Obituary notices, week of September 7 through September 13, 2026
Two Orleans-resident obituaries were published this week, September 7 through September 13, 2026: Coulter, Lawrence Gordon, and Jewett, Mary Jane. Coulter, 95, of Orleans, MA, died August 31, 2026; he was born in Cambridge, NY, and raised in Bennington, VT. Jewett, 93, formerly of Newto…
This week's column carries notices for two Orleans-resident obituaries published this week, with names from Legacy.com listings tied to Burke & Blackington Funeral Home of West Newton and the Legacy Remembers/Berkshire Eagle notices.
Lawrence Gordon Coulter, 95, of Orleans, MA, died August 31, 2026. He was born February 17, 1931, in Cambridge, NY, and was raised in Bennington, VT, where he attended Bennington schools. Service details were not included in the notice excerpt available; see the full obituary for arrangements. Full obituary at Legacy Remembers: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/lawrence-coulter-obituary?id=62360101. A second notice ran at The Berkshire Eagle: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/berkshire/name/lawrence-coulter-obituary?id=62367037.
Mary Jane (Libby) Jewett, 93, formerly of Newton, Marlborough, and Orleans, Massachusetts, died Saturday, September 12, 2026. She was the wife of the late James R. Jewett and the mother of five sons, including Mark of NH and Greg. Service details were not included in the notice excerpt available; see the full obituary for arrangements. Full obituary at Burke & Blackington Funeral Home, West Newton: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/mary-jane-jewett-obituary?id=62415379.
Notices compiled from Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Orleans Patch; this week's individual notices came from Burke & Blackington Funeral Home (West Newton), Legacy Remembers, and The Berkshire Eagle.
Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.
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