Antonio John Ferraro
Apr 6, 2015
Antonio John Ferraro passed away at the Daniel's House in Reading on Monday April 6, 2015. He was 96 years of age. Antonio was born and raised in Malden and graduated from Malden High School, Class of 1936. He served his country with pride during WWII in the Army Air Corps. Mr. Ferraro started working at the First National Grocery...
Mary J. Delaney
Apr 5, 2015
Mary J. (Niska) Delaney, of Melrose, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2015 at the age of 72. Mary was born on August 1, 1942 to Alfred and Florence (MacEacheron) Niska in Lynn, MA. Mary was raised in Lynn, and moved to Melrose after meeting the love of her life, George Delaney. Mary and George were married in 1968 and...
Martin M. Britten
Apr 3, 2015
Memories of the Best Man I Ever Knew Born in Creston, Iowa as Frederick Martin Britten in 1939; the fifth of nine children to Martin Nicholas Britten and Dolores (Bryan) Britten. His family moved to Melrose, MA when he was very young and there he grew up. He officially changed his name to Martin Michael Britten when he joined the...
Frank A. Zinck, Jr.
Apr 2, 2015
Frank A. Zinck, Jr., (Retired Melrose Fire Chief), of Melrose, passed away at his home on April 2, 2015 surrounded by family at the age of 73. Frank was born on January 19, 1942 at the Jamaica Plain Osteopathic Hospital to Frank Sr. & Eva (Harris) Zinck. Frank was a lifelong resident of Melrose; he was raised on Beech Ave....
James L. Diozzi
Mar 30, 2015
James L. Diozzi, of Saugus, died at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital on March 30, 2015 at the age of 74. Jim was born & raised in Somerville and a graduate of Somerville High School, Class of 1959. He resided in Somerville, Malden & Medford for several years and the past 37 years in Saugus. Jimmy worked & was very proud...
George Lunn
Mar 27, 2015
George Lunn, of Melrose, passed away on March 27, 2015 at his home surrounded by family at the age of 74. George was born to Arthur J. Lunn and Edith (Toland) Lunn on November 26, 1940. He was raised in Dorchester and attended Jamaica Plain High School. While in high school George studied agriculture. His parents came from the farming...
Walter J. O'Brien
Mar 26, 2015
Walter J. O'Brien, of Saugus and formerly of Melrose, passed away surrounded by his family on March 26, 2015 at the age of 83. Walter was born on July 19, 1931 in Somerville, MA to Walter J. and Lillian M. (Potterton) O'Brien. He was raised in Everett and graduated from Everett High School. In 1950, Walter enlisted in the United...
Mary A. O'Leary Boylen
Mar 25, 2015
Mary A. (O'Leary) Boylen passed away at Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. She was 72 years of age. Mary was born in Melrose on December 1, 1942 to the late Daniel & Helen (O'Connor) O'Leary. Mrs. Boylen was raised in Melrose, graduated from St. Mary's Grammar School and St. Mary's High School. She worked as an administrative...
Paulette Keaveny Galvin
Mar 22, 2015
Paulette (Keaveny) Galvin passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on March 22, 2015. She was only 66 years of age. Paulette was born in Medford on November 5, 1948 to the late Thomas & Betty (Murray) Keaveny. She was raised in Medford and graduated from Medford High School, Class of 1966 and has been a resident of Melrose since 1973. Mrs....
Stephen Varney
Mar 17, 2015
Stephen Varney passed away suddenly at Lahey Medical Center in Peabody on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. He was only 49 years of age. Stephen was born in Cambridge, MA on October 21, 1965 to Robert E. & Ellen A. (Laskey) Varney. He was raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School Class of 1983, attended SMU and graduated from East...
Marion J. Gianino
Mar 16, 2015
Marion J. Gianino (Celani) passed away in Melrose on March 16, 2015 after suffering from cancer at the age of 84. She was born on March 19, 1930, the daughter of Frank and Josephine (Genovese) Celani. Her early childhood was spent in Malden. Then when she was 9 years old her family moved to Melrose where she has lived ever...
Mary B. Barron Hogan
Mar 16, 2015
Mary (Barron) Hogan, of Melrose, passed away on March 16, 2015 at the age of 85. Mary was born in Boston on May 31, 1929. She graduated from Gate of Heaven High School and Middlesex Community College. In the late 1950s she moved to Washington, D.C. and worked as a decoding clerk for the Central Intelligence Agency. She returned to...
John D. Galiano
Mar 16, 2015
John D. Galiano passed away suddenly at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Monday, March 16, 2015. He was only 63 years of age. John was born in Melrose on June 4, 1951 to the late Russell & Mary (Morrissey) Galiano. He was raised in Melrose, graduated from Essex Agricultural School, from Stockbridge School of Agriculture UMASS Amherst and has been a lifelong...
Margaret A. Cassell Peg Berube
Mar 15, 2015
Margaret A. "Peg" (Cassell) Berube, of Melrose, died at home on March 15, 2015 at the age of 79. Peg was born & raised in Malden and a graduate of the Cheverus High School in Malden, Class of 1953. She resided in Melrose for 57 years and was lifelong member of St. Mary's Church in Melrose. Peg volunteered & worked...
Helen C. Mccarte Lambert
Mar 14, 2015
Helen C. (McCarte) Lambert, of Melrose, formerly of Everett, died at the Winchester Hospital on March 14, 2015 at the age of 95. Helen was born & raised in Everett and a graduate of Everett High School, Class of 1937. She was a homemaker and resided in Everett until 1967 and Melrose for the past 48 years. Helen was an...
Mary Elizabeth Dorn
Mar 10, 2015
Mary Elizabeth Dorn passed away at Wingate at Reading on March 10, 2015. Mary was born in Everett, raised in Salem, graduated from St. Mary's Grammar School, Salem High School, Emmanuel College and received her Master's in Education from Harvard University. She also received the Fulbright Scholarship to Columbia University in 1958. Miss Dorn taught English & Spanish at Salem...
Walter R. Sheppard
Mar 6, 2015
Walter R. Sheppard, of Melrose, passed away on March 6, 2015 at the age of 82. Walter was born to William and Bella Sheppard on August 13, 1932 in Chelsea, MA. He was raised in Chelsea and attended Chelsea Schools. Walter honorably served his country for twenty years in the Air Force. He started out as a cook, but he...
Katherine Felker
Mar 6, 2015
Katherine Felker, of Melrose, passed away on March 6, 2015 at the age of 75. Katherine was born on August 5, 1939 to Joseph and Katherine Higgins in Melrose. She was a lifelong resident of Melrose, attending St. Mary's Grammar and High School. Katherine married Donald R. Felker and the two spent 48 wonderful years together. Much of Katherine's life...
Rose M. Romano
Mar 3, 2015
Rose M. Romano, of Melrose, formerly of Wakefield, died at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital on March 3, 2015 at the age of 93. Rose was born & raised in Wakefield and a graduate of Wakefield High School & Burdett Business School. She resided in Wakefield for many years and the past 19 years in Melrose. Rose began a life-long career...
Alfonso G. Rev. Monsignor Palladino
Mar 3, 2015
Rev. Monsignor Alfonso G. Palladino Boston Archdiocese Priest for 72 Years Rev. Monsignor Alfonso G. Palladino, 96, died peacefully on March 3, 2015, in Boston, MA at Regina Cleri Residence for retired priests. He was born on April 8, 1918 in Boston, MA, the son of the late Frank P. Palladino and Anastasia (Maglio) Palladino. In addition to his parents,...
