As we start a new year, we look back with fond remembrance of those Harvard residents, friends, and relatives to whom we said goodbye in 2017. Each in his or her own way helped weave the tapestry of life here, by being a good neighbor, by volunteerism, or by holding a special place in someone’s heart.
Dorothy Ruth (Lozier) Charon
Former nurse, Harvard Apple Blossom Queen; died Jan. 2, 2017
Jane E. Mears
Social worker, served on School Committee; died Jan. 7, 2017
Helen Christine Bowker
Mother of former resident, teacher, craftswoman; died Feb. 15, 2017
Edward Geezil
Former resident, traveler, founder of candy company; died Feb. 17, 2017
Douglass L. Marlow
Engineer, community volunteer, member of “Lemon Boys” bicycle group; died March 5, 2017
Jerome C. Callahan Jr.
Lifelong resident, WWII veteran, real estate developer; died March 19, 2017
Gordon A. Bowker
Father of former resident, WWII veteran; died March 25, 2017
Edward F. Lazar Jr.
Former resident, fisherman, assistive technology pioneer; died April, 2017
Virginia Tullis Latham
Physician, patient care leader, traveler; died April 21, 2017
Gordon ‘Bud’ Evans
Navy veteran, farmer, started Evans farm in Still River; died May 8, 2017
Edward J. Riemitis
Father of Harvard resident, avid outdoorsman; died May 12, 2017
Marielle Elizabeth Olsen
Bromfield graduate, athlete, lover of the outdoors; died May 17, 2017
Charles Allen Whitney
Astrophysicist, father of Harvard resident; died May 22, 2017
Leo F. Roberts
Father of Harvard resident, engineer; died May 25, 2017
Emily May Guyette
Longtime resident, medical technician, active in church and community; died June 20, 2017
Robert G. Campbell
Former highway superintendent, owner of local business, WWII veteran; died June 23, 2017
Kathryn I. Kagan
Artist, teacher, friend to many; died July 6, 2017
Sean Endecott “Puffin” Elliott
Marine pilot, husband of Bromfield grad; died July 10, 2017
Waylon O. Brown
Son of Harvard residents; died July 11, 2017
Janet K. Beaty
Longtime resident, naturopathic doctor, avid gardener; died July 18, 2017
Louis J. Motta
Longtime resident, engineer, outdoorsman; died July 19, 2017
Elsie Campbell
Longtime former resident, involved in civic and town activities; died Aug. 3, 2017
Peter Hopkins McClellan
Harvard native, teacher of English; died Aug. 4, 2017
Hugh Franklin Stoddart
Inventor, veteran, father of Harvard man; died Aug. 24, 2017
James J. Hammond Jr.
Retired Harvard dentist; died Aug. 25, 2017
May H. (Van Hoof) Bakun
Mother of Harvard resident, kitchen manager, craftswoman; died Aug. 31, 2017
Elizabeth Carla Burns Sargent
Bolton resident, Bromfield grad, lover of cats; died Sept. 3, 2017
William Joseph Donnelly
Health care administrator, consultant, Navy veteran; died Sept. 7, 2017
James A. Dunlap Jr.
Bromfield trustee, School Committee member, WWII veteran, actuary, land donor; died Sept. 23, 2017
Harriet Blain
Independent spirit, mother of Harvard man; died Sept. 24, 2017
Joan Allen Dillard
Longtime resident, avid gardener, town volunteer; died Sept. 30, 2017
Dorothy (Brown) Cross-Sevon
Relative of Harvard women; died Oct. 2, 2017
Alan Peter Dodge
Former resident, visionary architect; died Oct. 7, 2017
Jane E. Keiran
Nurse, loving grandmother, longtime resident; died Oct. 9, 2017
Barbara N. (Nixon) St. John
Wife of Harvard native, executive secretary, active in Berlin community affairs; died Oct. 19, 2017
Darwin A. Kittredge
Former longtime resident, engineer; died Oct. 22, 2017
Donald J. Kochis
Longtime resident, devoted father and husband; died Oct. 28, 2017
Marc T. Thompson
Dedicated family man, longtime firefighter, international magnetic levitation expert; died Nov. 7, 2017
Janet Adelson (Ginsburg) Hays
Mother of two Harvard residents, writer, independent scholar; died Nov. 13, 2017
Matthew Elison Hadad
Harvard resident, local businessman, Navy veteran; died Nov. 14, 2017
Ellen Chambers Into
Mother of Harvard resident; died Nov. 25, 2017
Amy (Riggio) McDougall
Former Harvard Town Clerk; died Nov. 26, 2017
William C. ‘Bill’ Ashe
Devoted husband, dedicated father, committed conservationist, Harvard Citizen of Note; died Dec. 14, 2017
Blanche Foss
Longime resident, Nova Scotia native, Village Nursery School and CASE worker, collector of Shaker antiques; died Dec. 18, 2017
Nicholas Schwaab
Shaker Village resident, conservationist, mechanic; died Dec. 28, 2017
