Obituaries

Obits: 102 year-old Nun, WWII Veterans, Former ZBA Member

We list area obituaries.

Marlborough - Sister Theophane Smith (Eleanor Smith) died at Bethany HealthCare Center on Monday Dec. 3 after a long illness. She was 102 years of age and had been a Sister of the Good Shepherd for 81 years.

Shrewsbury - Paul J. Leary, 83, a longtime Shrewsbury resident and proud Army veteran died Sunday, Dec. 2 in The Rose Monahan Hospice Residence after an illness.

Paul was a true and honorable veteran of the United States Army where he actively served as Chief Warrant Officer for 22 years serving in the Korean and Vietnam Wars receiving a Bronze Star.

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Westborough - Joseph M. Breen, 74, of Westborough, passed away peacefully on Monday, Dec. 3 at the Shrewsbury Rehabilitation Center, surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Linda M. (Cole) Breen.

Mr. Breen was a teacher with the Framingham Public Schools teaching Physical and Earth Science.  Prior to Framingham, he taught at Nashoba Regional High School. Joe served over 20 years on the Westborough Zoning Board of Appeals and he was a communicant of St. Luke the Evangelist Church.

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Northborough - Anthony “Tony” H. Misulis, 85, died Monday, Dec. 3 at UMASS Memorial Hospital (University Campus) surrounded by his loving family.

Mr. Misulis served in the US Navy during WWII in the South Pacific. Tony and Jo (his wife who died in 2007) owned and operated Tilz Restaurant of Northborough for the past 46 years.

Westborough - Kaye Irene (Cochrane) Kelley, 82, of Westborough, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 1 at the Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of Thomas J. Kelley, Jr.

She worked as a lab technician in Boston and then went on to work in the plant accounting department at New England Electric for 25 years.

Westborough - Virginia M. “Ginny” Cove, 86, of Westborough, died peacefully on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at the Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late William R. Cove, Sr.

Ginny was a third grade teacher at Fales Elementary School for many years retiring in 1983.


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