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Worcester State Hospital
Hillside Cemetery

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

Page updated on June 27, 2006
The last time stones have been added in Hillside East was before June 2004

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Hillside Cemetery is located on Lake Street in Shrewsbury. It was once the site of a 120 acre Hillside Farm operated by Worcester State Hospital for the mentally ill. Patients who died at the hospital ended up being buried at Hillside. There are two sections with a total of more than 1,900 graves, each marked only by a concrete brick into which was inscribed a number. People from the Department of Mental Retardation's Glavin Regional Center are now replacing these bricks with flat granite stones that has the names and dates of the deceased.
This restoration work is for "Remembering with Dignity", to properly memorialialize the many who were foresaken in life. We will not forget them in death.
Hillside Cemetery West (the older section) was completed and rededicated in 1999,
while Hillside Cemetery East is only about 12% complete.



Some good sites related to Hillside.
The Danvers State Memorial Committee's article on Hillside Cemetery.
Worcester State Hospital (click here) Lots of pictures.
Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation (click here)
News article found in the Telegram & Gazette newspaper
by columnist James Dempsey (click here)


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with over 9,835 tombstone inscriptions transcribed.

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  Hillside Cemetery West  
SURNAME GIVENAME Birth Death Age SURNAME GIVENAME Birth Death Age
AHEARN Hannah 1850 1923 73 KIDDER Harriet E. 1881 1923 42
ANDERSON Charles 1873 1923 50 KINGSBURY Frank M. 1848 1921 73
ANDREWS Hattie L. 1856 1924 68 KLINE Victoria 1868 1923 55
ANTICO Sophia 1898 1922 24 KOUN John 1871 1921 50
ASHWOLD Otto 1885 1922 37 LAFLEUR Mary 1857 1924 67
AVERY Philip 1875 1923 48 LARODA Andrea 1887 1918 31
BALDWIN Walter 1855 1924 69 LASCAS Onesime 1872 1922 50
BARNES Sarah 1853 1922 69 LASKARIS Mary 1888 1919 31
BARTONLIN George E. 1851 1921 70 LEMAIRE Henry 1855 1922 67
BELDIS Peter R. 1881 1921 40 LENDGEVICH Mathew 1877 1919 42
BELLROSE John 1858 1919 61 LUPO Nicolo 1878 1923 45
BENSON Addison 1840 1919 79 LUTHER Annie 1850 1921 71
BERARD Celestes 1856 1921 65 MACDONALD Annie 1860 1923 63
BERTRAND Mary 1877 1919 42 MARTIN Louise M. 1854 1920 66
