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Alexander S. Doleva, 93, passed away on Wednesday morning April 25, 2018 at Brightview Senior Living Center in Canton.

He was born June 25, 1924 in West Conshocken, Pa., a son of Alexander J. and Laura (Borowska) Doleva. He graduated from high school in West Conshocken, and later graduated with a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Villanova University.

He served in the United States Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theatre.

On Dec. 1, 1956 He married Helen A. Cichonowicz at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Springfield, Vt. She predeceased him on June 30, 2010.

He was employed as a controls engineer with The Foxboro Company, and later with Stone Webster Engineering.

He enjoyed making model airplanes, playing accordion and foreign language, He loved animals and loved his dog Pepper.

He is survived by two daughters, Mary V. DeRoche and her husband Steven, and Alexandra Doleva; two grandchildren Victoria and Joseph DeRoche, sister-in-law Ruth Doleva and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was predecease by eight siblings: Alice, Mary, Stephanie, Sophie, Helen, Josie, Stephan, and Paul.

A funeral Mass was celebrated on Monday, April 30 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Springfield, Vt. Burial was at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Springfield. Arrangements were by the Davis Memorial Chapel, Springfield, Vt.

Contributions may be made to Old Colony Hospice at 321 Manley St., West Bridgewater, MA. 02379.

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Everyone is invited to explore three museums for free and participate in family-friendly activities during Elmhurst Museum Day. This 22nd annual event, which coincides with International Museum Day, will be from 1-5 p.m. May 20. Participating are the Elmhurst History Museum, Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, and the Elmhurst Art Museum.

“It’s a longstanding tradition,” said Patrice Roche, marketing and communications specialist for Elmhurst History Museum. She noted that, like the international event, Elmhurst Museum Day “has the same goals of reminding people of the educational opportunities and cultural arts exchange that happens at museums worldwide.”

Elmhurst has a unique feature which makes it possible for people to easily visit each participating museum. “We have three museums that are located within walking distance of one another, and they’re all very different,” Roche said.

Visitors who would rather ride than walk or bike to the museums, can hop on a free Explore Elmhurst trolley. The museums are also located a few blocks from the Elmhurst Metra train station’s Union Pacific West Line.

Charles M. Schulz Museum. They then created a traveling exhibit out of it and we are really lucky to be the first stop in a tour that will make its way all over the country.”

Snoopy will visit the History Museum that day and pose for photos. “We will also have a few stations of activities that will be family friendly,” Roche said. There will be face-painting, a paper airplane station, and

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Nestled inside a former fire station from another era is a little shop of hobbies that is a mix of old and new pleasures.

Don’s Hobbies, 2219 73rd St., owned by 83-year-old Donald Dezek, may feel more like a museum than a place to score that hard-to-find hobby item.

It is actually three stores in one:

Dezek’s section features model kits for cars, airplanes, ships and the like.

Rinaldi’s Hobby Time, helmed by David Rinaldi, focuses on model kit cars and related items.

Paul Little’s Steampunk, featuring steampunk and Bristol Renaissance Faire clothing and accessories.

The shop is a destination for those seeking items not readily available in bigger craft/hobby stores.

Though the threesome have different stories about their businesses and their merchandise, they all have the same love and passion for what they do.

Don was bitten by the model-building craze when he was 10 and dreamed of becoming a hobby distributor.

“I was always a hobbyist,” he said.

After many years of working in electronics, he began working for a hobby store owner and eventually bought into the business. Shortly afterward, he was bought out. It wasn’t long before he opened his own shop on Roosevelt Avenue.

In 1979, he moved to his current location, doubling the size of the shop.

While the models were always hot, he also sold bookshelf games, role-playing games, history and war games.

“Sales were good. Model building was really good,” he recalled. “It was a fun time.”

Rinaldi built model cars and collected die-cast cars as a youngster. When he was old enough, the Vietnam Army

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The man who authorities said Wednesday is among the worst serial killers and rapists in U.S. history is a 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran, former police officer and grandfather who lived in a tidy, suburban California home with a neatly kept green lawn.

Joseph James DeAngelo was described Wednesday as an odd but decent neighbor in the Sacramento suburb of Citrus Heights. Neighbors said he mostly kept to himself, but was quick to anger and could often be heard loudly cussing in frustration over a landscaping issue or other minor annoyance.

“You can tell he’s a very meticulous person,” said neighbor Kevin Tapia. “His house is always perfectly painted. His grass is always cut. He gets down around all the rocks on his lawn and is cutting to make sure it’s just perfect.”

Another neighbor, Natalia Bedes-Correnti, said DeAngelo appeared to be a “nice old grandpa” but he cursed loudly and often over misplaced car keys and the like. She said one of DeAngelo’s adult daughters and a granddaughter lived with him in the neighborhood where children ride their bikes home from school.

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“He liked the F word a lot,” Bedes-Correnti said.

His history also shows a seemingly ordinary life for the man police are now linking to crimes committed by the suspect variously known as the Golden State Killer, the

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