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Arlene J. Murphy
February 2, 2004
Arlene J. (Jay) Murphy, 64, died at home on Monday morningFebruary 2, 2004. Arlene was born June 8, 1939 in Charlottetown, PEI, Canada, daughter of the late Daniel R. Jay and Annie M. (Locke) Jay. Mrs. Murphy moved to Melrose from Canada when she was 16 years old and graduated from Melrose High School in 1958.Arlene dearly loved her Melrose...
Dorothy P. Popkin
January 30, 2004
Mrs. Dorothy P. (Burtchell) Popkin, formerly of Melrose and Malden, died in Altamonte, FL on January 30, 2004. Mrs. Popkin was born February 9, 1911 in Mars Hill, Maine, daughter of the late Otis and Rebecca (Nightingale) Burtchell. Mrs. Popkin was a bookkeeper for many years for P. O. Reardon Forwarding Company of Boston.She had previously worked as a receptionist...
Jennie B. Thistle
January 30, 2004
Mrs. Jennie (Butt) Thistle of Laconia, NH, formerly of Melrose, MA, died January 30, 2004 at the Goldenview Health Care Center in Meredith, NH. Mrs. Thistle was born April 3, 1912 in Chelsea, MA, daughter of the late Cornelius and Mary Anna (Hoskins) Butt. Mrs. Thistle was a graduate of Everett High School.She was a long-time member of the First...
Windsor A. Gordon
January 29, 2004
Windsor A. Gordon, 78, died January 29, 2004 at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Gordon was born September 10, 1925 in Lisbon, NH, son of the late Ray and Eda (Clough) Gordon. Mr. Gordon grew up in Lisbon and for many years was a lift truck driver for the Palmer & Parker Lumber Company in Tewksbury,...
David C. O'Keefe
January 28, 2004
Mr. David D. O'Keefe, 62 of Pawtucket, RI died at his home on January 28, 2004 after a brief illness. Mr. O'Keefe was born September 10, 1941 in Cambridge, MA, son of the late David and Dorothy (Donahoe) O'Keefe. David grew up in Malden and resided in Pawtucket, RI for the past 18 months.He had previously lived in Revere and...
Alice H. Ralston
January 26, 2004
Alice H. Ralston, age 103 of Melrose died at the Harborside Healthcare Nursing Home, SaugusMonday January 26, 2004 after a brief illness.Alice was born in Melrose and was a life long resident.She was a graduate of Melrose High School and Bryant & Stratton Commercial School.For many years she was a secretary for Stone & Webster.Mrs. Ralston was a member of...
Elizabeth Libby Seavey
January 26, 2004
Elizabeth G. "Libby" Seavey, 91,of Melrose, a retired secretary for the President of Provident Institution for Savings in Boston,died at Bear Hill Nursing Center, Wakefield on Monday January 26, 2004 after a brief illness.Libby, born in East Machias, Maine on June 9, 1912, was the daughter of the late Leslie A. Seavey and Florence G. Seavey.When she was 9 years...
Elva M. Donahue
January 26, 2004
Elva M. (Blanchard) Donahue, 92 of Melrose died January 26, 2004 after a long period of declining health and residency at the Bear Hill Nursing Center in Stoneham, MA. Mrs. Donahue resided in Malden most of her life and was, for many years, an active member of the First Church of the Nazarene where she taught Sunday School.She was a...
Jonathan D. Downey
January 26, 2004
Jonathan D. Downey, 27,of Nashua, NH, formerly of Malden, MA died suddenly January 26, 2004 in Nashua, NH. Jonathan was born April 2, 1976 in Danvers, MAson of Alan G. Downey and Christina G. (Ryan) Downey. Jonathan Downey grew up in Malden, MA graduating from Malden High School in 1994.He was a Maintenance man for Cityside Management Company in Merrimack,...
James R. Doucette
January 23, 2004
Mr. James R. Doucette, 67 of Melrose died Friday January 23, 2004 at home after a brief illness. James was born January 26, 1936 in Chelsea, son of the late John and Mary (DeGerski) Doucette. Mr. Doucette was born in Chelsea and was raised in Chelsea and Revere. He was a resident of Melrose for 40 years. He had previously...
