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Virginia M. Ginny Moreau
November 4, 2004
Virginia M. "Ginny" (Merritt) Moreau, 79 of Melrose, died at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Thursday evening November 4, 2004. Ginny was born in Arlington, MA August 9, 1925, the daughter of the late Agnes (Smith) Merritt and Millard Merritt. Ginny was raised in Norfolk, VA and was a former resident of Lexington for 32 years.For many years she was an...
Marie C. Borgal Barrasso
October 29, 2004
Marie C. (Bissett) Borgal Barrasso, 94 of Saugus, formerly of Melrose and Wakefield, died at her home on Friday morning October 29, 2004. Marie was born in East Boston, May 22, 1910, daughter of the late Wilfred B. Bissett and Ellen (Tryder) Bissett. Marie grew up in Melrose, attended Melrose Public Schools and she was a former long time resident...
James F. Jim Mcgowan
October 27, 2004
Mr. James F. "Jim" McGowan, Jr., 54of Melrose, died at his home on Wednesday morning October 27, 2004. Jim was born in Boston on September 14, 1950, son of the late James F. McGowan and Mary E. (O'Connor) McGowan. Jim was raised in Charlestown and graduated from Boston Technical High School.Jim was an MBTA Bus Operator for 28 years.He was...
Audrey Patricia Duggan
October 23, 2004
Audrey P. Duggan, 56, a registered nurse died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Lumberton, North Carolina on Saturday October 23, 2004. Audrey was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia February 4, 1948. Audrey was a previous long time resident of Wakefield before moving to Florida 7 years ago.Audrey was a nurse at the JB Thomas Hospital in Peabody...
Marie Labua
October 21, 2004
Mrs. Marie (Brancato) LaBua, 98 of Amesbury, MA died Thursday evening October 21, 2004 at the Rosewood Nursing Home in Peabody after a brief illness. Marie was born September 1, 1906 in New York City, NY daughter of the late Margaret (Billera) and Anthony Brancato. Mrs. LaBua was a former long time resident of West Haven, CT before moving to...
Eleanor J. Olson
October 18, 2004
Eleanor J. Olson, 86 of Melrose died at Mount Auburn Hospital inCambridge on Monday afternoon October 18, 2004 after a brief illness. Eleanor was born and raised in Malden and was a resident of Melrose for the past 58 years.In 1936, at the age of 18, she was named "Miss Malden and Miss Greater Malden".Eleanor was a loving and devoted...
Beverly M. Herne
October 12, 2004
Beverly Mae Herne, 72 of Melrose, died Tuesday October 12, 2004 at the Life Care Center of Stoneham. Beverly was born in Malden, December 10, 1931, daughter of the late Chester A. and Edna J. (Rae) Herne. Beverly graduated from Melrose High, Boston University, Lesley College and Florida Southern University in Lakeland, FL. She was the sister of Webb Herne...
Elizabeth J. Baker
October 12, 2004
Elizabeth J. (Wilson) Baker, 98 of Melrose died at her daughter's home in Nottingham, NH on Tuesday evening October 12, 2004. Elizabeth was born February 22, 1906 in Salem, MA daughter of the late John and Mary Jane (Gillander) Wilson. Mrs. Baker was a life long resident of Melrose and she graduated from Melrose High School, class of 1924 and...
Patrick Drinkwater
October 11, 2004
Mr. Patrick Drinkwater of Wakefield died Monday, October 11, 2004 at the Epoch Senior Health Care of Melrose. Mr. Drinkwater was born in Chelsea, September 7, 1907, son of the late John A. and Carmella (Patrillo) Drinkwater Mr. Drinkwater was a truck driver and co-owner of the Elk Spring Beverage Company in Wakefield for many years. Husband of the late...
Lillian Marie Kenney
October 5, 2004
Miss Lillian Marie Kenney, a life-long resident of Melrose, died October 5, 2004 at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. Miss Kenney was born in Melrose, February 10, 1926, daughter of the late Ashton L. and Marguerite (Gross) Kenney. Miss Kenney was the winner of the 2003 Bread of Life Award for the Melrose Soup Kitchen.Miss Kenney's parents were very active in the...
