Obituary notices, week of October 5 through October 11, 2026
Two obituary notices for Shrewsbury residents were published this week: Cerny, Barbara (Swanson), of West Dennis and Shrewsbury, who died October 3 in Worcester, and Souda, David Richard, 60, of Shrewsbury, who died unexpectedly on October 2. Cerny's notice was posted by Mercadante Fune…
SHREWSBURY — This week's column carries notices for 2 Shrewsbury-resident obituaries published this week, posted by Miles Funeral Homes and Mercadante Funeral Home & Chapel.
David Richard Souda, 60, of Shrewsbury, died unexpectedly on October 2, 2026. He was born March 17, 1966, in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Charles and Margaret (Carlson) Souda, and grew up in Shrewsbury. Service arrangements are detailed in the full obituary. Full obituary at Legacy.com (Miles Funeral Homes - Holden): https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/david-souda-obituary?id=62711617.
Barbara J. (Swanson) Cerny, of West Dennis and Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, died peacefully on October 3, 2026, in Worcester. She was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of the late Frank E. and Edna L. Swanson. Service arrangements are detailed in the full obituary. Full obituary at Legacy.com (Mercadante Funeral Home & Chapel - Worcester): https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/barbara-cerny-obituary?id=62716506.
Notices compiled from Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Shrewsbury Patch; no additional qualifying Shrewsbury resident notices were found this week.
Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.
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