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Janet Simone Fisher (Lennox) passed away on Saturday July 11, 2020, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Janet was born on May 13, 1947 to the late Richard and Simone Lennox. Janet graduated from Arlington MA high school in 1967 and attended Hitchcock Secretarial School in Boston. She worked in the Radiology section of the Environmental and Health Safety Group at Harvard University, Cambridge MA and at Massachusetts Eye and Ear in Boston MA. Janet was proud of her roots and her activism opposing the Viet Nam War. Ironically Janet would marry a Viet Nam Veteran, Charles Fisher in 1974. After moving to Manchester NH, Janet worked part-time at the Short Stop Variety...

On Tuesday, May 19, 2020, Robert Edward O'Brien of Cambridge, Massachusetts passed away peacefully at the age of 57. He was born February 19, 1963 in Meriden, Connecticut to Hon. Francis J O'Brien and Ann Godfrey O'Brien. He grew up in Meriden attending St Mary's School and Platt High School received his BA in math and classical languages from Trinity College in Hartford Connecticut. He has worked for thirty five years as a Principal Software Engineer developing Telecom software at EGH, Inc. in Lexington MA. Robert, known as "Bob" to his friends and family and "Bert" at work, was preceded in death by his father, Francis and his mother, Ann. He is survived by his sister Jean (Mike)...

Maria Palo was born in Hadley on November 26, 1952 to parents Edward and Pauline Rytuba. Maria was educated in the Hadley school system and attended high school at Hopkins Academy in Hadley. While in high school Maria became an accomplished bassoonist and was invited to be principle bassoonist in the Smith-Amherst College orchestra. Maria attended Boston University where she studied bassoon under Sherman Walt, principle bassoonist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. After graduation Maria joined the Springfield Orchestra and then played in several orchestras throughout the country. As a female bassoonist she broke new ground when she was the first woman to play bassoon in orchestras that had...