At the beginning of Monday’s Annual Town Meeting, Bedford Select Board Chair Shawn Hanegan read a resolution remembering the town employees, officers, and committee members who passed away during the past year.
Below is the resolution:
Whereas, since the Annual Town Meeting of 2023, 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 March 25, 2024, mourn their passing and extend sincere sympathy to the families of:
And be it further resolved that this Resolution be inscribed in the permanent record of this meeting, and notification thereof sent to members of their families.
| Susan Kennedy | 01/06/23 | Town of Bedford, Administrative |
| Lenore Dichard | 03/24/23 | COA |
| Kathleen Gallant | 04/09/23 | Elementary Teacher |
| Grace Petroskey | 04/17/23 | BHS-Teacher |
| Betty Slechta | 04/26/23 | Volunteer at Library and Job Lane House |
| Donna Argon | 04/26/23 | First Director of Bedford’s Senior Center, Citizen of the year in 1991 |
| Dennis J. Ahearn | 04/28/23 | Trustee for the Bedford Public Library |
| Donald F. Mead | 06/29/23 | Bedford Firefighter- Lt. |
| Joan-Marie Lorraine Freni | 07/07/23 | Trustee for the Bedford Public Library |
| Gerald G. ‘Jerry’ Hartmann | 07/19/23 | Patriotic Holiday Committee |
| Elizabeth “Beth” Brassel | 07/28/23 | Librarian, Bedford Public Library |
| Sing Hanson | 08/12/23 | Founding member of the former Bedford Center for the Arts |
| Nancy Forrest | 08/19/23 | Election worker |
| William Bieren | 08/24/23 | Bedford Firefighter and EMT |
| Wilma W. Johnson | 08/31/23 | School Committee, Historical Society |
| Cecile LeMay Walker | 09/09/23 | Bedford Historical Society |
| Michael L. Schofield | 10/16/23 | Department of Public Works |
| Perea McCane Hopkins | 11/05/23 | Volunteer for the Human Relations Council, “active in the startup of METCO in Bedford” |
| Jane Harvey | 11/24/23 | BHS English Teacher |
| Rachel Murphy | 12/03/23 | Volunteer for the Human Relations Council, and Arbor Resources Committee |
| 2024 | ||
| Charles “Duke” Stefanelli | 01/12/24 | Bedford Public Schools Custodian |
| Joan Eloise Kinney | 01/13/24 | Bedford High School Teacher |
| Victor Roland Carlson | 01/21/24 | BHS teacher |
| Nancy Haynes | 01/29/24 | Job Lane School Teacher |
| Nathaniel K. Brown | 02/28/24 | Chair of the Bedford Bicentennial Committee, Bedford Historical Society and Job Lane House |
| James “Jim” Byrnes | 03/02/24 | Bedford High School Teacher & Basketball Coach |
| Thomas Joseph Duggan | 03/11/24 | Bedford High School Principal |
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