Humor to the end. I have this friend in Melbourne. Friends call her Gabriella. Nice lady. Funny. Got a million stories. Mostly true – from her own experience – on every subject under the sun, moon, ...

When Rabbi Roy Walter was asked to eulogize Lester Smith, a well-known oil man and philanthropist who died last Thursday at age 76, two seemingly impossible scenarios came to mind. First, Rabbi Walter ...

FALL RIVER — Charles Auclair's visage was a serious one, stereotypically fitting for a funeral home director. But those who knew him are remembering Auclair as a warm, caring man with one great sense ...

During World War II, the brothers went into the Navy together and served as cooks in a construction battalion — commonly known as “Seabees.” Brother William remembers when they purchased the former ...

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