Obituary notices, week of September 7 through September 13, 2026
READING — This week's column carries notices for three obituaries of Reading residents, current or former, posted by area funeral homes: Marie A. (Skudris) Kleponis and Curt Jeffrey Nitzsche, both through Douglass Edgerley & Bessom Funeral Home of Reading, and Linda (Flodin) M. Paquin, through Tewksbury Funeral Home.
Curt Jeffrey Nitzsche, 60, of Reading, died August 25, 2026. He was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, on September 23, 1965, the son of Curt E. and Sally C. (Lord) Nitzsche of Reading, and is remembered as the father of Curt A. Nitzsche. Service information was not included in the portion of the obituary available; see the full obituary for arrangements. Full obituary at Legacy.com (Douglass Edgerley & Bessom Funeral Home, Reading): https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/batesville/name/curt-nitzsche-obituary?pid=212203372.
Linda (Flodin) M. Paquin, 79, of Tewksbury, formerly of Reading, died Thursday, September 3, 2026, at Lowell General Hospital in Lowell. She was born in Reading, Massachusetts, on January 2, 1947, the daughter of the late Edwin and Janet Flodin, and grew up in Reading. Service information was not included in the portion of the obituary available; see the full obituary for arrangements. Full obituary at Legacy.com (Tewksbury Funeral Home): https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/linda-paquin-obituary?id=62403175.
Marie A. (Skudris) Kleponis, 95, of Reading, a resident of the town for 68 years, died September 13, 2026, at her daughter's home in North Reading. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 24, 1930, the daughter of the late William J. and Anna M. (Galinas) Skudris. Service information was not included in the portion of the obituary available; see the full obituary for arrangements. Full obituary at Legacy.com (Douglass Edgerley & Bessom Funeral Home, Reading): https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/marie-kleponis-obituary?id=62417122.
Notices compiled from Douglass Edgerley & Bessom Funeral Home, Tewksbury Funeral Home, Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Reading Patch.
Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.