Concord Funeral Home

07/17/2025

IN OUR CARE
Mary Allen Griffing Spindler died on July 11, 2025, with her two children, David and Henry, by her side.

She was a thoroughly invested resident of Lincoln, MA, starting in 1968. In 1986, she was part of the successful effort to revert what was then called Sandy Pond, where Thoreau first had a cabin, to its earlier name of Flints Pond. She was a member of the Lincoln Historic District Commission and was active in the Lincoln Historical Society, serving as its president for a time. Instead of “historic” or “historical,” in conversation with family or close friends she insisted on using “hysteric” or “hysterical.” As a member of the commission, she was sometimes in the minority, writing dissenting opinions on the side of preservation.

She never stopped learning. When her son Henry was majoring in chemistry in college, she pulled out her own college chemistry textbooks and tried to get up to speed. Books, NPR, magazines, and newspapers were her source materials, the latter two of which she would clip to create voluminous piles (known in the family as “rubble stacks”) for the further edification of her sons.

When her sons were young, she built for them from scratch a full-sized carpentry workbench and a child-sized faux sink and stove kitchenette. She kept the kitchenette for her grandchildren to use, along with a comprehensive collection of artifacts from her own past and those of her family members.

She was quick to express gratitude in speech and writing. Most of the postage stamps that she used were for thank-you notes, birthday wishes, and anniversary commemorations. She was modest to the point of not mentioning her accomplishments, making this obituary difficult to write with the accuracy that she would demand, even for her sons. Her husband had to tell her sons about her efforts to rename Sandy Pond, because she did not mention this episode to them. She liked to joke with her husband that plaques and monuments had been erected to commemorate places that he had visited, even as a child.

Mary Allen Griffing was born on July 24, 1939, in Harrisonburg, VA, to M. Scudder Griffing, originally of Shelter Island, NY, and A. Mildred (Allen) Griffing, originally of Somerset, KY. At the time, her family was living in Luray, VA; soon after, the family moved to Richmond.

While the family lived in Virginia, her father was employed by the National Park Service. In the mid-1950s, the family moved to Shelter Island, where nearly all of her father’s siblings lived. There she started high school before attending Friends Academy in Locust Valley, NY, with tuition assistance from a family friend. She majored in American Studies at Stanford University (a “junior university,” as she sometimes called it). She felt fortunate to benefit from classes with the novelist Wallace Stegner, and other professors whose names and classes she long remembered. She played on the women’s basketball team, which was not recognized as a legitimate varsity team until many years later, when she was honored with a varsity letter. Alongside her coursework, she held a job as a tour guide and pulled out bits of her spiel when the family visited the campus decades later. She graduated in 1961. The following year, she graduated with a master’s degree in education from Harvard.

She met James W. Spindler of Middletown, OH in 1957, and they were married in Shelter Island in 1964. He died in 2019, after living for many years with Parkinson’s disease. She was an extraordinarily diligent and indefatigable caregiver for him in his later years. She is also predeceased by her sister, Barbara Wagner, who lived much of her adult life in Darien, CT. In addition to her two sons, she leaves behind five grandchildren.

She worked as an elementary school teacher at Hanscom Air Force Base before getting married, and tutored reading at the Carroll School in Lincoln for much of the 1990s and the early 2000s. As an elementary school teacher, one of her favorite classroom teaching techniques was to have her students listen to music and draw what came to mind. She worked at the Lincoln Library in the latter part of the 1980s and the early 1990s.

She loved music. She was active in the St. Anne’s in-the-Fields Episcopal Church choir for decades, serving for a time on its committee to hire an organist. She played the piano avidly. She organized activities for her children and others, including a concert band conducted by Ken Keyes, and a soccer team coached by John Walker. To the delight of her sons, she did all that was humanly possible to have her family’s cocker spaniel, Kabuki, give birth to three litters of AKC-approved puppies, one of which grew up to be Jacqueline du Pré.

In her young adulthood, she had always wanted to live in an old house. She realized this ambition in 1974, when she and her family moved into a house built at various times during the 19th century. She derived joy from researching its history from oral and written sources, and in working in the gardens, fields, and woods around it. Her father had studied landscape architecture in college; from him she learned a vast set of plants names and the sense for which trees to cut down. She actively participated in the clearing of field-encroaching trees and bushes through her late 60s, and hauled firewood for her wood stove into her 80s. She moved to Carleton-Willard Village in Bedford in 2023.

