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John V. Bud Curry
September 22, 2004
John V. "Bud" Curry, age 82 of Winchester and West Harwich, died Wednesday September 22, 2004 after a brief illness at the Winchester Hospital in Winchester. "Bud" was born July 14, 1922 in Brookline, MA, son of the late Thomas and Mary (Ward) Curry. "Bud" was a 1941 graduate of St. Mary's High School in Brookline. He graduated from the...
Troy P. Oosterman
September 18, 2004
Troy P. Oosterman, 73 of Prescott, AZ, formerly of Melrose, died at home on Saturday September 18, 2004 after a brief illness.Mr. Oosterman was bornMay 2, 1931 in Northbridge, MA, son of the late Grietsen and Eva (Vander Meer) Oosterman. Troy graduated from Melrose High School, 1950 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1951, attained the rank of Boilerman...
Rita M. Meuse
September 16, 2004
Mrs. Rita M. (DeVeau) Meuse of Wakefield died September 16, 2004 at a local nursing home. Mrs. Meuse was born in Wakefield, January 10, 1913, daughter of the late Edmund and Margaret (Doucette) DeVeau. Mrs. Meuse was a life-long resident of Wakefield, a homemaker who very much enjoyed crocheting. Wife of the late Richard R. Meuse. Mother of Jean K....
Eileen S. Smith
September 10, 2004
Eileen S. Smith, affectionately known to many as "Bird", died at her home in Melrose on Friday, September 10, 2004 after a brief illness.Eileen was born in Amsterdam, NY, October 27, 1923, daughter of the late Margaret Ann (McDonough) Sauter and Joseph A. Sauter. She was a resident of Melrose for the past 8 years. Eileen and her late husband...
Cecyle L. Hackendorf
September 9, 2004
Mrs. Hackendorf was a graduate of West Hampton College at the University of Richmond, Richmond, VA. In 1935 she married Arthur and they moved to Melrose in 1943.She worked for 8 years as a Seed Analyst for the State of Virginia Department of Agriculture.She was a long-time member of the First Baptist Church of Melrose and the League of Women...
Thelma Muriel Ward
September 5, 2004
Thelma Muriel Ward, 94 of Deland, FL, formerly of Melrose, MA, died at the Alliance Nursing Healthcare Nursing Home in Deland, FL on Sunday September 5, 2004. Thelma was born February 19, 1910 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, daughter of the late Ralph E. and Clara M. (Shaw) Ward. Thelma was a graduate of the New England Baptist Hospital, School of...
Erwin S. Ski Skrabut
September 4, 2004
Erwin S. "Ski" Skrabut, 83 of Malden died Saturday, September 4, 2004 at the Epoch Senior Healthcare of Melrose after a brief illness. "Ski" was born in Chelsea, son of the late Stanley and Mary R. (McGauley) Skrabut. He was a resident of Malden for over 45 years. and worked at the General Electric Company inLynn and Everett as a...
Salvatore T. Nolfi
September 4, 2004
Mr. Salvatore T. Nolfi of Melrose died Saturday, September 4,2004 in Epoch Senior Health Care of Melrose after a brief illness. Sal was born and educated in Dedham, Massachusetts. Son of the late Salvatore and Giacinta (Urrasio) Nolfi. He was a long time resident of Melrose. Sal worked at Sylvania as a supervisor of the Vacuum Tube Department for several...
Elmer N. Wolf
September 3, 2004
Mr. Elmer N. Wolf of Melrose died Friday, September 3, 2004 at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Wolf was born in Woods Harbor, Nova Scotia, son of the late Moses H. and Ora Etta (Nickerson) Wolf. He was a resident of Melrose for over 53 years. Elmer was raised in Dorchester and graduated from Charlestown High School....
Elsa V. Merritt
August 31, 2004
Mrs. Elsa V. (Nyquist) Merritt, 97 of Reading, formerly a long time resident of Melrose died Tuesday August 31, 2004 at the Wingate at Reading.Mrs. Merritt was born in Malden June 25, 1907, daughter of the late Alfred Nyquist and Beda (Nilsson) Nyquist. Elsa was a housewife and a member for many years at the First Baptist Church, Melrose. Elsa...
