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

HINGHAM — This week's column carries notice for one Hingham-resident obituary published in the coverage period, posted by Downing Cottage Funeral Chapel (via Legacy.com).

Meredith Moulton (Harvey) Howlett, 81, of Hingham, MA, died Friday, September 4, 2026, at the home where she was raised. She was born March 12, 1945, in Hingham, to Draper and Mildred Harvey, and lived her entire life in the town. Service details were not included in the portion of the notice reviewed; see the full obituary for arrangements. Full obituary at Downing Cottage Funeral Chapel (via Legacy.com): https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/meredith-howlett-obituary?id=62358795.

Notices compiled from Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Hingham Patch. Other names reviewed on Legacy.com and Echovita this week (including Cynthia S. Sotrel, of Hull, and Elinor Joan "E. Joan" Stamp, of Wilmington) were connected to Hingham only through the location of the handling funeral home or an incomplete listing snippet and were not confirmed as Hingham residents, so they were omitted; individual Echovita entries for other decedents lacked a confirmed publication date within this coverage window and death dates that fell before it, so they were also omitted.

Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.