A celebration of her life will be held at St. Anne’s in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Lincoln on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at 2:30 pm. A reception will follow.

For those who wish to attend services remotely, please visit the livestream link below five minutes before the scheduled service time: Livestream Link: https://iframe.dacast.com/b/156599/c/541148

Donations in her memory may be made to St. Anne’s in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, Music Fund, stanneslincoln.org/give or P.O. Box 6, Lincoln MA 01773; or the Lincoln Historical Society, lincolnhistoricalsociety.org or P.O. Box 6084, Lincoln Center, MA 01773.

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07/14/2025

IN OUR CARE
The world has lost a remarkable, compassionate man with an infectious love of life.

Marc Pelletier (77), of Castine, Maine, formerly of Charlestown, Mass., passed away peacefully Saturday morning, July 5, 2025, at Massachusetts General Hospital. His beloved wife of 44 years, Penny Carlhian, and son, Grayson, were at his side.

Marc is also survived by a brother, Jean Paul Pelletier; sisters Lisa and Liane Pelletier; sister-in-law Judy Issokson; grandchildren Cassandra, Tyler, and Fawn; and great-grandchildren Lyle, Lilith, and Bjorn. He was predeceased by his parents, William and Laurette, and his brother, W***y.

Marc was born in 1948, the oldest of five children, in New Britain, Conn., a city of factories and foundries. His hardscrabble upbringing planted essential seeds for him to later flourish as a steadfast, self-made man, respected in communities he called home. He found meaning and purpose through his strength of character, a tenacious thirst for knowledge, an appreciation for exceptional craftsmanship, and a genuine interest in people. Perhaps most important, he learned early on that accomplishments would not come easily and that overcoming obstacles made success that much more gratifying.

As a young man, Marc left New Britain for Martha’s Vineyard, where he was a talented drummer in a rock and roll band, and apprenticed to an artisan carpenter before striking out on his own in the building trades. This brief period provided him with an opportunity to hone skills that appealed to his penchant for quality and precision. He migrated to Boston, where he soon discovered the Boston Architectural Center – later the Boston Architectural College. While attending BAC classes in the evening, he met Penny in 1977, who was also taking courses. They have been together ever since. He worked in a number of architectural firms before switching to construction and project management, eventually transitioning to marketing and business development, representing and advising design and construction clients.

His ability to integrate design and built environment-related domains fostered lasting affiliations and leadership positions with a number of business organizations. These included SMPS (Society of Marketing Professionals), CI (Construction Institute, Connecticut Chapter), PWC (Professional Women in Construction/CT), SCUP (Society for College and University Planning), and the Boston Society of Architects.

During his tenure as a member of the Boston Architectural College’s Board of Trustees, he served in key roles on the College’s Institutional Advancement Committee, Annual Retreat, Strategic Planning and Nominating Committees, and the Governance Task Force. In 2013, he was appointed Board Chair, and in 2016, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree for his extraordinary impact on the health and vitality of the College.

This summary of Marc’s professional accomplishments does not do justice to the style, good taste, and spirit he displayed when engaged in everyday moments that mattered to him.

Those who knew Marc well recognized him as a refreshingly old-fashioned fellow. Consider the joy he derived composing hundreds of handwritten cards or letters on fine stationery for any celebration or milestone in his impeccable cursive lettering using one of his many vintage fountain pens. This genteel routine represented his essential desire to preserve an all but forgotten tradition, one that captured people’s imaginations and left them feeling valued and special.

Marc was an exceptional dresser, donning exquisite, tailored wool or seersucker suits, an eye-catching silk bow tie, fashionable Oxfords or tasseled loafers, outrageously colorful socks…or any combination of the above.

He was a connoisseur of good food and drink, whether dining out or masterfully preparing a recipe he’d spotted in the NY Times; nothing was better than accompanying him to a greasy spoon diner that served amazing breakfasts or his favorite grilled hot dogs topped with mustard and sauerkraut.

He was all about exceptional music, jigsaw puzzles, woodworking tools, French bulldogs, NASCAR races, his pickup truck, and discovering remote hideaways in Maine.

