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 2022. Each in their 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.
Dianne Elizabeth Wilkey
Realtor, proud grandmother and great-grandmother, avid gardener; died Jan. 13, 2022
Jennifer Malloy Combs
Horsewoman, community volunteer, supporter of many charities; died Jan. 30, 2022
John S. Lukas
Father of resident, art teacher, WWII veteran; died Jan. 30, 2022
Richard Tuzzolo
Harvard Schools Trust director, avid sports fan and coach, loving father; died Feb. 2, 2022
Richard W. Wright
Father of resident, systems engineer; died Feb. 4, 2022
Nancy Ellen (Phelps) Graham
Avid seamstress and gardener, community volunteer, Bromfield secretary; died Feb. 8, 2022
Ingrid Brown
Mother of resident, active in political issues; died Feb. 15, 2022
Arnold Patrick Bradley
Father of resident, veteran, avid sports fan; died Feb. 16, 2022
Robert Kurt Allan
Outdoorsman, former resident; died Feb. 19, 2022
Joseph Caruso
Former resident, astronomer at Smithsonian Observatory in Harvard; died Feb. 18, 2022
Robert Watkins
Longtime resident, avid sports fan, fisherman, gardener; died Feb. 20, 2022
Sarah Macrae Hamill
Former Select Board member, world traveler, conservation advocate; died March 4, 2022
Jacqueline A. Mayo
Former resident, lover of travel, canasta, and animals; died March 13, 2022
Diane Jay Curley Valenti
Former resident, sales rep, gracious hostess; died March 17, 2022
Peter E. Warren
Former fire chief, Ambulance Service director, founder of Harvard Realty; died March 18, 2022
Bernard P. ‘Bernie’ MacDonald
Former resident, veteran, talented amateur musician; died March 19, 2022
Jay Newton Teixeira
Longtime resident, electrical engineer, math whiz; died March 24, 2022
Joanne Riddle
Mother of resident; died April 23, 2022
Arline F. Marteney
Longtime Harvard resident, active in community life; died April 24, 2022
Carole Ann Chamberlain
Still River native, co-founder Harvard Glass and Autobody; died April 25, 2022
Emily Jean Freeman Ransom
Dance teacher and therapist, delighted in the natural world; died May 22, 2022
Doris Bongiardina
Longtime resident, accomplished seamstress, gardener, and cook; died June 5, 2022
Margaret Madigan
Avid gardener, seamstress, co-founder of the Madigan Family Foundation; died June 6, 2022
Stephen Darby
U.S. Trust vice president, 50-year resident, nurtured wide circle of family and friends; died June 17, 2022
Raymond Lindsay Shives
Architect, artist, devout parishioner, died June 23, 2022
Mary Anne Anderson
Enjoyed hiking, camping, outdoor activities; died July 19, 2022
Gertrude ‘Gerry’ E. Ortler
Devoted mother, nurse, longtime resident; died July 22, 2022
Martha Smalanskas
Home staging designer, devoted wife, mother; died July 24, 2022
Karen Page Ohlin
Sociologist, physical therapist, outdoor enthusiast, died Aug. 4, 2022
Bernd Janssen
Scientist, active supporter of liberal causes; died Aug. 9, 2022
David Carl Erdos
Respected attorney, devoted to family and friends; died Aug. 16, 2022
Charles George Gorss
2014 Citizen of Note, 25-year member of Conservation Commission, world traveler, died Aug. 30, 2022
Richard Johannes Boerner
Architect and builder, avid runner and sailor; died Sept. 2, 2022
Thomas Lynch
Founder of sporting goods company, car enthusiast, folk singer; died Sept. 7, 2022
George Albert Granville III
Avid reader and sports fan, active in town recreation programs; died Sept. 23, 2022
David Krashes
Father of resident, metallurgical engineer, lover of the outdoors; died Sept. 30, 2022
Guy Fincke
Former resident, management consultant, youth sports coach; died Oct. 6, 2022
Barbara Sherman Hunicke
Navy veteran, business owner, creative artist; died Oct. 22, 2022
Virgil J. Bagdonas
Teacher, manufacturing systems consultant, wood-turner; died Oct. 23, 2022
Thomas Vincent Sikina
Engineer, teacher, advocate for clean energy; died Oct. 28, 2022
Bryce B. Larrabee Jr.
Machine shop owner, vintage airplane pilot, firearms collector; died Nov. 7, 2022
Virginia Nicely McCurdy
Accomplished artist, vocalist, longtime resident; died Dec. 5, 2022
Arden Blake Hunter
Former resident, talented gardener, avid reader and knitter; died Dec. 6, 2022
Roger Alan Boggs
Research chemist, woodworker, former resident; died Dec. 13, 2022
Nancy Joan Poe
Teacher, mother of resident, political activist; died Dec. 15, 2022
Diane S. Richter
Mechanical engineer, active in scouting, hiking, conservation; died Dec. 16, 2022
Jeanne W. Edwards
Mother of resident, animal lover, doting grandmother; died Dec. 29, 2022