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Obituaries

Obituaries and memorial notices for Acton.

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of October 19, 2026 through October 25, 2026

One Acton obituary was published this week: Piper, John Kristy, 78, who died October 23, 2026. He was the husband of the late Mary Kathleen (Murphy) Piper, to whom he had been married 56 years at the time of her death this past June.

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Obituary notices, week of October 5 through October 11, 2026

One Acton-resident obituary was located for the week of October 5 through October 11, 2026: Gayowski, Michael "Mike" John, 73, of Acton, who died October 4. The notice was posted to Echovita, which listed his residence as Acton, Massachusetts, but did not provide additional biographical…

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Obituary notices, week of September 28, 2026 through October 4, 2026

This week's obituary column carries one notice for an Acton, Massachusetts resident: Danzig, Joseph, who died September 30, 2026. His obituary, posted through Acton Funeral Home via Legacy.com, was not yet available in full at the time of publication. No other Acton-resident obituaries …

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Obituary notices, week of September 21, 2026 through September 27, 2026

Two Acton obituaries were published this week: Leong, Dick Yiu-Wah, 82, who died September 8 at his Acton home and was married 53 years to Constance Oi-Gim (Chin) Leong; and Marcus, Edwina Mary (Burke), 82, of Acton, MA, a Wheelock College graduate who died Sunday, September 20. Notices…

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Obituary notices, week of September 14, 2026 through September 20, 2026

Six Acton-resident obituaries were noted in this week's roundup: Augustine, Lucille Vitale; Doty, Jane Gray; Harrington, William L. Jr.; North, Barbara Lee; Nyberg, Barbara (Ellis); and Paskavitz, Ronald Joseph. Longtime Acton resident Barbara Lee North, 77, died September 16 at a Westf…

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Obituary notices, week of September 7, 2026 through September 13, 2026

Two Acton-resident obituaries appeared this week: Liu, Nathan Meng, and Ivanov, Elizabeth Joy. Nathan Liu, of Acton, died August 28 just days before his second birthday, and will be buried at Walnut Hills Cemetery in Brookline; his notice was posted by Bell-O'Dea Funeral Home - Brooklin…

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Obituary notices, week of July 13, 2026 through July 19, 2026

One Acton-resident obituary was published this week: Hanley, Justin, 16, of Acton, who died July 13, 2026. No additional biographical details — profession, family, or service arrangements — were available in the source listing at press time. The notice was drawn from Echovita's Acton, MA obituary

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Obituary notices, week of July 6 through July 12, 2026

One Acton obituary was noted for the week of July 6–12, 2026: Gallant, Edith (Nilges), of Acton, with an obituary posted July 9, 2026, via Echovita; no additional biographical detail was available from the source at time of compilation.

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Obituary notices, week of June 29, 2026 through July 5, 2026

One Acton obituary this week: Newman, Stephen D., of Acton, who died July 2, 2026; a funeral service is scheduled for July 9, 2026, in New London, NH. The notice was posted through Chadwick Funeral and Cremation Service - New London and is available in full on Echovita.

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