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WEST SPRINGFIELD – James Donald Boudreau, 90, of Elm Street died Friday [June 11, 2010] at home surrounded by his family. He was born in East Boston on Dec. 17th, 1919 to the late Charlotte (LeBlanc) and Eugene Boudreau. He spent his youth in Nova Scotia and later moved back to Boston where he graduated […]

George Brennen was born in Twin Falls Idaho on 7-28-1925 and he passed on 4-12-2010. During World War II at the age of 17 George enlisted in the Marine Corps. He was a member of the 4th Raider Battalion and saw action in the Solomon Islands, Emirau Island, St Mathias Group, Guam (where he was […]

Otto C. Bergenske, age 87, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, at Oakwood Village East. He was born on July 5, 1922, in Belleville, the son of Otto and Carrie (Erfurth) Bergenske. Otto graduated from Madison East High School in 1941. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 until 1945, as a […]

Joseph Anthony Bucci, 96, of Arrington, and formerly of Grass Valley, Calif., died Feb. 8 [2010] at the Lovingston Health Care Center. Born on July 23, 1913, in Amsterdam, N.Y., he was a son of the late Charles Bucci and Maria Cervera Bucci. Mr. Bucci served in the United States Marine Corps during World War […]

Major Jerome J. C. Beau, USMC (Ret.) passed away at his home on Feb. 2, 2010. Jerry was born on Sept. 4, 1918, in Calvary, Wis., the eighth of nine children of Henry Simon Beau and Margarete Mary Brost. Jerry came from a musical family. His mother played piano and guitar and his father played […]

Buckley, Aaron E., 84, of Orlando, child of God and son of A.J. Buckley and Nora Sue Brandon, went home to be with the Lord and his, wife, Vernice, of 61 years on Saturday [January 16, 2010]. Aaron was born in Franklin County TN, May 10, 1925. He was a U.S. Marine Raider in the […]

George L. Blackwell, 86, of Canyon died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church in Canyon with Dr. David Lowrie officiating. Private family burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery by Rector Funeral Home, 2800 S. Osage St. Mr. Blackwell was born Dec. 9, 1923, in Moriarty, […]

LAUREL – Services are 2 p.m. today at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel for John L. “Jack” Barlow, 86, of Laurel, who died Nov. 23, 2009, at his home. Burial is in Hickory Grove Cemetery. Mr. Barlow was retired from Essmueller and a member of West Laurel Baptist Church. He was a veteran of […]

George “Bud” Beachwood, 88, beloved husband, father, grandfather, outdoorsman and Portland TV pioneer, passed away unexpectedly Nov. 19, 2009. Born in Stanley, Wis., to Minnie Krogan and William Beachwood, he left home as a teenager and joined the thousands of boys and men who rode the rails during the Great Depression. Bud joined the U.S. […]

Howard W. “Brownie” Brown passed peacefully in the presence of family on August 27, 2009. He was born in Arlington, MA on June 12, 1921. Howard was orphaned at age 12 when his father, Charles W. Brown died of cancer. He joined the elite Marine Corps Raider Battalion in the South Pacific during WWII. Howard […]