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Barbara ‘Bobby’ (née Errickson) Jorgensen passed away peacefully in her sleep on June 15^th after a lengthy battle with dementia. Her loving family was by her side at the end.

Born May 6, 1933, Bobby grew up in Freehold, New Jersey where her father was a prominent local dentist and civic leader. A bright student, her greatest source of pride was her twelve-year perfect attendance record at First Presbyterian Church Sunday School. Bobby attended Trenton State Teachers College—now The College of New Jersey—where she majored in early childhood education. It was while a freshman at Trenton State that she met her future husband, Robert ‘Bob’ Jorgensen, whom she would marry in the spring of 1954, their senior year. Thereafter, and for 70 more years, they were simply ‘Bob and Bobby.’

With Bob’s commissioning upon graduation as a Second Lieutenant in the US Marine Corps, the newlywed couple headed straight off to Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia for their first posting. For Bobby, after just three days of teaching at a local school, she knew immediately that teaching was decidedly not her calling. Instead, she focused on making a new home of their own. Their first of two children was born in 1956, shortly before the end of Bob’s military service commitment. That spring, the young family moved to Westwood, Massachusetts where Bob took up a teaching appointment at Roxbury Latin School in West Roxbury—a position he would retire from 40 years later.

Bobby was both a traditional homemaker and a thoroughly modern woman in the world of America’s post-war ’50s. She was a renowned baker, sewist, and knitter. A talented singer and dancer, she and Bob were mainstays of the First Parish of Westwood Couples Club annual musicals. When her son and daughter were settled in grade school, she began the first of a number of jobs that took full advantage of her considerable technical and administrative skills. For many years, she was a dental technician at Westwood Research Laboratories. After both children were off at college, she took on the role of Executive Secretary of the Star Island Corporation—the owner and operator of Star Island, a rustic conference center off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire—commuting daily to downtown Boston.

Travel was the one constant in Bobby’s life. Childhood summers centered around her grandfather’s beach cottage in Seaside Park, New Jersey. Throughout her married life, summers included a week on Star Island at one of their Unitarian Universalist family conferences. In the summer of 1968, she organized a family camping trip across the United States. In their 1962 Buick Invicta station wagon towing a Coleman pop-up camper, they visited family and college and Marine Corps friends while stopping at iconic sites across the country. Her wanderlust took her to all 50 states and numerous countries around the world, including a solo trip to New Zealand when she was in her 70s.

In 2017, she and Bob left their Westwood home of 60 years for the comfort of independent living at One Wingate Way in Needham Heights. There they made many new friends while remaining close to longtime friends and neighbors. In 2022, Bobby moved into the memory care wing at Wingate, just a short walk down the hall from Bob, allowing him to visit her several times a day.

Bobby was blessed with a close and loving family, including her husband of 70 years, Bob; son Dean and daughter-in-law Aileen of Canton, Georgia; daughter Kyle and son-in-law Mark of Dover, New Hampshire; three grandchildren, Christopher, William, and Hillary; and six great grandchildren, Piper, Brendan, Tyler, Norah, Ira, and Harlow. The family is especially grateful to the staff of Wingate Residences of Needham, Compassionate Care Hospice of Woburn, and KRS Senior Care Services of Wayland for making her final months and weeks as comfortable and calm as they were.

Arrangements are being made by Folsom Funeral Service of Westwood. The family will hold a Celebration of Life in the fall.

Tribute gifts in honor of Bobby may be made to Star Island Corporation, 30 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801, or Compassionate Care Hospice, 800 W Cummings Park Suite 3100, Woburn, MA 01801.

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Gay Patterson Lord, art historian, teacher, cat lover, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, godmother, friend and expert giver of nicknames died on June 7, 2024, at her home in Westwood, MA. She died of natural causes, and a general disdain for living with Alzheimer’s. In her last week, she was surrounded by her children and many beloved, new-found friends. She died as she lived, with fierceness and determination and a certain reluctance to leave the party. Daughter of John Thomas Patterson and Virginia Rockwell Patterson, Gay was married to Charlie (“Big Guy”) Lord for 60 years and endured, even thrived, through over 10 different domestic and international moves.

