The Bedford Citizen (https://www.thebedfordcitizen.org/category/deaths/)
James M. Colliton passed away on January 17, 2020. Mr. Colliton and his family lived in Bedford for over 50 years. He was involved in many activities including Bedford Youth Hockey, Bedford Santa Program, an active member of St. Michael’s parish teaching confirmation class, a Eucharist minister and participating in the Youth Ministry program.
Charles A. Sullivan passed away on January 5, 2020. Mr. Sullivan, a resident of Woburn, was a 22-year Veteran of the US Navy, who enlisted at age 17 in 1942. During his Navy career, he received the World War II Victory Medal, American Area Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Camp Ribbon with 2/stars. He retired from the Navy in 1964, and has worked for the past 25 years in the PX at Hanscom Air Force Base, bagging groceries. He was still working at age 94, carrying bags to his customers’ cars.
JoAnn M. Elder passed away on January 6, 2020. Mrs. Elder, a longtime Bedford resident, taught in the Bedford Schools for many years, and served on the board of the Retired Educators Association of Massachusetts.
Katherine T. Cowan passed away on December 27, 2019. Mrs. Cowan, a resident of Carleton Willard Village, will be remembered for her vivacious spirit and her affection for Martha’s Vineyard.
Glenn Glatfelter passed away on December 11, 2019. Mr. Glatfelter worked at Mitre Corporation for 35 years; after his retirement, he and his wife traveled widely.
Millard J. “Buzz” Dobbins passed away on January 4, 2020, at home in Machiasport, Maine. A longtime Bedford resident who returned to his Maine roots in 2018, Mr. Dobbins owned and operated Dobbins Auto Repair in Burlington for 33 years. An accomplished pilot, he would fly to Machias to visit his parents of a Sunday, as well as transporting patients from as far away as Georgia for treatments at Boston hospitals through Angel Flight.
Charles D. MacGillivray passed away on January 2, 2020. Mr. MacGillivray played football for Newton North High School on the 1970 championship team, attended Bowdoin College, and served in the U.S. Army, as a medic in Viet Nam and a housing specialist in Germany. A member of the Boston Sailing Club, he completed Outward Bound programs in Maine and Colorado.
Nancy E. Sword passed away on December 29, 2019. A former Bedford resident, Mrs. Sword was for many years a Registered Nurse at Symmes Hospital in Arlington.
Susan Steinert Poverman passed away on December 25, 2019. A resident of Carleton-Willard Village, Mrs. Poverman was an ardent environmental advocate and champion of the disabled, who modeled caring for community and family, sharing her love of art, music, and cuisine.
Paul N. Brown passed away on January 2, 2020. Mr. Brown, a former Bedford resident, spent his career in the Lexington Public Schools and as the Assistant Director of Camp Naticook. Paul loved the outdoors and was an active member of Temple Isaiah.
Mary L. Biggio passed away on December 30, 2019. A graduate of the Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing’s Class of 1949, Mrs. Biggio was a Head Nurse at Mass Eye and Ear, and in other professional positions including as a School Nurse in Bedford. She moved to Bedford in 1960 with her family and became involved in the Town’s history through the Bedford Minutemen and the Bedford Historical Society. She was also a member of the Conservation Commission.