009
Edmond H. LeBlanc 11/3/2009
Robert E. Johnson 11/21/2009
George J. Arsenault 12/21/2009
Leo P. Gould 1/3/2010
Bernard J. Kelley 1/14/2010
Norman J. Santerre 2/3/2010

Post 435 Vernon Hill
Stephen M. O'Day 6/10/2009
Robert Richard Fontaine 6/21/2009
Richard P. Janitis, Jr. 8/10/2009 SAL
Edward T. Gedymin 8/16/2009
Joseph P. Tanona 8/20/2009
Francis X. Giardiello 10/12/2009
William R. Lohnes 10/21/2009
Joseph H. Szadziewicz 10/21/2009
Gordon A. Cherry, Jr. 11/14/2009
William J. Chiras 11/27/2009
William J. McLaughlin 12/23/2009
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Harry C. Gadde 2/23/2010

Post 443 Leicester (Cherry Valley)
William T. Daniels 8/9/2009
Gary A. Anderson 11/24/2009
Douglas Kent Clough 12/2/2009

Post 444 Lincoln Square

Post 453 Nanof-Peristere
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William L. Dionis 3/7/2010

Post 462 - Holding Post
Michael M. Maddocks 5/22/2009
James M.O'Brien 6/24/2009
Joseph Wypyszinski 10/24/2009 -- Lived in Northbridge.
Richard W. Grant 11/3/2009 (transfered from Post 444)
Jeremiah E. Dorsey 12/26/2009 -- Lived in Worcester
Albin F. Belevick, Jr 1/16/2010 -- Lived in Worcester

District 4 AUXILIARY MEMBERS
Madalyn J. (Smith) Brown 5/21/2009 (Unit 102)
Carol A. (Thomas)(Yurkanin) Powers 5/17/2009 (Unit 189)
Edythe E. (Momeyer) Chaffee 6/19/2009 (Unit 58)
Catherine Staiti 6/21/09 (Unit 404)
Aili S. (Josephson) Scirpoli 6/26/2009 (Unit 397 - disbanded)
Alice M. Ricord 6/26/09 (Unit 193)
Jeannette (Gaucher) Pirani 7/18/2009 (Charlton Unit 391)
Evelyn L. (Priest) Nichols 7/26/09 (Sturbridge Unit 109)
Joyce I. (Gauthier) Wilson-Mitchell 8/1/2009 (Oxford Unit 58)
Virginia A. (Blais) Anderson 9/7/2009 (Oxford Unit 58 Life member)
Marjorie (Barbara)Bourgeois 9/10/2009 (Baldwinville Unit 373)
Clara (Ritacco) Papagno 9/12/2009 (East Side Unit 201, Worcester)
Alice R. (LaFrenier) Lafferty 9/22/2009 (Lived in Ashburnham)

RUTH BASSINGTHWAITE 10/11/2009 (PETERSHAM UNIT 415) PAST DISTRICT 4 DIRECTOR 1968-69

Olga M. (Awad) Arbor 10/23/2009 (Unit 381 Oak Hill - Worcester)
Ruth (Butcher) Carey 10/28/2009 (Athol Unit 102)
Irene (Savoie) Beaudoin 10/29/2009 (Gardner Unit 129)
Carmella (Palano) Mastronardo 10/30/2009 (South Barre Unit 404)

THERESA ROY 12/12/2009 (CLEGHORN UNIT 429) PAST DISTRICT 4 DIRECTOR 1967-1968

Pauline A. (Wise) Eaton 12/13/2009 (Lunenburg Unit 283)
Ruth S. (Corrigan) Smith 12/13/2009 (Baldwinville Unit 373)
Helen E. (Madigan) Sullivan 12/30/2009 (Winchendon Unit 193)

ANNETTE M. (BOVICK) GIRARD 1/1/2010 (WORCESTER UNIT 5) PAST DISTRICT 4 DIRECTOR 1969-1970

Phyllis I. (MacKenzie) Guignard 1/3/2010 (Athol Unit 102)
Mary Ann (Piscione) Hall 1/9/2010 (Grafton Unit 92)
D. Viola Gagnon 1/29/2010 (Uxbridge OR Northbridge Unit)
Lillian D. (Carignan) Belliveau 1/31/2010 (Cleghorn Unit 429)
Barbara R. (Groves) Emmett 2/5/2010 (Athol Unit 102 - PP)
Elsie P. (Webster) Duhamel 2/9/2010 (Resided in Worcester)
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Donalda C. (Delisle) Poitras 2/22/2010 (Past member Unit 429)
Norrinne S. Sadowski 2/22/2010 (Gardner Unit 129)
Mary R. (Hall) Jordan 2/26/2010 (North Grafton Unit 92)
Ruth M. (McNeil) Ready 3/2/2010 (Winchendon Unit 193)

Disbanded/Unknown Post (Worcester County Address)
Rodney Rondeau 7/18/09 -- Lived in Uxbridge.
George Kalil 8/9/2009 -- Lived in Worcester
Christie E. Gikas 8/16/2009 -- Lived in Worcester
Frederick C. Creager 10/3/2009 -- Lived in Spencer
Francis H. Rivard, Sr. 10/22/2009 -- Lived in Upton
James P. Cassidy 11/11/2009 -- (Worcester Post 5)
Walter F. Burns, Sr. 12/20/2009 -- (Past Commander, Sentry Post 445, Worcester)
Donald K. LeGay 1/15/2010 -- Resided in Lancaster
Harold E. Babcock 2/19/2010 -- Resided in Bolton
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Donald E. Boucher 2/28/2010 -- Resided in Lancaster