Anne Brennan / Richard Lodge

November 10, 2016

Anne Brennan has been appointed, effective Dec. 5, as the new editorial leader for the west division of Gatehouse Media New England. The division is based in Framingham. Brennan succeeds Richard Lodge, who left GateHouse to become managing editor of The Daily News of Newburyport. Brennan is leaving as editor of CapeCodOnline.com, a newly launched lifestyle and entertainment website of the Cape Cod Times of Hyannis. In her new job, Brennan will oversee the MetroWest Daily News of Framingham, the Milford Daily News, and 20 weeklies based in GateHouse’s Framingham, Milford, North Attleboro and Walpole offices. Before her time as editor of CapeCodOnline.com, Brennan had been assistant managing editor for digital media at the Cape Cod Times for more than seven years. Her first job in journalism was at a weekly newspaper in California, before she became night police reporter at the Cape Cod Times. She covered several other beats and was involved with several investigative projects as a reporter and later as an editor there. Brennan is on the boards of the New England Society of News Editors and of the Associated Press Media Editors. She is a past president of the New England Society of News Editors.

The Transition was written, at least in part, from a published report by Bulletin correspondent Sophie Cannon, an undergraduate student at Northeastern University.

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Virginia M. Allen

November 10, 2016

Virginia M. Allen, 81, of Plymouth, Mass., died Oct. 20 in Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

She was a receptionist for the former Plymouth-based Memorial Press Group newspapers, whose flagship was the Old Colony Memorial of Plymouth.

She leaves three children, Marianne, Jeannine and Cyntra; two grandchildren, Devin and Christopher; several nieces and nephews.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.

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Nancy Wilson

November 10, 2016

Nancy Shepard McClelland Wilson of Grafton, Mass., and formerly of Holden, Mass., died of breast cancer Nov. 3 in Grafton. She was born in 1932.

Wilson was a former freelancer and editor for The Landmark of Holden. She also had been a journalist for the Toledo (Ohio) Blade.

She was a member of the Holden School Committee for three terms, from 1973 to 1980, and was its chairwoman for one term.

She leaves her husband, Richard; three children, Ira, Madeline and Baxter; three grandchildren.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.

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James Patrick O’Connor Jr.

November 10, 2016

James Patrick O’Connor Jr., 89, of Waterford, Conn., died Oct. 21 in St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn.

O’Connor was a compositor at The Day of New London, Conn.

He leaves his wife, Beverly; a son, Timothy; two daughters, Patricia and Kerry; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.

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Jeanette Severino Bouchard

November 10, 2016

Jeanette Severino Bouchard, 90, died Oct. 31 in South Portland, Maine, after a long period of declining health.

She was a photographic archivist for many years at the Portland (Maine) Press Herald.

She leaves five nieces, Stella, Marie, Lucretia, Margaret and Mary Ann, and a nephew, John.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.

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Stanley K. Holmes

November 10, 2016

Stanley K. Holmes, 98, of Greenfield, Mass., died Aug. 27 in Buckley HealthCare Center in Greenfield.

Holmes began his career as a delivery boy for the former Greenfield Recorder-Gazette. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he returned to the Recorder-Gazette as a Linotype compositor. He retired in 1982.

Holmes leaves his wife, Barbara; a daughter, Shirley; a son, Donald; two granddaughters; two great-grandsons.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.

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Marie (Renzi) Sunderland

November 10, 2016

Marie (Renzi) Sunderland died Oct. 29.

She was a reporter at the Cranston (R.I.) Herald

She leaves a daughter, Angela, and a grandchild, Andrew

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.

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Marie E. (Caswell) Roos

November 10, 2016

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Marie E. (Caswell) Roos, 91, of Portland, Maine, died Oct. 21 in her daughter’s home in Scarborough, Maine.

She was a mailroom clerk for the Portland Press Herald.

She leaves a daughter, Cecelia; a son, Paul; two grandchildren, Michelle and Natalie; three great-grandchildren.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.

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Paul Christiansen

November 10, 2016

Paul Christiansen, 69, of Bristol, R.I., and formerly of Harrisville, R.I., died Oct. 21 in a hospital after a brief illness.

He published a small weekly newspaper, the former Burrillville (R.I) News.

He leaves a daughter, Courtney; a grandson, Zephyr; his former wife, Patricia.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.

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Marjorie Fay Palm

November 10, 2016

Marjorie Fay Palm, 95, of Haddam, Conn., and formerly of West Hartford, Conn., died Nov. 3 in Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Conn.

Palm was a reporter for the former Hartford (Conn.) Times. She also had been women’s page editor of the now-defunct Sunday Herald of Bridgeport, Conn., and a correspondent for Mademoiselle Magazine.

She interviewed several distinguished figures throughout her career, including Robert Frost and Eleanor Roosevelt. Palm was 23 when she covered the 1944 Hartford Circus Fire. She was one of the first reporters on the scene, and helped lost children find their parents as she was interviewing rescue workers.

Later in life, she edited newsletters for the Connecticut Opera Association, the American Cancer Society, and the Mark Twain House.

She leaves three children, Robert, Christine and Brian; 11 grandchildren; five nieces and nephews.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.

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