Whereas, since the Annual Town Meeting of 2020, employees, officers, and committee members of the Town have passed away, having performed their duties faithfully, dedicating their time and skills to benefit the residents of Bedford, and
Whereas we gratefully recognize their public service to Bedford’s citizens,
Now, therefore, be it resolved that we, the people of Bedford, assembled here in Annual Town Meeting on May 15, 2021, mourn their passing and extend sincere sympathy to the families of:
Dorothy Ahearn
Technical Services and Circulation at the Bedford Free Public Library, 20 years; Election Worker
Madeline Barton
Bedford Public Schools Secretary
William Damery
Firefighter
Richard M. Delfino
Bedford Public Schools
John M. Dietz
Bedford High School French Teacher, 20 years
John F. Fichera
Elementary School Teacher, 1973-2007
Alice F. Hilker
Home Economic Teachers until 1986
Jeffrey S.C. Hoyland
Community Preservation Committee, 2002-2005; Citizen of the Year, 2019
Torvy E.J. Hurd
Bedford Public Schools Substitute Teacher and Librarian
Marion Joslin
Public Schools Cafeteria Manager
Leonard H. Kieley
Sketch Plan Committee, 1949; Committee to advise School Committee regarding vocational education, 1950; Finance Committee, 1951-1952; School Building Committee, 1953; Sketch Plan Committee to add to the High School building; Planning Board, 1954-1958
Michael C. Lehane
Bedford Town Counsel, 1991-2011
Judith L. McConnell
Facilities Use Committee, 1984-1986; Town Historian 1994-2000; Town Center Board of Directors, 1994- 2010; Bedford Citizen of the Year 2004
Dorothy McKenna
John Glenn Middle School Math Teacher and Math League Coach
Dorothy M. McManus
Elementary School Teachers’ Aide
Robert Mead
Citizen of the Year, 2006
James A. O’Neil
Capital Expenditure Committee, 2005-2017; School Needs Building Committee; Sign Bylaw Committee
Carla S. Priest
Director of Public Health for 12 years
James Rouvalis
Teacher and Science Coordinator
Ann F. Seamans
Historic Preservation Commission, 2017-2021
Eleanor C. Stanley
Special Education Secretary at Bedford High School, retired in 1985
Lauretta E. Stead
Math Teacher, 1957-1991