Catherine M. Higgins
Oct 19, 2004
CATHERINE M. (GRANT) HIGGINS Catherine Grant Higgins of Melrose, a teacher, librarian, actress, and voluntary leader, died in her sleep with family. She was 96. Mrs. Higgins was born and raised in Medford, a graduate of Girls Catholic High School in Malden in 1926 and of Emmanuel College in Boston in 1931. She worked as a librarian and taught high...
Winifred G. Churchill
Oct 17, 2004
Winifred Gloria Winnie (Molloy) Churchill passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, on Sunday October 17th, she was 77. Winifred was born and raised in Everett and has been a resident of Melrose since 1956. She was a homemaker and a member of the VFW Harold OYoung Post #2394 Ladies Auxillary in Melrose for over 40 years. Winnie was an avid bingo...
Patrick C. Lucia
Oct 15, 2004
Patrick C. Lucia, of Melrose, died on Oct. 15, 2004 at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital at the age of 80. Pat was born & raised in Medford and attended the Medford School System. He was in the Army during WWII and was a former member of the Medford American Legion & Melrose Lodge of Elks. He worked in the Inventory...
Joseph F. Ball
Oct 13, 2004
Joseph F. Ball passed away at Whidden Memorial Hospital on Wednesday October 13th after a long illness at the age of 79. Joseph was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School and has been a lifelong resident. He was a patrolman for the Melrose Police Department for 45 years. After retiring he worked as a Federal Security...
John F. Reynolds
Oct 9, 2004
John F. Reynolds passed away in Inverness Florida on October 9th at the age of 87. He was born in Everett, raised in Melrose and graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1935. John lived most of his life in Melrose, Cape Cod for 3 years and in Florida the past 9 years. Mr. Reynolds worked at MIT during WWII,...
Louise A. Hickey
Oct 7, 2004
Louise Hickey, 79, of Melrose and East Dennis died after a period of failing health at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital where she had served for many years as Vice President of Nursing and Patient Services. For forty-seven years, Louise was the wife of the late David J. Hickey. She was the daughter of the late Thomas and Louise (Dolan) Quigley of Chelsea....
John F. Grover
Oct 6, 2004
John F. Grover passed away at the E.N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, in Bedford on October 6th, he was 82. John was born and raised in Melrose and was a lifelong resident of Melrose, before moving to Bedford 25 years ago. He worked as a plasterer for the Como Company of Malden for many years and then for MJ Connolly...
Evan P. Macintyre
Oct 3, 2004
Evan (Phillips) MacIntyre passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on October 3rd, she was 76. Evan was born in Boston, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School Class of 1946 and graduated from Westbrook Junior College in Portland Maine. She lived in Syracuse NY for 7 years, Melrose since 1966 and Stoneham for the past several years. Evan worked as...
Nancy E. Trueman
Sep 25, 2004
Nancy E. (Craigie) Trueman passed away at home on Sept. 25th after a courageous battle with cancer, she was 77. Nancy was born in Boston, raised in Milton & Stoneham and graduated from Stoneham High School. She lived in Wakefield for 15 years before moving to Melrose in 1972. Nancy was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who loved spending...
Mary E. Smith
Sep 22, 2004
Mary E. Smith was a woman of great faith who dedicated her life to caring for the poor, sick and elderly. She passed away at Melrose Care Center in Melrose on Sept. 22nd at the age of 84. Mary was born in Boston, raised in Brighton, graduated from Harvard University and received her Masters from Bunker Hill Community College. She...
Frank W. Bushee
Sep 21, 2004
Frank W. Bushee passed away at home on Sept. 21st at the age of 79. Frank was born in Everett, raised in Melrose, attended Melrose Schools and lived in Melrose until 1969, when he moved to Middleton. Frank entered US Navy in December of 1943, was a WWII Navy Veteran, serving for 3 years on several vessels. After the US...
William E. Bryan
Sep 18, 2004
William E. Bryan, of Medford, died at the Mass. General Hospital of Sept. 18th at the age of 73. Bill was born in Philadelphia, PA, raised in Medford & was a Medford resident for many years. He owned & operated the B&D Window Cleaning Company in Medford for over 42 years. Bill was a member of the Medford Red Skins...
William J. Burbank
Sep 16, 2004
William J. Burbank, of Melrose, died at the E.N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford on Sept. 16th at the age of 81. Bill was born in Boston, raised in Melrose and was a lifelong Melrose resident. He was a former member of the Melrose Lodge of Elks and a Navy Veteran during WWII. Bill was the beloved husband of...
Josephine M. Voto
Sep 13, 2004
Josephine M. (Aleo) Voto passed away at Harborside at Pheasant Wood in Peterborough NH on Sept. 13th at the age of 88. Josephine was born in East Boston, raised in East Boston, lived on Burrell St. in Roxbury for 21 years and Melrose for over 30 years. She worked as a seamstress for the Silans Apron Factory in Boston for...
Alice M. Connors
Sep 10, 2004
Alice M. Connors, 64, died at Concord Hospital, Concord NH, Friday after a brief illness. Born and raised in Gloucester, she graduated from St. Ann, s High School class of 1957. Alice was an employee of Boston Gas in the Payroll Dept for 24 yrs and retired in 1998. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary, Harold O. Young...
A. Heather Jack
Sep 9, 2004
A. Heather Jack passed away at home, on Plum Island, on Sept. 9th at the age of 49. Heather was born and raised in Melrose, lived most of her life in Melrose, summered on Plum Island & wintered in Vero Beach, Florida for the past 9 years. Heather worked at Opportunity Works in Newburyport for the past 10 years and...
Alexander M. Giacometti
Sep 8, 2004
Alexander M. Giacometti passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Sept. 8th at the age of 63. He started his career in the medical field working in the lab at Brigham & Womens Hospital in Boston, then in the lab at the North Shore Medical Center. After many years of hard work he became the Chief Operating Officer at NSMC, a...
Dennis J. Markelionis
Sep 5, 2004
Dennis J. Markelionis passed away at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford on Sept. 5th at the age of 52. Dennis was born in Boston, raised in Brighton & Melrose, graduated from Domenic Savio High School in East Boston, Class of 1969. He worked as an automotive mechanic in Salem for many years and enjoyed gardening. Dennis was the son of...
Edward F. Hasselbrack
Sep 4, 2004
Edward F. Hasselbrack Jr. of Melrose, died at home on Sept. 4th after a lengthy illness at the age of 64. Ed was born in Malden & was a graduate of Melrose High School Class of 1959 and was a lifelong Melrose resident. He worked as a forman for General Electric in both Everett & Lynn for over 30 years....
Margaret E. Tremblay
Sep 4, 2004
Margaret E. Peg (Keefe) Tremblay, of Melrose, died Saturday, Sept. 4, 2004. Peg was born in Cambridge on Sept. 7, 1920, the daughter of Edward Keefe & Rose McCluskey. She married Leonard A. Tremblay of Cambridge on New Years Eve, Dec. 31, 1947. Len & Peg moved to Melrose in 1956 and were married 50 years before his death in...
