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William H. Copeland
February 8, 2018
William H. Copeland, a longtime resident of Melrose and proud Navy veteran of WWII, passed away peacefully at Care One in Wilmington on Thursday, February 8, 2018, at age 95. William was born on March 7, 1922 in Boston, one of four children of the late Nelson Copeland and Mabel (Jones) Copeland. Known to all as Cope, he was a...
Arline H. Avery
February 8, 2018
Mrs. Arline H. (Bibeau) Avery, at age 101 and longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully at the Life Care Center of Stoneham on Thursday, February 8, 2018. Born on December 29, 1916 in Cambridge, Arline was the daughter of the late Charles H. and Lillian F. (Hendrick) Bibeau. A native of Cambridge, Arline graduated from Cambridge Latin High School....
Nance W. (Pottle) Hallstrom
February 4, 2018
Nance W. Hallstrom, of Ipswich, formerly of Rockport and Lynnfield, died Sunday, February 04, 2018 at Kaplan Family Hospice House.She was 84. Nance was born on August 4, 1933 in Winchester, one of three children of the late Hayward H. and Laura G. (Wheeler) Pottle.Nance grew up in Wakefield and graduated from Wakefield High School in 1951. Nance was very...
Joan M. (Dimeo) Sansone
January 31, 2018
Mrs. Joan M. (DiMeo) Sansone, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at age 74. Joan was born in Boston on August 1, 1943, and raised in the North End. She graduated from Julie Billiart High School in the North End and from Chandler School for Women in Boston. Joan met the...
Richard Rowland
January 31, 2018
Richard Rowland, resident of Woburn, formerly long time resident of Melrose died January 31, 2018 at Woodbriar of Wilmington.He was 97 Richard was born on October 25, 1920, in Malden, the son of the late Richard C. and Margaret (MacFadgen) Rowland. Richard grew up in Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge Rindge High School.He worked many different jobs during the Great...
Frederick Munroe
January 26, 2018
Frederick Munroe, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully at Woodbriar Health Center in Wilmington on Friday, January 26, 2018, at age 96. Fred was born in Jamaica Plain on January 27, 1921, one of four children of the late Margaret (Mulvenny) and Havelock Munroe. He was raised in Medford, graduated from Medford High School at age 17, and...
Norma M. (Corkum) Williams
January 26, 2018
Mrs. Norma M. (Corkum) Williams, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, January 26, 2018, at age 93. Born in Winchester on August 17, 1924, Norma was one of two children of the late Andrew H. and Kathleen M. (Freeman) Corkum. Norma was raised in Melrose, and graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1942....
Nina J. Diorio
January 24, 2018
Mrs. Nina J. (Kulpa) DiOrio, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, at age 82. Nina was born in Everett on April 1, 1935, the eldest of six children of the late Peter and Olga (Nikouchuk) Kulpa. Raised in Chelsea, Nina graduated from Chelsea High School. As the oldest of six children, she assumed...
Katie L. (Spradley) Brown
January 20, 2018
Katie Brown, a resident of Chesapeake, VA, and formerly of Melrose died on Saturday, January 20, 2018.She was 93. Katie was born in the small town of Evant, TX.on May 19, 1924, one of six children of the late Edwin and Genie (Weeks) Spradley. When Katie was eighteen years old, she married John Forino and moved near his family in...
Robert A. Burns
January 20, 2018
Robert A. Burns, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, January 20, 2018, at age 86. Robert was born in Chelsea on May 27, 1931, son of the late Joseph and Emily (Ashley) Burns. Raised in Melrose, Bob was a graduate of Melrose High School. He proudly served as a Corporal in the US Army...
Tanya M. Clement
January 13, 2018
Tanya M. Clement, a lifelong resident of Malden, passed away suddenly due to complications of the flu at home on January 13, 2018. She was 47. Tanya was born in Teaneck, New Jersey on August 24, 1970, and raised in Malden. She graduated from Malden High School, Class of 1988. She received her undergraduate degree in Economics from Stanford, her...
June (Skillings) Swim
January 13, 2018
Mrs. F. June (Skillings) Swim, of North Andover, formerly of Melrose and Malden, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 13, 2018, at age 98. June was born in Boston on November 30, 1919, the daughter of the late Walter E. and Florence A. (Luce) Skillings. She was raised in Hyde Park and graduated from Boston Girls High School, Class of...
Cecilia F. (Doucette) Boland
January 11, 2018
Cecilia F. (Doucette) Boland, a resident of Stoneham and formerly of Melrose, passed away peacefully at the Life Care Center of Stoneham on Thursday, January 11, 2018, at age 97. Cecilia was born in Stoneham on December 6, 1920, daughter of the late John G. and Cecilia (MacPhee) Doucette. She was the devoted wife of the late Albert V. Boland....
Edith M. (Pope) Richard
December 31, 2017
Edith "Edie" (Pope) Richard, of Lynnfield, passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2017 at age 90, with her loving family by her side. Edie was born on the Pope Farm in Lynnfield on August 2, 1927.After graduating from Wakefield High School in 1946, Edie worked as a secretary at Liberty Mutual in Boston. She later worked at the phone company...
David Pingree Wallstrom
December 27, 2017
David Pingree Wallstrom, a resident of Leominster and former longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family's love on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, at age 79. Dave was born in Stoneham on July 15, 1938, one of two children of the late George E. Wallstrom and Gladys A. (Pingree) Wallstrom. He was...
Walter J. Szmyt
December 26, 2017
Walter J. Szmyt, a resident of Woburn and formerly longtime of Saugus, passed away peacefully at Windrose at Woburn on Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at age 68. Born in Winthrop on May 26, 1949, Walter was one of four children raised in East Boston. He graduated from East Boston High School and from Northeastern University with a degree in business....
Ray E. Gleason
December 24, 2017
Ray E. Gleason, longtime resident of Medford, died peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Sunday, December 24, 2017.He was 86. Ray was born in Burlington Vermont, one of two sons of the late Burr Roswell and Marion Alice (Germaine ) Gleason.He grew up in Jericho Vermont, and graduated as Valedictorian in 1950 from Jericho High School.Ray went...
Ivan E. Spinney
December 7, 2017
Ivan Spinney, a long time resident of Saugus, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.He was 78. Ivan was born on February 20, 1939 in Everett, one of ten children of the late Eldred and Gladys (Ryder) Spinney.Ivan was raised on Staples Avenue in Everett.From an early age, he loved to tinker with anything mechanical.He especially...
Margaret E. "Peggy" Kiatos
December 5, 2017
Margaret E. "Peggy" Kiatos, longtime Melrose resident, died on Tuesday December 5, 2017 at her home.She was 78. Born on March 3, 1939 in Winchester, one of eight children of the late William H. and Elsie M. (Prescott) Rogers.Peggy grew up in Winchester and Malden in a large and close family.She was especially close to her sister Ruth.She graduated from...
Linda L. (Lank) Lee
December 2, 2017
Linda L. (Lank) Lee, a resident of Hull, formerly of Malden, passed away on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth.She was 78. Born on November 9, 1939 in Melrose, Linda was one of three children of the late Edward T. and Eleanor E. (Fall) Hoyt.Linda was raised in Melrose, and was a proud graduate of Melrose...
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