Name: Visitation for John Fraser
Start: 2020-09-09T16:00:00.000Z
End: 2020-09-09T18:00:00.000Z
Location: Roberts Mitchell Caruso Funeral Home - Medfield

John A. Fraser 73 years old

Medfield - Born in Brookline, MA on February 27 1947, John spent his formative years in Medfield, MA, attended the Medfield Public School system through Jr. High School creating mayhem; a trend he continued through his high school years at New York Military Academy. He was very proud of his time there, where he formed many lasting friendships. After graduation, he attended Northeastern University.

John started his career at the Milford Daily News and worked for almost 40 years at the Worcester Telegram and Gazette as a reporter, music reviewer and copy editor. John was a wordsmith. He loved the English language and despaired at the level to which it had fallen. His devotion to the Grateful Dead was legendary. If you wanted to hear the best version of Sugar

Magnolia, he could tell you the date and venue and had a copy (on tape however)

He is predeceased by his parents John "Jack" Fraser and Olive Fraser and hie beloved Ilsa. He leaves behind his wife of 48 years Karen (Care), his son Andrew and his fiancée Jane, his brother in-law David Care and his fiancée Susan Dwyer Travis, sister in-law Kathleen Care Nalley and her husband Tim

nieces and nephews Jen, Chris, Kylie, and Dustin and Frank Cumberland, extended members of Nora's Family.

He also leaves many friends from his T&G family, wonderful friends and neighbors especially Emma and Jack.

Visiting hours were at Roberts Mitchell Caruso Funeral Home, 15 Miller St., Medfield, MA 02052 on Wednesday September 9, 2020 from 12 noon to 2:00 p.m.

Instead of flowers, please consider making memorial contributions in John's name to International Wolf Center, 7100 Northland Circle N, Suite 205, Minneapolis Mn 55428 or to the Animal Rescue League 55 Anna's Pl., Dedham, MA 02026.

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Published by Worcester Telegram & Gazette from Sep. 8 to Sep. 9, 2020.

Memories and Condolences
for John Fraser

Sponsored by Roberts Mitchell Caruso Funeral Home - Medfield.

10 Entries

Bob Moro

September 2, 2024

What a special guy. So many great times together. I especially liked having a drink with him and discussing the world at the Tai Ping, across the street from his Telegram office in Milford. At 10:30, we'd head to the office, and John would fire off his story just before the 11 P.M. deadline. He had a gift for words. He taught me how to write, and I think of him a lot. Especially when I'm struggling to make deadline and remembering how easy it seemed for him.

Mary Anne Smith

September 11, 2020

My sympathies to

My sympathy to John's family--I worked with
John at the T&G many years ago, and have many fond memories of him and chasing stories!!!

Melissa Huard

September 11, 2020

Condolences to John's family. John was a great man and comrade having worked with him at the Telegram for many years. May he rest in peace he will certainly be missed. Melissa H.

John Byrnes

September 9, 2020

This is so sad because of the friendship John and I had when he was covering the Town of Milford for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. A truly superb reporter with great journalistic instincts.
And by far the biggest story he covered in Milford was the December 1980 killing of
Milford Police Sgt. Walter "Moose" Conley.
A story we both covered along with Ed Thompson and Kevin Rudden.
Another sad part of this story is that John's beloved wife Karen and I were both
students at the old Saint Mary's Grammar
School in Milford.
To Karen and all other next of kin of John
my deepest sympathies.
God rest his soul!

John Peterson, Durham, Maine

September 9, 2020

John is always in the forefront when I recall my time so many years ago at The Evening Gazette. So good at his chosen profession, and such interesting perspectives on the world and its inhabitants. His remarks so often left me laughing and made my day. I’ll now imagine his playing on high with the Jerry Garcia band.

Robert Moro

September 9, 2020

John was my friend for almost 50 years. We hung out together when he was a reporter for the Daily News, and then a writer and editor for the Worcester Telegram. We spent hours at the Tai Ping restaurant across the street from his office, and we drove our Porsches together to car shows and rallies. I loved watching him spin a story on his typewriter just before his deadline. He had a beautiful way with words. And a wit that was unmatched.
I spent time backstage at concerts he covered, and hobknobbed with a few rock stars through his friendship. Just being around him was such a treat.
I loved him, and I love his beautiful wife Karen. I am going to miss him terribly, but I still have all those beautiful memories. Let's all hold onto to that.

Susan M. Martinsen

September 9, 2020

To the Fraser Family,
So sorry about losing John. I worked with John at the Telegram & Gazette for many years. John always had a funny story to tell! God bless your family.

Alice M. Anderson

September 9, 2020

Karen ..... my thoughts are with you. Wonderful memories of John during our T&G days. A wordsmith he was! Alice M. Anderson

Tom Hunt

September 8, 2020

John was a great colleague and friend at the T&G. Emphasis on The Evening Gazette. Will always remember going to a Blondie concert in a hockey rink on Cape Cod with him in his very small convertible (top down) in 1981 as he was reviewing the concert. My condolences to Karen and his family.

Cheryl M Oliveri

September 8, 2020

John was a class act. One of my first friends in the newsroom. He will be missed.

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