Obituary notices, week of Monday, August 17, 2026 through Sunday, August 23, 2026

LITTLETON — This week's column carries notices for three Littleton-resident obituaries, posted by Badger Littleton and Groton Funeral Home Inc, M. R. Laurin & Son Funeral Home, and Legacy.com.

Dwayne David Banks, known to all as Wayne [also listed as "Wayne David Banks" by Echovita], 65, of Littleton, died suddenly on Saturday, August 15, 2026, while visiting with friends in New York. He was the retired owner of Littleton's Banks Automotive, a business he spent his working life building with his father, Earl. Services were not detailed in the notices reviewed this week. Full obituary at Legacy.com: https://www.legacy.com/person/wayne-david-banks-62138659.

Neil J. Fitzpatrick, 83, of Littleton, died Monday, August 17, 2026. No further biographical detail or service information was available in the notice reviewed this week. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/littleton/neil-fitzpatrick-21983736.

Lawrence Angelo Castagneto Jr., 87, of Littleton, died Tuesday, August 18, 2026. No further biographical detail or service information was available in the notice reviewed this week. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/littleton/lawrence-castagneto-jr-22004712.

Notices compiled from Badger Littleton and Groton Funeral Home Inc, M. R. Laurin & Son Funeral Home, Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Littleton Patch. No qualifying notices were found this week from Tribute Archive or Littleton Patch. One additional Littleton-tagged notice, for Barbara Barry Nealy, was omitted this week because conflicting details in the source listings (a Nashua, NH family reference and a New London, NH funeral home) made her Littleton, MA residency uncertain.

Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.