BLAIN Joseph C. 1875 1922 47 MARTIN Teresa J. 1861 1922 61
BLANTEAU Octave 1848 1922 74 MASON William H. 1878 1919 41
BONNETT John B. 1849 1923 74 MASSE Gideon 1896 1923 27
BOULEY Zephrin 1858 1924 66 MAXWELL James 1892 1921 29
BOWEN James J. 1874 1922 48 MAY Walter 1876 1918 42
BOWES Mary 1858 1921 63 MCAPHEE Jennie 1824 1921 97
BOWKER Nellie 1851 1919 68 MCBRIDE Michael F. 1869 1921 52
BRIGGS William A. 1854 1923 69 MCCOURT Catherine 1855 1920 65
BROOKS Hellen 1860 1919 59 MCCURK Mary 1855 1922 67
BROWN Thomas H. 1847 1920 73 MCCUSKER Sarah 1865 1922 57
BROWN Mildred 1885 1920 35 MCDERMOTT Bernard 1858 1919 61
BROWN Frances 1858 1923 65 MCDONALD Charles C. 1861 1920 59
BURNHALL Julia 1866 1921 55 MCGEE Arthur 1853 1918 65
BURNS Charles A. 1861 1921 60 MCGRATH James A. 1850 1921 71
BUSELLI Aristodemus 1880 1918 38 MCKEE Harry F. 1870 1919 49
BUTLER John W. 1848 1921 73 MCKENNA Philip 1872 1922 50
CAMPBELL Thomas 1862 1918 56 MCKNIGHT Shauman 1870 1921 51
CARR Michael 1849 1919 70 MCLAUGHEIN Margaret 1836 1920 84
CARROLL Henry 1865 1923 58 MERCIER Laura 1878 1921 43
CHARBONEAU David 1863 1919 56 MILLER Mary 1850 1920 70
CHARLAND Louis 1861 1919 58 MORRO Greceigio 1870 1920 50
CHIMA Carmine 1880 1920 40 MURPHY Catherine 1892 1922 30
CLOUGH Dora F. 1856 1919 63 MURPHY Margaret 1868 1924 56
COME Henry 1841 1923 82 MYERS Percy J. 1881 1924 43
CONNOLLY Johanna 1869 1919 50 NARDI Liza 1899 1921 22
CONNOR Patrick J. 1869 1922 53 OMAN Susan G. 1842 1921 79
COOK Grace 1877 1921 44 ONEIL John 1860 1920 60
CORBETT Hannah 1848 1923 75 ONEIL Mary F. 1863 1921 58
CORNELL John 1859 1919 60 ONEIL Johanna 1855 1922 67
CORREA Margarida C. 1882 1922 40 OSTER Sanna 1871 1922 51
COYNE Patrick J. 1861 1924 63 OZANA Rosalia 1872 1921 49
CRANE William J. 1855 1923 68 PALADINO Rosa 1865 1924 59
CROSBY Mary 1843 1920 77 PANARY Stephen 1889 1922 33
CUNNIFF Joseph 1867 1919 52 PARINO Carmela 1856 1919 63
CUNNINGHAM David 1856 1921 65 PELLER Susan 1840 1923 83
DAUNT Emily 1855 1919 64 PETERSON Adam 1860 1919 59
DAVIS Andrew D. 1872 1920 48 PETTERSON Elda 1878 1924 46
DONAHUE Catherine J. 1877 1921 44 PHINNEY Henry 1852 1922 70
DONNELLY Michael J. 1884 1918 34 POWER Mary L. 1850 1922 72
DOUCAN William 1849 1921 72 POWERS Leslie 1860 1923 63
DRISCOLL John 1870 1918 48 PUFFER Nellie 1847 1922 75
DRISCOLL John 1840 1924 84 PULVER John S. 1861 1919 58
DUBOIS Emilie 1847 1920 73 PYTLIK Stanley 1896 1922 26
DUFRESNE Oliver 1878 1919 41 QUINN Sarah 1843 1923 80
EDWARDS Wilbert 1864 1923 59 REARDON Daniel 1875 1923 48
