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William P. "Billy" Davis
October 7, 2015
Mr. William P. "Billy" Davis, a longtime resident of Malden, passed away on Wednesday evening, October 7, 2015 at Mass General Hospital, at age 53. Bill was born in Waltham on November 30, 1961, one of twelve children of the late P. Samuel Davis and Florence (Bianchi) Davis.Raised in the Nonantum section of Newton, Bill was part of the neighborhood...
James A. Romano
October 4, 2015
Mr. James A. Romano, a resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 4, 2015 at the Sawtelle Family Hospice House, at age 72. Jim was born in Yonkers, NY, one of two children of the late Dominick and Concetta (Ferrugo) Romano. Born and bred in Yonkers, Jim's father died in WWII before Jim could meet him. His childhood...
Richard C. Hale
September 23, 2015
Mr. Richard C. Hale, a resident of Wakefield, died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at age 85. Born at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on May 24, 1930, he was one of three sons of the late Orrin J. and Elizabeth (Maloney) Hale. He was a lifelong resident of Albion Street in Wakefield in a home built by his uncle...
Edward F. Cassidy
September 23, 2015
Mr. Edward F. Cassidy, longtime resident of Melrose, passed away suddenly at home on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at age 72. Ed was born in Medford on September 11, 1943, son of the late Ann (Handley) Cassidy and Edward F. Cassidy. Raised in Wakefield, he spent his senior year of high school in Kingston, Jamaica where his father was transferred...
Adeline J. "Addie" (Lally) Thistle
September 21, 2015
Mrs. Adeline J. "Addie" (Lally) Thistle, of Middleton, formerly of Andover, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 21, 2015 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. She was 71. Adeline, lovingly known as "Addie" was born in East Boston, one of three children of the late Walter F. and Julia (Mazzarino) Lally.She spent her childhood in the Orient Heights section of East Boston, and...
Preston S. Johnson
September 13, 2015
Preston S. Johnson, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Sunday, September 13, 2015, at age 92. Preston was born in Lawrence on January 11, 1923, son of the late Leonard P. Johnson and Margaret (Stillman) Johnson. Preston was raised in Andover and before graduating high school had started working on the Boston & Maine...
Audrey Whitehead
September 11, 2015
Mrs. Audrey Whitehead, of Melrose, died on September 11 , 2015, at the age of 90. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1925, to Judson and Grace Place, she spent her early years in rural New Jersey.At age 8, her family moved to Melrose, Massachusetts, where she attended the Melrose public schools. Upon graduating from Melrose High School, in...
Charles A. Gargiulo
September 11, 2015
Charles A. Gargiulo, Jr., of Malden, formerly of Everett, passed away unexpectedly at home on Saturday, September 1, 2015, at age 57. Charles was born in Melrose on March 30, 1958.Raised in Melrose, he graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1976, UMASS-Lowell in 1980 and received his Electrical Engineering Degree from the University of Michigan. Charlie had worked for...
Beatrice P. Walsh
September 8, 2015
Mrs. Beatrice F. Walsh (nee French) of Rochester, NH, formerly of Melrose, MA, and born in Wakefield, MA, passed peacefully on September 8, 2015 at age 95. Beatrice was one of six children of the late Leonard A. and Beatrice P.V. (Whiteacre) French. Raised in Melrose, she graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1936, where she excelled academically and...
Lois M. Monge
September 7, 2015
Lois M. Monge, a resident of Saugus, and formerly of Melrose and Wakefield, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 7, 2015 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.She was 89. Lois was born on December 30, 1925 in Wakefield where she graduated from Wakefield High School. She lived in Wakefield for many years, Melrose for several years, and more recently had lived in Saugus....
Edward A. Blanchard
September 5, 2015
Edward A. Blanchard, recently of Port Richey, Fl, and formerly of Melrose, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at age 59. Edward was born in Biddeford, Maine on September 29, 1955, one of two children of the late Arthur H. and Lauraine M. (Desjardins) Blanchard.He was raised in Melrose where he graduated from Melrose High School, Class of...
Eleanor M. Crowley
September 1, 2015
Mrs. Eleanor M. "El" (Cassidy) Crowley, a resident of Saugus, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at age 84. Eleanor was born in Chelsea on May 12, 1931, daughter of the late William and Mary (McCreven) Cassidy.She was raised in Chelsea and graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in Revere.On April 25, 1953 she married John...
Ruth I. Terry
August 26, 2015
Mrs. Ruth (Iversen) Terry, an Amesbury, MA resident, formerly of Manchester, NH and Winthrop, MA, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, August 26, 2015, at age 89. Ruth was born at home in Winthrop, one of four children of the late Ingvald and Anna M. (Knudsen) Iversen.Raised and educated in Winthrop, she graduated from Winthrop High School and married...
Marion W. (Simpson) Mcdermod
August 25, 2015
Mrs. Marion W. (Simpson) McDermod, of Melrose, passed away peacefully at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Tuesday, August 25, 2015, at age 90. One of four children of the late William T. S. and Sarah R. (Hughes) Simpson, Marion was born in Mussleboro, Scotland and came to the United States at age 4.Raised in Malden, she graduated from Malden High School, Class...
Ronald J. Robinson
August 22, 2015
Mr. Ronald J. Robinson, a resident of Wakefield, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. He was 90. Ronald was born October 11, 1924 in Wakefield, a son of the late Eli H. and Thelma K. (Downey) Robinson and was a graduate of Wakefield High School. He honorably served his country in the United States Army during...
Christina J. Bishara
August 16, 2015
Mrs. Christina J. (Karreman) Bishara, of Woburn and formerly of Dedham, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 16, 2015, at age 92. Christina was born in The Hague, Holland one of three children of the late Elisabeth J. (Haak) and Johannes Karreman.She was raised in Holland before being sent to work in Germany during WWII. While working, she fell in...
Ruth Brown
August 5, 2015
Mrs. C. Ruth (Roche) Brown, a longtime resident of Melrose, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at age 85. Ruthie was born in Mission Hill on September 10, 1929, one of two daughters of the late Patrick Roche and Catherine (O'Leary) Roche.Raised in Mission Hill and Jamaica Plain, she graduated from Mission High School and began working...
Paula M. (Walsh) Tringali
August 4, 2015
Paula M. (Walsh) Tringali, a resident of Saugus, passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on Tuesday, August 4, 2015, at age 66. Paula was born in Revere on January 30, 1949, one of four children of the late Arthur L. Walsh and Pauline M. (Shea) Walsh. She was raised in Revere and Saugus where she graduated from Saugus...
Richard A. "Rich" Sidmore
July 23, 2015
Mr. Richard A. "Rich" Sidmore, of Melrose, passed away on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, at age 65. Mr. Sidmore was born in Melrose on May 17, 1950, one of two children of the late Stuart F. Sidmore and Elizabeth M. (Scarborough) Sidmore.He was raised in Melrose where he graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1968. He...
Lawrence F. Goyette
July 21, 2015
Mr. Lawrence F. Goyette, Sr., a longtime resident of Saugus, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, at age 95. Larry was born in Boston, one of four children of the late Edward O. Goyette, Sr. and Cesara (Cesarini) Goyette. Raised in South Boston, Larry was married on November 30, 1952 and settled in Saugus in...
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