Concord Journal

William Roy Demmer 87, of Bonita Springs, FL died unexpectedly in his sleep on Thursday, August 5, 2021 at his residence. Bill was born on September 30, 1933 in Newark, NJ a son of the late William and Lillian (Yaeck) Demmer. He had been a resident of Bonita Springs since November of 1993 coming from Concord, MA. He was a graduate of Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Right after graduating college, Bill began his career in the computer industry with IBM. As an electrical engineer he helped in the design of the first mainframe computer, IBM System/360. He would spend 18 years with IBM and in 1974 he...

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Diana Fraser Seamans, 99, of New London, NH, died Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at her home. She was born in Cambridge, MA September 15, 1921, daughter of the late Prof. Cecil Eaton Fraser and Esther Stevens Fraser Brazer, widow of James Otis Seamans, sister of the late Constance Fraser of Berkeley, CA, mother of Richard and Eleanor Seamans of Harvard, MA, the late Jane Swan and David of Cary, NC, grandmother of James and Josee of Fredrickton, New Brunswick, Canada, Katherine and Alex Robertson of Dallas, TX, Timothy and Katherine of Franklin, MA, great grandmother of Nicholas and Eva Seamans of Canada and Penelope and Samuel Seamans of Franklin, MA and Juliana Robertson of Dallas, TX. She...

Norman W. Baldrachi, 86, of Concord, MA died at home on Friday, May 22, 2020 surrounded by his family and was the loving husband of Marjorie E. (DeGara) Baldrachi for 63 years. He was born on June 6, 1933 in Readsboro, VT, the son of William C. Baldrachi and Irene E. (Sartori) Baldrachi of Monroe Bridge, MA. He graduated from Drury High School in North Adams, MA in 1951 and attended Norwich University graduating in 1955 with a B.S. in business administration and earned his MBA from the University of Massachusetts in 1956. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Knox, KY as a commissioned officer before reaching the rank of captain upon completion of his military...

Jean E. (Nickerson) Landry, 86 of 113 New Athol Rd., Orange, MA passed away peacefully on Sunday October 27, 2019 at home and under the Loving Care of The French Connection and the GVNA Hospice. Born in Concord, MA on July 3, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Fred "Mert" Nickerson and the late Eldora (Ryan) Nickerson. She was employed by the Middlesex Insurance Company in Concord and the L.S. Starrett Tool Company in Athol. She leaves one son: Greg and his wife Carmen of Morristown, NJ,; three step-children: Linda Parnass and her husband Paul of Bow, NH, Steven and his wife Kristin of Orange, Edward and his wife Susan of Acworth, GA,; 6 step-grandchildren: Katie, Kristin,...

Ken Zurbrigg, long-time love of Lyn and cherished brother, uncle, and friend passed away September 19, 2019 at home with his family. He will be missed by many. Ken and Lyn moved to Estero, FL in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the warm weather, fun golf outings, and the many wonderful friends they met in their community at West Bay Club. Ken was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1948 and lived in New Jersey until his parents, Audrey and Ray, moved back to Toronto, Canada where they grew up. Ken finished high school there, studied economics at the University of Western Ontario, and became an executive in the financial services industry. In 1995, he and Lyn moved to beautiful Concord, MA as she...