No one was better at telling animated stories and jokes, especially comically questionable ones.

When he and Penny moved full-time to Castine in 2016, Marc wasted no time becoming involved with local government, serving on the Castine Historical Society and eventually chairing Castine’s Historic Preservation Commission. Visitors were delighted when he met them at the town dock, driving Scarlett, the Castine Touring Company’s 6-passenger electric golf car. His 90-minute tour around town was a perfect way to meet new people and translate local history into buoyant storytelling filled with facts, folklore, and a healthy dose of laughter.

Always a voracious reader, Marc turned to writing these last two years and joined an old man’s writing group to write and read aloud short stories recounting his past. The introduction to his 10 tales in their recently published book, Four Old Men Writing Together, gives an idea of what this experience meant to him. “Nobody can ever predict the paths our life’s journey will follow, and it is only with a glimpse into the rearview mirror that I have gained a better sense of who I am and how I got to this point in my 77 years.”

When asked recently how he would like to be remembered, Marc said he hoped to be seen as a man who lived a full life and gave of himself in as many ways as he could, whenever possible. This part of his legacy is rock-solid and secure.

Plans for memorial services honoring Marc this fall will be announced separately.

The family requests that donations be made in Marc’s name to:
The Boston Architectural College
320 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02115
617-585-0100
www.the-bac.edu
and/or
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
P.O. Box 22324
New York, NY 10087
888-557-7177
www.lls.org

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07/14/2025

IN OUR CARE
Charles Thomas Swaim “Tom” passed away peacefully on July 7th. He was 84. Tom is survived by his wife, Betsy Swaim, his 3 sons Jeffrey Swaim, David Swaim (Michelle), Derek Swaim and his stepchildren Topher Grennan and Stephanie Pike (Tommy). He also leaves his sister Nancy Crone (David) of Berea, OH. Tom was the proud grandfather of 22 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Tom was predeceased by his parents, Donald and Edna Swaim and his first wife Jeanine “Jeanie”.

His 54-year legal career brought him huge satisfaction, especially being affiliated with Sherburne, Powers & Needham and leading the merger to Holland & Knight. Tom was known to many as a person to be trusted completely, respected beyond measure, wise not only in the law, but in life as well. He had a genuine interest in and cared for everyone he met, be they fellow attorney, friend, neighbor, handyman or stranger. Tom was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother and uncle. Everyone has a favorite story or memory of how impactful his presence was in their lives.

Tom was born September 23, 1940, in Fremont, Ohio. He graduated from high school in Washington Court House, Ohio. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University 1962, where he was president of his senior class. Tom graduated from Northwestern School of Law in 1965. He served as Managing Partner at Sherburne, Powers & Needham prior to its merger with Holland & Knight in 1999 where he became Chairman of the Board for several years. Tom was instrumental in effecting the merger and in the post-merger of the two firms. He was an outstanding lawyer focusing on construction, real estate and education issues. Tom made regular appearances before government bodies. He had extensive international experience, particularly in Europe and The Middle East. He was Town’s Council for several years. Tom received several awards and recognition for his legal prowess. He retired in 2019 after practicing law for 54 years. In retirement Tom was active in Concord, MA, serving on the town Finance Committee, Zoning Board, and Concord Prison Outreach where he taught classes on Entrepreneurial Leadership to inmates at various prisons. He also served as a trustee for both Carlton Willard Village and Newbury Court. Tom was the clerk for Arts, Literature and Music Committee for the 250th celebration in Concord. Favored gathering (aside from family and friends) were “Romeos”, his book club and the Concord Players Theater Group. His all-time joys were spent with his wife Betsy of 13 years, his wife Jeanie of 45 years and his children and grandchildren. He was well known and loved by many residents of Concord.

A celebration of life will be held at the Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden Street in Concord, MA on, Saturday, September 6, 2025, at 11 AM with a reception to follow.

Live stream of the service can be found online at https://www.youtube.com//streams

In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to Mighty Moose (mightymoose5k.org), Highrock Church (Highrockarlington.org) or other charity close to your heart.

