Joey Alves, founding rhythm guitarist with veteran hard-rock group Y&T, died Sunday after a struggle with ulcerative colitis and other complications. He was 63. Y&T frontman Dave Meniketti, who established the group in the early ’70s with Alves, bassist Phil Kennemore, and drummer Leonard Haze, paid tribute to his late bandmate as “a rhythm guitar monster and fun guy.”

May Ann Sykes, 89, of E. Freetown passed away January 20, 2017 at the Tremont Skilled Care Center. She was the widow of Everett Sykes, with whom she shared 57 years of marriage.  Mrs. Sykes was born in New Bedford, daughter of the late Charles P. and Helen M. Thatcher, and resided in E. Freetown most of her life.

… memory of her late husband. Debora said goodbye to Hank Taylor suddenly in 2015. She had been dealing with her own health scare after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011. Four years into her battle, Hank began to complain of near-constant …

… communications director. “An absolute legend in the field of patient advocacy,” Mark Boutin, CEO of the National Health Council, said in a statement. In 1989, Walsh was a member of a small group of people – less than 5,000 at the time – who had been …

Howard Hodgkin, the British painter whose bold, colorful semi-abstract visions earned him the Turner Prize, his country’s highest honor for an artist, died Thursday, the Tate Galleries said. He was 84. Hodgkin’s work presented a puzzle to the art world.

A WIRRAL student started a campaign to raise cash to fulfill the last wish of his friend who died after being diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma. Alex Craig from West Kirby started ‘Raise A Glass For Adam’ to raise cash for blood cancer research by encouraging people to drink one less pint in memory of school friend Adam Clift.

“I kid that I bleed purple,” says C.J. Franklin of Morrisville, who will be donning a purple shirt June 10 at Fauquier High School for her seventh Relay for Life.

For years, Kim Snyder has been sending thousands of handmade memorials of her father, Robert Snyder, to military bases throughout the country. Robert Snyder grew up in Burlington before his career in the U.S. Navy.

Dr Thomas Starzl, who pioneered liver transplant surgery in the 1960s and was a leading researcher into anti-rejection drugs, has died. He was 90. The University of Pittsburgh, speaking on behalf of Starzl’s family, said the renowned doctor died Saturday at his home in Pittsburgh.

Dr. Thomas Starzl, the pioneer of liver transplantation and the driving force behind the world’s first baboon-to-human liver transplants and research on anti-rejection drugs, has died. He was 90. The University of Pittsburgh, speaking on behalf of Starzl’s family, says the renowned doctor “died peacefully” Saturday at his home in Pittsburgh.

… them up to check. It saves people having to go to Oxford.” In January this year Mill Stream became the third ever health and care body in Oxfordshire to receive an ‘outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission. Mr Stone, 52, said: “We have …

Betty I. Cartwright, 88, of Alliance, passed away at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at Community Care. She loved playing cards with her good friend, Irene, going to Mountaineer and spending time on the front porch with the neighbors.

Cornielus “Cornie” Junior Spoelstra, 87, of Oskaloosa, died Monday, February 27, 2017, at Northern Mahaska Specialty Care in Oskaloosa. He was born Wednesday, September 4, 1929, in Peoria, Iowa, the oldest son of Henry and Jacoba “Cobie” Van Hal Spoelstra.

To mark the opening of the exhibit In Touch: The Expressive Magic of Judith James, her husband will present a lecture beginning at 1 p.m. at the UMass Dartmouth College of Performing and Visual Arts . Following the lecture, attendees will take a short walk to the New Bedford Art Museum/Artworks! To a reception marking the opening of the exhibit.

Mary Louise Ney Degenhardt, 60, died Feb. 25, 2017, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington.

Lucille Horn stands on the boardwalk outside her home in Long Beach, N.Y., on July 22, 2015, Horn who weighed less than two pounds at birth, and wasn’t expected to survive, lived nearly a century after her parents put their faith in a sideshow doctor at Coney Island who put babies on display in incubators to fund his research to keep them alive. She died in New York at age 96 on Feb. 11, 2017.

A 96-year-old woman, whose life was saved as in infant in 1920 when she was placed in a Coney Island sideshow incubator, has died. Lucille Conlin Horn, who lived in Long Beach, New York, died Feb. 11, according to the Hungerford & Clark Funeral Home.

Despite the wind and rain storms, many women and men convened at the three-day Third International Women’s Convocation , held at Asilomar Conference Center last weekend by a branch of the Unitarian Universalist Association . Speakers and luminaries included Dr. Cecilia Conrad , managing director of the MacArthur Fellows Program, and Rev.

