Courtesy of Town of Topsfield
The Topsfield Memorial Day Parade and ceremonies will take place Monday, May 31, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
The parade will assemble at the Topsfield Fairgrounds Parking Lot A at 9 a.m. Topsfield police, firefighters, and town officials will lead the parade as it heads off at 9:30 a.m. Veterans, supporters, and other community members are encouraged to join the convoy in observance of the holiday. Expect to use your own vehicle.
At the cemetery, a Flag-Raising Ceremony and the reading of the names of the Topsfield veterans lost this past year will take place. This ceremony will be shared on the Topsfield Police Facebook page.
Mon, 05/31/2021 - 4:00pm
Nancy Clair Weller Brown.
The Celebration of Life for Nancy Brown, 88, of Appleton, who died on May 22, 2021, will be held Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 2 p.m., at 260 Union Road (Route 131) in Appleton. Community members and families are welcome to attend this casual party to remember and celebrate Nancy and her community.
APPLETON Nancy Clair Weller Brown, 88, passed away peacefully at her home with her family by her side on May 22, 2021. She was the loving wife of Theodore (Ted) Brown, who predeceased her in 1990.
Nancy was the only child of R. Franklin and Florence T. Weller. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she grew up in Cranston, Rhode Island, where she served as a “candy-striper” hospital volunteer during her teenage years. She graduated Cranston High School in 1950 and Colby College in 1954, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology with a minor in Art. During her college years, she served as a counselor at Camp Merestead f
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NEW BEDFORD When Jan Dexter and her sisters went to Rural Cemetery to place flowers on their mother’s grave just before Mother s Day, she was shocked to see that two small cement statues and a perpetual light candle holder were missing.
She called the cemetery office and said she was told all decorations from graves were removed by the department and owners had 30 days to retrieve the items or they would be thrown away. Lucky for us, we were within the 30 days to get our items back,” Dexter said.
When Patrick Hogan went to visit his best friend’s grave in Rural Cemetery, as he does every week, he was visibly upset to find the carefully placed decorative marble stones, an owl figurine, an LED butterfly and memorial remembrance steppingstone were all gone. Only patches of dirt left an outline of where the items once were.