Kathryn “Kay” Frazer Brooks, 82, of Westport, Conn., died Nov. 7 in her home after a lengthy illness.

She was vice president of Brooks Community Newspapers, founded and published by her husband, B.V. Dexter Brooks, and a now-defunct newspaper company that had distributed newspapers throughout Fairfield County in Connecticut. She retired in 1995.

She leaves a daughter, Lori; a son, Marc; two granddaughters, Kaila and Kathryn.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.

Mary Fay Mahoney, 93, of Framingham, Mass., and formerly of Wellesley, Mass., died Nov. 17.

Mahoney was a journalist for The Pilot, the newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.

She leaves four sons, John, James, The Rev. Thomas, and Daniel; four daughters, Mary, Jane, Nancy and Cate; 18 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two sisters; a brother.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.

Joseph L. Sheehan, 90, of Wells, Maine, and formerly of Cambridge, Mass., died Nov. 13 at home after a lengthy illness.

He moved to Wells in 1993 and became a reporter for the York County Coast Star in Kennebunk, Maine, and covered Wells and Ogunquit, Maine. He later became a columnist for the Coast Star, writing the Shenanigans column, which commented on local newsmakers, people and events.

He leaves his wife, Margaret; two sons, Mark and Andrew; his first wife and mother of his children, Barbara; seven grandchildren; a great-grandchild.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.

Frank Westby Gibson, Jr., 89, died Nov. 6.

Gibson was a staff writer and a freelancer whose work included editorials, cartoons, photos, an aviation column, and theater reviews. His work was published in The Register of Yarmouth, Mass., The Barnstable (Mass.) Patriot, and The Cape Cod Journal.

Before he moved to Barnstable on Cape Cod, he was in the advertising business and he was employed in New York City at the Time-Life and Ziff-Davis companies, including at Flying Magazine.

Gibson was a town committee member for Passaic Township in New Jersey from 1969 to 1974 and was mayor there in 1971 and 1972,

He was a member of several town committees in Barnstable, and served on the board of the Barnstable Land Trust.

He leaves a wife, Diane; a son, Duncan; a daughter, Nancy.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.

Richard Therrien, 80, formerly of Maynard, Mass., died Oct. 17 in Honolulu after a brief illness.

Therrien spent most of his life setting type for many newspapers, including the former Boston Record American and The Sun of Lowell, Mass.

Therrien leaves four children: Sherry, Richard, Shelia and Raymond; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.