Greg Thomajan
Greg Thomajan
July 20, 2023
Greg Thomajan passed away on July 20, 2023 at the age of 87. Loving husband to Andrea for 39 years. Father of Christopher Z. and wife Mary, Dana Holland, and husband Robert, and Keith and wife Edie. Also survived by seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
After graduating from Lawrence Academy and Colby College, he proudly served two years in the Marine Corps before entering the family business in 1960. At the helm of Zareh Inc., Greg could be counted on for a game of backgammon, a shot of Scotch, an [Read more …]
Joan Tessier-Thomas
Joan Tessier-Thomas
July 23, 1941 – May 22, 2023
In the early hours of Monday, May 22, 2023, Joan Carol Tessier-Thomas, loving mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away just short of her 82nd birthday. Born July 23, 1941 in Worcester, MA she grew up on Rockdale street with her parents Everett and Barbara (Hough) Wickwire. Though an only [Read more …]
Jackie Rockwood
Jackie F. Rockwood
July 15, 1927 – March 6, 2023
Jackie F. Rockwood also known as Jacqueline Denise Fallon, 95.5 years old of Orleans, MA passed away on Monday, March 6, 2023, after living a long, full, and amazing life.
Jackie was born in Jamacia Plain, a suburb of Boston, MA, on July 15, 1927, to the late Marguerite (DesChamps) and George Fallon. Jackie was formally of New Hartford, NY and was married to Robert (Bob) B. [Read more …]
Bill Burling
William Lawrence Burling, Jr.
June 26, 1950 – February 27, 2023
William Lawrence Burling Jr., 72, of East Orleans, MA died suddenly and painlessly in paradise while surrounded by loved ones. He was out for a stroll in one of his favorite places in the world, a cocoa plantation at the foot of St. Lucia’s Gros Piton mountain, when he collapsed.
Bill was singular and distinctively memorable, from his natty sartorial choices and anachronistic areas of expertise to his dry sense of humor and acerbic wit. A voracious reader, Bill had an insatiable interest in history, [Read more …]
Rigney Cunningham
Rigney Cunningham
October 21, 1946 – October 24, 2022
D. Rigney Cunningham, 76, resident of East Orleans, Massachusetts, passed away on October 24 from pancreatic cancer.
Born October 21, 1946, in Watchung, New Jersey, she is survived by her husband Robert Cunningham, her daughter Caitlin, her son-in-law Tim Correira, granddaughter Margot, and sister Melinda Rigney.
During a lifetime too full to condense into a paragraph, she graduated from St. Lawrence University, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, worked as a schoolteacher in California, and as a political volunteer and a hospital administrator in [Read more …]
Terry Thalman
Dr. Terry R. Thalman, February 17, 1938- May 10, 2022
Nauset Heights resident Dr. Terry R. Thalman passed away at home in North Carolina on May 10, 2022, after a brief illness. His wife and daughters were at his side.
Dr. Thalman grew up and spent his working life in Carbondale, IL, before retiring to Chapel Hill, NC, with his wife Patricia Ann (Foster). He was born February 17, 1938, to Southern Illinois University Education Professor Wellington A. Thalman and Marion Eloise (Cady) Thalman. He attended SIU and earned his Doctor of Medicine [Read more …]