Olympia A. Renzella
Feb 1, 2011
Olympia A. "Lee" (Grieco) Renzella of Malden, died on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. She was 82 years old. Born in East Boston on November 4, 1928, a daughter to the late Domenic & Angelina (Bianco) Grieco, she was a 1946 graduate of East Boston High School. Mrs. Renzella was a...
Gloria L. Barker
Jan 27, 2011
Gloria L. (Ross) Barker of Melrose, died on Thursday, January 27, 2011 at the Bear Hill Nursing Center of Wakefield. She was 89 years old. Born on November 17, 1921 in Millbury, Massachusetts, a daughter to the late Hormidas & Marie (Rail) Ross, she was raised in Fall River & Chelsea and a graduate of St. Rose High School in...
Harold L. Swansburg
Jan 23, 2011
Harold L. "Bud" Swansburg of North Reading, died on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at his home in North Reading. He was 87 years old. Born in Somerville on August 6, 1923, a son to the late Harold L. Sr. & Doris (Ward) Swansburg, he was raised In South Medford and a 1940 graduate of Medford High School. Mr. Swansburg enlisted...
Barbara E. Morrison
Jan 22, 2011
Barbara E. "Betty"(Hannon) Morrison of Peabody, formerly a longtime resident of Melrose, died on Saturday, January 22, 2011 from complications related to lung cancer, surrounded by her devoted family. She was the eldest in a family of 4 children, married Allan D. Morrison, the eldest in a family of 5 children, in 1960. They were blessed with 7 children &...
Phyllis Abruzi
Jan 21, 2011
Phyllis (Ranno) Abruzi of Melrose, died on Friday, January 21, 2011 at the Wingate at Andover Nursing Home. She was 95 years old. Born in Sicily on September 26, 1915, a daughter to the late Domenic & Josephine (DiFazio) Ranno, she came to the United States at the age of 7. She lived in the West End of Boston and...
Madeline M. Sarno
Jan 19, 2011
Madeline M. (Izzo) Sarno of Newburyport, formerly of Malden died Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at the Country Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Newburyport. She was 96 years old. Born in Malden on May 9, 1914, a daughter to the late Paul & Grace (Conte) Izzo, she was raised in Malden and worked as a sales associate with the Gilchrist Department...
Robert W. Schmidt
Jan 19, 2011
Robert W. Bobby Schmidt of Melrose died suddenly on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at his home. He was only 57 years old. Born on June 8, 1953 in Everett, a son to Alice E. (Libby) Schmidt & the late Edward A. Schmidt, he was raised in Everett and a 1972 graduate of Everett High School. Bobby was the Low Hurdles...
John C. Consolo, Sr.
Jan 14, 2011
John C. Consolo Sr., of Melrose, died at the Epoch Senior Healthcare in Melrose on Jan. 14, 2011 at the age of 90. John was born & raised in the West End of Boston. After high school, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps before serving in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII. John served in the South Pacific and was...
Sharon M. Murphy
Jan 5, 2011
Sharon M. Murphy of Melrose died suddenly on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at her home. She was only 57 years old. Born on April 21, 1953 in Boston, a daughter to the late George & Miriam (Duffy) Murphy, she was raised in the Fields Corner section of Dorchester and then Peabody. She was a 1971 graduate of Peabody High School,...
John J. Murphy
Jan 4, 2011
John J. Murphy passed away at his home in Melrose, on Tuesday, January 4, 2011. He was 85 years of age. John was born in Boston on August 10, 1925 to the late John T. & Mary A. (Sullivan) Murphy. He was raised in Roslindale, graduated from Boston Latin High School and was admitted to MIT. Mr. Murphy left college...
Eileen M. Drees
Jan 2, 2011
Eileen M. (Gillespie) Drees, 102 years old, died peacefully in her home in Melrose on Sunday, January 2, 2011 surrounded by family members. Eileen was born on October 31, 1908 in Hillsboro, New Brunswick, Canada and moved with her family to the United States in 1922, where she settled in Melrose. She married Frank V. Drees on April 28, 1938...
Donald A. Dr. Gillis
Dec 31, 2010
Dr. Donald A. Gillis, 83, of Seabrook, NH, died Friday, December 31, 2010 at Exeter Hospital (N.H.) Born June 14, 1927 in Boston, he was son to the late Donald A. & Helen (Kennedy) Gillis; he was raised in Roslindale and was a graduate of Boston Latin School, Class of 1945. He served his country proudly during World War II...
Patricia A. Harper
Dec 27, 2010
Patricia A. (Wolfe) Harper, of Las Vegas, NV, Formerly of Malden, died in Las Vegas on Dec. 27, 2010 at the age of 45. Patricia was born in Somerville and attended Malden Schools. She worked as a Nurse's Aide for several years at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital. Patricia was the beloved wife of Wilfred Harper of Las Vegas for 15...
John A. Cerretani, Jr.
Dec 27, 2010
John A. "Jack" Cerretani, Jr. of Malden, formerly of Melrose, died suddenly Monday, December 27, 2010 at his home. He was only 58 years old. Born January 9, 1952 in Stoneham, a son to John A. Sr. & Marianna (Galvin) Cerretani, he was raised in Melrose and a 1970 graduate of Melrose High School. Jack worked in the Human Resources...
James F. Driscoll, Jr.
Dec 23, 2010
James F. "Jim" Driscoll, 86, a prominent Melrose resident, died on Thursday December 23rd at his home, surrounded by his devoted family. He was the oldest son in a family of 10 children, and he and his wife Barbara Shea Driscoll, formerly of Malden, were married for 52 years before her death in January, 2005. They were blessed with six...
Kathleen F. Gallucci
Dec 22, 2010
Kathleen F. "Kathy" (Kenerson) Gallucci, of Melrose, died at the Wilmington Health Center on Dec. 22, 2010 at the age of 66. Kathy was born & raised in Arlington and a graduate of Arlington High School. She went on to earn her nursing degree from the Melrose Wakefield Nursing School and worked as a nurse at the Mass. General Hospital...
John J. Murphy
Dec 21, 2010
John J. "Jocko" "Mutt" Murphy passed away at the Bear Hill Nursing Center in Wakefield, on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at the age of 92. John was born in Melrose on May 31, 1918 to the late Michael & Mary (Twomey) Murphy. He was raised in Melrose and has been a lifelong resident of Melrose. Mutt graduated from St. Mary's...
Dianne L. Christenson
Dec 20, 2010
Dianne L. (Northrup) Christenson, of Melrose, died at the Brigham & Women's Hospital on Dec. 20, 2010 at the age of 57. Dianne was born & raised in Melrose and a graduate of Melrose High School, Class of 1971. She attended Northeastern University and worked as an Executive Administrator for Cambridge Health Alliance for 4 years, Polaroid for 16 years...
Ruth M. Muise
Dec 16, 2010
Ruth M. (Camerlin) Muise, of Melrose, died at the Woodbriar Nursing Home in Wilmington on Dec. 16, 2010 at the age of 97. Ruth was born & raised in Melrose and attended Melrose High School. She was a homemaker and also worked at the Schraft's Candy Company in Charlestown for several years. Ruth was a member of St. Mary's Church...
Patricia C. Plumer
Dec 14, 2010
Patricia C. (Fitzpatrick) Plumer passed away at her home in Melrose, on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at the age of 63. She was born in Boston on April 26, 1947 to the late Albert & Patricia (Waterman) Fitzpatrick. Patricia was raised in Somerville, graduated from St. Joseph High School in Somerville, Class of 1966 and has been a resident of...
