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Clarence R. Morneau, 55
Wednesday, June 24, 1998
SOUTHBRIDGE -- Clarence R. Morneau, 55, a heavy equipment operator, died Monday at Harrington Memorial Hospital, after he was stricken ill at work.
He leaves his wife of 22 years, Melissa (Moore) Morneau; a son, Eric Morneau, and a daughter, Rachel Morneau, both at home; four brothers, Maurice Morneau of Southbridge, Armand Morneau of Oxford, Paul Morneau of Plainfield, Conn., and Albert A. Morneau of Del Rio, Texas; 10 sisters, Desneiges Chiocca, Estelle Remillard, Medora Jones and Una Morneau, all of Southbridge, Gloria Dupre and Louise Martel, both of Sturbridge, Rose Marie Kupiec of Charlton, Therese Lalummiere of Plainfield, Jeannette Renaud of Danielson, Conn., and Rita Chausse in Florida; and nieces and nephews. He was born in Southbridge, son of Paul A. and Therese (Laroche) Morneau, and lived here all his life.
Mr. Morneau was a heavy equipment operator with the Department of Public Works in Southbridge for 25 years. He was a member of St. Mary's Church. He enjoyed gardening and fishing.
The funeral will be held Friday from Sansoucy Funeral Home, 40 Marcy St., with a Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Church, 263 Hamilton St. Burial will be at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Calling hours are 9 to 10:45 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph's Indian School, Chamberlain, SD 57326, or to Habitat for Humanity International, 121 Habitat St., Americus, GA 31709.
Anja L. Morris, 88
Monday, June 22, 1998
LEOMINSTER -- Anja L. (Kurki) Morris, 88, formerly of 12 Fairview St., joint owner of an art supply store for many years, died Friday night in Hillcrest Nursing Home, Fitchburg, after an illness.
Her husband, Thomas B. Morris, died in 1975. She leaves two nephews, Daniel Jarvis of Finksburg, Md., and David Jarvis of McLean, Va.; two nieces, Nancy Hotaling of Townsend and Patricia Long of Glenpool, Okla.; and grandnephews and grandnieces. She was born in Fitchburg, daughter of David and Hilda (Junkala) Kurki, and lived many years in Fitchburg and Leominster. She returned to Fitchburg recently. She graduated from Fitchburg High School and Simmons College in Boston.
Mrs. Morris and her husband owned and operated Uptown Arts & Crafts in Fitchburg for many years before they retired. She was once a hospital laboratory technician. She was member of the Grange.
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Aubuchon-Moorcroft Funeral Home, 132 Woodland St., Fitchburg. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg. A calling hour is noon to 1 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Arthritis Foundation, Massachusetts Chapter, 29 Crafts St., Newton, MA 02158; or the Alzheimer's Association of Eastern Massachusetts, 1 Kendall Square, Building 200, Cambridge, MA 02139.
Ernest R. Morrison Jr., former police chief
Tuesday, June 23, 1998
LEICESTER -- Ernest R. Morrison Jr., 73, of 9 Harding St., Cherry Valley, former police chief and a longtime yard supervisor, and was stricken ill and died Sunday at home.
His wife, Adelle L. (Plouffe) Morrison, Morrison, died in 1996. He leaves a daughter, Janet P. Navaroli of Cherry Valley; five sisters, Theresa Henze and Catherine LeBoeuf, both of Rochdale, Patricia Allen of Cherry Valley, Irene Zajac of Dudley and Barbara Kane of Leicester; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces. A daughter, Kathryn Charette of Cherry Valley, died in 1989. He was born in Leicester, son of Ernest R. and Beatrice (Robidoux) Morrison, Sr. and lived most of his life in Cherry Valley. He graduated from Leicester High School.
He was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving in Asia and the Pacific.
Mr. Morrison was a yard supervisor at Cherry Valley Builders, where he worked for more than 20 years. He retired in 1978. He was later a caretaker of St. Joseph's Church and Cemetery until the time of his death. He was once an officer and police chief in the Leicester Police Department in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Mr. Morrison was a commissioner of the Moose Hill Water District for the Town of Leicester. He was a member of St. Joseph's Church and Leicester Council, Knights of Columbus. He was a member of the Southern Massachusetts Police Association; Rochdale Post 205, American Legion; and Chapter 3, Holiday Ramblers' Club.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from Morrison Funeral Home, 1131 Main St., with a Mass at 11 a.m. in St. Joseph's Church, 759 Main St. After cremation, burial will be at a later date in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Calling time is from 9 to 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph's Church, 759 Main St., Leicester, MA 01524.