Arrangements under the care of Concord Funeral Home, 74 Belknap Street, Concord, MA 978-369-3388 www.concordfuneral.com

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07/05/2025

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07/04/2025

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06/26/2025

IN OUR CARE
Nancy and her mother were born 23 years apart, in the same house, and in the same bed, on a small island (Peaks) off the coast of Portland, Maine. The first sheltered years of Nancy’s life were cloistered - church suppers, baked beans and steamed clams. Nancy recently told a friend, “I hated it! There was nothing to do but walk around the perimeter of the island!”

These early years fostered a longing for Something More, and she spent the rest of her life in pursuit.

At the age of six, Nancy moved with her sister and mother to Chicago, to rejoin her father at his distant job. She was empathetic enough as a small child to note and appreciate her parents’ mutual joy at reunion, but it was the broad energy of the big city that captured her attention.

The family next relocated to New Rochelle, NY, where Nancy chose as her high school yearbook motto the thought from Psalm 45, “my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.” Active in the Biology Club, she wanted “to go to college and be a doctor.” Ironically, she ended up at Wheaton College in Norton, MA, where she put her sharp tongue to use not as a scalpel but as an English Literature and Philosophy major, earning Phi Beta Kappa honors in her junior year, a feat of which she was immensely proud.

She was the epitome of the young sophisticated 1950s suburban mother, though did not completely fit in amidst the casual kid- and dog-centric framework of the neighborhood. She bore striking resemblance to Audrey Hepburn, wore shirtwaist dresses, read The Times, did the crosswords, listened to WQXR and played classical music on the HiFi. It wasn’t until 1967, when she and her husband parted ways and she was forced into the role of single parent and breadwinner, that she finally hit her stride.

She managed to land a job at MITRE Corp in Bedford, where at first they were not sure what to do with her. She evolved into their designated go-to person - if you need to know something, ask Nancy. She was Google before there was Internet. Her office looked like the aftermath of an F5 tornado, but whatever she needed, she could find it. MITRE at the time was (and perhaps even now still is) a world-class research and engineering factory, doing most of its work on behalf of the US Government and Armed Forces. Air Force Generals stalked the hallways. Finally she had found the Something More she’d been seeking her whole life.

Her life outside of work responded in kind. Finally she had friends with whom she could discuss the Big Questions. She became active in, and for many years was Chairperson of, the Concord Chorus, a well-regarded local group. She became active in IRAS (Institute for Religion in an Age of Science), the whole purpose of which was (and is) to dissect into atoms the Big Questions. She chaired and co-chaired a number of annual conferences for IRAS (a sample in 1995 was, “Life in the Universe,” which she described as “asking questions that will open our minds to inquire how the discovery of intelligent life in the universe will affect our understanding of who and what we are on Planet Earth”). Big Questions indeed. Hundreds of people attended.

She traveled - to Japan (seven times), Egypt, Romania, Russia, China and many times to Europe and the UK. She had boyfriends. She candle-pin bowled. She found Something More.

In the final 15 years of her life she lived at an independent living facility in Concord called Newbury Court. She kept largely to herself there, though was visited by her friends from her more active days. In the final year or two, declining health made things more difficult, until she finally passed away at the well-seasoned age of 97.

One of her great friends from IRAS, and indeed her co-chair for the Life in the Universe conference, was a Jesuit priest. On hearing of Nancy’s death, he wrote from his post in Rome at the Vatican Observatory to say:

“While I shall certainly offer a Mass for the repose of Nancy, I am sure she is with God. For all her surface sharpness and competence, Nancy had a deep down goodness, compassion, and love. Know that IRAS, owing her a huge debt for her long service, made her a lifetime Conference Coordinator.”

That seems a fitting memorial - to be remembered by an organization and also by a man dedicated wholly to the Big Questions. Something More indeed.

Nancy leaves her son, Christopher Anschuetz and his wife Nancy Prince of West Newton, MA; her grandson Nathaniel Anschuetz, his wife Puanani Apoliona-Brown and their daughter Kawehena Cooper Anschuetz of Brooklyn, NY; and her grandson Nicholas (Swift) Anschuetz and his wife Alison Emmerson of Framingham, MA.

Services at for Nancy at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord will be private.

