There will be a service in Lincoln on January 20 for Dr. Don Bienfang, M.D., Chief of Neuro-Ophthalmology at Brigham and Woman’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, who died on December 9, 2023 at age 84 after a brief illness. Born in Elmhurst, Ill., the son of Esther (Kuhlow) and Mark…
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Dec. 15 funeral for Ronald Row, 97
Ronald Victor Row, age 97, of Lincoln died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on November 28, 2023. He is survived by his daughters Elizabeth of Arlington, Va., and Mary Gravely (Winston) of Richmond, Va.; sons Frank (Deedee) of Chelmsford and Gordon (Leslie) of Groton; ten grandchildren (Heather Williams, Ronnie Row, Robert Jennings…
Millicent “Penny” Mitchell, 1940–2023
Millicent Irmiger “Penny” Mitchell, 83, of Lincoln, passed away on November 14, 2023 at the Commons in Lincoln. Penny was born on February 3, 1940, daughter of the late Donald K. Irmiger, Sr., and Helen Irmiger Murray. She was raised in Green Bay, Wisc. and attended Skidmore College before graduating from Lawrence University, earning a…
Anne deLone Plukas, 1946–2023
Anne “Annie” deLone Plukas (nee Nolan), 77, of Lincoln passed away on November 13, 2023. She valiantly fought her disease for ten years and passed peacefully in the presence of her immediate family after a short stay in the hospital. Annie will be forever missed; she was a treasured wife, a heroic mother, and an…
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In the November 15 post headlined “Susan Sugar, 1933–2023,” the surnames of Susan Sugar mother and two of her family members were listed incorrectly. The original post has been corrected….
Susan Sugar, 1933–2023
Susan Sugar of Lincoln died on November 7, 2023 at the age of 90. Susan Bowen Kimball was born in New York City on July 31, 1933, the daughter of Charles Kimball Jr. and Louise Van Voorhees. Her father died when she was five years old. She grew up in Greenwich, Conn., attending Greenwich Country…
Polly Pike passes away at age 90
Mary S. “Polly” (Hopkins) Pike of Lincoln passed away on November 11, 2023 at the age of 90. The cause of death was complications from a fractured leg. Her husband of over 65 years, John, with whom she shared a mutual devotion, predeceased her by four months. A graduate of Wheaton College, Polly was a…
Service on Nov. 19 for Bob Lenington, 93
Robert “Bob” Lenington of Lincoln passed away on November 8, 2023. He was 93 and in his own words “I’ve had a great life.” The greatest legacy Bob leaves is his love for his family. He married his honey, Carolyn, on July 18, 1953. This past summer they celebrated their 70 anniversary along with family,…
Marion Meenan, 1943–2023
Marion Morey Meenan, 80, a Lincoln resident since 1968, passed away at Care Dimensions Hospice House on October 9, 2023. She was the wife of the late Robert L. Sutherland. She was born in Washington, D.C., on January 25, 1943 as the daughter of the late Joseph H. Morey, Jr. and Marion (Leeson) Morey. After…
Celebration of life for Roger Bergen on Oct. 22
Lincoln native Roger Van Dyke Bergen, 78, of Stonington, Maine, passed away on September 19th, 2023 after a battle with advanced lung disease. He was born on July 6, 1945 to Kenneth and Emily Bergen in Cambridge and grew up with his two sisters and a brother in “fertile valley” Lincoln. After graduating from…