Obituary notices, week of August 31, 2026 through September 6, 2026

This week's column carries a notice for one Ayer-resident obituary published this week, drawn from Legacy.com's Ayer listings.

Mark Allen Richards, 57, of Ayer, Mass., died peacefully on August 31, 2026. He was born May 6, 1969, in Sacramento, California, to Diane Alexander, and married Dawn Richards in 1998. He is survived by his wife, Dawn, and stepdaughter, Christina. Service arrangements were not included in the available obituary text; see the full obituary for details. Full obituary at Legacy.com (The Sacramento Bee): https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sacbee/name/mark-richards-obituary?id=62358567.

Notices compiled from Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Ayer Patch listings. Several additional names appeared in this week's aggregator listings but were omitted for lack of a confirmed Ayer, MA residency statement, a confirmed date, or a verifiable per-person link.

Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.