Donations in her memory may be made to:
The Gardens at Newbury Court
80 Deaconess Road
Concord, MA 01742
978-369-5151
www.nedeaconess.org

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06/26/2025

IN OUR CARE
Francis Michael “Frank” Yans, a Concord resident since 1959, passed away on June 21 at Care Dimensions Hospice in Lincoln. He was 90 years old.

Born in New York City in 1935, Frank was raised in Mamaroneck, NY, alongside his sisters, Marilyn (now Mrs. R.T. Hanlon) and Virginia Yans-McLaughlin. He was an active Boy Scout and proudly earned the rank of Eagle Scout.

Frank graduated from Archbishop Stepinac High School and began his college education at the University of Notre Dame, later transferring to MIT. While a student there, he met his wife, Molly Cutter. They were married for 68 years.

A true workaholic, Frank began his career at Nuclear Metals before founding his own company, Metalonics. He went on to work for Kawecki Berylco and later joined Arthur D. Little, where he rose to the position of Vice President and served on the Board of Directors. His work brought him around the globe and gave him a lifetime of stories and experiences.

Above all, Frank was devoted to his family. He raised his son, Francis Osgood “Ossie” Yans, and later served as guardian to his two cherished granddaughters, Casey-Lynne (now Mrs. Justin Wilford) and Molly-Marie (now Mrs. William Bennett). He delighted in sharing with them his love of adventure—whether skiing, mountain climbing, fly fishing, or exploring the White Mountains, his favorite place.

Frank was passionate about photography, capturing moments of natural beauty and family joy. He loved the thrill of skiing, including helicopter skiing in Utah, and had a fondness for fast cars, especially his MG and TR3 convertibles. A man of many talents, he also briefly flew planes and was a skilled fly fisherman, tying his own flies and traveling to Alaska and Maine for fishing and canoeing trips. Frank also invented and patented “Slip Safe,” an innovation that improved ski binding safety.

Frank squeezed the most he possibly could out of life and left a lasting impact on everyone he crossed paths with.

Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday, July 8, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Concord Funeral Home, Concord, MA. A burial service will take place at a later date in New Hampshire.

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06/26/2025

IN OUR CARE
Paul Albert Hennrikus was born March 29, 1937, the fourth and youngest son of Agnes (Holmes) and George Hennrikus. As with many people born in the late 1930’s, the war years shaped him in ways he may not have understood as a child. His mother was part of the ladies auxiliary, and his father served in the Army. His oldest brother, George, served in the Air Force.

When he was nine, his father was stationed in Germany, and so he spent four years living in different parts of that country and traveling throughout Europe with his parents. Though a wonderful experience in many ways, it made making and keeping friends difficult. When he returned to the states, the family moved to Newton, MA, where he met his best friend, Bill Price. They remained friends for the rest of his life.

He went to Boston University to study business. The first week of his sophomore year his life changed forever, since it was at a freshman/sophomore social at Lars Andersen Park that he met a freshman named Cynthia (Cindy) Stockbridge. He already had a date that night but asked her out the next day, and the rest is history. Or at least family lore. There was some resistance to their union because he was Catholic and she was Methodist, but they forged ahead. They saw West Side Story in Boston, and decided that their song was “Somewhere”.

They were married in May 1961 in a small ceremony. Her father wasn’t going to walk her down the aisle of a Catholic church until a week before the wedding, when one of his sisters-in-law told him he’d lose a daughter if he didn’t. Not only did he keep his daughter, but he gained a son and they became very close.

Paul worked in various aspects of publishing for his entire career, but his legacy is not his work. Instead, he leaves a legacy of laughter, conversations, strong emotions, and love.

He loved, respected, and liked his wife. The model of that love and friendship was one of the great legacies he leaves his daughters Julie Hennrikus, Kristen Hennrikus Spence, and Caroline Hennrikus Lentz. He loved his daughters unconditionally, and told them so often, which built a strong foundation in their lives.

This isn’t to say he was a placid man who drifted through life. He was strong willed and had a temper. He loved music, and played classical music every night at dinner time. Beethoven was his favorite, and he could tell you which conductor of which symphony he preferred. Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Jacques Brel, Judy Collins, Scott Joplin, John Phiilip Sousa (his Sunday morning alarm clock for his daughters), Karen Akers--his musical taste was varied. He also loved musicals. Those who heard him talk about Billy’s “Soliloquy” in Carousel knew he could never talk about that song without breaking down.

