Obituaries

Patricia M. (Wallace) Spinks, 62, of Hopkinton, MA and North Conway, NH passed away, Wednesday October 11, 2017, surrounded by her family into the loving arms of the Lord after a valiant battle with cancer. Born in Lowell, she was the daughter of Raymond and Theresa Wallace.

A resident of Hopkinton since 1960 she was educated in Hopkinton schools and went on to become a licensed hair dresser and manicurist and worked part time at her profession all the while working as a homemaker and as the office manager for Browne Drilling and Blasting Co. of Hopkinton.

Cynthia Sue (Halpert) Cardillo, 62, of Hopkinton, passed away Wednesday, October 4, 2017 surrounded by her close circle of family and friends. Born in Boston, she grew up in Chestnut Hill and was the daughter of the late Ruth Ann (Janis) and Charles Lawrence Halpert. She was the beloved wife of twenty-five years to John David Cardillo of Hopkinton and loving mother of Jason P. Cardillo of Brighton, and Kimberly A. Cardillo of Hopkinton.

Deborah Hilditch, 61, of Hopkinton, passed away Tuesday, September 26, 2017. Born in Framingham, she was the daughter of Patricia Harrington Byrne of Hopkinton and the late Thomas F. Hilditch. She is survived by two sisters, Patricia Alexander and Donna Lucrkut both of Hopkinton and her aunt and uncle, Mary and William Harrington. She is predeceased by her brother, Thomas F. Hilditch and her sister Linda Hilditch.

Herbert (Herbie) P. Holbrook Jr. 86, of Westborough and formerly of Hopkinton, passed away Monday, September 25, 2017. Born in Vermont, he was the son of the late Viola (Hemingway) and Herbert P. Holbrook. He was the husband of 59 years to Charlotte (Ward) Holbrook of Westborough.

Roger Neal Mezitt, 72, of Hopkinton, passed to the next dimension Saturday, September 23, 2017. Born in Newton, he was the son of the late Edmund V. and Wally (Brahilt) Mezitt.

Francis “Phil” Frieh, 81, of Wells, ME, formally of Hopkinton, MA and Cincinnati, OH, passed away peacefully at home Monday, September 11, 2017, surrounded by family and friends following a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s.

Nazzareno L. Baci, 92, of Milford passed away Saturday, September 16, 2017 at Countryside Health Care, Milford. He was the husband of 66 years of the late Alma Baci (Petrilli) who passed away September 6, 2017.

'Reno' was a Court Officer in the Worcester Superior Court and a Worcester County Deputy Sheriff for decades before retiring to spend time with his family. He was also a Milford Park Commissioner for 42 years. He served in the U.S. Navy Seabees in WWII, stationed in the Philippines and China.

John J. Boelsen III, 70, of Hopkinton, passed away Thursday, August 31, 2017. He was born in Yonkers, NY and was the son of the late Elizabeth (Tintera) and John J. Boelsen II.

John was a 1966 graduate of Marian High School and an Army Veteran of the Vietnam War. He was the owner of Boelsen Landscape Company. He also rescued and owned many Cairn Terriers.

Nancy Ann Bronder died August 7th, 2017 of injuries sustained in a bicycle accident in Hopkinton. Nancy was born May 24, 1963 in Camden, NJ. She was the daughter of Patrick Joseph Bronder and Carol Partlow Bronder of Hopkinton, MA.

Charlotte B. (Lane) Fargo of Hopkinton, Massachusetts passed away on August 6, 2017, at age 96. She was the wife of the late George A. Fargo, Sr. of Hopkinton and sister of the late Evelyn Read of Holliston, Mass.

Born on September 15, 1920 in Framingham, MA, Charlotte was the daughter of Charles and Mattie (Rowe) Lane, and she graduated from Framingham High School. She married George A. Fargo, Sr., in 1943, and they moved to Hopkinton in 1949, where she lived for the next 68 years.