James R. Carrabis
Oct 14, 2008
James R. Carrabis, of Melrose, died at the Glenridge Nursing Care Center in Medford on Oct. 14, 2008 at the age of 95. James was born in Italy and moved to America at 2 years of age. He lived in the North End for a short time before moving to Everett, where a graduated from Everett Vocational School. Jim resided...
John J. Sampson
Oct 9, 2008
John J. Sampson of Melrose, died on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at his home. He was 63 years old. Born on July 31, 1945 in Medford, MA to Eileen M. (Steele) & the late Frank G. Sampson, he was raised in Medford and a graduate of Medford High School. Mr. Sampson entered the Air Force and served as a Sargent...
Orlando A. Difranza
Oct 6, 2008
Orlando A. DiFranza, of Melrose, died October 6, 2008 at his home. He was 84 years old. Born on July 9, 1924 in East Boston, MA to the late Joseph & Filomena (Perillo) DiFranza, he was raised in East Boston and a graduate of Boston Latin High School and Northeastern University where he earned a degree in Engineering. Mr. DiFranza...
Patrick A. Derocco, Sr.
Oct 3, 2008
Patrick A. DeRocco, Sr. of Peabody, formerly of Melrose, passed away on Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at the Beverly Hospital. He was 75 years old. Born in East Boston on August 10, 1933 to the late Geatano & Conchetta (DiMarzo) DeRocco, he was raised in East Boston and attended East Boston High School. Mr. DeRocco was the Owner, President and...
John M. Mclaughlin
Oct 1, 2008
John M."Jack" McLaughlin, Jr. of Wilmington, formerly of Melrose, died suddenly on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at the Parkland Medical Center in Derry, New Hampshire. He was only 56 years old. Born in Charlestown, MA on January 6, 1952 to Martha J. (Wehler) McLaughlin & the late John M. McLaughlin, Sr., he was raised in Melrose and a 1971 graduate...
Kayla Goldstein
Sep 29, 2008
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Mary F. Kearney
Sep 28, 2008
Mary F. (Kelly) Kearney, of Stoneham, formerly of Melrose, died at the Pleasant Valley Nursing Center in Derry, NH on Sept. 28, 2008 at the age of 81. Mary was born & raised in Melrose and a graduate of Melrose High School, Class of 1944 and continued her education after high school at Kathleen Dell Business School in Boston. Mary...
Louise M. Robbins
Sep 26, 2008
Louise M. (Holt) Robbins, of Melrose, died at the Oxford Nursing Home in Haverhill on Sept. 26th at the age of 67. Louise was born in Melrose, raised in Wakefield and attended Wakefield High School. She resided in Wakefield until the age of 23 and spent the past 44 years in Melrose. Louise was a homemaker who enjoyed bingo, reading...
John F. C. Moura
Sep 23, 2008
John Moura passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on September 23, 2008; he was 82 years of age. John was born and raised Pornta Delgada, Portugal, attended school in Portugal and graduated from the Technical School of Architecture. Mr. Moura came to the Untied States in 1965, lived in West Somerville for 12 years and Melrose since 1977. He was a...
Gerald C. Wodehouse
Sep 22, 2008
Gerald C. "Gerry" Wodehouse died at Massachusetts General Hospital, on Monday, September 22, 2008. He was 66 years of age. Gerry was born and raised in Santiago, Chile and moved to the United States in 1964. He lived in Boston for many years, a few years in Cambridge and the past 4 years in Somerville. Gerry worked as a research...
Daniel J. Boyle
Sep 19, 2008
Daniel J. Boyle, son of the late Daniel J. & Josephine (Mannix) Boyle, passed away at the Metro West Hospital in Framingham, on Friday, September 19, 2008. He was 83 years of age. Mr. Boyle was born and raised in Peabody. He graduated from St. John's Parochial & St. John's Preparatory School in 1943, Notre Dame College in 1947 and...
Cecil B. Mast
Sep 16, 2008
Cecil Bernard Mast died on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at the Hammersmith House Nursing Care Center in Saugus. His death was the final stop in a long journey with Alzheimer's Disease. Cecil was born in Chicago, Illinois, on Feb. 21, 1927, the son of George and Anna (Ordowski) Mast. His parents were second-generation German immigrants who raised their eight children...
Cecil Bernard Mast
Sep 16, 2008
Cecil Bernard Mast died on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at the Hammersmith House Nursing Care Center in Saugus. His death was the final stop in a long journey with Alzheimer's Disease. Cecil was born in Chicago, Illinois, on Feb. 21, 1927, the son of George and Anna (Ordowski) Mast. His parents were second-generation German immigrants who raised their eight children...
Robert G. Testa
Sep 15, 2008
Robert G. Testa of Melrose, died suddenly in Rochester, NH, on Wednesday, September 15, 2008. He was only 47 years old. Born in Boston on July 25, 1961, to Constantino & Cynthia (Johnson) Testa, he was raised in Melrose and a graduate of Melrose High School, class of 1979. Bob was started working as an auto mechanic from the age...
Norma L. Donoghue
Sep 13, 2008
Norma L. (Walkey) Donoghue of Melrose passed away at her home on Saturday morning, September 13, 2008. She was 87 years old. Born on July 7, 1921 to the late Thomas L. & Izzetta (Davies) Walkey, she was raised in Everett and an Everett High School graduate, class of 1938. Mrs. Donoghue worked in the office of Hood Milk in...
Vincenzo Filippo Varacalli
Sep 12, 2008
Vincenzo Filippo "Vinny" Varacalli of East Boston went home to GOD on Friday, September 12, 2008 at the Children's Hospital of Boston. He was only 2 weeks old. Although he was only here a short time, he will be in our hearts forever and we are thankful for the gift of Vinny. He was the beloved son of Vincenzo &...
Louis H. Miller, Sr.
Sep 9, 2008
Louis H. Miller Sr. passed away at the VA Hospital in W. Roxbury, on September 9, 2008; he was 71 years of age. Louis was born and raised in Chelsea and attended Chelsea Schools. Mr. Miller entered the US Air Force in 1955 and served during the Korean & Vietnam Wars. He lived in Chelsea most of his life and...
Frank M. Mayo
Sep 9, 2008
Frank M. Mayo, of Saugus, died on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was 82 years. Born on May 4, 1926 in Malden, he was the son of the late Joseph & Cecelia (Mastrolito) Maio. Mr. Mayo was raised in Malden and attended Malden Schools. He was an entrepreneur, worked in sales...
Mildred C. Griffin Lyons
Sep 5, 2008
Mildred C. (Rogers) Griffin Lyons passed away on Friday, September 5, 2008, at her daughter's home in Reading after a long illness. She was 80 years of age. Mildred was born in Boston, raised in Everett and graduated from Everett High School, Class of 1946. Mrs. Lyons lived in Saugus for 42 years and Wakefield the last 25 years. She...
Burton A. Humphrey
Sep 4, 2008
Burton A. "Deke" Humphrey of Melrose, died on Thursday, September 4, 2008 at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital after a period of declining health. He was 81 years old. Born on March 18, 1927 in Roxbury, MA to the late Stanley A. & Mary G. (Higgins) Humphrey, he was raised in Newton, Natick, Needham and Wakefield. Mr. Humphrey served in the...
