Obituary notices, week of August 17, 2026 through August 23, 2026
This week's Rochester obituary column carries one notice: Arnold, Richard "Rick," 81, who died Monday, August 17, 2026. Arnold was raised in Windham, Connecticut, where he attended St. Mary's School in Willimantic and played football and swam competitively at Windham High School before …
This week's column carries notice of one Rochester, MA resident obituary published this week: Richard "Rick" Arnold, whose notice was posted by Legacy.com and Echovita.
Richard "Rick" Arnold, 81, of Rochester, died Monday, August 17, 2026. He was born February 1, 1945, and was raised in Windham, Connecticut, where he attended St. Mary's School in Willimantic and played football and swam competitively at Windham High School. Service details were not available in the portion of the obituary reviewed for this notice; see the full obituary for arrangements. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/rochester/richard-arnold-21995007. Also posted by Legacy.com; see Legacy.com listings: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/local/massachusetts/rochester.
Notices compiled from Legacy.com and Echovita. No qualifying Rochester, MA notices were found this week in the Tribute Archive or Rochester Patch listings reviewed.
Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.
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