Velna C. Godbout Montague
Dec 22, 2011
Velna C. (Godbout) Montague passed away at her home in Melrose on Thursday, December 22, 2011. She was 87 years of age. Velna was born in Sanford, Maine on June 27, 1924 to the late Ovide & Marion (Vachon) Godbout. She was raised in Malden, graduated from Malden High School and has been a resident of Melrose for the past...
William Bill Robinson
Dec 19, 2011
William G. "Bill" Robinson passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Monday, December 19, 2011. He was 85 years of age. Bill was born in Malden on March 10, 1926 to the late George & Muriel (Bumstead) Robinson. He was raised in Malden and attended Malden Schools. Mr. Robinson owned the Middlesex Furnace Company in Malden for 12 years and then...
Barbara A. Clark Waka
Dec 19, 2011
Barbara A. (Clark) Waka of Melrose, 79 years old and the wife of the late R. John Waka, died on Monday, December 19, 2011 from spinal meningitis following surgery at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Her only child, Naomi, was with her during this final journey. She retired in 1999 from the Kennedy School located in Somerville where she worked as a...
Cecilia Corsetti Colella
Dec 18, 2011
Cecilia (Corsetti) Colella passed away peacefully at her home in Melrose, on December 18, 2011. She was 89 years of age. Cecilia was born in Italy on September 24, 1922 to the late Pasquale & Agata (Castricone) Corsetti. She was raised in Italy and came to the United States at the age of 27. Settling in Melrose in 1949, she...
Stanley A. Gizzi
Dec 12, 2011
Stanley A. Gizzi passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, on Monday, December 12, 2011. He was 89 years of age. Mr. Gizzi was born in Boston on May 3, 1922 to the late Peter & Bettina (DiCicco) Gizzi. Stan was raised in the North End of Boston and has been a resident of Melrose for over 50 years. Mr. Gizzi worked...
Marie Kelly
Dec 10, 2011
Marie T. Kelly passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Saturday, December 10, 2011. She was 84 years of age. Marie was born in Boston on June 9, 1927, was raised in Charlestown, graduated from St. Mary's Grammar School in Charlestown and Cathedral High School in South End in Boston. She worked as an administrative assistant for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
Christopher Palmer
Dec 10, 2011
Christopher Palmer passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Saturday, December 10, 2011 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 52 years of age. Chris was born in London on April 25, 1959 and came to the United States aboard the Queen Mary at the age of 4. He was raised in NJ and Melrose and graduated from Melrose High...
Thomas B O Obrien
Dec 8, 2011
Thomas G. "O'B" O'Brien died December 8, 2011 at the South Shore Hospital surrounded by his loving wife, children and grandchildren. He was 80 years of age. Tom was born in Boston on December 11,1930 to the late John & Florence (Driscoll) O'Brien. He was raised in Charlestown and Malden, attended Malden Schools and entered the service just before graduating...
Howard H. Lemack
Dec 6, 2011
Howard H. Lemack, of Melrose, formerly of Hull, died at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers on Dec. 6, 2011 at the age of 53. Howard was born in Quincy, raised in Hull and a graduate of Hull High School, Class of 1976. He went on to earn degrees from both Wentworth Institute and Northeastern University. Howard was a...
Joan Gilda Mrs. Vasapolli
Dec 6, 2011
Josephine "Joan" Gilda (Micciche) Vasapolli of Brooksby Village Peabody, formerly of Melrose, died suddenly & peacefully surrounded by her loving family, on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at the Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington. She was 84 years old. Born in East Boston on May 31, 1927, a daughter to the late Michael & Giovanna (Rizzo) Micciche, she was raised...
James M. Mr. Costello
Dec 1, 2011
James M. "Jimmy" Costello of Malden died suddenly at his home on Thursday, December 1, 2011. He was only 56 years old. Born on August 9, 1955 in Cambridge, he was raised in Malden and a 1973 graduate of Malden High School. After high school, Jimmy worked as an auto mechanic with Tregor Engines of Malden for a few years...
Robert E. Bob Driscoll
Nov 28, 2011
Robert E. (Bob) Driscoll, 85, a nearly lifelong resident of Melrose, died on November 28th at the Sawtelle Family Hospice House in Reading. Driscoll was predeceased in 1996 by his devoted wife of 42 years, Joan (Gullage) of Melrose, a former guidance counselor at Melrose High School and Latin teacher at Malden High School. The fifth in a family of...
Jerold A. Cohen
Nov 28, 2011
Jerold A. Cohen, of Revere, died at his home after a long illness on Nov. 28, 2011 at the age of 61. Jerold was born in Boston, raised in Revere and a graduate of Revere High School, Class of 1968. After high school, Jerold served in the Navy during Vietnam. He worked as a Postal Clerk for the U.S. Postal...
Kay Ferentinos Chakalis
Nov 26, 2011
Kay (Ferentinos) Chakalis passed away peacefully at her daughter Cathy's home in Melrose, on November 26, 2011. She was 81 years of age. Kay was born in Langada Chios, Greece, to her late parents George & Catherine (Poulis) Ferentinos and came to the United States at the age of 7. She was raised in Malden and attended Malden schools. Mrs....
Elizabeth F. Betty Carter Power
Nov 24, 2011
Elizabeth F. (Carter) "Betty" Power, of Melrose, formerly of Winter Harbor, ME, died at the Winchester Nursing Center on Nov. 24, 2011 at the age of 87. Elizabeth was born in Blue Hill, Maine and a graduate of Sedgewick High School in Sedgewick, ME where she was the Valedictorian of the Class of 1942. She resided in Somerville for over...
Cheryl A. Cottam Ingersoll
Nov 22, 2011
Cheryl A. (Cottam) Ingersoll, of Saugus, age 67, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 at the Sawtelle Family Hospice House in Reading surrounded by loved ones. Cheryl was a proud grandmother of 10 (soon to be 11) grandchildren. Cheryl was born in Malden, raised in Melrose and attended Melrose High School. After high school, she worked as a...
Elizabeth A. Betty Brennan Bailey
Nov 19, 2011
Elizabeth A. "Betty" (Brennan) Bailey passed away the Epoch of Melrose, on Saturday, November 19th at the age of 94. Betty was born in Melrose on January 22, 1917 to the late Michael & Margaret (Morgan) Brennan. Elizabeth was raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1935 and was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Bailey worked as a...
Kenneth R. Crowell
Nov 16, 2011
Kenneth R. Crowell, of Melrose, died at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital on November 15, 2011 at the age of 88. Ken was born & raised in Melrose and a lifelong resident. He was a member of St. Mary's Church in Melrose, where he & Phyllis were married many years ago. Ken was a graduate of Melrose High School and went...
Leo B. Tecce
Nov 13, 2011
Leo B. Tecce passed away at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 13, 2011. He was 88 years of age. Leo was born in Wakefield on August 30, 1923 to the late Bernard & Virginia (Frongilio) Tecce. He was raised in Wakefield and graduated from the Franklin Institute of Boston with a master electrician's license. Leo...
Margaret E. Reeves Hallinan Callinan
Nov 7, 2011
Margaret E. (Reeves) (Hallinan) Callinan, of Melrose, died at the Life Care Center on Stoneham on Nov. 7, 2011 at the age of 92. Margaret was born & raised in Reading and a graduate of Reading High School, Class of 1936. She was a homemaker and resided in Melrose for over 60 years. Margaret was a fantastic cook & seamstress...
