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 2019. 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.
Eleanor R. Russo
Mother of Harvard man; died Jan. 4, 2019
John R. Hendrickson Sr.
Navy veteran, former Bromfield student, avid NASCAR fan; died Jan. 11, 2019
Elizabeth T. Martel
Landscape designer, active church member, food pantry volunteer, longtime resident; died Jan. 18, 2019
John A. Atkinson
Television executive, gardener, beekeeper; died Jan. 19, 2019
Janet Sponagle
Software engineer, volunteer, longtime resident; died Feb. 15, 2019
Philip A. Wood
Physician, Navy veteran, outdoor enthusiast; died Feb. 17, 2019
Marian F. Thornton
Mother of residents, researcher, honored conservationist, Concord citizen; died Feb. 24, 2019
Richard E. Catanese
Financial systems specialist, Army veteran, co-founder Acton Tennis Club, longtime resident; died March 7, 2019
Mary F. (Folan) Connolly
Mother and grandmother of residents; died March 15, 2019
Nancy A. Quinn
Mother and grandmother of residents, talented gardener; died March 17, 2019
Paul Gary Foster
Old-school doctor, hospital leader; died March 20, 2019
Ruth Bernhardt
Teacher, mother of former resident; died March 31, 2019
Walter Woodie Chaffin
Human resources executive, longtime resident, passionate New England sports fan; died April 7, 2019
Susan Podzycki
Harvard dispatcher for 30 years; died April 9, 2019
Peter Spacciapoli
Scientist, brother of Harvard man; died April 15, 2019
Richard B. Greene
Commercial artist, Navy veteran, Old Timers hockey player; died April 17, 2019
John S. Morris
Father of Harvard man, minister, college president; died May 4, 2019
George E. Lenertz
Aeronautical engineer, Air Force veteran; died May 8, 2019
William James Herbert
Longtime resident, engineer, ‘coordinator,’ advocate for seniors; died May 19, 2019
Thomas Grayson Wildman
Former resident, engineer, ‘Mr. Fixit’; died May 23, 2019
Carol Batchelder
Bromfield English teacher, Great Books leader; died June 4, 2019
Margaret Elizabeth Sullivan
Bank vice president, mother of Harvard woman; died June 7, 2019
Marie B. Finnegan
Teacher, longtime resident, involved citizen, avid gardener; died June 14, 2019
John William Welsh
Former resident, engineer, devoted family man; died June 15, 2019
Michael R. Smith
Bromfield graduate, adventurer, entrepreneur; died June 25, 2019
Edward Cyprian Vamenta
Brother-in-law of Harvard woman, adventurer, youth coach; died July 2, 2019
John Allen Ball
Astrophysicist, author, man of eclectic interests, longtime resident; died Aug. 6, 2019
Carol Anne Webb
Bromfield graduate, nurse, antique collector; died Aug. 23, 2019
Lorraine Averill Leonard
Former Harvard finance director; died Aug. 31, 2019
Carolyn Ruth Lahanas
Sixty-year resident, accomplished musician; died Oct. 1, 2019
Thomas J. Flynn
Bromfield teacher, athletic director, avid Boston sports fan; died Sept. 19, 2019
Richard E. Kronauer
Former longtime resident, gentleman farmer, expert in circadian rhythms; died Oct. 18, 2019
William F. Katter
Father of Harvard woman, lawyer, loving grandfather; died Oct. 19, 2019
John Francis Johnson
Navy veteran, Genrad manager, active volunteer; died Oct. 29, 2019
Constance Reed McClellan
Longtime resident, lover of the arts, antiques store owner; died Nov. 12, 2019
Marylynn Gentry
Harvard Conservation Trust’s first director, conservation advocate; died Dec. 7, 2019
William B. Anderson
Son and brother of Harvard residents; died Dec. 18, 2019
Frances Powell Stone
Gardener, Red Sox fan, Harvard Help volunteer; died Dec. 22, 2019
Michael J. Horgan
Longtime Bromfield principal, math teacher, Marine Corps veteran; died Dec. 23, 2019
Edward T. Frackiewicz
Harvard Athletic Association leader, dedicated to community athletics; died Dec. 23 2019