When the family moved to Annapolis in 1976, he bought a 27 foot sailboat, the Ode to Joy. He spent many, many happy hours sailing the Chesapeake Bay, with Cindy at his side. They explored the world together, travel being one of his passions. He became an avid woodworker, and was particularly enamoured with Shaker designs, creating a workshop that gave him hours of pleasure.

The furniture he made will be another legacy he leaves his children, beloved grandchildren Chase Lentz, Mallory Lentz, Tori Spence, Becca Spence, and Harrison Lentz, and sons-in-law Glenn Lentz and Bryan Spence. They are also left with a lifetime of memories including visits to Cape Cod where Paul and Cindy lived part of the year, Christmases in Annapolis, arguments about empty ice trays, long conversations, family dinners with lots of wine, walks that could turn into marches, and love. So much love.

Along with Cindy, he created a house that was a home, a safe haven filled with love for his family and their friends. And that is, perhaps, the greatest legacy a man could have. He will be remembered well, celebrated often, and toasted every time the family is together.

When he decided that his boat was too much to handle, he donated it to Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating, an organization that provides the therapeutic benefits of sailing to people with disabilities, recovering warriors, and youth from underserved communities. Donations can be made at https://crabsailing.org/.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

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06/15/2025

Happy Father’s Day!

06/14/2025

IN OUR CARE
On Tuesday, June 10, 2025, Judith K. Sprott, aged 86, passed away at Carleton-Willard Village in Bedford, Massachusetts. Judith will be forever remembered by her son, Tom, and his wife Mei, her cousins Richard, Kathy, and Kevin, and her dear friends.

Born in Berkeley, California, Judith and her two brothers had several homes as their father was posted to military facilities around the United States and in East Dereham, England, where she attended high school.

Judith attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, where she met and married George Sprott, with whom she shared 57 wonderful years. She and George lived for more than forty of those years on White Pond in Concord, Massachusetts, redesigning, reconstructing, and improving their home in a labor of love. Judith was also passionate about White Pond itself, serving on the White Pond Advisory Committee and conducting regular water quality monitoring for decades. She was very knowledgeable about science and volunteered for many years at Boston’s Museum of Science, where she interpreted exhibits and scientific topics for museum visitors.

Judith held office manager positions for a Belmont psychiatric practice and an industrial firm in Maynard. She was active in Concord town government, serving on several committees, including the Public Works Commission and as acting assistant town manager and acting town planner.

Judith loved gardening and artistic landscaping around her home on the Pond, taking special pleasure in traditionally building dry rock walls. She studied Asian brush painting, and she and George made several trips to Japan, a country they both found fascinating. She was a music lover, a pianist, and, with George, frequently enjoyed the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Family and friends will gather to honor and remember Judith at her memorial service on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at the Concord Funeral Home, 74 Belknap St., Concord, MA.

Memorial donations in Judith’s memory will be gratefully accepted by the:
Parkinson’s Foundation
P.O. Box 6003
Albert Lea, MN 56007-9902.

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06/10/2025

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Peter Isaac Amstutz, age 44 a resident of Concord, passed away on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington. He was the husband of Tara M. (Spellacy) Amstutz.

Peter was born in Oakland, CA on July 29, 1980, the son of Galen and Mary (Kasper) Amstutz of Maynard.

Peter graduated from Acton-Boxborough high school and later attended UMass Amherst earning a Bachelor of Science Degree and master’s degree in computer science.

Tara and Peter married on September 12, 2009, and soon settled in the Boston area where they began their loving family. Peter had a passion for software engineer. He worked as the Chief Technical Officer and Founder of Curii Corporation, a biodata company.

During his spare time, he enjoyed outdoor adventures with his family, video games, flying kites at the beach and a spirited discussion of any topic.

Along with his wife and parents he is also survived by his children Amelia and Patrick, his brother Daniel, sister-in-law Elizabeth and nephew Ryder.

Family and friends will gather to honor and remember Peter on Friday, June 13, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at the Concord Funeral Home, 74 Belknap Street, Concord, MA. Visitation and burial will be private.

Donations in his memory may be made to:
Electronic Frontier Foundation
815 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
415-436-3999
www.eff.org

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