Robert T. Morway, 71; principal for 33 years
Thursday, June 25, 1998
OXFORD -- Robert T. Morway, 71, of Locus Street, formerly of Worcester, Army veteran of World War II and former elementary school principal, died yesterday in Memorial Hospital, Worcester, after a long illness.
He leaves his wife of 42 years, Mary C. (Coogan) Morway; three sons, Robert T. Morway Jr. of Melbourne, Fla., Timothy E. Morway of Dudley and Matt J. Morway of Oxford; a daughter, Eileen “Missy” DeBoise of Worcester; two sisters, Sister Alice K. Morway, Sisters of St. Joseph in Springfield and Sister Mildred L. Morway, Sisters of St. Joseph in Holyoke; six grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; nephews and nieces. He was born in Worcester, son of Edward L. and Katherine L. (Mullany) Morway, and moved here in 1957. He graduated from St. Stephen's High School, Worcester, in 1945 and from St. Michael's College in Winooski, Vt. He also graduated from Worcester State College, Worcester, in 1955. He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving as a technician fifth class; he also was assistant to an Army chaplain in Japan.
Mr. Morway was a principal at Mary D. Stone Elementary School, Auburn, for 33 years, retiring in 1989. He previously taught at Randall Elementary School, Auburn, for many years and Stoneville School, Auburn, for several years.
He was a member of St. Roch's Church, where he once served on the parish council. He was also a member of Auburn Teacher's Association, Massachusetts Teachers Association and National Teachers Association.
The funeral will be held Saturday from Paradis Funeral Home, 357 Main St., with a Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Roch's Church, 332 Main St. Burial will be in St. Roch's Cemetery. Calling hours are 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. Flowers may be sent, or memorial contributions made to St. Roch's Church, 334 Main St., Oxford, MA 01540.
Thomas Nelson, 84
Thursday, June 25, 1998
MILLBURY -- Thomas Nelson, 84, of 181 Main St., died in Providence House Nursing Home after a long illness.
He leaves his wife of 59 years, Bertha A. (Wagner) Nelson; a son, Thomas A. Nelson of Jonesboro, Ark.; two grandchildren; nephews and nieces. He was born here, son of James and Jane (McIlanery) Nelson, and lived here most of his life. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, and he served in the Seabees.
Mr. Nelson was a school bus driver in Millbury for several years before retiring in 1977. Prior to that, he was a home fuel delivery man for the D.H. Lemieux Co. for 12 years. He was also a truck driver for Millbury Engineering Co. for ten years. He was a member of Dudley-Gendron Post 414, American Legion, Sutton.
A private graveside service was held in Central Cemetery. Turgeon Funeral Home, Inc., 64 Main St., directed the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Activity Fund of Providence House Nursing Home, 29 Main St., Millbury, MA 01527.
Irene C. Norton, 74
Monday, June 22, 1998
FITCHBURG -- Irene C. (St. Germain) Norton, 74, of 875 John Fitch Highway, died yesterday in St. Vincent's Hospital, Worcester.
She leaves her husband of 50 years, Anthony J. Norton; two sons, John A. Norton of Acton and Robert J. Norton of Gardner; two daughters, Jane M. Valera of Bonita Springs, Fla., and Ann C. Wicker of Gardner; two brothers; George and Robert St. Germain, both of Fitchburg; two sisters, Olive Minnehan of Worcester and Biddy Muggett of Calif.; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. A daughter, Nancy A. Norton, died in 1967. She was born in Fitchburg, daughter of William and Pauline (Richard) St. Germain, and lived here all her life. She graduated from Fitchburg High School in 1942. She also attended secretarial school in Florida.
Mrs. Norton worked as a secretary at Lumberman's Mutual Insurance Company. She was a member of St. Camillus de Lellis Church.
The funeral will be held Wednesday from Louis M. Isabelle Funeral Home, 316 Clarendon St., with a Mass at 9 a.m. in St. Camillus de Lellis Church, 333 Mechanic St. Calling hours will be held from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Bernard's Cemetery.
Maureen O'Sullivan, Tarzan movie star
Wednesday, June 24, 1998
PHOENIX -- Actress Maureen O'Sullivan, the Irish-born beauty who starred as Jane in a string of Tarzan films, has died at age 87.
Miss O'Sullivan, whose seven children include actress Mia Farrow, died Monday night at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital in suburban Phoenix, hospital spokeswoman Felicia Thomas said yesterday.
Thomas said she didn't know the cause. A daughter, Stephanie Farrow of New York City, also confirmed O'Sullivan's death to The Associated Press. She declined to elaborate, but said she thought her mother died of old age.
