Peter Whitney, 73, of Lunenburg, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2012 in his home.

Pauline A. Starr, 91, of Vero Beach, FL, formerly of Lunenburg and Leominster, died suddenly January 24, 2012, at the Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach.

Mary C. (Truland) Ray, 84, a longtime resident of Lunenburg, died Saturday, January 28, in Health Alliance Leominster Hospital, after a brief illness, surrounded by her loving family and friends.

  Pauline Anne (Reagan) Maynard, a longtime Fitchburg resident, died Monday, January 30, in the University of Massachusetts/Memorial Healthcare, Worcester, after a brief illness, surrounded by her loving family.

    Alberta W. ‘Becky’ (Waldron) Santangelo,  88, a Lunenburg resident for the past 71 years, died peacefully Thursday, January 26, in the Highlands Nursing Home, after and extended illness.

James P. “Lunch Box” Bursey, 47, of Lunenburg, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Jan. 25, on a jobsite in Winchendon, doing what he loved to do.

John L. Paquette, 88, of Lunenburg, passed away Thursday morning, January 19, 2012, in his home with his wife and children at his side.

        Joyce N. (Lynch) Mathews, 77, of Rotonda West, FL, former longtime resident of Lunenburg died Jan. 6, in Englewood, FL from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Dec. 19.

John J. Raimon, 71, a retired Fitchburg Firefighter, died Friday, January 20, 2012, in the University of Mass/Memorial Healthcare, Worcester, surrounded by his loving family, after a long illness.

Dorothy C. (Mount) Cassidy, 70, of Lunenburg, died on Thursday, Jan. 12, in UMass Memorial Healthcare’s Belmont St. Campus.