James H. Demagian, Jr., 78, died Wednesday, October 9, in the Milford Regional Medical Center. He is survived by a brother, John Demagian, of Whitinsville; two sisters, Rose Marie Ford, and Carolyn Bucchino and her husband, Nicholas, of Milford; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sisters, Shirley Demagian and Joan McLaughlin. Jim was born in Whitinsville, April 5, 1941, a son of James and Helen (Malkasian) Demagian, and was a lifelong resident. He graduated from...

MILLBURY … Rolande M. (Plante) Rej, 96, formerly of Northbridge and Grafton, died Tuesday, October 8, in CareOne at Millbury. Her husband, Vinent Rej, died in 1969. She is survived by two daughters, Diane Rosenblad and her husband, Gary, and Jo-Ann Crothers, of Whitinsville; seven grandchildren, and several great, great great, and great great great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her daughter, Judith Chagnon, a grandson, Vincent Sullivan, a brother, Norbert Plante, and...

Whitinsville--Matthew J. Blanding, 39, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Sunday, October 6, at UMASS Memorial Medical Center. Matthew is survived by his high school sweetheart, and wife of 14 years, Lee-Anne (Stanovich) Blanding, and their 3 children Allyson, Emily and Xavier; his mother, Claudia (Kenadek) Blanding, sister Cristina Stacy and her husband Glenn, and their children Kyle and Katelyn, all of Whitinsville, and grandparents Donald and Clara Kenadek, of...

Doulas--Jan Shoup died peacefully at home on Thursday September 26, 2019.  Preceeded by her husband of 60 years Ray Shoup, Survived by sister Lucina Sekulski and husband Bill Sekulski; daughter Cathy Kane and husband Sean Kane; daughter Lynda Shoup and granddaughter Madeleine Ooka; and son David Shoup. Jan had a habit of pushing the boundaries of the vision of family to include many others in her chosen family circle. Those she considered family would be too many to...

Sutton-- Richard J. "Dick" Ezold, Sr., died Sunday, September 22, at home.  He was 69.  Dick leaves the love of life, his wife of 45 years, Linda (Young) Ezold; a son, Richard J. Ezold, Jr., and his wife Anna, of Dudley; a daughter Lynn Coderre and her husband Kevin, of Sutton and 6 grandchildren whom he adored; Jack, Lily, Jordan, Jake, Max and Alex.  He was predeceased by his brother, Will, in 1993. Dick was born November 26, 1949 in Holyoke, a son of the late...

  Northbridge, MA - James W. Gray II, 66, formerly of Essex, VT passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 18th, surrounded by his loving family. Jim grew up in Newport and South Burlington, Vermont. He received his bachelor’s degree from UVM, which is where he met his wife, E.B., to whom he was happily married for 44 years. Jim spent most of his career working in finance at IBM, where he made many great lifelong friends. Following his retirement in 2008,...

WHITINSVILLE ...  Andrea J. (Kent) Whitney, 75, was called to her final reward on Tuesday, September 17, at CareOne at Millbury. She was surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by a daughter, Tammy Cullen; and a son, Ronald Whitney, both from Whitinsville; three grandchildren, Zachary and Benjamin Cullen and Ava Whitney; a brother, Roy Kent, of Worcester; a sister, Betty Kenefick, of Beeville, Texas, and her extended family...

WHITINSVILLE … James R. Potvin, 65, died at home, Monday, September 16, following an illness. He is survived by a son, Jon Potvin, with whom he lived; his daughter, Jennifer Potvin, and granddaughter, Zoe Dumouchel, of Whitinsville; a brother, David Potvin, of Bennington, Vt; his girlfriend, Nancy Kireyczyk; and his former wives, Susan (Emery) Potvin, and Kathleen Willard. Jim was born in Whitinsville, February 19, 1954, a son of Joseph E. and Jennie (Rutana) Potvin. A lifelong...

Whitinsville--Paul P. Morcone, 73, died Thursday, September 12 at the Milford Regional Medical Center with family by his side.  He leaves his wife of 48 years, Suzanne (Choquette) Morcone; a daughter Jennifer Morcone Stanfield, and her husband Aaron, of Huntsville, AL; his brother Fr. Nicholas Morcone, of Hingham, son-in-law Adelmo de Souza, of Nantucket; two grand daughters, Charlotte Stanfield and Angelina de Souza; many cousins, nieces and nephews. His daughter, Elizabeth Morcone de...

Douglas--Patricia A. "Trish" (Pomposelli) O'Neill, 63, died Saturday, September 7, at UMASS Memorial Medical Center.  She leaves her son Timothy O'Neill and his wife, Ani, of Douglas; 3 brothers, Stephen Pomposelli, of Douglas, Frederick Pomposelli, in CA and Anthony Pomposelli and his wife, Judith, in Ohio; two grand daughters, Amber and Aria and 2 nephews.  She is predeceased by her brother Christopher. The daughter of the late Federico and...