Joseph G. Vonhandorf
Nov 3, 2005
Joseph G. VonHandorf passed away suddenly, November 3, 2005, at the age of 80. Born in Boston, Joe was raised in Chelsea, graduated from St. Rose Grammar School, Chelsea High School and attended Holy Cross College for 1 year, before serving in the US Navy during WWII. After his discharge from the US Navy, Mr. VonHandorf went to Suffolk Law...
Edith V. Bloom
Nov 2, 2005
Edith V. Edie (Johnson) Bloom passed away at Brockton Hospital in Brockton, on November 2nd, she was 87. Edie was born in Boston, raised in Malden and graduated from Malden High School. Mrs. Bloom was a homemaker, a resident of Melrose for over 50 years and worked for a short time in the shoe business as a model, secretary and...
Joseph G. Ledoux
Oct 28, 2005
Joseph G. Ledoux, of Melrose, died at his home on Oct. 28, 2005 at the age of 83. Joseph was an Electrical Supervisor for the B&M Railroad from 1946-1984. He was a Navy WWII Veteran and lived in Melrose for many years. Joe was a member of the Melrose High Band-Aiders for over 20 years and a member of Wheels...
Ellen May Twibell
Oct 23, 2005
Ellen May Twibell, of Melrose, died at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford on Oct. 23, 2005 at the age of 85. Ellen was born in Boston, raised in Everett and graduated from Everett High School, Class of 1939. She worked in the Food Service Dept. at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital for many years until her retirement. Ellen was a...
Gerald A. Shay
Oct 22, 2005
Gerald Andrew Shay, of Reading, (formerly of Melrose) and Falmouth passed away Oct. 22, 2005 at his home after a lengthly illness at the age of 70. Born & raised in Massachusetts, he graduated from St. Johns Prep in Danvers in 1953, the University of Massachusetts in Amherst in 1957 and Suffolk Law School in 1965. Mr. Shay was an...
Alice A. Cook
Oct 20, 2005
Alice A. (Andrews) Cook passed away, at home, on October 20th, she was 90. Alice was born, raised and attended schools in Melbourne, Nova Scotia, before moving to North Reading in 1949. Mrs. Cook worked as a manager for W.T. Grants & Company for over 25 years in the Reading & Wakefield stores. She has been a resident of North...
Margaret E. Murphy
Oct 20, 2005
Margaret E. (Cotter) Murphy, of Melrose, formerly of Charlestown, died at the Plainville Healthcare Center in Plainville, CT on Oct. 20, 2005 at the age of 97. Margaret was born in Somerville, raised in Charlestown where she lived until 1978 before moving to Melrose. She was a homemaker, who also worked as a Telephone Operator for New England Telephone Co....
Florence M. Spadafora
Oct 14, 2005
Spadafora, Florence, M. (Marshall), of Melrose, Oct. 14, 2005. Beloved wife of the late Bernard Spadafora. Loving mother of Joan F. Kelliher & her husband Richard of Melrose and the late Janet L. Spadafora. Cherished grandmother of Janet L. Elwell & her husband William of Wakefield and Paul R. Kelliher & his wife Linnea of Wakefield. Loving great grandmother of...
Paul J. Comeau
Oct 14, 2005
Paul J. Comeau of Melrose passed away at home on Oct. 14, 2005 after a lengthy illness. He was 89 years old. Born and raised in Malden, Paul graduated from Malden High School. He moved to Melrose in 1940 and lived on Grove St. for a short period of time and then on Burnett St. for over 48 years. Paul...
Selma G. O'Connor
Oct 11, 2005
Selma G. (Rian) OConnor, of Melrose, a homemaker, died at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital on Oct. 11, 2005 at the age of 92. Selma was born in Medford, attended the Chevrus School in Malden and graduated from Medford High School & Burdett Business School. She was a caterer for the Harvard Divinity Church, Camp Four Winds in Plymouth and O-AT-KA...
Arthur H. Mackinnon
Oct 10, 2005
Arthur H. MacKinnon passed away in Stoneham, on October 10, 2005, he was 93. Arthur was born and raised in Everett, graduated from Everett High School, Class of 1928, Bentley College, Class of 1930 and served as a member of the Presidents Advisory Committee and Past President of the Alumni Assoc. at Bentley for many years. Arthur lived in Everett...
Rita May Ciampa
Oct 8, 2005
Rita May (Flanagan) Ciampa passed away at Pleasant Manor Nursing Home in Attleboro, on October 8, 2005, she was 79. Rita was raised in East Boston, attended East Boston High School and has been a resident of Melrose since 1949. Mrs. Ciampa was a homemaker and a telephone operator, working for the New England Telephone Company in Boston for over...
Judith A. Hughes
Oct 5, 2005
Judith A. (Desrosiers) Hughes, of Revere, died at her home on Oct.5, 2005 at the age of 58. Judy was born in Boston, raised in Revere and was a graduate of Revere High School, Class of 1966 and Burdett Business School. She worked for the City of Melrose as an Executive Secretary for the Maintenance Division and Executive Secretary to...
Patricia Ann Donovan
Oct 3, 2005
Patricia Ann Donovan, of Melrose, died at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital on Monday October 3, 2005. Patricia was born in Malden and was raised in Melrose, Malden and Fairfield, CT. She was a graduate of Notre Dame Girls High School, Class of 1972 and St. Vincents School of Nursing, both in Bridgeport, CT Class of 1975. Patricia worked as a...
Helen E. Mclaughlin
Sep 28, 2005
Helen E. McLaughlin of Melrose, passed away Sept. 28, 2005, at The Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, she was 93 years old. Helen was raised in Melrose, graduated from St. Marys Grammar and High School. Helen was a member of St. Marys Church, The Ladies Sodality and was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order of Boston. She volunteered for many years at...
Lorraine I. Gilleland
Sep 22, 2005
Lorraine I. (Craig) Gilleland passed away at The Elmhurst Nursing Home in Melrose, on Sept. 22nd, at the age of 82. Lorraine was born and raised in Somerville, graduated from Somerville High School, Class of 1941 and The Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1944. After graduating from nursing school she entered the US Navy and served as...
Helena F. Lynch
Sep 22, 2005
Helena F. Lee Lynch, of Melrose, died at the Bear Hill Nursing Center in Wakefield on Sept. 22, 2005 at the age of 95. Lee was born & raised in Melrose and was a lifelong Melrose resident. She attended St. Marys Schools and went on to become a trust officer at the Fiduciary Trust Company in Boston where she worked...
Anna F. Price
Sep 16, 2005
Anna F. (Colley) Price passed away on Sept. 16, 2005 at Winchester Hospital, she was 79. Anna was born in Somerville, raised in Burlington and graduated from Burlington High School. Mrs. Price worked as a head clerk for Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles for 20 years. Anna has been a resident of Melrose for the past 57 years, was a...
Frederick S. Gamber
Sep 16, 2005
Frederick S. Gamber passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Sept. 16, 2005, he was 76. Fred was born and raised in Atoona PA and graduated from Penn State University. Mr. Gamber served in the US Army and was a Korean War Veteran. He worked as a computer engineer for Draper Labs for over 20 years. Fred lived in Florida &...
George Prado
Sep 16, 2005
George Prado passed away at DYouville Senior Care in Lowell, on Sept. 16, 2005, he was 98. George was born and raised in Raynham and was a resident of Melrose since 1957. Mr. Prado owned and operated Valentines Bakery in Medford for over 25 years, retiring in 1969. George was one of the founding members and an usher at Incarnation...