ELLIOTT John A. 1839 1919 80 REIGNIER Aurelia 1838 1922 84
EMERSON Lottie 1872 1923 51 RICHARDS Herbert J. 1882 1923 41
FARLEY John 1855 1919 64 ROACH Mary B. 1846 1920 74
FAUSTINIO Manuel 1873 1920 47 RUHYK Michael 1891 1918 27
FLINT Emma 1855 1921 66 SCANLON Ellen 1848 1920 72
FLYNN Sarah 1849 1921 72 SCLAFINO Accusia 1887 1919 32
FORSYTHE Samuel A. 1849 1919 70 SEARS Ella 1865 1923 58
GARDNER Frederick 1867 1920 53 SHEPARD Mary 1882 1923 41
GENOVA Dominick 1874 1921 47 SHORT Mina 1867 1923 56
GIACOMUZZI Giovanni 1857 1919 62 SKASYNSKI Wincenty 1872 1919 47
GIBSON Augusta M. 1850 1921 71 SPELLESSEY Catherine 1858 1920 62
GREEN Rubin 1873 1921 48 SPENCER Harry 1883 1919 36
GRISWOLD Herman A. 1850 1923 73 SPINARD Vitaline 1872 1923 51
GULLY Bridget 1847 1919 72 STEVENS Frank S. 1843 1924 81
HAGGERTY Charles 1850 1923 73 STEWART Charles 1864 1923 59
HALL Henry R. 1905 1924 19 STUART Elizabeth 1868 1918 50
HAMLIN Michael 1845 1922 77 SULLIVAN Lawrence 1847 1922 75
HARRIS Cyrus S. 1848 1923 75 SULLIVAN Matthew 1850 1923 73
HARRISON John F. 1861 1923 62 SULLIVAN John 1861 1923 62
HAYMAN Raymond 1888 1922 34 SWEENEY Mary A. 1880 1921 41
HIDER Mary 1832 1922 90 THOMAS Ralph 1861 1923 62
HIGGINS Catherine 1842 1921 79 THORNDIKE Frances 1840 1919 79
HIGH Susan 1853 1922 69 TIEMESMANN Fritz 1881 1922 41
HINCKLEY Storey M. 1852 1919 67 TOWNSEND Harry S. 1866 1918 52
HIRSCHFIELD Gustayus A. 1849 1919 70 TROMBAGLIA Thomas 1849 1923 74
HOGAN William 1858 1918 60 TRUDEAU Oliver 1866 1923 57
HONKONEN Juka 1842 1923 81 TURNER Percey G. 1869 1919 50
HOWE Edward F. 1856 1920 64 TWISS Charles 1835 1920 85
INGRAHAM Ella 1854 1921 67 TYNAN Thomas 1861 1921 60
JACKSON Mary 1882 1923 41 VANCELLOTTE George 1850 1922 72
JOHNSTON Annie 1877 1923 46 WARNET Celia 1882 1922 40
JULIAN Joseph E. 1865 1921 56 WATKINS Minnie L. 1895 1923 28
JULLIVAN Johanna 1842 1922 80 WELCH Peter C. 1866 1921 55
KARSBERG Peter 1865 1918 53 WELD Martha J. 1851 1921 70
KEHOE Ellen 1848 1921 73 WHITE Richard H. 1848 1922 74
KENNEDY John 1850 1922 72 WILLIAMS Hattie 1888 1921 33
KENNEY William H. 1852 1924 72 WINKOWSKI Agnes 1880 1924 44
KERITCHU Krist 1871 1919 48 WYWIORSKA Marianna 1879 1923 44
                   

Hillside Cemetery East
SURNAME GIVENAME Birth-Death
ADAMS Evelyn 1875 - 1957
ALLEN MarIon E. 1853 - 1924
AXBERG AlIna 1877 - 1926
BABB William 1855 - 1925
BABROVITCH Alexander 1892 - 1925
BAGDOSIAN NassIo 1895 - 1949
BAKER WIllIam 1888 - 1950
BAlDRIDGE Florence A. 1884 - 1956
BANDOLI Aldo 1872 - 1947
