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Catherine C. "Kitty" Drummond
April 12, 2015
Catherine C. (Langmuir) "Kitty" Drummond, a resident of Winchester and formerly of Wellesley, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at age 90. Catherine was born in Glasgow, Scotland, one of five children born to Christina Galloway and Andrew Langmuir. She was raised and educated in the Drumoyne Square section of Glasgow. At the age of 27...
Herbert C. Brown
April 10, 2015
Mr. Herbert C. Brown, a lifelong resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 10, 2015, at EPOCH of Melrose, at age 89. Herbert was born in Melrose on November 24, 1925, one of two sons of the late Herbert C. and Elizabeth (Gordon) Brown. He was raised in Melrose and graduated from Melrose High School. Mr. Brown honorably...
Paula T. (Belforte) Stewart
April 7, 2015
Mrs. Paula T. (Belforte) Stewart, of Peabody, formerly of Melrose and Quincy, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at age 71. Paula was born in Quincy on September 20, 1943 and raised in North Quincy by her parents Ferdinand and Catherine (Zona) Petrucci. A graduate of North Quincy High School, Class of 1961, Paula was a...
Eloise B. Wellington
April 3, 2015
Eloise B. Wellington, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away suddenly at home on Good Friday at home, as she wished, on Friday, April 3, 2015, at age 84. Eloise was born in Medford, the daughter of the late Clarence C. and Eloise (Ogden) Wellington. She was raised in Melrose, and graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1948. She...
Diane M. "Didi" Keefe
April 1, 2015
Diane M. (Harkins) "DiDi" Keefe, of Merrimack, NH and formerly of Tewksbury, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Lahey Medical Center in Burlington, at age 57. Diane was born in Chelsea on March 20, 1958, one of four children of the late James and June (Wonson) Fitzgerald. She was raised and educated in Chelsea where she graduated...
Jean Yeung Hong
March 29, 2015
Mrs. Jean Yeung Hong, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 29, 2015 at Massachusetts General Hospital. She was 80 years of age. Jean was born in China, a daughter of the late Fung Chun Yeung and Woon Ho (Cheung) Yeung. She came to the United States in 1955 and settled in Melrose with her husband...
Priscilla E. "Cis" Gray
March 27, 2015
Priscilla E. (Sears) "Cis" Gray, a lifelong Melrose resident, passed away peacefully at EPOCH Senior Healthcare of Melrose on Friday, March 27, 2015, at age 93. Priscilla was born in Melrose, one of four children of the late Lewis and Harriett E. (Elliott) Sears. She was raised in Melrose and graduated from Melrose High School with the Class of 1939....
Phyllis K. (Sheppard) Moore
March 26, 2015
Mrs. Phyllis K. (Sheppard) Moore, of Palm Bay, FL, and formerly of Melrose and Malden, passed away on March 26, 2015 in Melbourne, Florida, at age 85. Phyllis was born in Chelsea, one of nine children of the late Frederick and Mabel (Rholand) Sheppard. She was raised in Chelsea and graduated from Chelsea High School with the Class of 1947.Phyllis...
N. Kennard "Ken" Walker
March 24, 2015
Ken Walker, a current resident of Wakefield and formerly of Melrose and Dover, NH, passed away with honor & dignity, peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at age 90. Ken was born on May 25, 1924 in Haverhill, 1 of 2 children of the late Nathaniel K. Walker and Marguerite E. (Currier) Walker. He graduated from...
Bette R. Holloway
March 23, 2015
Bette R. Holloway, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Monday, March 23, 2015, at age 84. Bette was born in Hebron, Maryland, one of four children of the late Marion Holloway and Ruth (Rector) Holloway.Bette graduated from Nursing School at the Peninsula General Hospital in Salisbury, Maryland. She worked as a dedicated mental health...
John G. Batson
March 21, 2015
Mr. John Glover Batson, a resident of Port Charlotte, Florida, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Tidewell Hospice in Port Charlotte after a short illness.He was 73 years old. John was born in Stoneham, MA on May 13, 1941, son of the late Edward R. Batson, Jr. and Catherine (Mackernan) Batson.John was born with spina bifida, but with...
Joan L. Tufts
March 19, 2015
Joan L. (Manning) Tufts, a longtime resident of Woburn, passed away peacefully at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at age 77. Joan was born on April 1, 1937 in Melrose, one of three daughters of the late Joseph and Ruth (Connolly) Manning.She was raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1954 and lived in Woburn...
Joan E. Mckechnie
March 19, 2015
Mrs. Joan E. (Cox) McKechnie, a 48-year resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at age 71. Joan was born in Boston on July 6, 1943, one of two children of the late Arthur and Elizabeth (Gallagher) Cox. She was raised in Natick where she graduated from Natick High School, Class...
Margaret R. Kezer
March 14, 2015
Mrs. Margaret R. (Turner) Kezer, of Branford, CT, and formerly a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 14, 2015, at age 93. Margaret was born in Malden, one of two children of the late Wendell P. Turner and Margaret R. (Thompson) Turner. Raised in Malden, Margaret graduated from Malden High School, Class of 1939, and from...
Millie (Hiscock) King Belanger
March 8, 2015
Millie (Hiscock) King Belanger, a resident of Lynnfield and formerly of Melrose and Wakefield, passed away peacefully at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Sunday, March 8, 2015, at age 91. Millie was born on June 7, 1923 in Carbonear, Newfoundland, one of three children of the late Ingram and Mary Jenneth (Thistle) Hiscock.She was raised in Everett where she graduated from Everett...
Eileen M. (Muise) Olsen
March 4, 2015
Mrs. Eileen M. (Muise) Olsen, a lifelong, proud resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at age 90. Born in Melrose on October 1, 1924, Eileen graduated from Melrose High School. She was married in 1945 and settled in Melrose. While her husband worked, she devoted herself to being a caring wife, and doting...
Grace L. Hartigan
March 3, 2015
Mrs. Grace L. Hartigan, a resident of Sandwich, and formerly longtime of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, March 3, 2015, at age 96. Grace was born in Winthrop on September 8, 1918, one of two daughters of the late Jasper I. Downie and Helen V. (Burke) Downie. She was raised in Winthrop where she graduated from Winthrop High...
Sophia C. (Grasso) Mccurdy
February 24, 2015
Mrs. Sophia C. (Grasso) McCurdy, a resident of N. Reading, and formerly of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Lahey Medical Center in Burlington. Sophia was born in East Boston on September 28, 1941, daughter of the late Joseph and Johanna M. (Macrina) Grasso. Raised in East Boston and Revere, Sophia was married to Edward R....
William B. "Bill" Pierce
February 23, 2015
Mr. William B. "Bill" Pierce, of Melrose, passed away peacefully in Danvers on Monday, February 23, 2015, at age 91. Mr. Pierce was born in Quincy on September 20, 1923, son of the late Vesta C. (Cogill) and Bevan W. Pierce. He was raised and educated in Weymouth where he graduated from Weymouth High School.He entered the United States Navy...
Russell L. "Rusty" Johnson
February 18, 2015
Russell L. "Rusty" Johnson, Jr., a longtime Wakefield resident, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at age 61. Born on October 31, 1953 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, Russell was raised and educated in Melrose. He graduated from Melrose High School, and was married to his best friend and love of his...
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