Obits: GM Employee, Dept. of Defense Employee, WWII Vet

Marlborough — Leon Wright, 97, of Marlborough, MA, died Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation Center, Marlborough.

A veteran of WWII, Mr. Wright had been employed at the former General Motors Plant, Framingham for 23 years, in the general stores and shipping departments, before retiring in 1974.

Shrewsbury — Patrick J. Fischetti, of Shrewsbury, MA, 15 year old son of Elizabeth (Rudden) Fischetti of Marlborough and Thomas Fischetti of Shrewsbury, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013.

Born in Nyack, NY, Patrick was an eighth grade student at The Learning Center for the Deaf, in Framingham.

Grafton — Judith A. (Moccia) Schmitt, 69, of Grafton, formerly of Northborough, died on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at home surrounded by her loving family.

She was employed for many years as a pharmacy technician for CVS in Northborough prior to her retirement. Judi was a communicant of St. Luke the Evangelist Church in Westborough and was dedicated to her entire family.

Westborough — Helen J. (O’Leary) Mogavero, 91 years, in Framingham, formerly of Westborough and Dedham died on March 28, 2013.

She is survived by 15 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Shrewsbury — Nellie Marie (Pacek), Orne, 93 years young, died on March 30, 2013.

She spent most of adult life on the boat “Nellie-O” enjoying many long weekends fishing, lobstering and swimming with her husband of 72 years.

Grafton — Alice F. Wilson, 77, died at 1 p.m. on March 25, 2013 at Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Kentucky after a long illness.

She graduated from Shrewsbury High School in 1953 and was a longtime resident there. She and her husband John moved to California for 8 years before relocating to Millbury where they lived for 12 years.

Marlborough — Paul F. Litchfield, 85, died on March 25, 2013 at UMass/Memorial (University Campus) in Worcester due to complications from a stroke.

He worked 20 years for the Dept. of Defense as a Computer Security Specialist. Paul proudly served his country in the Navy during WW II.

Northborough — Norman S. Eddy, 90, died on March 24, 2013, at UMass/Memorial (University Campus) in Worcester after a short illness.

Mr. Eddy began his career at Battelle Memorial Institute and retired from Wyman-Gordon Company in North Grafton as Chief Metallurgist after 32 years in 1987. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a 1LT during WWII in the Asia Pacific Theatre. Norman was a member of American Legion Post #234 of Northborough and a former usher at St. Bernadette Parish.