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Jack Robert Waaramaa
May 23, 2016
Jack Waaramaa, a life-time resident of Melrose, passed away on Monday, May 23, 2016 at the age of 22. Jack was born in Boston on August 19, 1993, one of three children to Eric and Leigh (Ballweg) Waaramaa.He graduated from Melrose High School in 2012 and was scheduled to graduate from the University of Massachusetts-Boston on May 27th with a...
Irven L. Franklin
May 20, 2016
Mr. Irven L. Franklin, a resident of Arlington, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 20, 2016 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, at age 81. Irven was born on February 5, 1935, one of two sons of the late Irven R. Franklin and Dorothy (Gleason) Franklin. He was born and raised in the Chicago suburb of Urbana, Illinois, and grew up fishing and...
Erna E. Hooton-Koester
May 18, 2016
Erna Hooton-Koester, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at Glen Ridge Nursing Care Nursing Center in Medford, at age 85. She is survived by her three children, David Hooton MS, his wife Kathi and their daughter Emanuelle; Dr. Cornell Hooton PHD, his wife Ann and their sons Nathaniel and Trent; and by Steph...
June (Mahoney) Palangi
May 16, 2016
June (Mahoney) Palangi, a resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at homeon Monday, May 16, 2016, at age 86. Born in Melrose on June 29, 1929, June was one of two children of the late Joseph L. and Edith W. (Singer) Mahoney.She was raised in Malden where she graduated from Malden High School, Class of 1948....
Reginald M. "Reggie" Edwards
May 16, 2016
Mr. Reginald M. "Reggie" Edwards, age 100, passed away on May 16, 2016 at home in Ft. Collins, Colorado. He was born on February 29, 1916 in Malden, to the late E. James and Cora M. Edwards. His parents and three siblings Delores Kervick, H. Leroy Edwards and James K. Edwards preceded him in death. After graduation he had a...
Rose M. Denicola
May 14, 2016
Rose M. (Bove) DeNicola, of Saugus, peacefully entered into the Lord's presence on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at home. Born January 27, 1927 in Manhattan, New York, Rose was the daughter of the late Gennaro and Maria (Lanni) Bove. Rose was raised and educated in New York.After meeting the love of her life, Sal, they married and settled in Medford.Rose...
Emilia Caraglia
May 9, 2016
Mrs. Emilia (DiFilippo) Caraglia, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 9, 2016 at the Sawtelle Family Hospice House in Reading, at age 77. Emilia was born in Chelsea on March 12, 1939, one of three children of the late Louis and Sadie (Anoli) DiFilippo. She graduated from St. Rose High School in Chelsea and was...
Jeanne M. (Shields) Glancy
May 5, 2016
Mrs. Jeanne M. (Shields) Glancy, a resident of Mashpee and formerly of Malden, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham, at age 88. Born on December 21, 1927, Jeanne was the daughter of the late John Shields and Mary C. (McCarthy) Carlson, and wife of the late Edwin J. Glancy.She was raised...
James L. Morris
May 4, 2016
Mr. James L. Morris, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at the Chelsea Soldiers Home, at age 83. Born in Malden on September 5, 1932, he was one of two children of the late Charles and Rita (Amirault) Morris.Jim was raised in Malden and graduated from Malden High School where he played football...
Ann H. Burnside
April 29, 2016
Ann H. Burnside, age 99, affectionately known as "Mrs. B," of Melrose, MA and West Palm Beach, FL, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, April 29, 2016 surrounded by her family. Ann is survived by two daughters, and one son; Joanne Burnside and her partner, Stephen Willis, of Danvers, MA and W. Palm Beach, FL, Bonnie Burnside of...
Clara Gerke
April 26, 2016
Mrs. Clara (Ruhland) Gerke, of North Reading, passed away peacefully in her sleep at age 104 at the Meadowview Nursing Center on Tuesday, April 26, 2016. Clara was born in Bavaria, Germany on December 15, 1911, one of nine children of the late Joseph and Marie (Huber) Ruhland. At the age of 17, she set out independently and bravely immigrated...
Kenneth R. Figueira
April 23, 2016
Mr. Kenneth R. Figueira, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 23, 2016, at age 75. Ken was born in Somerville on January 27, 1941, one of three children of the late Antonio and Itia Louise (Nackel) Figueira. He was raised in Medford where he graduated from high school and played baseball. Ken was a Master...
Debra A. (Yee) "Deb-E" Martinage
April 22, 2016
Debra A. (Yee) "Deb-e" Martinage, of Merrimack, New Hampshire, passed away unexpectedly at home on Friday, April 22, 2016, at age 58. Debra Yee was born in Beverly on June 5, 1957, and raised in Burlington where she graduated from Burlington High School. She attended Middlesex Community College, and worked in IT consulting for Riverbed Corp. for several years. Friendly...
Elizabeth "Betty" Wetherbee
April 19, 2016
Mrs. Elizabeth "Betty" (Churchey) Wetherbee, a longtime Melrose resident, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, at age 94. Born in Natick on June 10, 1921, Betty was one of four children of the late James Churchey and Eva (Lacho) Churchey.She was raised in Natick and Somerville where she graduated from Somerville High School. Elizabeth and...
James E. Barr
April 19, 2016
Mr. James E. Barr, a longtime resident of Woburn, passed away peacefully at the E. N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at age 88. James Barr was born in Worcester on May 21, 1927, one of three children of the late Thornton E. and Linda J. (DiGregorio) Barr.A graduate of Everett High School, Jim...
Joan M. (Condon) Kneath
April 18, 2016
Mrs. Joan M. (Condon) Kneath, a resident of Melrose since 1957, passed away peacefully at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Monday, April 18, 2016, at age 93. Joan was born in Malden on November 5, 1922, one of six children of the late Thomas J. Condon and Lena (Wedge) Condon. She graduated from Mt. St. Joseph Academy in Brighton, and was married...
Patricia I. Carlson
April 16, 2016
Mrs. Patricia I. (McKenna) Carlson, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, at age 85. Born in Malden on August 10, 1930, she was one of five children of the late Patric McKenna and Margaret (Kelley) McKenna. Patricia was raised in Malden where she graduated from Chevrus All Girls School.She married...
Virginia E. "Ginnie" Bryant
April 16, 2016
Virginia E. "Ginnie" Bryant, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the Woburn Nursing Center, at age 92. Ginnie was born in Lynn on January 29, 1924, one of three children of the late LeRoy H. Wood and Elizabeth (Haskell) Wood. She was raised in Melrose where she graduated from Melrose High School,...
Yeh Pan "Victor" Yuan
April 16, 2016
Mr. Yeh Pan "Victor" Yuan, a longtime resident of Malden, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, April 16, 2016.Born in Tianjin, China on January 8, 1914 to a merchant family, he was one of six children.He was educated in private schools in Beijing and Nanjing, then attended university in Shanghai where he studied banking and finance.In the late 1930s,...
James E. Brophy
April 9, 2016
Mr. James E. Brophy, a resident of South Yarmouth, and formerly of North Reading and Melrose, passed away at home surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, April 9, 2016, at age 83. Jim was born in Melrose on July 9, 1932, one of two sons of the late John T. Brophy and Mary E. (O'Donnell) Brophy.He graduated with the...
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