Obituary notices, week of September 21 through September 27, 2026
This week's Grafton obituary notices cover two confirmed Grafton, Massachusetts residents: Fields, Orvel "Gene," 84, whose arrangements are being handled by Roney Funeral Home of North Grafton, and Jakubiak, Chester "Chet," 81, a longtime nonprofit leader and educator who had served as …
GRAFTON — This week's column carries notices for two Grafton-resident obituaries published this week, drawn from Roney Funeral Home and the Boston Globe (via Legacy.com): Orvel "Gene" Fields and Chester "Chet" Jakubiak.
Orvel (Gene) E. Fields, 84, of Grafton, Massachusetts, died Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Full obituary at Roney Funeral Home: https://roneyfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/5748337/Fields-Orvel/index.php.
Chester Jakubiak "Chet," 81, of Grafton, died Thursday, September 17, at the Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester. He was a longtime nonprofit leader and educator who had served as executive director of the Massachusetts Association of Older Americans. Full obituary at Boston Globe, via Legacy.com: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/chet-jakubiak-obituary?id=62601361.
Notices compiled from Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, Roney Funeral Home, and Grafton Patch.
Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.
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