Gay Dwight Patterson was born in Dayton, Ohio on July 18, 1935. She attended Oakwood Elementary School, The Madeira School (1953) and Vassar College (1957) (BA Art). She received her Master’s Degree in Art History from Harvard in 1959. After completing her advanced degree, she worked at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Drawings Department under Curator Jacob Bean, who was responsible for beginning the Department at the Met.

After she married Charlie Lord, at a raucous and joyous gathering in Dayton on February 22, 1964, they moved to Panama City, Panama where she had her twin sons, Thomas (TimTimBoLeen) and Charles (Chuh). They moved on to Guatemala City where she had her daughter Deirdre (SkunkyPetunia). A move back to New York City brought Gay new interests, like environmental action and belly dancing. Gay threw herself into the early environmental movement and became a founding member of Consumer Action Now (C.A.N.), a non-profit educational organization dedicated to providing information about how to live in ecologically sound ways. She was a participant in the solid waste committee.

Gay and Charlie moved again, to Toledo, Ohio, in 1975 where she began her career as an educator and taught advanced placement Art History at Maumee Valley Country Day School. Her time at Maumee Valley brought a passion for pedagogy and engagement with new friends with whom she would teach long after her time in Toledo. She demonstrated her ongoing commitment to health and the environment by packing untradeable school lunches (raw peanut butter on “Sunny Honey” bread) for her 3 children. She also had the temerity to lead her sons’ 7^th and 8^th grade class in a belly dancing demonstration during the school’s Middle Eastern Day.

After 3 years in Toledo, Charlie’s position as Headmaster of Saint Timothy’s School took the family to Stevenson, MD. Gay once again taught Advanced Placement Art History at St. Tim’s and served for a time as an Admissions Officer at the School. During their tenure at St. Tim’s, Charlie and Gay provided loving guidance to countless young students who needed the extra love of the supportive pair. In addition, Gay was appointed to the Board of Trustees of The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT. As a Trustee, she worked with other Trustees and Administrators to support the establishment of the school’s first day care center for faculty and staff families. She also co-chaired the Hotchkiss Centennial Celebration.

Upon the conclusion of their tenure at St.Timothy’s, Charlie and Gay moved to St. Andrews, Scotland, where Gay curated an exhibit of Scottish architect Sir Robert (“Uncle Bobby”, no relation) Lorimer’s work. Once again, Charlie and Gay made new and lasting friendships in St. Andrews. Gay also developed an enduring passion for Fairy Liquid “washing up” soap.

After their year in Scotland, Charlie and Gay returned to Washington, DC where Gay became the Art History teacher at Sidwell Friends School (1987 to 1998) and ran The Rubenstein Art Gallery there for some time. Upon hiring Gay, former head of Sidwell Friends, Earl Harrison, called her “an absolutely superb classroom teacher”.

Gay retired from teaching in 1998 but continued pursuing her various passions: she and Charlie traveled, she researched and explored art and art history, she wrote a memoir (The Heart Lives by Breaking), she continued to develop new friendships and cultivate the other lifelong connections she had. Gay and Charlie moved twice more, back to New York and ultimately to Fox Hill Village in Westwood, MA.

Gay was a lifelong learner and a devoted friend. Gay is predeceased by her grandchildren, Cameron and Hayden, her husband, Charlie, and her cat, Tiger. She is survived by her children, Tim (Alison) Lord, Charlie (Blyth) Lord, Deirdre (Alexander Wright) Lord, her brother John Thomas Patterson (Sharon), her 5 beloved grandchildren, Taylor Lord, Annie Lord, Eliza Lord, Mary Lord and Charlie Wright and her cat, Lily (sister to Tiger). She will always be remembered and celebrated for her giggle, her goofy expressions (“harsh tote”, “fish pump”, “gofrit”), her ability to laugh at and with herself, her intellectual curiosity, passion for books and ideas, and her deep love for family and friends. Fly free G Bird Lord.

In lieu of flowers, we ask that you donate in Gay’s name to Good Shepherd Community Care in Massachusetts, or the Siasconset Union Chapel in Siasconset, MA.

