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AMESBURY — Charles S. Purinton, 88, of Amesbury, and formerly of Byfield, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 at the Country Manor Nursing Home in Newburyport.. He was the husband of Barbara (Sweet) Purinton.
Mr. Robert E. Fahey, 66, of Medway MA, died Monday morning (November 1, 2010) at his residence after a courageous battle with cancer. He was the husband of Marsha (Bullukian) Fahey.
Mr. Fahey was born in Milford, the son of the late John and the late Emily (Ghelli) Fahey. He attended the former Sacred Heart Grammar School as a young boy and Milford public schools.
Mr. Fahey was first employed as a young man as a mason contractor for Joe Menardi Masonry. He later worked for Anchor Freight Company and again as a mason at the Perini Corporation located in Framingham MA. Following that he had been employed for Walter E. Jock Oil Company located in Wells River VT and then returned to Milford where he owned and operated Prime Petroleum for twelve years. He later owned and operated Player’s Bar which was located in Milford and worked as a contractor building houses in the greater Milford area.
Mr. Fahey was a Viet Nam era veteran having served in the US Army in Germany. He was a longtime member of the Italian-American Veterans Post of Milford.
Along with his wife of thirty-six years, he is survived by 1 Son: Christopher R. Fahey and his wife Corinne of Medway MA, 1 Granddaughter: Ava Fahey of Medway MA, 2 Brothers: John “Johnny” Fahey and his wife Charlene of Milford MA and Patrick Fahey of Milford MA; also several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his Funeral Services on Thursday (November 4th) at 10am at the Edwards Memorial Funeral Home, 44 Congress Street, Milford MA. In accordance with his wishes cremation will follow. Visiting hours will be Wednesday evening from 5pm to 8pm at the Edwards Memorial Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The American Cancer Society, 30 Speen Street, Framingham MA 01701
FUNERAL SERVICE
Thursday November 4, 2010, 10AM at Edwards Memorial Funeral Home
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VISITATION
Wednesday November 3, 2010, 5PM – 8PM at Edwards Memorial Funeral Home
Norman E. Berry, 95, of Mill Road, Littleton died at his residence on Oct. 23 with his family surrounding him. He was born in Somerville, Mass. on July 10, 1915, son of the late Irvin and Marion (Kingsbury) Berry and was the husband of the late Barbara (Bacon) Berry who died in 2003. He grew up in Medford and attended Medford High School, graduating with his trade certificate in cabinetry. Norman went to work at Schraffts Candy Factory in Charlestown. He married Barbara Bacon of Medford in 1946, and in 1947 they moved to The Long Store on Great Rd. in Littleton, owned by his cousins Grace and Lyman Chase of Chase Farm. He worked a few years at Herpys Dairy Littleton, and then worked at Harvard University Cambridge as a Steam Engineer for over 30 years. Periodically, he worked a second job in maintenance at Deaconess Nursing Home Concord, accumulating over 12 years there. Norman was a member of Tahattawan Masonic Lodge AF & AM for the past 67 years. He was also active in Meals on Wheels, Council on Aging, and was a member of the Baptist Church of Littleton. He originally bought and renovated a camp on 87 Mill Road, but when Rat 495 was built, he had to move the house to 25 Mill Road. He was known years ago for driving children to the Kindergarten on Harwood Ave and recently for driving his mobility scooter with the orange flag around town. He is survived by his children , Bruce Berry of Wilton, N.H., Lloyd Berry of Moultonborough, N.H., Jay Berry of Littleton, and Nancy Craig of Mason N.H. 13 Grandchildren and 10 Great-Grandchildren. Visiting hours were held at the Badger Funeral Home, 347 King St, Littleton on Wednesday 2-4 & 7- 9 with a Masonic Service at 8 p.m., Funeral Services will be held at the Funeral Home on Thursday at 10a.m. Please see www.badgerfuneral.com
Published in The Littleton Independent from October 26 to November 2, 2010
Richard (Dickie) Bourinot Memorial
Fall Blow-down Meet
October 17th, 2010
NO Food–Soda Only
Jim Stuart passed away August 26th after a long battle with cancer just 10 days after his 88th birthday.
Jim was a long time loyal employee of the New York Central and, like his live steaming buddy Harold Crouch of the Finger Lakes Club, relished telling stories about his time on the Central. He was a PLS member back in the ‘seventies while assigned to the Philadelphia region following the disastrous Penn Central merger. When he ran at Rahns he sat, with legs crossed, on a tiny riding car behind his 3/4″ scale Tich 0-4-0 as it scooted around the multigauge track, regularly outdoing the performance of the more sophisticated locomotives of the day.
Upon retirement in 1985, Jim returned to his home town in Massachusetts. After his wife passed away he was struck by still more misfortune when his house burned to the ground making him, quite literally, homeless. It was then that Bill Shields, a man of boundless generosity, talked Jim into coming to live with him and his wife at their home in Delaware. From then on they were constant companions at most PLS run days and when travelling to other northeastern clubs, Waushakum and Pioneer Valley in particular, where Jim had close friends from “back in the day”.
The inseparable pair’s principal activity at our club focused for several years on a free lance 3.5″ gauge “Tom Thumb”-type locomotive with a vertical coal-fired boiler and twin-cylinder vertical engine. That little work-horse buzzed around the multigauge track non-stop, hauling one or both men to their endless delight. More recently, Jim was ever present hostler as they unloaded and fired up Bill’s 1.5″ scale 2-8-0 Camel. Jim would have liked to run the big engine more than a few times, but declined to do so because of failing vision, although he certainly was transfixed as a passenger.
Back at Bill’s, he returned to his free-lance design 3.5″ gauge Atlantic he had started in 1946. Bill built a copper boiler for it, and Jim had almost completed the locomotive when poor health overtook him.
Jim could tell stories endlessly about his experiences on the railroad; in fact, he regularly wrote articles for the NYCS Historical Society Central Headlight newsletter, one of which was in preparation at the time of his death. He was not one to attract attention with flashy equipment, but he certainly knew how to derive supreme personal pleasure from modest equipment and share it with any novice engineer wishing to be ‘bitten by the bug’ .
Jim Stuart was a quiet, knowledgeable and thoughtful gentle man who will be sorely missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him.
(Written by Bob Thomas of PA Live Steamers)
WLS Annual Diner
Thursday August 26th, 2010 6pm
WLS 40th Annual Meet
55th Anniversary Meet
August 27th, 28th & 29th, 2010
Full Cook Tent
Saturday Night Diner
Dicks mother Elizabeth Boucher passed away after a long illness. The funeral is Saturday at 11:00 AM from Paul Roger’s Funeral Home, Hillside, Rd., Amesbury, MA. Calling hours precede the funeral from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Directions to Paul Rogers & Sons Funeral Home: Take I495 north to exit 54(route150). At the end of the ramp take a right(north towards Amesbury center). Go about 1/2 mile and Paul Roger’s Funeral Home will be at the intersection of Highland Street.
View the obituary here.
Sunday June 20th, 2010
Hot Dogs & Hamburgers
