Norman R. Wilson, 88, of Brentwood, N.H., died July 4 in his home.

He was a photographer and production manager during his career at several newspapers, including the Arlington (Mass.) Advocate and Lexington (Mass.) Minuteman.

Wilson leaves his wife, Carole; four sons, Marc, Scott, Jonathan and Paul; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two brothers.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

Barbara E. Burtoff, 73, of Chevy Chase, Md., died July 7 in Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C.

She was a former food editor at the Boston Herald and a syndicated columnist.

Burtoff leaves a sister, Constance, and many friends.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

James N. Mason Jr., 84, of Windsor, Conn., died June 28.

Mason served in the U.S. Army for four years, where he used journalism skills, which he learned at a school newspaper, during his assignment as the 8th Infantry Division’s public information officer in Bad Kreuznach, Germany.

During his 12-year journalism career, Mason was employed at the former Wallingford (Conn.) Press, the then-Springfield (Mass.) Union, and the former Hartford (Conn.) Times. Mason covered the civil rights movement and urban issues in the 1960s for the Hartford and Springfield newspapers. He later became business editor at the Hartford Times, where he also had covered labor-management relations.

In 1971, Mason began his second career in public relations and civic affairs at The Connecticut General Life Insurance company in Bloomfield, Conn.

He leaves his wife, Marsha; three daughters, Elizabeth, Jessica and Peri; four grandchildren; a brother; his former wife, Nancy.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

Gustave A. “Gus” Senkbeil Jr., 89, of Manchester, Conn., died June 29 in Crestfield Rehabilitation Center in Manchester.

Before his retirement in the early 1990s, Senkbeil was employed, including as a color separater, at The Hartford (Conn.) Courant for more than 50 years.

He leaves his wife, Joyce; a son, G. George; a daughter, Janette; a stepson, James; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

Martin John Lauer, 72, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died July 1 in Port Charlotte after suffering from cancer for 15 years.

From 1970 until his retirement in 2002, Lauer was a reporter for the company that now publishes The Republican and its sister Sunday newspaper in Springfield, Mass. After retirement, he moved to Port Charlotte.

He leaves his wife, Nancy; his mother, Evelyn; five children, Deborah, Michael, Kathleen, Kevin and Maryellen; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a brother; a sister.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.