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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of August 17 through August 23, 2026

Southbridge's obituary notices this week list two residents: Dean, Joseph R. II, and Caiani, Mafalda B. Joseph R. Dean, II, 81, of Grandview Rd., died Thursday, August 20 at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after a long illness. Mafalda B. Caiani, 90, of Fairlawn Ave., died Sa…

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This week's column carries notices for 2 Southbridge-resident obituaries published this week, both posted by Daniel T. Morrill Funeral Home.

Joseph R. Dean, II, 81, of Southbridge (Grandview Rd.), died Thursday, August 20th, at UMass Memorial Medical Center, University Campus, Worcester, after a long illness. He is survived by his companion of 20 years, Marilyn R. (Latour) Pollone. Service arrangements were not detailed in the notices reviewed; see the full obituary for details. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/southbridge/joseph-dean-22007257.

Mafalda B. Caiani, 90, of Southbridge (Fairlawn Ave.), died Saturday, August 22nd, after a long illness. Her husband of 62 years, Tonino Caiani, predeceased her in 2020. Service arrangements were not detailed in the notices reviewed; see the full obituary for details. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/southbridge/mafalda-caiani-22009029.

Notices compiled from Legacy.com, Echovita, and Daniel T. Morrill Funeral Home. No qualifying Southbridge notices were found this week from Tribute Archive or Southbridge Patch.


Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.

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