BARD Florence 1884 - 1954
BARlOW George F. 1889 - 1956
BARNES Mary OlIve 1893 - 1948
BARROWS Ada 1892 - 1957
BARTON Clara 1881 - 1960
BATEMAN May 1910 - 1947
BERGER ErnestIne 1904 - 1958
BERGLAND Emanuel 1881 - 1960
BERRY Esther A. 1903 - 1946
BJORNBOM August 1879 - 1957
BLOOM Carl A. 1881 - 1951
BOARDMAN May SmIth 1865 - 1953
BOND Margaret 1879 - 1950
BONIN Lucy 1876 - 1957
BOYCE George 1876 - 1946
BRIGHAM Frances A. 1850 - 1926
BROWN Robert 1898 - 1962
BUMPERS Ella F. 1872 - 1947
BURGESS Peter 1871 - 1945
BURTON Flora E. 1873 - 1955
BUTTlER George P. 1882 - 1955
CARLSON Ida M. 1878 - 1963
CARLSON WIllIam 1884 - 1945
CAROUCHER Theolozos 1901 - 1924
CARTER Rose F. 1884 - 1959
CHAPIN Frances 1920 - 1959
CHRYSOSTOMOS JosephIne 1886 - 1964
CLAPP Harry C. 1871 - 1961
CLARK HattIe A. 1862 - 1948
COLE Anna 1876 - 1925
COLLINS Benjamin 1869 - 1948
COllINS JulIa T. 1862 - 1924
COMERFORD Edward 1869 - 1949
CONRAD Rosena 1869 - 1955
CONTANCHE Moses 1884 - 1954
COPP Lucy 1922 - 1963
COUTONKIS James G. 1895 - 1935
CURTIS JustIn M. 1878 - 1955
DABROW Infant boy 1949 - 1949
DAIGLE Frank 1889 - 1960
DAMON Grover C. 1888 - 1958
DANIELSON WIllIam F. 1877 - 1964
DAUBIlAS Anthony 1889 - 1933
DAVIS Clara P. 1891 - 1955
DEANS Herbert C. 1865 - 1954
DECHAMPlAIN Samuel 1854 - 1931
DENNETT George B. 1855 - 1925
DeTULLIO Juliette 1876 - 1925
DEUREll Albert E. 1905 - 1955
DeYOUNG Della 1861 - 1925
DICENZO Infant boy 1961 - 1961
DICKINSON Hiram F. 1851 - 1928
DINSMORE MInnIe 1892 - 1960
DREW Harry H. 1882 - 1946
DRISCOll DanIel F. 1859 - 1928
DRUMM George 1883 - 1959
DRUTIS Andrew W. 1892 - 1950
DUBE Celina 1851 - 1924
DUCHENEAU Anna 1867 - 1955
EAD Purcell 1889 - 1956
ECKSTROM Edward 1883 - 1963
ERICKSON Arlene 1883 - 1962
FARNSWORTH Herbert G. 1896 - 1948
FARRAR Elen M. 1844 - 1924
FENNON John 1864 - 1949
FISCHER Margaret M. 1871 - 1946
FlAGG Elizabeth G. 1887 - 1956
FORD Mildred 1891 - 1966
FORTUNAS John 1882 - 1959
FOSHAY WIllIam F. 1881 - 1952
FOSTER John 1887 - 1949
FRANTON Tekla 1873 - 1946
FRAZER Eva M. 1886 - 1961
GAFVERT Axel 1882 - 1962
GARFINKLE Infant boy 1952 - 1952
GlEDHIll Joseph W. 1884 - 1959
GOODFEllOW Samuel P. 1875 - 1957
GORDON WIllIam F. 1872 - 1924
GOSBEE Lee 1889 - 1958
GRANGER Henry 1878 - 1962
GREENBLATT Jacob 1911 - 1948
GREENE LizzIe E. 1859 - 1949
GRENIER Florence 1893 - 1962
GRIMSHAW Thomas 1873 - 1963
GROSS Hillary 1860 - 1925
GRUEING Rosita 1966 - 1966
GUNN Grace C. 1863 - 1952
GUTZ Emily 1896 - 1925
HAIJU WIllIam J. 1881 - 1950
HANKEY Charles B. 1872 - 1955
HANNANT DanIel H. 1861 - 1947
