Obituaries

Obits: 104-Year-Old, Deacon and Air Force Intelligence Specialist

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He served for over 6 years in various duty stations in Japan, South Korea and Europe as a specialist in Air Force intelligence and was honorably discharged in 1963.

MilfordEdward J. Richards, 74, Deacon at St. James Church in South Grafton, died peacefully Tuesday April 16, 2013 from complications of esophageal cancer.

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He was ordained a Deacon April 22, 1995 serving only at St. James Catholic Church in South Grafton. Richards cherished being a parishioner of St. James, his vocation as a Deacon there and was in return loved by its parishioners and the other parishes in Grafton, St. Philips and St. Mary's. He also served in both the U.S. Army and Navy.

ShrewsburyHenry F. “Ben” Smialek, 95, of Shrewsbury died Sunday, April 14, 2013 in the Lutheran Healthcare Center in Worcester after an illness.

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He worked for many years at the Massachusetts Department of Public Works “lab” on Belmont Street, retiring in 1985.

ShrewsburyJosephine L. (DiLeo) DePalma, 104, of Shrewsbury, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at Beaumont Rehabilitation Skilled Nursing Center after a long wonderful life.


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