Obituary notices, week of October 26, 2026 through November 1, 2026

This week's column carries notices for three Lexington-resident obituaries published or reported this week, drawn from Douglass Funeral Home - Lexington, Legacy.com, Echovita, and Lexington Patch: William Ira Goldthwait Jr., Desmond F. Baugh, and Charles D. Killilea.

William Ira Goldthwait Jr., 84, of Lexington, Massachusetts, died on October 3, 2026. Service arrangements were not detailed in the source consulted. Full obituary at Legacy.com listings: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/local/massachusetts/lexington.

Desmond F. Baugh, 17, of Lexington, died October 18, 2026. Lexington Patch reported that the Lexington High School junior died following a battle with cancer, and that his obituary described a "passion for community service" and called him a "standout athlete and scholar." Service arrangements were not detailed in the sources consulted. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/lexington/desmond-baugh-22283088. Lexington Patch coverage: https://patch.com/massachusetts/lexington/high-school-junior-dies-following-courageous-battle-cancer-lexington.

Charles D. Killilea, 85, of Lexington, died Thursday, October 29, 2026, in hospice care in Lincoln, MA. He was the husband of Joan Killilea (Wilson) for 59 years and the father of Charles D. Killilea Jr. Service arrangements were not detailed in the sources consulted. Full obituary at Legacy.com (Douglass Funeral Home - Lexington): https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/charles-killilea-obituary?id=62880755. Additional listing at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/lexington/charles-killilea-22341551.

Notices compiled from Douglass Funeral Home - Lexington, Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Lexington Patch.

Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.