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Kiệt Thế Ngô, a resident of Westwood, died Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at the age of 70. Kiệt was born April 22, 1954, in Bắc Ninh, Việt Nam, the son of Phát Thế Ngô and Hồi Thị Hồ. Kiet was a pharmacist who loved birds and plants. His favorite quote: “Một cây làm chẳng nên non…Ba cây chụm lại nên hòn núi cao”. 
He is survived by his wife, Niên Tiểu Dông; his daughter, Lan Dông Ngô of Westwood; and his brother, Hào Thế Ngô of Dorchester. A Buddist Service will be held Wednesday at 11:30am at the Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High Street, Westwood followed by burial in the new Westwood Cemetery.

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John P. O’Brien, Jr. – Of Canton (formerly Dedham and Walpole). Proud father of his twin sons Jake P. and Kyle J.

Loved and adored by his parents John (predeceased) and Florence O’Brien of Canton; Predeceased by his sister Tara O’Brien (Pacella). Sadly missed by his siblings Sheila & her fiancé Darren McEvoy of Cavan, Ireland; Laura Charis and husband James of Norwood; Dermot and his wife Laura of North Kingstown, RI; Colleen of Knockville, TN; Brian and his wife Jennifer of Canton. Loving uncle to many nieces and nephews; remembered by his aunts, uncles and cousins in Ireland; Michael, Deirdre and Bernice; and many friends.

Born in Boston and raised in Dedham, John was a 1992 graduate of Blue Hills Regional Technical School. Following in his father’s footsteps, John was the proud owner of O’BRIEN PAVING for over 25 years.

Visiting hours will be held Friday, June 7th from 3 to 7 pm at the Folsom Funeral Home, 87 Milton Street, Dedham. Relatives and friends are invited to gather at the Funeral Home, Saturday starting at 10:30 am and proceed with us to St. Anne’s Church, 82 West Milton Street, Readville for his funeral mass at 11:30 am. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery in Norwood.

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Fowler, Lucy Landers of Westwood, MA, died peacefully at her home at Fox Hill Village on May 28, 2024. She was born in 1934 and raised in Indianapolis, IN. She graduated in 1952 from Miss Porter’s School, in Farmington, CT, and subsequently went on to matriculate from Smith College. Lucy was an accomplished calligrapher and worked as a bookkeeper for the Cambridge Art Association and the Cambridge Tennis Club. In her free time, she enjoyed spending time with her family during summers in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod, as well as attending the Boston Symphony with her daughter, Sally. In her later years, she also served on the board of directors for Fox Hill.

            She was the beloved wife of the late Harry Hart Fowler, and leaves one daughter, Sally Washburne Fowler of Essex, MA; one son, John Eliot Fowler II of Milford, NH; three grandchildren, Mary Louise, John Eliot III, and Lucy Margaret, and one great-grandchild, Simone James Fowler. A celebration of her life will be held at Fox Hill Village in Westwood, MA at 2pm on Saturday, June 8. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Boston Symphony Orchestra would be appreciated: Symphony Hall Attn: Development Office 301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02115.

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Rose Marie passed away and entered eternity to be with her Lord, on April 25, 2024.  She passed away peacefully with her family by her side. 
Rose Marie was a former resident of Newton Falls, where she was an active member of the Newton Falls United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Lydia Circle, along with helping prepare meals for different programs at the church. Rose Marie had a strong belief and faith in God, and was a member of Bible study classes in Massachusetts to further her knowledge of the Bible. 
While residing in Newton Falls she was a Volunteer with the American Cancer Society, the Crescendo Club with the Newton Falls Marching Band, Trumbull Mobile Meals, where she would deliver meals to shut-in people.  She was an Ombudsman for nursing homes in Michigan and Massachusetts.  Rose Marie also taught piano lessons for many residents  in Newton Falls. Rose Marie was the Cafeteria Manager for the schools in Newton Falls, and when the tornado hit the town. 
Rose Marie is survived by three children. Debra and Al Capatch, Roger and Aileen Bloom McKee, Tara and Jonathan Gray. She also had five grandchildren that she adored and made lasting memories with. Becca and Jeff Watkins, Allison McKee, Raphaela Gray, Hayden Gray and Beckett Gray.
Rose Marie will be deeply missed by her family and friends. Mom, we will always keep your memory deep in our hearts and all the family times we had together.
Per Rose Marie’s wishes, burial will be held in Flushing, Ohio, her home town as a child, later this summer, with a celebration of her life after the service. 
Our family would like to ask that any donations be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association in Rose Marie’s memory. 