HARDING Infant boy 1962 - 1962
HARTMAN Albert 1877 - 1950
HATCH LouIse W. 1883 - 1949
HATFIElD Hattie 1885 - 1924
HAWKES Mary 1854 - 1949
HENRICKSON Oscar 1871 - 1953
HERMAN George 1873 - 1961
HERNDON Albert 1870 - 1946
HEUGHINS Wesley 1903 - 1961
HIGGINS Isabelle 1875 - 1959
HOGAN John 1857 - 1938
HOLMES Charles E. 1863 - 1948
HONK Harry A. 1884 - 1950
HOPE WIllIam W. 1860 - 1948
HOPKINS Lalla C. 1870 - 1947
HOWARD NaomI 1923 - 1962
HUGHES WilIiam H. 1882 - 1959
HUNTER Christine 1885 - 1952
HUNTER WIllIam P. 1885 - 1950
HUTCHINSON Charles 1883 - 1960
HUTCHINSON Georgianna 1875 - 1952
HYDE AllIe 1881 - 1951
INNIS John 1886 - 1957
JACKSON Bernella 1895 - 1960
JAMES John H. 1892 - 1931
JASON Matthew 1904 - 1952
JAVARAS John N. 1885 - 1957
JOHNSON Ellen E. 1877 - 1951
JOHNSON Grace 1958 - 1958
JOHNSON John 1901 - 1958
JONES Alice L. 1865 - 1925
JONES Rodman 1885 - 1954
JOSEPHSON Gertrude 1888 - 1959
KACHADOORIAN MartIn 1885 - 1959
KAllIGIK Michael 1872 - 1924
KAlMUCHUK HeiIa 1882 - 1924
KAPlAN Leon 1880 - 1924
KATZ DavId 1878 - 1948
KESKINAN Anna 1883 - 1954
SURNAME GIVENAME Birth-Death
KIASKI Sylvestre 1872 - 1945
KING CordelIa G. 1886 - 1950
KIRKO Cosmo 1879 - 1965
KNISKERN WIllIam J. 1890 - 1951
KONTOS NIcholas 1890 - 1962
KOSKI Kalle 1881 - 1946
LAMBURN JosephIne 1884 - 1965
LANE ElsIe M. 1901 - 1947
LAWLOR Adolphus 1873 - 1950
LEONARD Ada 1890 - 1962
LEONARD Mary E. 1893 - 1950
LESTER JennIe 1872 - 1948
LINDLEY Elvira W. 1874 - 1959
LOFGREN WIllIam 1890 - 1964
LOVEJOY EmIly J. 1878 - 1946
LOWE George W. Jr. 1925 - 1947
LOWRY Albert J. 1866 - 1946
LYMAN George G. 1870 - 1951
LYTENNEN LaurIe 1883 - 1957
MADDOX Frank 1895 - 1950
MADHE ChrIsty 1900 - 1950
MAHER Effie 1900 - 1959
MAKAlI John F. 1892 - 1924
MALLET Theresa 1871 - 1951
MANN Stella G. 1868 - 1945
MARTIN Celina 1854 - 1938
MARTIN Infant gIrl 1949 - 1949
MARTINSON DelIa 1867 - 1946
MAWHINNEY John 1882 - 1953
McCARTHY Timothy 1857 - 1936
McCOllUM William 1877 - 1953
MCGARGILE George 1875 - 1947
McGRAW Robert 1856 - 1926
MCQUILLAN Mabel 1872 - 1959
MERRIAM Anna Laurel 1890 - 1963
MERRILL Ernest 1901- 1960
MILDE Leander 1880 - 1960
MIlDRAM Bertha E. 1898 - 1955
MILLER Charles 1906 - 1963
MINUCCI Sante 1884 - 1924
MOORE Charles H. 1873 - 1945
MORGAN Infant boy 1951 - 1951
MOROGINIS MIchael 1893 - 1961
MORRIS Amozell 1867 - 1952
MORRISAY MInnIe L. 1876 - 1953
MORTON AddIe 1859 - 1949
MUHLIG Jean 1869 - 1953
MUSGROVE Roy 1882 - 1951
NAALSUND Iver T. 1876 - 1952
NElSON Hanna 1877 - 1953
NELSON PrIscIlla 1883 - 1964