… vaccines for all forms of meningitis, it is crucial that parents and carers take responsibility for their children’s health and make sure they know the signs and symptoms of meningitis. “It is also important that they trust their instincts if they …

Paul Steven Wells, 67, of Vienna, died on January 22, 2017, at The Arbors in Marietta, Ohio, following an extended illness related to the complications of diabetes. He was born June 5, 1949, the son of the late Paul William Wells and Virginia Cline Wells.

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson joked about her death with a close friend just weeks before she passed away at the age of 45. Emily Maddick, assistant editor of Grazia magazine, revealed the pair had enjoyed a phone call, in which they discussed finding men in a cemetery, with the socialite sending her a text message shortly afterwards. Writing in this week’s magazine, she said: ‘After the call she sent her final text to me: “Hey Crystals [Tara’s nickname for Emily], if I do suddenly goa u make sure you keep hanging out in graveyardsa otherwise I will come back and spook u!! Joke!! I have a long life and I fully believe it.”

Mary Lee South died “peacefully in her sleep” last week at the age of 80, and was remembered at a memorial service at her local Church of Scientology over the weekend, PEOPLE reports. Tom, 54, and his sisters Lee Ann DeVette, 57, Cass Mapother, 55, and Marian Henry, 52, all attended the ceremony, along with a number of close friends and family members.

Bernita Ann Knudsen, 83, of Toledo and formerly of Canyon Country, CA, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease at Premier Estates of Toledo. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Christ United Methodist Church in Toledo with Pastor Brian Oliver officiating.

… was really nothing that he couldn’t repair and get back to working order. He enjoyed hunting and fishing until his health prevented him from doing so. He loved being a fan of the Milwaukee Brewers and Green Bay Packers. But his greatest love was his …

Sadie Blackston was diagnosed with the disease in January 2016 and initially underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment but was later told the cancer had spread and was no longer treatable. The 25-year-old died on Tuesday at her mum’s Meopham home, where she grew up, surrounded by family and friends.

She is survived by daughters, Debra A. Pechacek of Cypress, Texas and Vicki L. Voyles of Martinsville; five grandchildren; and one great-grandson. Funeral services will be at noon on Saturday at Forest Lawn Funeral Home, 1977 S. State Road 135, Greenwood, where friends may call after 10 a.m. Entombment will be at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood.

Eve Walker had no idea just how vulnerable to heart disease she was-until she looked deeper in her family history. Back in 2001, when I was just 28, I thought of myself as being in good health.

Ms. Joan Marie Pingel, also known as Joanie, 72, of Webster City, IA passed away on February 3, 2017, at Southfield Wellness Community. Joan was born to the late Le Roy and Naomi Gunderson on November 1, 1944, in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

Monsignor Richard J. Skelly, 89, of Aston, a high school teacher and later a pastor emeritus in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, died in his sleep Thursday, Jan. 26, of a myocardial infarction at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Rectory, Aston. Msgr.

… hospital in Connecticut to say goodbye to Moore, who had been on a respirator for a week. Moore had long battled health issues. She was diagnosed with Type I diabetes when she was 33, and underwent surgery in 2011 to remove a meningioma, a benign …

She was an over-the-road truck driver for Vermillion Brothers in Keokuk and for Leeser TX Inc. in Palmyra, Mo. She was known as a caring person, always available to help a family member.

Paula Louise Pete, age 75, of Janesville, WI, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at her home. She was a lung cancer survivor who credited natural treatments for her remission.

Roberta Peters, 86, who debuted at the Metropolitan Opera at age 20 on five hours’ notice and became a reigning soprano of her era, delighting audiences for decades with performances on stage, in commercials and on The Ed Sullivan Show , died Wednesday at an assisted-living facility in Rye, N.Y. The cause was Parkinson’s disease, said her son Paul Fields. Ms. Peters’ maiden entrance at the Met could scarcely have been more dramatic, even if it had been scripted by a librettist.

… Place at Elkins, with her family at her side and under the care of Mountain Hospice. She had been in declining health and death was attributed to Alzheimer’s disease. She was born Monday, May 7, 1923, at Elkins, a daughter of the late Ralph Leon and …

… in Woodruff. Friday, January 27, 2017 Mary M. Woodruff, 73, Weston, died peacefully Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 at Rennes Health and Rehab, following a seven year battle with cancer. Friday, January 27, 2017 Imelda M. Duesing, age 90, of Lac du Flambeau, …

Mrs. Carmack was born in LaVergne, TN to the late Lonnie Gilbert and Florence Walkup Harrell. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, John Douglas Carmack, and a step-brother, Truman E. Brown.

… floor, in the operating room, in the clinic as a primary nurse. She also worked in an Urgent Care setting, Home Health and finally settled again into the clinic at St. Croix Regional Medical Center as a triage nurse. Vicki’s family and friends were …

He died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, at Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne as the result of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was born July 6, 1956, in Tracy, to Madalyn and Thomas Lasnetske.