William D. Copeland
October 2, 2004
William D. Copeland, 72, a 40 year resident of Melrose died after a brief illness at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, Saturday morning October 2, 2004. Bill was born in Boston, November 1, 1931, son of the late William D. Copeland and Elizabeth A. (Bingham) Copeland. Bill grew up in Boston, graduated from Boston English High School, 1949 and...
Alvin R. Al Hemenway
October 1, 2004
Al Hemenway, a retired telegrapher for the Boston & Maine Railroad died after a brief illness at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston Friday October 1, 2004. Al was born in Woburn, September 25, 1924, son of the late EarlL. Hemenway and Alice (Mallory) Hemenway. Al retired from the Boston & Maine Railroad after 44 years of service and for many...
Marguerite W. Tyacke
September 27, 2004
Mrs. Marguerite "Marge" (Williams) Tyacke, 83 of Lynnfield, formerly of Melrose, died September 27, 2004 at the Rosewood Nursing Home in Peabody.Marge was born June 27, 1921 in Wilmington, Delaware, daughter of the late Robert and Marguerite (Eberle) Williams. Marge graduated from Melrose High School, class of 1939.She studied to be a dental assistant at the Boston School of Dental...
Margaret E. Wood
September 24, 2004
Margaret E. (Mugford) Wood, 97 of Melrose, died at the Tuell Nursing Home in Melrose Friday September 24, 2004 after a long illness. Mrs. Wood was born in Boston, October 11, 1906, daughter of the late Lemuel P. Mugford and Katherine Mugford.Margaret was a 44 year resident of Melrose and a long time member of the First Baptist Church, Melrose....
John V. Bud Curry
September 22, 2004
John V. "Bud" Curry, age 82 of Winchester and West Harwich, died Wednesday September 22, 2004 after a brief illness at the Winchester Hospital in Winchester. "Bud" was born July 14, 1922 in Brookline, MA, son of the late Thomas and Mary (Ward) Curry. "Bud" was a 1941 graduate of St. Mary's High School in Brookline. He graduated from the...
Troy P. Oosterman
September 18, 2004
Troy P. Oosterman, 73 of Prescott, AZ, formerly of Melrose, died at home on Saturday September 18, 2004 after a brief illness.Mr. Oosterman was bornMay 2, 1931 in Northbridge, MA, son of the late Grietsen and Eva (Vander Meer) Oosterman. Troy graduated from Melrose High School, 1950 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1951, attained the rank of Boilerman...
Rita M. Meuse
September 16, 2004
Mrs. Rita M. (DeVeau) Meuse of Wakefield died September 16, 2004 at a local nursing home. Mrs. Meuse was born in Wakefield, January 10, 1913, daughter of the late Edmund and Margaret (Doucette) DeVeau. Mrs. Meuse was a life-long resident of Wakefield, a homemaker who very much enjoyed crocheting. Wife of the late Richard R. Meuse. Mother of Jean K....
Eileen S. Smith
September 10, 2004
Eileen S. Smith, affectionately known to many as "Bird", died at her home in Melrose on Friday, September 10, 2004 after a brief illness.Eileen was born in Amsterdam, NY, October 27, 1923, daughter of the late Margaret Ann (McDonough) Sauter and Joseph A. Sauter. She was a resident of Melrose for the past 8 years. Eileen and her late husband...
Cecyle L. Hackendorf
September 9, 2004
Mrs. Hackendorf was a graduate of West Hampton College at the University of Richmond, Richmond, VA. In 1935 she married Arthur and they moved to Melrose in 1943.She worked for 8 years as a Seed Analyst for the State of Virginia Department of Agriculture.She was a long-time member of the First Baptist Church of Melrose and the League of Women...
Thelma Muriel Ward
September 5, 2004
Thelma Muriel Ward, 94 of Deland, FL, formerly of Melrose, MA, died at the Alliance Nursing Healthcare Nursing Home in Deland, FL on Sunday September 5, 2004. Thelma was born February 19, 1910 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, daughter of the late Ralph E. and Clara M. (Shaw) Ward. Thelma was a graduate of the New England Baptist Hospital, School of...
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