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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of September 21, 2026 through September 27, 2026

This week's Auburn obituary notices include four residents: Avila, Nancy E. (Kujala), 87, who died September 19 at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester; Evangeline, Barbara A. (Lucier), 88, a longtime Auburn resident who died September 21 at the Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worces…

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AUBURN - This week's column carries notices for four Auburn-resident obituaries published or reported this week, drawn from postings by Britton-Wallace Funeral Home of Auburn, Miles Funeral Home of Holden, and Legacy.com.

Donald MacQueen Padgett Jr., 74, of Auburn, died Friday, September 11, 2026. Known to his family as Don and to his grandchildren as Poppi, he was a longtime Auburn resident who leaves his wife of 52 years, Patricia (Gustavson) Padgett. Full obituary at Britton-Wallace Funeral Home - Auburn: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/donald-padgett-obituary?id=62619428.

Nancy E. (Kujala) Avila, 87, of Auburn, died Saturday, September 19, 2026, at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester following a short illness. She was born in 1939 in Gardner, Massachusetts. Full obituary at Miles Funeral Home - Holden: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/nancy-avila-obituary?id=62574620.

Paul Maloney, 87, of Auburn, died at home on Saturday, September 19, 2026. He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Brenda Ellen (Gilbeau) Maloney, who died in December 2016. Full obituary at Legacy Remembers: https://www.legacy.com/legacy/paul-maloney.

Barbara A. (Lucier) Evangeline, 88, of Auburn, died Monday, September 21, 2026, at the Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester. A longtime Auburn resident, she was predeceased by her husband of 64 years, James A. "Jim" Evangeline, who died in 2022. Full obituary at Britton-Wallace Funeral Home - Auburn: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/barbara-evangeline-obituary?id=62604022.

Notices compiled from Britton-Wallace Funeral Home - Auburn, Miles Funeral Home - Holden, Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Auburn Patch.


Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.

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