Submitted by the Town of Bedford
At the start of Annual Town Meeting on Monday, March 25, Chair of the Selectmen Mike Rosenberg read the Memorial Resolution adding, “There are giants on this year’s list.”
Whereas, since the Annual Town Meeting of 2018, employees, officers and committee members of the Town have passed away, having performed their duties faithfully, dedicating their time and skills to benefit the residents of Bedford, and
Whereas we gratefully recognize their public service to Bedford’s citizens,
Now, therefore, be it resolved that we, the people of Bedford, assembled here in Annual Town Meeting on March 25, 2019, mourn their passing and extend sincere sympathy to the families of:
Louise Beecy
Teacher 1963-1979, Trustee of the Bedford Public Library 1953-1968, By-law Committee 1959- 1961, Future School Building Needs Committee 1961-1962, Advisory Committee on Group Insurance 1975, AdHoc Center School Study Committee 1980-1983, Handicapped Access 1984-1991
Gaye Carpenter
Historic Preservation Commission 2011-2016 and Historical Museum Study Committee 2015-2016
Dr. Barbara Davis
Bedford School Psychologist 1972-2007
Richard Donovan
Member of Rescue Service 1962-1963, Finance Committee 1963-1965, Town Counsel 1966-1988, Bedford-Lexington Sewer Study Committee 1967, Special Police Officer 1970-1974, Acting Town Administrator 1984
Donald Drouin
Capital Expenditures Committee 1986-1988, Regional School Committee 1998-2013 and 2015-2019
John Filios
MAPC Airport-Study-Bedford Representative 1967-1968, Facilities Use Committee 1984-1986, Historical Commission 1991-1997, Historic Preservation Commission 1998-2007, Citizen of
the Year 2007, Patriotic Holiday Committee 2004- 2008
Robert Kenney
Finance Committee 1985-2014
Patricia Leiby
Election Officer 1977-2019, Petitioners Advisory Committee 2003-2019, Finance Committee 1976- 1998, Ad Hoc Charter Review Committee 1989- 1991, Ad Hoc Municipal Facilities Study Committee 1989-1996, Ad Hoc Fiscal Planning & Coordinating Committee 1992-1994, Charter & Bylaw Review Committee 1997-1998
Ronald Maxon
Personnel Board 1974, Finance Committee 1980-1983
Arthur Leo McManus, Sr.
Bedford High School Director of Athletics 1955-1971 and Director of Physical Education 1955- 1982
Frederick Petroskey
Bedford High School Art Teacher 1968-1984
Thelma Russell
Public Ceremonies Committee 1982-1989
Walter Spofford
Historic District Commission 1978-1984
Marcia Sternberg
Town Treasurer 1965-1985, Use of Town Office Machinery Committee 1968, Data Processing Committee 1975, Advisory Commission on Group Insurance 1975, Election Officer 1980, Handicapped Access 1984-1985, Finance Officer 1981-1985, Fence Viewer 1986-1988, Board of Assessors 1987-1990
Doris “Mickey” Webber
Council on Aging 1963, Town Meeting Committee 1983, and 1986-1989, Fence Viewer 1985 and 1995 Citizen of the Year
And be it further resolved that this Resolution be inscribed in the permanent record of this meeting, and notification thereof sent to members of their families.
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