NELSON Roland 1912 - 1960
NIEMI FaIno 1888 - 1946
NORRIS James 1877 - 1952
O'CONNOR Dennis 1864 - 1925
O'CONNOR Ellen B. 1846 - 1924
OlIVER Ida K. 1892 - 1956
OLSON Esther 1891 - 1950
OROCO EmIly 1889 - 1949
PANKALA Lylle 1918 - 1989
PARKER Arthur J. 1872 - 1955
PARKER Herbert A. 1894 - 1954
PARKS Samuel M. 1860 - 1924
PAUL Leroy 1900 - 1960
PEASE Lula Belle 1883 - 1960
PERKINS Marion 1886 - 1959
PETERSON AlIce 1880 - 1960
PHIlIPPBAY Wallace 1885 - 1957
PHILPOTT Ida M. 1864 - 1948
PICKERING Harriet 1858 - 1957
PORTER Rose M. 1885 - 1951
RANDALL Lena M. 1872 - 1950
RAY David 1857 - 1925
RHODES Ira 1886 - 1949
RICHARDS JennIe L. 1873 - 1949
RICHARDSON George H. 1876 - 1947
ROBINSON George 1897 - 1951
ROHWEDER Emil 1881 - 1957
ROSE Adolphus 1876 - 1953
ROSS ElIzabeth 1871 - 1947
ROTH Ella A. 1859 - 1933
RUGSTAD Harry 1883 - 1949
SARGENT Deborah 1863 - 1955
SARGENT Dora 1876 - 1955
SAUNDERS Charles 1892 - 1947
SAVUlIS AnnIe 1896 - 1958
SAWICKI Jan 1886 - 1959
SCHURIAN Gunhild 1897 - 1946
SCOTT Infant boy 1966 - 1966
SEARLE Harry 1897 - 1952
SEVERANCE AlIce 1875 - 1945
SEYMOUR franK 1870 - 1950
SHAEFFER Stacey 1878 - 1954
SHEPPARD John 1883 - 1954
SIMONIAN Donabed 1892 - 1949
SIMPSON Edward H. 1868 - 1947
SLADER Claude 1870 - 1959
SMIGOl Jacob 1865 - 1925
SNEll Newell W. 1920 - 1958
STAGG Mary L. 1843 - 1925
STARR Mabel 1867 - 1947
STAVERS Anne 1906 - 1949
STEARNS James B. 1878 - 1948
STOCKWEll Charles 1880 - 1958
STORBAS Tilda 1883 - 1962
STRATTON BessIe 1881 - 1954
TAFF Lottie E. 1880 - 1966
TAGLIS George K. 1887 - 1949
TAYlOR William 1885 - 1956
THURSTONSON Mary 1921 - 1960
TOBIN Margaret 1849 - 1924
TOWNSEND Joseph M. 1878 - 1952
TRUESDAlE Evangeline 1867 - 1924
TYLER Joseph G. 1870 - 1946
UDDSTROM WIlhelmIna L. 1870 - 1947
URBAN Michalina 1880 - 1925
VISA Leo 1888 - 1959
VOGE Charles 1882 - 1957
WAHLSTROM Emma 1876 - 1951
WALSH HarrIet M. 1894 - 1949
WARD Charles E. 1880 - 1924
WARNER Frank 1873 - 1946
WARREN Andrew C. 1874 - 1964
WASHBURN Charles E. 1897 - 1978
WASHBURN Josie 1886 - 1924
WELCH KatherIne 1881 - 1960
WENZEl August 1877 - 1956
WHITNEY John M. 1871 - 1945
WILKINSON James 1897 - 1959
WIllIAMS Jacob 1840 - 1925
WILLIAMS Percy 1881 - 1949
WILSON ElIas E. 1872 - 1953
WINGE Arthur 1902 - 1965
WISON Samuel L. 1880 - 1965
WISTI Henry 1890 - 1924
WOODWARD Edward D. 1849 - 1925
WURZCSKI Sarah G. 1914 - 1960
ZATKUS MIchael 1882 - 1954
ZAWACKI Steve Besak 1887 - 1965





















































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