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Pauline Ann “Polly” Smith, of Westwood, passed away peacefully on May 20, 2024. She was born on January 19, 1935, the daughter of Pauline (Knight) Brown and Thomas F. Brown. Pauline was born in Newton, and lived in Brighton until eventually moving to Westwood. Shortly after moving to Westwood, Pauline met the love of her life, Robert Smith. Pauline and Bob were married on May 14, 1955. 

Pauline was a graduate of Westwood High School, the Forsythe Dental School and later earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Northeastern University. 

Pauline was a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church of Westwood. She served for 50+ years teaching Sunday school, leading the youth group, serving on the Board of Christian Education, the Board of Deacons, the Board of Trustees, the Board of Missions, and more throughout the years. In the late 1960’s Pauline, together with a member of the First Parish Church, co-founded the Westwood Mini Camp. The vision for the summer camp program was to create an opportunity for inclusion of inner city children and Westwood children. It flourished and became a sought after camp for families. Pauline was active in Brownies, Girl Scouts, Friends In Service Helping (FISH), and many other volunteer organizations. Among her hobbies were reading and walking. 

Pauline worked as a payroll manager for Carter’s in Needham, then served in a similar role for Action for Boston Community Development in Boston until her retirement in 2010.  

Family was the most important part of Polly’s life. She loved family gatherings, trips, family vacations in Ocean Park, Maine and all the in between times with children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

The wife of the late Robert E. Smith, Polly is survived by daughters Pam Morneau and her husband John of Brunswick, Maine and Kim Poirier and her husband Austin “Bill” of Walpole, Massachusetts. She is also survived by her grandchildren Aaron Morneau and his wife Caitlin of Alexandria, Virginia; Jared Morneau and his wife Adrian of Lewiston, Maine; Austin “Mike” Poirier and his wife Annie Elfar of Charlestown, Massachusetts; Andrew Poirier and his wife Erin of Franklin, Massachusetts; and Bill Poirier and his girlfriend Stacy Hartmann of Los Angeles, California; and great grandchildren Aiden, Colby, and Sawyer Morneau and Lily and Elise Poirier. Polly was the sister of the late Constance J. Smith, sister-in-law of the late Earle C. Smith, sister-in-law of Wayne Smith of Westwood, Gerald Smith of Weymouth, and Chester Smith of Canton. Polly is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Visitation with the family at the First Baptist Church of Westwood will be at 10:00 on Friday, June 14, 2024, followed by a Celebration of Life service at 11:00. Interment will follow at Old Westwood Cemetery.  

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Crossroads Continuum or Boston Children’s Hospital, both near and dear to Polly’s heart. 

Crossroads Continuum

Attn: Shelley Reese
43 Broad Street
Hudson, MA 01749

https://www.crossroadsschool-bloom.kindful.com/

Boston Children’s Hospital:

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Boston Children’s Hospital

401 Park Drive, Suite 602

Boston, MA 02215-5301

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Kilby Anne “Kibby” Garabedian of Westwood, MA (formerly of Princeton, MA and Grafton, MA) passed away after a long illness on May 8th at the age of 79. Kibby was born in Boston, MA and raised in NJ. She graduated from Mahwah Regional High School in 1962 and matriculated to Cheshire Hospital School of Nursing in Keene, NH, receiving a degree in 1965. During that same year on June 26th, she married her life-long sweetheart Richard A. Garabedian. They met in Keene, NH at a basketball game and remained together for 59 wonderful years.

Kibby was an acute care nurse at hospitals in Connecticut and Massachusetts and served as a nurse for the Red Cross Blood Services Northeast Region. While working full-time and raising her family, Kibby earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Assumption College in Worcester, MA and she was a Dean’s List graduate of Suffolk University Law School. She gained her admission to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in 1988 and the United States District Court in 1989. Kibby joined the law firm of Bennett and Forts.

Combining her love and knowledge of both medicine and law, Kibby then joined the legal team at UMASS Memorial Health Care where was she described as a “force of nature” and recognized for her intelligence, honesty, and advocacy for all people. Kibby immensely enjoyed her tenure at UMASS Memorial where she worked for many years, serving at the end of her career as Deputy General Council, retiring in 2018.

