All Obituaries

Gladys R. (Keith) Barnes, of Braintree, MA, left this world as quietly as she lived in it, passing peacefully in her sleep of natural causes on January 21, 2021 at the gentle age of 88. A private burial will take place at Blue Hill Cemetery in Braintree. Arrangements are by Hamel-Lydon Chapel. Gladys was born in Quincy, Massachusetts to Frank L. & Minnie B. (Lockery) Keith on December 20, 1932.  She was a 1950 graduate of Quincy High School.  She married William H. Barnes...

Theodore (Ted) E. Kirchner (88 from Weston, MA) set sail for brighter horizons on January 12, 2021 after a period of declining health. Ted was born to immigrant parents: Henry W. Kirchner and Margaret (Hollborn) Kirchner, in New York City. Raised in Queens speaking German, Ted commuted to Brooklyn Technical High School, then to Steven’s Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ while living at home. Each evening when he completed his schoolwork he enjoyed a beer with his mom, to whom he...

Eduardo “Chepi” Ventura, 67, of Boston, MA, passed away on January 10, 2021, of COVID-19. Eduardo was predeceased by his father, Jose Eduardo Ventura and mother, Maria Victoria (Alvarenga) Ventura, his father-in-law, Paul Emile Cusson, his niece, Lisa Corea and nephew, Glenn Lacour Jr. He was married on June 30, 1979, and leaves his wife Carole Helène (Cusson) Ventura, his eldest son, Stefan Emil Ventura, daughter-in-law, Leslie Ortiz Ventura, granddaughters, Charlize...

Georges Al Najjar, 56, a Lebanese national, passed away peacefully January 9, 2021 following treatment for renal failure. He was a son of the late Tony Al Najjar and Wadad Khazaka, and was preceded in death by his twin brother, Saïd, in 2012. He traveled to the United States in 1989 and worked as a mechanic. He is survived by a brother, Elie Najjar, and sisters; Yzabella wife of Rafic Khoury, Elissar wife of the Priest Toni Sakr, Joane wife of Clement Saroufim, nephews; Georges,...