Carl A. Behrle
August 26, 2004
Carl A. Behrle, Jr. 76, of Melrose, died Thursday August 26, 2004 at the Harborside Healthcare in Wakefield.Carl was born May 8, 1928 in Melrose, son of the late Carl A. Behrle Sr. and Phyllis (LeFave) Behrle. Carl was born and raised in Melrose.He and his wife, Rosemary, had shared 56 years of marriage.Carl was a Billing Specialist for General...
Claire R. Davis
August 26, 2004
Claire R. (Haag) Davis, age 101 of Brewster, formerly of Melrose, died Thursday August 26, 2004 at the Epoch Senior Healthcare of Brewster.Mrs. Davis was born in Reading, MAMay 29, 1903, daughter of the late Charles J. and Sara (McPhee) Davis. Mrs. Davis was a graduate of Reading High School and was a long-time resident of Melrose before moving to...
David E. Finigian
August 18, 2004
Mr. David E. Finigian of North Reading died suddenly August 18, 2004. David was born September 30, 1940, son of the late Martin M. and Saveria Rose (Pullicino) Finigian. David was a graduate of Melrose High School, class of 1958, and served in the United States Army National Guard for eight years. David was the owner of Scully Associates of...
John F. Mccormack
August 17, 2004
Mr. John F. "Jon" McCormack of Melrose died suddenly in Wolfeboro, NH August 17, 2004. Mr. McCormack was born January 20, 1949 in Boston, MA, son of the late James J. and Frances B. (O'Neill) McCormack. Jon was a resident of Melrose since 1977.He previously resided in Revere.He graduated from Revere High School. Jon worked for many years as a...
Nancy B. Bean
August 12, 2004
Nancy C. (Bowman) Bean, of Naples, FL and Peabody, MA formerly of Melrose, died Thursday August 12, 2004. Mrs. Bean was born May 7, 1927 in Brooklyn, NY, daughter of the late A. Donald "AD" Bowman and Virginia (Hard) Bowman. Nancy graduated from St. Margaret's School in Waterbury, CT and Tufts Bouve` in Medford.Nancy was a physical therapist for Liberty...
Patty M. Leary
August 11, 2004
Patty M. (Kearns) Leary, 39 a former Medical Technologist at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, died suddenly at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Wednesday August 11, 2004. Patty was born in Medford October 5, 1964 and was raised in Melrose. She graduated from Melrose High School, 1982 and received her B.S. Degree from Framingham State College.Patty was a resident of Malden and was...
Ellis A. Bemiss
August 11, 2004
Ellis A. Bemiss, 96, of Melrose, a retired sales consultant for Charles Scribner & Sons Publishers died at the Life Care Center in Stoneham on Wednesday morning August 11, 2004 after a brief illness. Mr. Bemiss was born and raised in Malden, son of the late Fred N. Bemiss and Bertha (Adams) Bemiss. Ellis graduated from Malden High School and...
Charles William Billy Lowell
August 5, 2004
Charles William "Billy" Lowell, III, age 37 of Malden, formerly of Melrose died suddenly August 5, 2004. Billy was born in Albany, NY, and graduated fromMelrose High School, class of 1986 where he served as class president.He was also a graduate of the University of Massachusetts where he was on the Dean's list. Billy served in the United States Marine...
Pearl N. Everitt
August 5, 2004
Mrs. Pearl N. (Sears) Everitt of Reading, formerly of Stoneham, died August 5, 2004 at the Wingate Nursing Home in Reading. Mrs. Everitt was born December 2, 1910 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Mrs. Everitt came to the United States in 1928 at the age of 18.She had previously lived in Stoneham since 1948.She worked as a manager for AETNA Insurance...
Anthony J. Tony D'Arcangelo
August 2, 2004
Anthony J. "Tony" D'Arcangelo, 76 of Melrose, formerly of the North End, died Monday August 2, 2004 at the Elmhurst Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Mr. D'Arcangelo was born in the North End of BostonOctober 2, 1927, son of the late Joseph D'Arcangelo and Carmella (Scozzari) D'Arcangelo. Tony was raised as a product of the great depression and that...
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