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Paul B. Mahoney
May 13, 2009
Paul B. Mahoney, of Malden, passed away suddenly at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, after a long illness on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. He was 71 years old. Born in Cambridge to the late Matthew J. & Katherine "Kitty" (Dwyer) Mahoney, Paul graduated from Cambridge High & Latin in 1955 and from North Shore Community College with a degree in criminal justice. Mr....
Helen A. Munro
May 12, 2009
Helen A. Munro passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. She was 96 years of age. Born in Malden to the late John & Elizabeth (Blaney) Munro, she was raised in Melrose, attended Melrose schools and has been a lifelong resident of Melrose. Helen worked as a cake decorator for Stop & Shop Bakery in Dorchester for...
Helen Agnes Munro
May 12, 2009
Helen A. Munro passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. She was 96 years of age. Born in Malden to the late John & Elizabeth (Blaney) Munro, she was raised in Melrose, attended Melrose schools and has been a lifelong resident of Melrose. Helen worked as a cake decorator for Stop & Shop Bakery in Dorchester for...
Norman G. Jeffrey
May 11, 2009
Norman G. Jeffrey passed away in Delray Beach, Florida on Monday, May 11, 2009. He was 88 years of age. Norman was born in Lynn, MA to the late Louise & Flora (Pheiffer) Jeffrey. He was raised in Lynn and graduated from high school in Lynn. Mr. Jeffrey served in the US Army during WWII from July 7, 1943 to...
Geraldine A. Williams
May 11, 2009
Geraldine A. "Gerry" (LeFave) Williams passed away at the Glenridge Nursing Center in Medford, on Monday, May 11, 2009. She was 87 years of age. Gerry was born and raised in Melrose and attended Melrose schools. She was a lifelong resident of Melrose. Gerry worked as a home health aide for the Intercity Homemaker Service for many years, retiring in...
Marguerite E. Sampson-Burnett
May 9, 2009
Marguerite E. (Steele) Sampson-Burnett passed away at Winchester Hospital on Saturday, May 9, 2009. Marguerite was born in Medford to the late John & Anna (Casey) Steele, raised in Medford and graduated from Medford High School. She lived in Medford for many years and worked as the head teller at Medford CoOperative Bank for 25 years, retiring in 1984. After...
Marguerite E. Burnett
May 9, 2009
Marguerite E. (Steele) Sampson-Burnett passed away at Winchester Hospital on Saturday, May 9, 2009. Marguerite was born in Medford to the late John & Anna (Casey) Steele, raised in Medford and graduated from Medford High School. She lived in Medford for many years and worked as the head teller at Medford CoOperative Bank for 25 years, retiring in 1984. After...
Edward J. Tucker, Sr.
May 5, 2009
Edward J. Tucker Sr. passed away at home on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. He was 83 years of age. Ed was born in Springfield, raised in Charlestown, graduated from Charlestown High School and was a Sea Scout at the high school. At age 16 he went to work at the Charlestown Shipyard before entering the US Navy. After serving in...
Joseph D. Nocito
May 2, 2009
Joseph D. Nocito, of Peabody, died on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at the Essex Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center of Beverly. He was 82 years of age. Born on July 9, 1926 in East Boston to the late Joseph & Clara (Parazzo) Nocito, he was also raised in East Boston. Mr. Nocito was a resident of Revere from 1957-1976 and...
Catherine E. Swansburg
Apr 30, 2009
Catherine E. "Kitty" (Sullivan) Swansburg of Melrose, formerly of Malden, died at home on Thursday, April 30, 2009 surrounded by her loving family. Born on September 30, 1924 in Cambridge, MA to the late Jeremiah & Julia Sullivan, she was raised in Cambridge and a graduate of St. Mary's High School of Cambridge. Mrs. Swansburg was a resident of Malden...
Dorothy Frederick Court-Garbati
Apr 22, 2009
Dorothy (Frederick) Court-Garbati, 80, of Melrose passed away on April 22. Born in Revere, raised in Saugus, she was the daughter of the late Mildred and James Frederick. Dorothy was the former wife of Eugene Garbati and was the devoted mother of Peter Garbati, husband of Mary Anne of Plaistow, NH, Robert Garbati, husband of Barbara of Wilmington, Janet McCarthy,...
Louise C. Keenan
Apr 19, 2009
Louise C. (Leonard) Keenan passed away at Winchester Hospital, on Sunday, April 19, 2009. She was 97 years of age. Born in Boston to the late John & Catherine (Dowd) Leonard, she was raised in Somerville, was a member of the first graduating class of St. Clement's High School and graduated from Bryant & Stratton School of Business. Louise lived...
Anthony J. Serino
Apr 19, 2009
Anthony J. "Tony" Serino, of Melrose, died at his home on April 19, 2009 at the age of 35. Tony was born & raised in Melrose and a graduate of Melrose High School, Class of 1993. He worked as a truck driver for McCall Trucking in Wilmington. Tony loved motorcycles, cats, fitness training and most of all, spending time playing...
Steven R. Dow
Apr 14, 2009
Steven R. Dow passed away suddenly at the Saints Memorial Hospital in Lowell on Tuesday April 14th. He was 42 years of age. Mr. Dow was born and raised in Melrose, attended Melrose Schools, lived in Malden for a few years and most of his life in Melrose. He was a talented self-employed handy-man who was good at whatever he...
Joseph L. Burns
Apr 13, 2009
Joseph L. Burns passed away at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport on Monday, April 13, 2009. He was 85 years of age. Joseph was born in Boston to the late Joseph H. & Lorraine (Daoust) Burns, raised in Malden and went to the Chevrus School in Malden. Mr. Burns served in the US Navy during WWII for 5 years. After...
William J. Mackeil
Apr 10, 2009
William J. MacKeil passed away unexpectedly on Good Friday, April 10, 2009 at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital after complications from a back injury. He was 63 years of age. He was born in Stoneham to the late Maxwell & Helen (Cronan) MacKeil. William was raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1963 and then from the General Electric...
John J. Connolly, Jr.
Apr 3, 2009
John J. "Jack" Connolly Jr. passed away at his home in Melrose, on Friday April 3, 2009. He was 50 years of age. Jack was born in Melrose to John J. Connolly Sr. & his late wife Catherine (Walsh) Connolly, raised in Melrose and graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1977. He lived in Wakefield for 20 years and...
Leo J. Gillis
Apr 1, 2009
Leo J. Gillis passed away at the Kindred Boston North Shore Hospital, on Wednesday, April 1, 2009, after a long illness. He was 73 years of age. Leo was born in Newburyport to the late Joseph & Catherine (Jacobs) Gillis, was raised in Newburyport and attended Newburyport schools. Mr. Gillis worked as a self-employed painter for many years before going...
James P. Bramante
Mar 28, 2009
James P. Bramante passed away at the Elmhurst Nursing Home in Melrose, on Saturday, March 28, 2009. He was 83 years of age. Born in Boston on July 10, 1925 to the late Francesco & Maria (Motta) Bramante, he was raised in Boston and graduated from high school in Boston. After high school, he joined the US Navy and served...
Rose M. Frongillo
Mar 28, 2009
Rose M. (DiNatale) Frongillo passed away at the Youville Hospital in Cambridge, on Saturday, March 28, 2009. She was 79 years of age. Rose was born in Malden to the late G. Antonino & Giulia (DeSimone) DiNatale, was raised in Malden and graduated from Malden High School, Class of 1947. Mrs. Frongillo has been a resident of Stoneham for the...
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