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In the October 24 obituary for Ted Knowlton, the name of his daughter, Polly Knowlton Cockett, was misspelled. The error has been corrected in the original article….

(Editor’s note: this obituary was submitted directly to the Lincoln Squirrel by Polly Knowlton Cockett, Ted Knowlton’s daughter.) Edward “Ted” Almy Knowlton, 92, of Lincoln died peacefully on October 2 with his special dog, Boomer, at his feet and his wife of 33 years, Anne “Annie” (Preston) Raker Knowlton, by his side. Ted was born to…

Lincoln resident George Hatsopoulos, founder of Thermo Electron and a life member emeritus of the MIT Corporation (its board of trustees), died on September 20 at the age of 91. By the time he retired in 1999, Thermo Electron (now Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.) had over 24,000 employees in 23 countries and worked in industries ranging…

Ruth Sartori, 86 (September 17) — longtime teacher aide in Lincoln schools. Visiting hours on Thursday, Sept. 20 from 4–8 p.m. in the Dee Funeral Home (27 Bedford St., Concord); funeral Mass on Friday, Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. in St. Joseph Church in Lincoln. Click here for full obituary. Peter Rubel, 87 (August 17) — Held…

Vernon Welch, 90 (June 16) — active with the Lincoln Jazz Club. Alan B. Smith, 86 (August 3) — engineer and physicist. There will be a celebration of his life in Concord on August 26….

Gordon Winchell, 98 (May 9) — Lincoln family doctor for nearly 40 years, peace activist, conservationist, winner of Lifetime Achievement Award from the First Parish in Lincoln. Phyllis Mutschler, 75 (May 6) — professor of social policy and management at Brandeis University who researched senior housing projects, home health care, and aging services targeted at…

Gloria Ison McCarthy, 94 — former teacher in Pennsylvania; resident of The Commons (April 23) Peter Thomas, 84 — founder of Lincoln Architects and watercolor artist (April 25) Edwin F. Potter Jr., 91 (March 18)…

In a set of obituaries published on April 25, the nickname of Elizabeth “Bisty” Donaldson was misspelled. The original story has been corrected….