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Rev. Patrick J. Kelly
December 6, 2018
Rev. Patrick J. Kelly, a kind and humble priest for 70 years in the Archdiocese of Boston, passed away peacefully in Boston on Thursday, December 6, 2018, at age 94. Fr. Pat was born in Boston on April 3, 1924, one of two children of the late Patrick J. Kelly and Margaret (Mitchell) Kelly. He was raised in Brookline, where...
Nancy A. (Brooks) Sassone
December 6, 2018
Nancy A. (Brooks) Sassone, of Melrose, and formerly of South Boston, died peacefully on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at her home.She was 73. Nancy was born on September 8, 1945 in Quincy, one of nine children of the late George W. and Alice Marie (Culkin) Brooks.She grew up in South Boston and graduated from South Boston High School in 1963....
Jonathan P. Simpson
November 30, 2018
Jonathan P. Simpson, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 30, 2018 at the Daniels House in Reading, at age 77. Born in Winchester on November 10, 1941, he was one of four children of the late Raymond and Lorna (Pratt) Simpson. Raised in Lynnfield, he graduated from Wakefield High School, Class of 1959, and from...
Barry L. Blackwell
November 29, 2018
Barry L. Blackwell, a longtime Melrose resident, passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of his family at home on Thursday, November 29, 2018, at age 77. Barry was born in Burlington, Vermont on March 21, 1941, one of two sons of the late Alice C. (Story) and Irving W. Blackwell. Raised on a dairy farm on the edge of...
Walter L. Coffin
November 20, 2018
Walter L. Coffin, longtime Melrose resident, died on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington.He was 85. Walter was born in Melrose on September 4, 1933, one of two children of the late Vaughn A. Coffin, Sr., and Ila (MacKey) Coffin.He grew up in Melrose, and enjoyed going swimming at Ell Pond, and walking through...
Kenneth Forbes
November 13, 2018
Kenneth Forbes, of Newton, New Hampshire, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, at age 58. Born in Malden on November 28, 1959, Ken was one of four sons. He was raised in Andover where he graduated from Andover High School. A hard working man, Ken was employed as a truck driver for Lily Corp. for many years. Ken...
William S. "Bill" Kennedy
November 5, 2018
William S. "Bill" Kennedy, Sr., lifelong Melrose resident, died peacefully on Monday, November 5, 2018 at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton.He was 85. Bill was born in Medford on July 13, 1933, one of two children of the late Stanford and Grace M. (Bratten) Kennedy.He was raised in Melrose, and graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1951. After...
Janet L. (Miner) Benard
November 2, 2018
Mrs. Janet L. (Miner) Benard, a resident of Wilmington, passed away peacefully at Mass General Hospital on Friday, November 2, 2018, at age 64. Born on November 7, 1953 in Stoneham, Janet was one of four children of the late Walter C. Miner and Lucy A. (Hermann) Miner.Raised in Melrose, Janet was a freshman at Melrose High School when she...
Shirley A. (Holmes) Anastas
October 31, 2018
Mrs. Shirley A. (Holmes) Anastas, of Peabody and formerly longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully at Brooksby Village on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, at age 79. Shirley was born on January 26, 1939 in Boston, one of five children of the late John L. Holmes and Ruth B. (Mackay) Holmes. She was raised and educated in Brighton and graduated...
Warren C. Clark
October 26, 2018
Warren Chase Clark, lifelong resident of Melrose, died unexpectedly on Friday, October 26, 2018.He was 68. Warren was born in Melrose on February 9, 1950, one of four children of Elinor B. (Bickford) Clark, and the late Glenn G. Clark. Warren grew up in Melrose, and graduated from Melrose High School.He went on to work for the City of Melrose...
Audrey F. (Johnson) Cameron
October 25, 2018
Audrey F. (Johnson) Cameron, longtime Melrose resident, died peacefully with her family by her side on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at Brooksby Village.She was 83. Audrey was born in Truro, Nova Scotia, on August 31, 1935, one of the three children of the late Lewis and Helen (Whiteway) Johnson. Audrey grew up on a farm in Nova Scotia, eventually graduating...
Alyssa Rose Conte
October 25, 2018
Alyssa Rose Conte, full of life and a strong young woman, passed away peacefully at home Thursday, October 25, 2018 in Reading surrounded by the love of her family.She was 29. Alyssa was born on September 15, 1989 in Winchester, the daughter of David W. and Janice M. (Corso) Conte.She was raised and educated in Melrose and Wakefield, before graduating...
Sally E. (Marsolais) Kennedy
October 22, 2018
Sally E. (Marsolais) Kennedy, proud and lifelong resident of Melrose, died peacefully on Tuesday, October 22, 2018 at Life Care of Merrimac Valley.She was 83. Sally was born in Tewksbury on July 14, 1935, one of two children of the late Dr. Roland Marsolais and Elizabeth (Whittaker) Marsolais. Sally grew up in Melrose, and enjoyed spending summers on Conomo Point...
Martha Ann Finigian
October 17, 2018
Martha Ann (Aversa) Finigian, a resident of Ft Myers, Florida and formerly of Methuen and Stoneham, passed away unexpectedly at home on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, at age 53. Ann was born on September 27, 1965 in Melrose, one of three children of the late Martin Finigian, Jr. and Mary G. (Kelley) Finigian. Ann was raised in Stoneham where she...
Joanne (Carr) "Jo" Field
October 16, 2018
Joanne (Carr) "Jo" Field, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully at Oosterman's Rest Home on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at age 84. Joanne was born on June 10, 1934, one of three children of the late Harris A. and Edith (Peterson) Carr. A true "island girl" Joanne was born and raised on Martha's Vineyard where she grew up...
Patricia L. (Stumpf) Digiantommaso
October 15, 2018
Patricia L. (Stumpf) DiGiantommaso, age 87, a longtime resident of Malden, passed away on Monday, October 15, 2018, at Sutton Hill Center in North Andover. Patricia was born on December 9, 1930 in Saugus, one of eight children of the late Howard Stumpf and the late Mary (Flaherty) Stumpf. Patricia was the beloved wife of the late Edward A. DiGiantommaso....
Bertha F. Richardson
October 13, 2018
Bertha F. Richardson, resident of La Jolla, CA., and formerly of Melrose, died peacefully on Saturday, October 13, 2018.She was 103. Bertha was born in Melrose on September 10, 1915, one of four children of the late Francis H. and Mabel F. (Palmer) Richardson. Bertha grew up in Melrose, graduating from Melrose High School in 1933, and the Massachusetts College...
Rosamond K. (Smith) "Posy" Parks
October 12, 2018
Rosamond K. "Posy" Parks, longtime Stoneham resident, died peacefully on Friday, October 12, 2018 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.She was 93. Posy was born on January 14, 1925 in Malden, one of three children of the late Fred C. and Ruth E. (Williams) Smith.She grew up in Malden, graduating from Malden High in 1943.While in school she developed...
Constance M. "Connie" Rand
October 10, 2018
Constance M. (Leving) "Connie" Rand, longtime resident of Melrose, died peacefully, Wednesday October 10, 2018 with her family by her side at the age of 86. Connie was born in Melrose, the youngest of five children of the late Leonard and Theresa (Grassie) Leving.Connie spent many summers in Cohasset as a child and later enjoyed summers on the Parker River...
Alice (Powers) Desimone
October 5, 2018
Alice (Powers) DeSimone, a resident of Medford, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, October 5, 2018, at age 93. Alice was born in Medway, Maine, one of eight children to the late Nicholas and Stella (Lee) Powers. Born during the Great Depression, Alice was forever shaped with the mindset of independence and hard work. She supported her young family...
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