Frances A. Mullen
January 17, 2004
Frances A. Mullen, 87 of Melrose, died January 17, 2004 at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital after a brief illness. Frances was born in Revere September 26, 1916, daughter of the late James and Annabelle Mullen. Frances was raised in Melrose and graduated from the Melrose Public Schools.She was a telephone operator with New England Telephone Company for over 30 years.Frances was...
Edna S. Olson
January 16, 2004
Mrs. Edna S. (Barratt) Olson, 97 of Melrose, died Friday January 16, 2004 at Wingate at Reading Nursing Home. Mrs. Olson was born in Boston, November 3, 1906, daughter of the late William and Edna M. (Russell) Barratt. Mrs. Olson was a resident of Melrose for over 40 years and was a long time member and deacon at the Faith...
Emily F. Correggio
January 12, 2004
Mrs. Emily F. (Spadaro) Correggio, 88 of Stoneham, formerly of Everett, died January 12, 2004 at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. Emily was born May 1, 1915, in Everett, daughter of the late Anthony and Anna (D'Orazio) Spadaro. Emily grew up in Everett, graduating from Everett High School in 1933. She was a bookkeeper for 17 years at the Order of Sons...
Betsey Palantoni
January 10, 2004
Betsey (LeSaffre) Palantoni, 46 of South Salem, NY, formerly of Melrose, died Saturday, January 10, 2004 after a long illness at the Northern Westchester Hospital, Westchester, NY. Betsy was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School, 1975 and Skidmore College, 1979.Betsey received her masters degree from Purdue University, 1980.She was a former dancer with the Boston Ballet...
Francis A. Mccomas
January 8, 2004
Mr. Francis A. McComas of Melrose died January 8, 2004 at the Winchester Hospital after a brief illness. Francis was born January 23, 1940 in Miami, FL, son of the late Arvid and Marion (Ford) McComas. He was a resident of Melrose for most of his life, previously residing in Stoneham. He was a graduate of Stoneham High School and...
John G. Bibilos
January 5, 2004
John George Bibilos, 70 succumbed to cancer on January 5, 2004, after an extended illness.Mr. Bibilos was born in Boston, MA on April 23, 1933 and has resided in Melrose since 1971.He is the son of the late George and Sophia Bibilos. Upon graduating from Boston English High School, Mr. Bibilos attended Bryant and Stratton Business School.He served in the...
Lawrence L. Swanson
January 2, 2004
Mr. Lawence L. Swanson,74 of Melrose, formerly a long time resident of Watertown and Newburyport died Friday January 2, 2004 in the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Newburyport, MA June 8, 1929, son of the late Evelyn W. (Peavey) and John E. Swanson. Mr. Swanson was the former owner of L.L. Peavey Hardware Company in...
Ruth S. Kaltenbach
January 2, 2004
Ruth (Stanton) Kaltenbach, 88 died Friday morning January 2, 2004 atthe Daniel's House Nursing Home, Reading, MA.She was born in Westtown, PA, daughter of the late E. Dean Stanton and Esther (Fawcett) Stanton. Ruth was a life long resident of Chester County, PA before moving to Reading, MA. Ruth received her Bachelor's Degree in Math from the University of Pennsylvania.She...
George C. Johnson
December 30, 2003
Mr. John C. Johnson, III of Melrose died December 30, 2003 in a local nursing home. He was born in Brookline, MA, son of the late Mary R. (Riley) and George C. Johnson, II. Mr. Johnson worked for many years in the Stoneham School Department until his retirement.He previously worked for the Melrose Public Works. He was a Korean War...
Helen M. Devine
December 26, 2003
Mrs. Helen M. (Nee) Devine of Melrose died suddenly at her home on December 26, 2003. Devoted wife of John J. Devine.Beloved mother of Patricia Devine of Melrose.Sister of Mary Cummiskey of Westwood, Ann McGowan of Walpole and the late Thomas Nee.Loving grandmother of Marina, Slava, Yelena and Artiom Phinney. Funeral from the Robinson Funeral Home, 809 Main St., MELROSEMonday,...
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