Richard Therrien, 80, formerly of Maynard, Mass., died Oct. 17 in Honolulu after a brief illness.
Therrien spent most of his life setting type for many newspapers, including the former Boston Record American and The Sun of Lowell, Mass.
Therrien leaves four children: Sherry, Richard, Shelia and Raymond; eight grandchildren; four 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.