All Obituaries

Louis F. "Sonny or Lou" Dakai, 72, of Southborough died on Saturday, January 16, 2021, after a battle with cancer. Born in Natick, he was the son of the late Cecelia (Gannon) and Louis Dakai. Lou was a graduate of Keefe Tech in Framingham and was a Vietnam Navy Veteran who served between 1965 and 1969.  He worked for Westborough State Hospital as a Certified Nurse Assistant . When the hospital closed, he moved to Arizona where he was also a Certified Nurse...

Ronald O. Edgren, 82, of Southborough, passed away suddenly on Sunday, January 10, 2021.  He is was the beloved husband of Dolores (Favreau) Edgren for the past 58 years.  Born in Worcester and raised in Quinsigamond village, he was the son of the late Oscar and Janet (Carlson) Edgren. Ron was a graduate of Worcester South High School, earned his degree at Wentworth Institute of Technology and was a key member of Society of Plastic...

David P. Gould, 66, of Southborough, passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at Marlborough Hospital after a short illness. He was the only son of the late Nancy E. (Cutler) Gould.  Dave was a 1972 graduate of Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough and earned a bachelor’s degree in Business from Northeastern University in Boston.  He started his career working for several Metro West banks and later transitioned into the hospitality industry, working for several...

Iroi "Roy" LeBlanc, 84, of Whitinsville and formerly of Southborough  passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at the Boston Medical Center.  After a long battle with heart disease and respiratory illness, he succumbed to Covid-19 complications.   Roy was born in New Brunswick, Canada and moved to the United States in 1964 where he lived with his family in Waltham, until 1973.  They relocated to Southborough where they resided for...

Lillian S. (Palazzesi) Boiani, 90, of Southborough passed away on Monday, December 7, 2020 after a period of declining health. She was the beloved wife of Noman E. Boiani, Sr. who died in 2005. Born in Needham, she was the daughter of the late James and Rose (Baldini) Palazzesi. Mrs. Boiani was raised in Fayville and was a 1948 graduate of Marlborough High School.  Following high school she worked for Perini Corporation in Framingham where she met her husband, Norman. After they were...

  Nancy (DeLucia) Powers, 89, of Falmouth and formerly of Southborough died on Friday December 4, 2020 at Falmouth Hospital after a period of declining health.   She was the beloved wife of James J. Powers who died in 1999. Born in Wallingford, Connecticut to Jack and Barbara DeLucia, she spent her considerably happy childhood there among a large extended family with many cousins. Those “many” cousins kept a life-long routine of annual get togethers denoted as...

William H. O’Rourke, 85, of Westborough, formerly of Southborough, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 2, 2020.  He rejoins his beloved wife of 62 years Ellie (Jenkins), who passed away in January. Born in Boston, he was the son of the late Patrick and Rita (Malcolm) O’Rourke.  Bill was raised in Jamaica Plain and graduated from Boston Latin High School and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a BS in Mathematics.  After college, he spent...

Redio A. Bartolini, 96, lifelong resident of Southborough, passed away on Monday, November 23, 2020 after a short period of declining health. Born in Southborough, he was the son of the late Antonio and Maria (Cusiani) Bartolini, and is the last Bartolini family member of his generation. Redio was a graduate of the former Peter's High School of Southborough and a World War II Marine Veteran. He worked for many years as a millwright at the General Motors Assembly Plant in...

Gary A. Drake, 65, of Southborough, passed away on Friday, November 20, 2020 after a brief but aggressive battle with cancer. He was the son of the late Anna (Schwenk) and Albert Drake, Sr. Gary was raised in Southborough and was a 1972 graduate of Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough. During his career he worked for Data General and then as a contractor building and restoring many homes. Gary enjoyed fishing and to great pleasure talking about his past fishing adventures. He was...

Thomas Sturiale ,Jr., 83, of Southborough and formerly of Framingham, passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2020 at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Diane (Vassallo) Sturiale for over 48 years. Born in Oneonta, NY, he was the son of the late Benedetta (Diliberto) and Thomas Sturiale.  Tom graduated from high school when he was 16 and joined the Navy at 17.  Following his tour of duty, he started college and earned his Bachelor’s degree...