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Cynthia "Cinny" Olson
September 15, 2017
Cynthia 'Cinny' Olson will forever be remembered as 'sassy' and full of life and always willing to help people with her generous heart. She died unexpectedly on Friday, September 15, 2017 in Melrose-Wakefield Hospital after being stricken ill at home. She was 77. Cynthia Annette Hawes was born June 22, 1940 in Gadsden, Alabama a daughter of the late Gordon...
Marietta Haeg Schwartz
September 6, 2017
Marietta Haeg Schwartz, a resident of Wakefield and a Minnesota farm girl at heart passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at Winchester Hospital, at age 55. With a quiet strength, Marietta was genuine, unassuming, and always true to herself. Marietta was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, the oldest child and only daughter of...
Barry E. Mccann
August 29, 2017
Mr. Barry E. McCann, of Melrose, died at home with his family gathered at his side on Tuesday, August 29, 2017. He was 70. Barry was born in Winchester on October 7, 1946 a son of the late Ralph E. and Marjorie E. (Jacobs) McCann. Raised and educated in Wakefield he honorably served his country during the Vietnam War aboard...
Lester Haddock
August 25, 2017
Mr. Lester Haddock Jr., of Melrose, died Friday, August 25, 2017 in Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. He was 94. Born on February 26, 1923 in Somerville he was the only child of the late Lester and Bessie (Proctor) Haddock Sr. Raised and educated in Medford he graduated from Medford High School and then attended Northeastern University. Les honorably served his country during...
Mary "Lois" (Patterson) Armstrong
August 21, 2017
Mrs. Mary "Lois" (Patterson) Armstrong, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, at age 89. Lois was born in Millidgeville, GA on January 15, 1928, one of two daughters of the late Hugh W. and Beulah B. (Parker) Patterson. She was raised in Long Island, NY until the age of 12...
Margaret F. "Peg" Bowman
August 13, 2017
Mrs. Margaret F. (Myles) "Peg" Bowman, a resident of Melrose and Wolfeboro, NH, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 13, 2017, at age 91. Margaret was born in Boston on April 15, 1926, a daughter of the late John J. Myles and Margaret (Lonergan) Myles. Raised in Medford and Stoneham, she married Frederick W. Bowman on November 10, 1946 and...
Edward F. "Eddie" Kelly
August 13, 2017
Edward F. Kelly, Jr., of Melrose, passed away unexpectedly at home on Sunday, August 13, 2017, at age 51. Born in Melrose on January 26, 1966, Eddie was raised in Melrose and graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1984. He was married and lived in Melrose until moving to Ledyard, CT. Deeply loved, Eddie made his mark on the...
Joan L. Mahoney
August 12, 2017
Mrs. Joan L. (Selig) Mahoney, of Eliot, Maine, and formerly a longtime resident of Malden, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, August 12, 2017, at age 79. Joan was born in Malden on February 18, 1938, one of three children of the late Earl and Anne (Waterman) Selig. She was raised in Malden where she attended Malden High School...
Carolyn J. Bishop
August 6, 2017
Carolyn J. (Boyd) Bishop, of Jefferson, NH and formerly longtime of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 6, 2017, at age 70. Carolyn was born in Malden on February 5, 1947, one of four children of the late Preston R. Boyd and Helen (Meagher) Boyd. She was raised in Malden where she graduated from Malden High School, Class of...
Eva Haley
August 5, 2017
Mrs. Eva (Rice) Haley, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully at Lahey Medical Center in Burlington on Saturday, August 5, 2017, at age 95. Eva was born in South Bristol, Maine on May 30, 1922, a daughter of the late Lester and Lillian (Pitcher) Rice. Eva was raised and educated in S. Bristol where she was one of...
Steven P. Kenney
July 29, 2017
Steven P. Kenney, a longtime resident of Waltham, passed away peacefully at Winchester Hospital on Saturday, July 29, 2017, at age 62. Steve was born in Arlington on November 5, 1954, one of three children of the late Walter T. Kenney, Jr. and Nancy (Phillips) Kenney. He was raised in Lexington where he graduated from Lexington High School, and attended...
Bradford H. Pottle
July 25, 2017
Bradford H. "Brad" Pottle, a resident of Saugus, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, at age 79. Brad was born in Stoneham on June 10, 1938, one of three children of the late Herman and Laura (Wheeler) Pottle. He was raised in Wakefield where he graduated from Wakefield High School,...
Gloria Moccia
July 25, 2017
Gloria (Catrone) Moccia, of Melrose, passed away peacefully on July 25, 2017 at Care One in Wilmington, at age 88. Gloria was born on March 30, 1929 in Boston, a daughter of the late Michael J. Catrone and Emma (Genova) Catrone. Raised and educated in East Boston, Gloria graduated from East Boston High School, Class of 1946, and received her...
Virginia L. "Ginny" Sorenson
July 22, 2017
Virginia L. (McAuley) "Ginny" Sorenson, of Stoneham, passed away peacefully at the Sawtelle Family Hospice House in Reading on Saturday, July 22, 2017, at age 94. Ginny was born in Everett on October 28, 1922, the daughter of the late William J. McAuley and Alice (Schneider) McAuley. She was raised in Melrose where she graduated from Melrose High School, Class...
Patricia Visconti
July 19, 2017
Patricia Visconti, of Saugus and formerly a longtime resident of Everett, passed away peacefully at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at age 60. Patricia, lovingly known to all as "Patty" was born in Everett on September 28, 1956. She was raised and educated in Everett, graduated from Everett High School, Class of 1974...
Grace Ham
July 16, 2017
Grace Ham, age 96, of Jamaica Plain, formerly of Melrose, passed away on Sunday, July 16, 2017 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She was born on November 29, 1920, a daughter of the late Vahan Terchoonian and Naomi (Krikorian) Terchoonian. Grace was born in Boston and grew up in Chelsea. She graduated from Chelsea High School...
Olive (Thorp) Liebermann
July 12, 2017
E. Olive (Thorp) Liebermann, at age 91, of Dennisport, formerly of Melrose, passed away on July 12, 2017 at McCarthy Care Center in Sandwich.She was born on January 14, 1926, the daughter of the late Tom Thorp and Eva (Benson) Thorp. Born and raised in Gorham, NH, Olive graduated from Gorham High School.On September 6, 1947, she married Walter F....
George E. "Butch" Barrett
July 10, 2017
George E. "Butch" Barrett, a longtime resident of Melrose and retired Melrose Police Sergeant, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Monday, July 10, 2017, at age 78. Butch was born in Melrose on October 9, 1938, one of two children of the late George A. Barrett, and Elva (Charlton) Barrett. Raised in Melrose, Butch cherished childhood...
Joseph A. Rossino
July 8, 2017
Joseph A. Rossino, Sr., a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully in Peabody on Saturday, July 8, 2017, at age 86. Joe was born in Everett on July 1, 1931, one of six children of the late Sebastian and Mary (DeFilippo) Rossino. Raised in Melrose, he graduated from Melrose High School with the Class of 1950, and received an...
Nancy Bingham Leverich
July 6, 2017
Nancy Bingham Leverich, of Melrose, Massachusetts, died at the Bear Hill Nursing Home, in Stoneham, Massachusetts, on July 6, 2017. She was predeceased in 2002 by her beloved life partner of 46 years, Jerry Barbara Jackson.She is survived by her beloved brother and sister-in-law, Bingham B. Leverich and Luize E. Zubrow of McLean, Virginia.Also surviving her are her dear nephew,...
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