Jonathan F. Maher of Worcester, Massachusetts passed away on March 6, 2024 at the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. He was 68 years of age.

Jonathan was born in Woburn, Massachusetts on May 6, 1955 the son of the late George E. and Claire M. (Vigneau) Maher.

Well Educated

Jonathan received his PhD. In Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from Northeastern University and his MBA in High Tech Management from the D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University in 1997.

His Career

Jonathan worked for a number of companies.

· Recently at Metamagnetics in Westborough, MA as the Senior Technical Program Manager.

· UTC Aerospace Systems as Principle Engineer where he led teams to develop multi-spectral electro-optical sensors.

· Altran Solutions as Manager of a group Mechanical, Structural and Civil Engineers engaged in consulting service mostly to utilities.

· He owned DocMaher Trading LLC where he trained students to trade in financial markets

· Prometheus & Product Development Consultants as a consultant to technology companies.

· Davox as the Program and Engineering Manager developing New Generation Software products.

· American Science and Engineering Company where he was the Manager of the Product Department

· Synkinetics Corporation as the Director of Operations, Engineering, and Product Development Technology.

· Waters as the Product Development Project Manager. In this role he defined and developed chromatography instruments.

· Adcole as a Principle Engineer

Family

Jonathan was the father of Jackson Maher of Seattle, Washington. Was former husband of Jody (Schultz) Maher. Brother of Philip Maher and his wife Priscilla of Reading MA. And Uncle to Sarah Connelly of Wolfeboro NH and Joshua Maher of Reading MA

A devoted father, he took a personal and strong interest in many ways working with his son Jackson with his activities and work career.

Activities

Growing up he worked with youth at his church coaching the girls' basketball team.

He enjoyed traveling with family and friends. As the youngest son he traveled with his father and mother extensively to places like Florida, Washington DC, California and Niagara falls.

He went Europe including Greece and Germany where some of his friends came from.

He learned to sail larger sail boats and spent quality time with good friends sailing on the Atlantic Ocean and along the coast out of places like Rows Warf in Boston. He owned a small sporty fabric deck catamaran sailboat as well he on lakes with family.

Later in life pursued a professional level photography hobby focusing on models and portraits. He would provide excellent portraits free of friends and family who he would photo shoot.

Sharing

He was a generally a good person willing to help others around him with his skills. For years he quietly supported a program helping underprivileged women in other countries and was willing to respond to individuals he met in difficult circumstances requesting immediate help.

Reception

March 21, 2024 at noon

A Memorial Remembrance Service and a provided Luncheon Meal will be held at a Reading MA Restaurant. To be added to the guest list please call by 4pm Wednesday March 20, 2024 - Phil and Priscilla at 1-781-942-0234 (land line no text) or 781-315-9713 cell

No flowers needed.

Say a prayer, leave a blessing behind and do something good that you enjoy today to celebrate your own life.

Please just bring yourself and any positive memories and sympathies you may want share.

Thanks