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Diane Ruth Carlsen Page

Diane Ruth Carlsen Page, 50, of Burlington, Vt., died Feb. 4 in Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington.

She and her husband, Guy, established the North Avenue News of Burlington, which they began publishing in 1992 after a similar publication in North Burlington, That Paper, ceased publication. Page and her husband were the owners and only two employees at the North Avenue News. They sold the newspaper a few years later.

Besides her husband, she leaves her father, Clarence; her mother, Helen Ann; two sons, Tim and Joe; a daughter, Imani; two sisters; a brother.


Donald Gorman

Donald Gorman, 87, of Wethersfield, Conn., died Feb. 4 in Wethersfield Healthcare Center.

In 1954, he and his wife, Mary, established the Yankee Flyer, a weekly advertising newspaper in the Bloomfield, Simsbury and Farmington areas in Connecticut. It has remained family-owned and operated for more than a half century.

He also had been news editor for WTIC-AM of Hartford, Conn.

Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Matt; a daughter, Kathy; nine grandchildren; a sister.


Barbara (Durland) Devlin

Barbara (Durland) Devlin, 60, died unexpectedly Feb. 13 in her home in Chester, Conn.

Devlin worked in publishing for the past 30 years. For nearly 10 years, she worked with Guilford, Conn.-based Shore Line Newspapers, where she began as a sales representative and eventually became general manager of the then-Old Lyme (Conn.) Gazette.

For the past 20 years, she worked for the Yale Alumni Magazine.

Devlin leaves her husband, Kevin, whom she married in 2005; two sons, Jake and Don; a stepdaughter, Kimberly; three step-grandchildren.


Roscoe C. Blunt Jr.

Roscoe C. Blunt Jr., 85, of Shrewsbury, Mass., died Feb. 10 in UMass Memorial Medical Center.

He was a longtime police and fire reporter for the former Evening Gazette of Worcester, Mass. He received 35 awards for his work.

He also wrote four books: “The Blunts: A History,” “Inside the Battle of the Bulge, A Private Comes of Age,” “Foot Soldier: A Combat Infantryman’s War in Europe,” and “Police Beat.”

He leaves three sons, Rockie, Randie and Richard; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.


Laura Daggett Kolstad

Laura (Mead King) Daggett Kolstad, 88, of Palm City, Fla., died Feb. 4 in Water’s Edge Extended Care in Palm City.

She was a writer, contributor and editor for the Shore Line Times of Guilford, Conn.

She leaves a son, Alexander; a grandson; a great-grandson.



Bruce B. Talbot

Bruce B. Talbot, 61, of Moretown, Vt., died Jan. 23 of a brain tumor.

Talbot was a freelance reporter at the Democratic and Republican conventions in Miami Beach in 1972. He went on to work as a wire service correspondent for the United Press International in Vermont.

From 1983 to 1987, he was editor of company publications for National Life Insurance Co. in Montpelier, Vt. From 1987 to 1989, he was manager of public relations for the Barre (Vt.) Granite Association.

He leaves his wife, Judith; two sons, Peter and Alejandro; a brother.


Shirley Dichter Diamant

Shirley Dichter Diamant, 91, of Baltimore died Feb. 3 in Levindale Nursing Home in Baltimore.

Diamant was briefly a reporter for The Advocate of Stamford, Conn., after her graduation from college. She went on to work as a copywriter for radio station WSTC-AM of Norwalk, Conn., for more than 30 years.

Diamant leaves two daughters, Betsy and Celia; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.


Frances (Traniello) Coyne

Frances (Traniello) Coyne, 74, of Newton, Mass., and formerly of West Roxbury, Mass., died Feb. 8 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

She worked in newspaper advertising, including for The Dedham (Mass.) Transcript.

She leaves her husband, Philip; two daughters, Frances and Darlene; a son, Phillip; five grandchildren.

Albert Sambrook Sr.

Albert Sambrook Sr., 81, of Shelton, Conn., died Feb. 10 at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Conn.

Sambrook retired 19 years ago from the Connecticut Post of Bridgeport after more than 35 years as a pressman there.

He leaves his wife, Arlene; three sons, Albert Jr., Frank and William; two daughters, Sharon and Joanne; nine grandchildren; a great-grandchild.


Richard A. Belden Sr.

Richard A. Belden Sr., 68, of Chicopee, Mass., died Feb. 4 in Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.

Belden was a mailer for 38 years for the former Union-News of Springfield. He retired in 2001.

Belden leaves three children, Richard, Darlene and Robert; six grandchildren; two sisters.


George H. Grew

George H. Grew, 85, of New Bedford, Mass., died Feb. 12 in Southeastern Massachusetts Rehab and Nursing Center in New Bedford.

Crew had worked in the credit department at The Standard-Times of New Bedford.

He leaves a daughter, Janice; three grandchildren; a sister; a brother.


Margaret L. (Rousse) Bagalio

Margaret L. (Rousse) Bagalio, 89, of Edgewater, Fla., died Feb. 5 at Florida Hospital in DeLand, Fla.

Bagalio was an advertising secretary for The Times Argus of Barre and Montpelier, Vt., before retiring in 1980.

She leaves three daughters, Sandra, Gail and Donna; eight grandchildren; several great-grandchildren.


Dorothy Nash

Dorothy Nash, 89, of Dover, N.H., died Jan. 7 in Riverside Rest Home in Dover.

She was an editor at newspapers in Newton, Watertown and Melrose, all in Massachusetts.

She leaves two cousins, Robert and Beverly.


Andrew J. Juhasz

Andrew J. Juhasz, 99, a longtime resident of Ashland, Mass., died Jan. 29 at Kathleen Daniels Nursing Home in Framingham, Mass.

Andrew was an apprentice printer for several newspapers in Connecticut and later in Massachusetts.

He leaves four children, Veronica, Andrew, Regina and Barbara; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife of 73 years, Madeline, who died Oct. 26, 2008.


Wallace C. Cone Sr.

Wallace C. Cone Sr., 84, of Rocky Hill, Conn., died Jan. 31 in Apple Rehab in Rocky Hill after a brief illness.

Cone delivered The Hartford (Conn.) Courant newspapers to the South End community in Hartford.

He leaves a daughter, Sandra; two sons, Wallace Jr. and Kevin; a grandson; and a brother.


Alvord C. Hutchinson

Alvord C. Hutchinson, 82, of Agawam, Mass. died Feb. 3 in Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.

He was an independent contractor delivering The Republican of Springfield, Mass., for more than 30 years.

He leaves his wife, Sylvia; two sons, Allan and Donald; a daughter, Darlene; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister.



The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Kayla Arruda, Sarah Gerzofsky, Kaitlin Robidoux, Zachary Sampson, Anthony Savvides and Anne Steele, undergraduate students at Northeastern University, and Daniel McCready, a graduate student there in the School of Journalism. McCready also is news staff coordinator for the Bulletin.


 


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