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Francis L. Wickman, 70
Former schoolteacher; wire editor for The Gardner High School in 1949.
Mark A. Connors, 40
Self - employed carpenter; lifelong Fitchburg resident
FITCHBURG - Mark H. "Sport" Connors, 40, of 64 Bemis Road, died Saturday, April 28, in HealthAlliance Hospital/Leominster, after he was stricken ill at home. He was born April 3, 1961, in Fitchburg, the son of John L. and Patricia I. (St. John) Connors, and had lived here all his life.
Patricia I. Connors, 66
Retired manager of former clothing store in Fitchburg
FITCHBURG - Patricia I. (St. John) Connors, 66, of 29 Daniels Heights, died Friday, April 27, in Birchwood Care Center, after an illness. She was born March 8, 1935, in Fitchburg, the daughter of Henry and Blanche (Antil) St. John, and had lived here all her life.
Gladys I. Salame
Templeton Official
TEMPLETON - Gladys I. (Couillard) Salame, 61, of 255 Barre Rd., died Saturday, June 7, 2003, at home.
She leaves her husband, Stephen E. Salame; a son, Stephen E. Salame II of Templeton; her mother, Norma (Fucile) Couillard of Templeton; a brother, George J. Couillard of East Templeton; a sister, Nancy Henshaw of West Chesterfield; three grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.
She was born in Gardner, daughter of Roger P. and Norma (Fucile) Couillard, and lived in Templeton for most of her life.
She graduated in 1960 from Narragansett Regional High School, and received her bachelor's and master's degrees in education from Fitchburg State college. She had taken 90 college credits in education beyond the maser's degree.
She was a third grade teacher for 22 years, and a Title One teacher for 16 years. She was the director of the Title One/Chapter One for 16 years, and nominated Parker St., Gardner, MA 01440.
Morton C. Woodbury
ORANGE - Graveside services were held on Saturday, June 7, 2003 at the South Cemetery, for Morton C. Woodbury, 78, of Chipley, Fla., formerly of Orange, who died Jan. 31, 2003 in Chipley. Family members officiated the service.
Witty's Funeral Home, Orange, directed local arrangements.
Mae A. Pratt
ATHOL - Mae A. (Edwards) (Davis) Pratt, 67, passed away June 5, 2003 in the Holyoke Hospital.
Born April 20, 1936 in Petersham, a daughter of Milton C. And Arvilla M. (Corbett) Edwards, she graduated from Petersham High School in 1954.
She previously worked at the Athol Table Shop and the N.D. Cass Toy Shop, and the Rogers Plastic in West Warren.
She enjoyed crossword puzzles and country music.
The past few years, she resided at the Holyoke Health Care Center.
She leaves a daughter, Tina M. Erickson of Warwick; granddaughter Jessica J. Payson of Warwick and her husband Seth who is serving in the military in the Middle East; four sisters, Marilyn Swenson of Gardner following an illness. Pastor Stephanie Sermuksnis of the Orange and South Athol United Methodist Churches officiated. Interment followed in Erving Center Cemetery.
Witty's Funeral Home, Orange, directed the arrangements.
Walter H. Goddard
Highway Super
PHILLIPSTON - Walter Hanson Goddard of Wallingford, Conn., and formerly of Phillipston, Hardwick, and Holliston, Florida and went to work part - time for a small golf course. He took up golf and played daily for 20 years before returning to Holliston. He made a retirement career of lawn maintenance, and he devoted many volunteer hours to clearing brush and building thick green, weed - free lawns wherever he went. He moved to the Masonicare Johnson (independent living) Apartments in Wallingford in 1999, where he continued his volunteer lawn and landscape care through the summer of 2002. He moved into Masonicare's nursing unit in March of this year.
Walter survived his wife, Jessie Heath, and three siblings, Williams Stacy, Elmer, and Thelma, and is survived by his two children, John P. Goddard, of Athol, and Joan Goddard Handschumacher, of Guilford, Conn., and three grand - children.
There will be a small private burial service, as yet unscheduled.
Memorial contributions may be made in his name to the Masonic Health Center, 22 Masonic Ave., Wallingford, CT 06492.
