Obituary notices, week of September 28, 2026 through October 4, 2026

GARDNER — This week's column carries notice of one Gardner-resident obituary, posted by Boucher Funeral Home, Inc.

Arlene F. (Shumski) Ricard, 83, of Gardner, died Thursday, October 1, 2026, at Heywood Hospital in Gardner, after an illness. She was born in Gardner on July 10, 1943, daughter of the late William and Cora (Perreault) Shumski, and graduated from Gardner High School. Services information was not included in the portion of the obituary available to this column; see the full obituary for arrangement details. Full obituary at Legacy.com (Boucher Funeral Home, Inc.): https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/arlene-ricard-obituary?id=62674084.

Notices compiled from Legacy.com, Boucher Funeral Home, Inc., Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Gardner Patch.

Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.