All Obituaries

ATHOL- Shirley A. (Fisher) (Stowell) (Bergen) Demers, 88, died on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at Quabbin Valley Health Care in Athol, MA with her family at her side. She was born in Ware, MA on December 2, 1931 to William S. Fisher and Doris (Gates) (Fisher) MacDonald. Shirley lived the first year of her life in North Dana, then grew up in Athol and Orange. She graduated from Orange High School in 1950. She married Roger L. Stowell in 1951 and was a homemaker, raising her family of four...

ATHOL- Paul D. Pace Sr., 73, of Yale Avenue, died early Saturday morning, November 7, 2020 at home with loved ones at his side following a battle with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, a rare inherited blood disease. Paul was born in Tampa, Florida on January 4, 1947 to Helen (Rathburn)(Pace) White(died November 1993) and William Pace and went to school in Mississippi, California, and Athol and Orange, Massachusetts. Paul worked for F.L. Castine’s for 15 years, Duall Plastics...

ROYALSTON- Wilfred “Bill” Cloutier, 96, passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2020 in Sebring, Florida. He was born October 21, 1924 in Guilford, Vermont to the late Wilfred J. and Blanche (Gates) Clouiter. He was a resident of Sebring Florida since 1980, formerly living in South Royalston, MA. Wilfred was of Catholic faith. He served his country as a Sergeant in the US Army Air Corp during WWII. He was a member of the American Legion and VFW. Bill was a salesman for many...

ATHOL- Alice M. (Nadeau) Bailey, 76, of Paige Street, died peacefully at home on Thursday, November 5, 2020 after a courageous fight with cancer, surrounded by loved ones. Born in Dover, New Hampshire on September 17, 1944, she was the daughter of the late John A. and Isabel (Capen) Nadeau, and grew up in Fitchburg, MA, having lived in multiple places prior to moving to Athol in 2004. She enjoyed mini-golf, bowling, movies, Elvis, her dog Chi-Chi and loved her family and friends. She is...

ATHOL- Harold W. Balben, 60, of Linden Park, died on Saturday morning, October 31, 2020 at home following a courageous battle with cancer, with loved ones at his side including his sister Annie Camden who took care of him during his illness. Born in Marlborough, he was the son of Warren G. and Martha (Duhaneck) Balben Harold was a self employed carpenter for most of his life. There are no calling hours. The family will have a private celebration of Harold's life. Witty's Funeral...

October 31, 2020 Madena Kilhart ORANGE- Safe at last in the presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Madena (Hubbard) Kilhart entered eternity on Thursday, October 29, 2020, and went to join her husband Lester Gordon Kilhart. She was born July 18, 1924 to Ida May (Thayer) Hubbard and the late Clarence Hubbard, who succumbed to a brain tumor four months before she was born. She lived on Mechanic St. in a multi-generational family with her mother, Ida, her grandparents, Alvin and Mary...

ORANGE- Irene A. (Donais) Rice, 92, of East River Street, died peacefully on Wednesday evening, October 28, 2020 at Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol. Born in Newmarket, New Hampshire on March 9, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Delvine and Antonia (Stys) Donais and grew up in Orange, graduating from Orange High School in the class of 1948. On June 3, 1950, Irene married Warner Rice and they enjoyed 68 years of marriage until his death in 2018. Following high school, Irene went to...

ORANGE- Donna R. (Lyman) Killay, 80, of Evergreen Drive, passed away late Monday night, October 26, 2020 at Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Orange on March 31, 1940, she was the daughter of Willard and Cynthia (Ware) Lyman and grew up in Orange, graduating from Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in 1958. Donna married James Killay in 1960 . A hard worker all her life, Donna worked at the Rodney Hunt Company until her first daughter was born. After...

NEW SALEM- Cory Alan Taylor of 76 Elm Street and 2 Fay Road, New Salem, MA, passed away on October 22, 2020. Born May 4th, 1979 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, he was the only child of Alane Lego Mallet. Cory grew up in Orange. He loved skateboarding, snowboarding, mountain biking, 4-wheeling with his friends, but most of all he loved his cars- he knew them inside and out and could tell you everything about them. He went to many car shows and brought home many trophies. Cory held many jobs...

ATHOL- Megan M. Killay, 49, of Main Street, died peacefully at home on Thursday, October 22, 2020 surrounded by loved ones following a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Greenfield on August 1, 1971, she was a daughter of the late Patrick E. and Patricia M. (Wilkey) Killay and grew up in Athol, graduating from Athol High School in the class of 1989. While in high school, Megan was on the State Championship field hockey team. Megan was still employed by Wood’s, Inc. in Gardner and...