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...
Christopher Mark Heath
Aug 31, 2008
Christopher Mark "Chris" Heath, of Melrose, died unexpectedly on Aug. 31, 2008 at the age of 24. Chris was born & raised in Melrose and a graduate of Northeast Regional Vocational School, Class of 2002. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle, amusement parks, camping, pickup basketball games with his family & friends and was an avid Red Sox & Patriots fan....
Herbert G. Muse
Aug 31, 2008
Herbert G. Muse, of Melrose, died at his home surrounded by his family on August 31, 2008 at the age of 77. Herbert was born & raised in Malden and a graduate of Malden High School, Class of 1950. After high School, he served as a Sargent in the Marine Corp. during the Korean War. Herbert worked as a Manager...
George Trueman
Aug 29, 2008
George Trueman, of Melrose, died at the Lawrence General Hospital on August 29, 2008 at the age of 81. George was born in Everett, raised in Stoneham and a graduate of Stoneham High School, Class of 1944. He attended Tuft's University for 1 year before serving in the Army as a Private First Class during WWII with the 926th Signal...
Susan M. Harmon
Aug 25, 2008
Susan M. Harmon, of Melrose, died unexpectedly on August 25, 2008 at the age of 44. Susan was born in Everett, raised in Melrose and a graduate of Melrose High School, Class of 1982. She attended Fischer College and enjoyed interior painting & design. Susan loved music, movies, riding motorcycles and dancing. She also enjoyed traveling to Arizona, Indian Head...
Fotini A. Loizides
Aug 22, 2008
Fotini A. "Fanny" (Antoniou) Loizides passed away at her home in Melrose, on August 21, 2008. She was 91 years of age. Mrs. Loizides was born on the Island of Cyprus, raised in Cyprus, lived in Everett for a few years and has been as resident of Melrose since 1968. She was a talented seamstress, making slip covers for many...
John Andrew Tolland
Aug 21, 2008
John A. Tolland passed away at the Epoch Senior Care Center, after receiving wonderful care from the staff, on August 21, 2008. He was 77 years old. John was born in Boston, raised in Hyde Park and graduated from Hyde Park High School, Class of 1948. He served in the US Army during the Korean War. Mr. Tolland graduated from...
William C. Horan
Aug 15, 2008
William C. "Willie" Horan passed away at his home in Melrose on August 15, 2008, he was 47 years old. Willie was born in Tewksbury, lived in Everett for 20 years, a few years in Lynn and Melrose since 2001. Mr. Horan was disabled all through his life but that did not stop him from helping out. He worked as...
Donelia M. Chatis
Aug 12, 2008
Donelia M. "Dody" (Memolo) Chatis, of Melrose, died at the Massachusetts General Hospital on August 12, 2008 at the age of 77. Dody was born & raised in Berlin, NH and a graduate of Berlin High School, Class of 1948 and Hickox secretarial School. She resided in Berlin until 1958, before moving to Boston, where she lived until 1969. Dody...
Judith M. Ockerman
Aug 10, 2008
Judith Mary Ockerman, born Judith Mary Rauch, died peacefully on August 10, 2008 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House of Danvers, MA. The daughter of the late Harwood Rauch and Marie (Murphy) Rauch, Judy was born February 19, 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She Married Thorvald (Chuck) Charles Overn in September 1960. Chuck was a career officer in the US Air...
Robert P. Giannini
Aug 6, 2008
Robert Paul "Bob" Giannini of Melrose, passed away at his home on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 after a lengthy illness. He was surrounded by his loving family and was only 62 years old. Born in Boston, MA on October 25, 1945 to the late Paula (Gallo) Giannini & Carmen Giannini, he was raised in Jamaica Plain & Somerville. He graduated...
Carla R. Hartman
Aug 5, 2008
Carla R. (Rockwell) Hartman, of Melrose, died at her home surrounded by her family on August 5, 2008 at the age of 75. Carla was born & raised in Melrose and a graduate of Melrose High School. She resided in Melrose for most of her life and enjoyed spending time in her home. Carla loved to play Scrabble, putting together...
Ronald J. Lavita
Aug 2, 2008
Ronald J. "Ron" LaVita, of Wakefield, passed away at the Sawtelle Hospice House of Reading, MA surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, August 2, 2008, after a courageous battle with ALS. He was only 53 years old. Born in Winthrop, MA on May 26, 1955 to Frances T. (Colantuone) LaVita & the late Anthony P. LaVita, he was raised...
David W. Jones
Jul 30, 2008
David W. Jones "Jonesy" of Melrose passed away suddenly on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at the Metro West Medical Center of Framingham. He was only 57 years old. Born on May 10, 1951 in Boston, to Constance H. (Hatch) Jones and the late Merle G. Jones, David was raised in Wakefield and graduated from Wakefield High School, class of 1969....
Elizabeth Doucet
Jul 30, 2008
Elizabeth (Babin) Doucet, of Melrose, died at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital on July 30th at 100 years of age. Elizabeth was born in Nova Scotia and taught school at the age of 17. She came to America at the age of 18 and worked as a Seamstress for Filene's in Boston for many years and resided in Melrose since 1930....
Ralph C. Delorie
Jul 26, 2008
Ralph C. Delorie, of Melrose, formerly of Malden, died at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital on July 26, 2008 at the age of 66. Ralph was born in Boston, raised in Malden and a graduate of St. Joseph's Grammar School and Malden Catholic High School, Class of 1960. He went on to earn his degree in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University,...