Her first appearance as the scantily clad Jane to Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan was in “Tarzan the Ape Man,” 1932. Other films in the MGM jungle adventure series include “Tarzan and his Mate,” 1934; and “Tarzan's Secret Treasure,” 1941.
But she also appeared in more prestigious productions, including “Anna Karenina,” 1935; “Cardinal Richelieu,” 1935; “Pride and Prejudice,” 1940; and “The Big Clock,” 1948, which was directed by her husband, screenwriter and director John Farrow. She was in the first of the popular “Thin Man” movies that starred William Powell and Myrna Loy and played the lead of the romantic subplot in the Marx Brothers' classic “A Day at the Races,” 1937.
“The world lost a lovely leading lady,” Bob Hope said in a statement.
For many of her fans, the Tarzan movies were the most memorable. In a 1997 Associated Press interview, she recalled meeting Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of the Tarzan books.
“Burroughs was a nice guy,” she recalled. “He asked me if I had read any Tarzan books, and I had to say no. I had barely heard of Tarzan. He sent me a copy of every one of his books.
“He thought Johnny and I were the perfect Tarzan and Jane, which is lovely.”
In 1985, she appeared along with daughter Mia in Woody Allen's “Hannah and Her Sisters,” playing the mother of her daughter's character. In 1992, when the breakup of Farrow's long romance with Allen made the headlines, O'Sullivan denounced Allen as a “desperate and evil man.”
Other notable late film appearances were in “Never Too Late” (a role she had originated on stage), 1965, and “Peggy Sue Got married,” 1986.
She also was active in Broadway and touring theater productions in the 1960s and '70s, was briefly a regular on the “Today” show in 1964, and acted in television shows such as “The Guiding Light,” 1984, and “The Great Houdinis,” 1976.
O'Sullivan was born May 17, 1911, in Boyle, Ireland. When she was discovered by director Frank Borsage she was 18 and had no training in acting. He directed her in her first film, “Song O' My Heart.”
married in 1936, she and Farrow had their first child, Michael, four years later, and had seven children together. Michael was killed in an airplane collision in 1958. Her husband died in 1963.
O'Sullivan attributed her ability to combine motherhood with a career in movies and television to her ability to concentrate.
“I seem to have one-track mind,” she said. “When I was having babies, I did nothing else. When I do pictures, I go all out.”
“I really think it is easier to manage my seven,” she said. “You can't afford to humor each one of them. They have to learn to do things when they are told.”
Her children enjoyed her career, she said, because “they like to have me come home and tell them what Bob Hope said, and so forth. It makes their mother seem a little more exciting.”
Rogelio R. Pagan, 67
Thursday, June 25, 1998
WORCESTER -- Rogelio R. Pagan, 67, of 275 Pleasant St., died Monday in the Fairlawn Rehabilitation Center after an illness.
He leaves his former wife, Isabel Jimenez of New York, N.Y.; two sons, George Rosario and Rogelio Rosario Jr., both of New York, N.Y.; a daughter, Rosemary Rosario of Worcester; a brother, Regino Rosario of Orlando, Fla.; a grandson; cousins; nephews and nieces. He was born Juncos, Puerto Rico, son of Julio and Emiliana (Pagan) Reyes, and he lived here for about 15 years.
Mr. Pagan was a cook in the food industry.
The funeral will be held Saturday from Graham, Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlors, 838 Main St., with a Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Paul's Cathedral, 15 Chatham St. Burial will be in Notre Dame Cemetery. Calling hours are 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home.
Mary E. Pelley, 79
Wednesday, June 24, 1998
WORCESTER -- Mary E. (Arnberg) Pelley, 79, of 6 Wachusett St., once a volunteer senior companion, died Monday at Memorial Hospital after an illness.
She leaves a daughter, Louise Pelley of Worcester, and two sons, Paul V. Pelley of Spencer and Thomas Pelley of Worcester. She was born in Worcester, daughter of Bror C. and Mary E. (Dowd) Arnberg.
Mrs. Pelley worked at Frem Co. for many years. She also volunteered for several years for the Elder Home Care Agency as a senior companion. She was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Church.
The funeral will be held Friday from Athy Memorial Home, 111 Lancaster St., with a Mass at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Church, 43 Belmont St. Burial will be at St. John's Cemetery. Calling hours are 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Irene E. Grady, 85
Thursday, June 25, 1998
WORCESTER -- Irene E. Grady, 85, of 104 Randolph Road, died yesterday in Odd Fellows Home.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Irene Persson-Joslin, 85
Thursday, June 25, 1998
ASHBY -- Irene C. (Bedard) Persson-Joslin, 85, of Ashby and 7230 Ashland Drive, Zephyrhills, Fla., died yesterday in Highlands Longterm Care Center after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
