Obituary notices, week of August 10 through August 16
This week's column carries nine Boston-resident obituaries: Beatty, Sean; Bigler, Barbara; DiGesse, Rita, 96; Fechtor, Sheldon Mark, 93; Fleming, Susan V.; Guan, Ai Yue, 83; Miglorino, Joan, 93; Palermo, Heather A., 47; and Whall, Peter James. All nine died between August 10 and August …
This week's column carries notices for 9 Boston-resident obituaries published this week, with names from Casper Funeral & Cremation Services, Lehman, Reen, McNamara Funeral Home, Stanetsky Memorial Chapel, Dahlborg-Mac Nevin Funeral Homes and Keefe Funeral Homes, as posted to Echovita.
Barbara Bigler, of Boston, died August 10, 2026. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/boston/barbara-bigler-21965712.
Joan Miglorino, 93, of Boston, died August 10, 2026. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/boston/joan-miglorino-21971606.
Rita DiGesse, 96, of Boston, died August 11, 2026. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/boston/rita-digesse-21975100.
Susan V. Fleming, of Boston, died August 11, 2026. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/boston/susan-fleming-21965711.
Ai Yue Guan, 83, of Boston, died August 11, 2026. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/boston/ai-guan-21968282.
Heather A. Palermo, 47, of Boston, died August 11, 2026. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/boston/heather-palermo-21962369.
Sean Beatty, of Boston, died August 13, 2026. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/boston/sean-beatty-21976234.
Sheldon Mark Fechtor, 93, of Boston, died August 13, 2026. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/boston/sheldon-fechtor-21971673.
Peter James Whall, of Boston, died August 13, 2026. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/boston/peter-whall-21970789.
Notices compiled from Echovita, Legacy.com, Tribute Archive and Boston Patch; no qualifying Boston-resident notices were found on Legacy.com, Tribute Archive or Patch this week.
Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.
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