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Janet L. Leonard
Jan 6, 2006
Janet A. (McClafferty) Leonard passed away at her home on Jan. 6, 2006 surrounded by her family & friends. She was 68 years old. Born in Somerville to the late James & Ruth (Fortier) McClafferty, she was a graduate of St. Josephs High School of Somerville, class of 1955. Janet was an administrative assistant at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital for 9...
Joan A. Hardway
Jan 5, 2006
Joan A. (Fuchs) Hardway passed away at home, on January 5, 2006, she was 69 years of age. Joan was born in Somerville, raised in Melrose and graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1955. Mrs. Hardway lived in Melrose most of her life and the past 4 years with her daughter in Westford. Joan was assistant city clerk in...
John J. Walsh
Jan 5, 2006
John J. Walsh passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on January 5, 2006, he was 86. John was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from Malden Catholic High School and Wentworth Institute in Boston. Mr. Walsh was a lifelong resident of Melrose and a member of St. Marys Church. He worked as a technician and as the head of exhibits at...
John T. Dr. Breslin
Jan 5, 2006
Dr. John T. Jack Breslin passed away at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, on January 5, 2006, he was 72. Jack was born in New York, raised in Bell Harbor Queens, graduated from St. Johns Prep in NY, St. Johns University and NYU College of Dentistry. Dr. Breslin was an oral surgeon in Malden for over 30 years and in...
Anna M. Paganucci
Jan 3, 2006
Anna Mae (Robertson) Paganucci passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on January 3, 2006, she was 76. Anna was born in Ellsworth Maine, brought up in Ellsworth, Franklin & North Sullivan Maine and graduated high school in Maine. Mrs. Paganucci has been a resident of Melrose, MA since 1948; she was a homemaker and enjoyed doing crossword puzzles. She was the...
Dorothy K. Lynch
Jan 2, 2006
Dorothy K. Lynch passed away at Bear Hill Nursing Center in Stoneham, on January 2, 2006, she was 93. Dorothy was born and raised in Melrose, she went to St. Marys Grammar and St. Marys High School. Miss Lynch has been a lifelong resident of Melrose. She worked as a secretary for several companies in Boston for many years and...
Dorothy R. Poupart
Dec 27, 2005
Dorothy R. Poupart, of Melrose, died at the Saints Memorial Hospital in Lowell on Dec. 27, 2005 at the age of 80. Dorothy was born in Cambridge & raised in Melrose and was a lifelong Melrose resident. She worked as a Typist for the Relief Printing Company in Boston for 25 years until her retirement in 1971. Dorothy was a...
Gordon L. Francis
Dec 27, 2005
Gordon L. Ging Francis, of Melrose, died at the Sawtell Family Hospice House in Reading on Dec. 27, 2005 at the age of 85. Ging was born in Nova Scotia, raised in Melrose and was a graduate of Melrose High School, Class of 1939. He was a lifelong resident of Melrose and worked as a Maintenance Mechanic for the DuPont...
Joseph R. Nugent
Dec 25, 2005
Joseph Richard Dick Nugent, of Melrose, died at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital on Dec. 25, 2005 at the age of 87. Dick was born & raised in Malden and attended Chevrus School and Malden High School. He was in the Army during WWII, lived in Melrose for the last 60 years and was a retired Melrose Firefighter. Dick was a...
George Furno
Dec 15, 2005
George Furno passed away at Harborside of the Northshore in Saugus, on December 15, 2005, he was 93. George was born in Italy, raised in Malden and graduated from Malden High School, where he excelled in football. Mr Furno was a WWII Army Veteran, serving in the European Theater for 3 years. He was involved the D-day Normandy Invasion, the...
William F. Spencer
Dec 12, 2005
William F. Bill Spencer passed away at home on December 12, 2005, he was 80 years old. Bill was born and raised in Saugus, graduated from Saugus High School, Class of 1943 and attended Dartmouth College. Mr. Spencer left Dartmouth to join the Marine Corps and served in the Pacific Theater during WWII. After WWII Bill worked for General Electric...
Phyllis C. Sarni
Dec 8, 2005
Phyllis C. (Cimaglia) Sarni passed away at her home, in Melrose, on December 8, 2005, she was 87. Phyllis was born in Boston, raised in Newton, graduated from Newton High School, attended Columbia University for 3 years and graduated from Boston University with a degree in Arts. Mrs. Sarni was a homemaker, a devoted wife, mother & grandmother and has...
Helen J. Fasano
Dec 6, 2005
Helen J. (Przybylski)Fasano of Melrose, formerly of Chelsea and Revere passed away Dec. 6, 2005 at the Harborside Healthcare Center of Wakefield. She was 90 years old. Helen was born & raised in Chelsea and a graduate of St. Stanaslos High School. She lived in Revere for many years and Melrose for a short time. Helen was a bookkeeper at...
Ernestine M. Parziale
Dec 1, 2005
Ernestine M. (Greenough) Parziale passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Dec. 1, 2005, she was 77. Ernestine was born and raised in Malden, lived in Woburn for most of her life, Scituate & Wilmington for a few years and Wakefield the past 5 years. Mrs. Parziale owned the Homeplate Restaurant for a couple of years in Woburn and worked in...
Charles C. Loizides
Nov 30, 2005
Charles C. Loizides passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, on November 30, 2005, he was 85. Charles was raised in Lynn & Malden and graduated from Malden High School. Mr. Loizides served in the US Army during WWII and has been a resident of Melrose since 1968. Charles was a machinist, owned & operated his own machine shop in Lynn &...
Dorothy G. Fahy
Nov 29, 2005
Dorothy Grace (Reynolds) Fahy passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, on November 29, 2005, she was 93. Dorothy was born and raised in Providence RI, graduated from Bayview Academy, St. Josephs Hospital School of Nursing and did her graduate studies in Public Health at Simmons College & Boston College. Mrs. Fahy worked as a civilian registered nurse for the Department of...
Maurice V. Blomerth, Jr.
Nov 28, 2005
Maurice V. Buster Blomerth Jr., of Bridgton, ME, formerly of Malden, died at his home on Nov. 28, 2005 at the age of 63. Buster was born & raised in Malden, attended Malden Schools and graduated from Cardigan Mountain School in NH and Fryeburg Academy in ME. He attended Bryant & Stratton Business School and Bentley College for Business Administration...
Michael Francis Butler
Nov 26, 2005
Michael Francis Butler passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, on Nov. 26, 2005, after a brief illness. Michael was born in Boston, raised in Melrose, graduated from Austin Prepatory School and the University of Villanova. Mr. Butler worked as a graphic arts designer for ACME Printing in Wilmington for over 20 years. Michael was a life long resident of Melrose, an...
Glenn Bredberg
Nov 26, 2005
Glenn Bredberg of Duxbury, Nov. 26, 2005. Son of the late Henry D. & Virginia M. (Adam) Bredberg. Brother of Carl E. Bredberg his wife Carol of Wareham and Cynthia Parent & her husband John of N. Andover. Also survived by several nieces & nephews. A funeral service will be held at the Gately Funeral Home, 79 W. Foster St....
Alexander J. Maclean
Nov 16, 2005
Alexander J. Sandy MacLean of Medford and Malden, passed away at The Youville Hospital in Cambridge on November 16, 2005. He was 80 years old. Born in Medford on May 21, 1925 to Elizabeth K. (Dean) MacLean & Oliver J. MacLean. Sandy was raised in Lexington & graduated from Waltham High School, class of 1943. He enlisted in the Navy...
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