Kibby was a devoted mother to her three children, Richard (Lori), Tamar (Lorn), and James (Dina) and loving Aijah to her eight grandchildren, Kayla, Alyssa, Taylor, Maya, Talia, Samuel, Katherine, and Nathan. A fabulous baker of cakes and pies, Kibby savored entertaining family and friends with great food, drink and conversation. She also enjoyed cycling, knitting, gardening, ballroom dancing, and attending all of her grandchildren’s various athletics and performing arts events. Kibby loved a good argument, discussed politics with zeal, and loved exploring family lineage and teaching her family about traditions, who they were and where they came from.

In addition to her husband, children, grandchildren, and beloved dog Cali, Kibby is survived by her dear brother Col. Henry “Chip” Cobb, his wife Laurie, and their daughter Kathryn.

Interment will be private. A memorial service for all who wish to attend will be held at Folsom Funeral Home on June 2nd at 2 pm, 649 High Street, Westwood, MA. In lieu of flowers gifts in memory of Kilby may be made to UMass Memorial Health (UMMH) in support of the Cancer Center. Gifts can be made online at donate.umassmemorial.org or mailed to: Office of Philanthropy, UMass Memorial Health, 365 Plantation Street, Biotech One, Worcester, MA 01605.

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Pauline Eleanor Scott, a longtime resident of Norwood, died Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at the Maples Nursing Home in Wrentham. She was 88. Pauline was born November 13, 1935 in Brighton, Massachusetts, a daughter of Anselm and Victoria (Martin) Lopez, immigrants from Gibraltar. She worked as an accounts payable clerk for Filene’s in Boston until her retirement in 1990. Pauline was especially fond of shopping with her sister Victoria. Pauline was the wife of the late Frederick George Scott and the sister of the late Victoria Scott and the late Ernest Lopez. She is survived by her nephew, Edward A. Scott Jr., and his wife Margaret, of Tewkesbury; and her niece, Linda S. Polechronis, and her husband Charles, of Norwood; as well as many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, great grandnieces and great grandnephews. Visitation will be held Wednesday, May 22, 2024 from 9 to 10 am followed by a funeral service in the Folsom and May Funeral Home, 85 Nichols Street, Norwood, Ma at 10 o’clock. Interment will follow in the Gardens of Gethsemane Cemetery on Baker Street in West Roxbury.

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Evangeline “Lynn” Ellis, a longtime resident of Westwood, and formerly of San Francisco, and Milton, died Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Roslindale. She was 95. Lynn was born June 4, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Arthur Clinton and Agnes (MacLeod) Ellis, immigrants from Nova Scotia. Lynn grew up in Milton and graduated from Milton High School before attending the Modern School of Design. 

As a young woman in the late 1950’s, Lynn was hired as the Social Directress for the elegant Matson Lines cruise ships. Her primary route was the South Pacific. She was the only female officer on her ship and, because of her natural beauty, she was tapped to star as a traveling school teacher in a promotional film for Matson called Ports of Paradise. While cruising the South Pacific, Lynn dated Marlon Brando while he was filming Mutiny on the Bounty in Tahiti. Whenever she was asked what Brando was like, she would look wistfully away and say, “He was beautiful”.

Lynn left her home in San Francisco and her career with Matson to return to Boston so she could care for her ailing mother. Undeterred, Lynn embarked on several disparate career paths in the years that followed, including serving as an assistant to a Nobel Prize-winning scientist at MIT, an art curator for State Street Bank and as an interior decorator. Lynn rubbed elbows with the Boston elite including the Kennedys and Tip O’Neill, but was more impressed by grace and kindness than notoriety. She was an exceptional cook and a consummate host to visitors. Lynn was a member of the Daughters of the British Empire and, post-retirement, she was a volunteer at the Westwood Senior Center, often serving other seniors many years younger than herself. She enjoyed bird watching and flower arranging. 

Lynn met her only son, Kevin (adopted), when she was 79. They had the pleasure of getting to know each other in her final 16 years of life. Lynn was a vibrant and deeply spiritual woman. Her brother Arthur pre-deceased her in 2022. She is survived by her son Kevin, her grandsons Connor, Cole and Dean, and her brother-in-law, Leo Supple. 

Visiting hours will be held Sunday, May 19th, 2024 from 4 to 7 pm at the Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High Street, Westwood. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers donations to the Salvation Army, 1500 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02118 would be appreciated.

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