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Captain William Henry DeMers II, USN Retired, 93, of Linden Ponds in Hingham, MA, passed away peacefully on May 23, 2020 holding the hands of his children. Bill, born in Troy, NY, to William DeMers, Jr. and Ruth Parsons Millard had two siblings: Barbara Alice, who died at the age of five from spinal meningitis; and brother David Millard born with intellectual disabilities now understood as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette's Syndrome. In 1944, Bill enlisted in the Navy. His first tour arrived in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the night the Japanese surrendered. Bill attended the Naval Academy graduating with the Class of 1950. Bill's 34 Naval career years included deciphering Soviet codes...

Marie Elinore Schlegel Marshall passed away peacefully at Harbor House Nursing Center in Hingham, MA, on Friday, November 15, 2019 after a long period of illness. Marie, daughter of Francis A. Schlegel and Anne McKiernan, was born in Hempstead, N.Y on October 31, 1928. Marie graduated from Hempstead High School in 1946 and pursued a career in business until she married Donald J. Marshall, a World War II Veteran, in September of 1948 at Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Roosevelt, NY. Marie and her husband were long time residents of Bellmore, NY and Bow, NH. Surviving Marie are her brother William Schlegel and family; sister Elaine Gish and family; cousin Catherine Ahnaman and...