Obituary notices, week of September 7 through September 13, 2026
TEWKSBURY — This week's column carries notices for 7 Tewksbury-resident obituaries published in the past week, with names submitted by Tewksbury Funeral Home, Farmer & Dee Funeral Home, Gately Funeral Home of Melrose, McMillan-Small Funeral Home & Crematory, and Morse-Bayliss Funeral Home.
Linda M. (Flodin) Paquin, 79, of Tewksbury, died Thursday, September 3, 2026, at Lowell General Hospital in Lowell, surrounded by those who loved her. Born in Reading, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late Edwin and Janet Flodin. Full obituary at Tewksbury Funeral Home via Legacy.com: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/linda-paquin-obituary?id=62403175.
JoAnn Dorothy (Brown) McAllister, 80, of Albany, NY, formerly of Westford, Tewksbury and Cape Cod, Massachusetts, died Monday, September 7, 2026, at Albany Medical Center after a brief illness, with her family by her side. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late Robert Brown. Full obituary at Tewksbury Funeral Home via Legacy.com: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/joann-mcallister-obituary?id=62412740.
Ruthie Catherine Ryan, 76, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, previously of southern New Hampshire and, before that, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, died Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Full obituary at McMillan-Small Funeral Home & Crematory via Legacy.com: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/ruthie-ryan-obituary?id=62385001.
Jacqueline (Jackie) M. McCarthy (Allen), 83, of Tewksbury, died peacefully on September 8, 2026, at Lowell General Hospital, surrounded by the family she loved. She was the daughter of the late John and Loraine Allen and the wife of the late Paul J. McCarthy. Full obituary at Farmer & Dee Funeral Home via Legacy.com: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/jacqueline-mccarthy-obituary?id=62394019.
Carlene M. Doucette, 58, of Tewksbury, died on September 8, 2026, six weeks after the death of her mother, with whom she had made her home for many years. Full obituary at Gately Funeral Home, Melrose, via Legacy.com: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/carlene-doucette-obituary?id=62410676.
Claire Hilda Grant, 84 (age per Echovita.com), of Tewksbury, died Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Arrangements are being handled by Morse-Bayliss Funeral Home. Full obituary at Morse-Bayliss Funeral Home: https://morsebaylissfuneralhome.com/obituaries/claire-hilda-grant/.
Joseph Dominic Catanzaro, 77, of Tewksbury, died peacefully at home on Thursday, September 10, 2026. He was the beloved husband of Deborah (Glisson) Catanzaro, with whom he shared 55 years of marriage. Born in Boston, he was the son of the late Dominic Catanzaro. Full obituary at Tewksbury Funeral Home via Legacy.com: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/joseph-catanzaro-obituary?id=62407596.
Notices compiled from Tewksbury Funeral Home, Farmer & Dee Funeral Home, Gately Funeral Home of Melrose, McMillan-Small Funeral Home & Crematory, Morse-Bayliss Funeral Home, Legacy.com, and Echovita. Tribute Archive and Tewksbury Patch were also checked this week; no additional qualifying local notices were found on those sites.
Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.