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Evangeline C. Walsh

Evangeline C. Walsh

Sep 2, 2004

Evangeline C. Jeanne Walsh, of Melrose, died at home on Sept. 2nd at the age of 82. Jeanne was born & raised in Melrose and was a graduate of Melrose High School & a lifelong Melrose resident. She worked as a secretary for General Electric in Everett for 40 years until her retirement in 1984. Jeanne volunteered at the Melrose...

James F. Keating, Jr.

James F. Keating, Jr.

Aug 28, 2004

James F. Keating Jr. passed away at home, on August 28th, at the age of 64. Jim was born and raised in Cambridge, graduated from Cambridge High & Latin and Northeastern University in 1965, where he was captain of the baseball team. Mr. Keating has been a resident of Melrose for the past 31 years. He worked for the Shell...

Mary Theresa Burns

Mary Theresa Burns

Aug 25, 2004

Mary Theresa Burns passed away at Wilmington Health Care Center in Wilmington, on August 25th , at the age of 78. Mary was born in Boston, raised in Everett, Malden & Melrose and graduated from St. Marys High School in Melrose as the valedictorian. Mary lived in Melrose for many years, was a member of St. Marys Church and has...

Lawrence P. Whittier

Lawrence P. Whittier

Aug 24, 2004

Lawrence P. Pete Whittier passed away at Youville Hospital in Cambridge on August 24th at the age of 76. Pete was born and raised in Somerville and graduated from Somerville High School. Mr. Whittier entered the Army after high school and served in the US Army during WWII. Pete started his career in plumbing & heating sales at Metropolitan Pipe...

Jane C. Thurber

Jane C. Thurber

Aug 19, 2004

Jane C. Thurber of Melrose died suddenly on August 19, 2004 in Savannah Georgia, just two months after her twentieth birthday. Jane was born in Boston and grew up in Melrose. She was a graduate of Melrose High School, class of 2002, where she was a member of the Chorus. She participated in the Project Bread Walk for Hunger several...

Wladyslaw Hanower

Wladyslaw Hanower

Aug 17, 2004

Wladyslaw Zeff Hanower passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on August 17th at the age of 62. Zeff was born in Stalingrad, Russia, was raised in Poland and graduated from the College of Wroclaw with a degree as an electro technician. He came to the US in 1969, settled in Boston and has been a resident of Melrose for the past...

John E. Curran

John E. Curran

Aug 14, 2004

John E. Curran, 90, died Sat evening at the Chelsea Soldiers Home after a brief illness. Born and raised in Presque Isle ME, he graduatd from Reading High School, lived in Wakefield for 30 years, before moving to Melrose in1970 and then back to Wakefield in 1991. He was a self-employed Locksmith, a member of the National Locksmith Assoc., the...

Deborah J. Murphy

Deborah J. Murphy

Aug 14, 2004

Deborah J. Murphy, 59, died at Mass General Hospital, Saturday after a lengthy illness. Born in Melrose she was a lifelong resident. Deborah graduated from Melrose High class of 1963 and Chandler School for Women in 1965. She was active in Brownie & Girl Scout Troops and Cub Scout & Boy Scout Troops in Melrose, Holder of the Silver Beaver...

Bruce H. Hartigan

Bruce H. Hartigan

Aug 12, 2004

Bruce H. Hartigan passed away on Thursday August 12th after a courageous battle with cancer, at the age of 42. Bruce was raised in Melrose, graduated from St. Marys Grammar School, Malden Catholic High School Class of 1979 and from Bentley College in 1983. He also received his MBA in finance from Bentley College. Bruce was Vice President of Finance...

Helen J. Martin

Helen J. Martin

Aug 11, 2004

Helen J. ( Quinn ) Martin, 93, died at home Wednesday after a brief illness. Born and raised in Arlington, she graduated from Arlington High Class of 1929. She was a homemaker, a parishioner of St Marys Church and member of the Ladies Sodality. Helen worked at Bobs Market for over 35 years and had been a Melrose resident for...

Catherine A. Priestley

Catherine A. Priestley

Aug 10, 2004

Catherine A. (Coakley) Priestley passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Aug. 10th at the age of 93. Catherine was born in Boston, was raised in Brookline, graduated from St. Marys Grammar School & St. Marys High School in Brookline. Catherine has been a resident of Melrose since 1944. She worked as a bookkeeper for Vickers Instrument Company in Malden &...

Joseph J. Diloreto

Joseph J. Diloreto

Aug 7, 2004

Joseph J. DiLoreto passed away at the Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center in Boston on Aug. 7th, at the age of 72. Joseph was born in Cambridge, brought up in Milford & Somerville and attended Somerville Schools. Joseph worked for the Jordan Marsh Company in Boston for many years and has been a resident of Boston the past 45 years....

Katherine L. Tura

Katherine L. Tura

Aug 5, 2004

Katherine L. (Emperatrice) Tura passed away at Epoch Senior Healthcare in Melrose on August 5th at the age of 75. She was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, graduated from high school in Philadelphia and has been a resident of Melrose for the past 57 years. Mrs. Tura worked as an occupational therapist for the State of Massachusetts at the...

Dorothy C. Caggiano

Dorothy C. Caggiano

Aug 4, 2004

Dorothy C. (Thornton) Caggiano, of Malden, Formerly of Melrose & Pompano Beach, FL, died at her home on August 4th at the age of 81. Dorothy was born in Boston, raised in East Boston and was a graduate of East Boston High School. She lived in Melrose for 15 years, Pompano Beach, Fl for 20 years and the past 8...

Arthur E. Hayes

Arthur E. Hayes

Jul 31, 2004

Arthur E. Hayes passed away at Epoch Senior Healthcare in Melrose on July 31st at the age of 83. He was born and raised in Watertown, graduated from St. Patrick High School in Watertown and has been a resident of Melrose for the past 47 years. He worked for Schrafts Candy for 10 years and Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in security for...

Patricia E. Sullivan

Patricia E. Sullivan

Jul 30, 2004

Patricia E. Sullivan, 76, died at home Friday after a lengthy illness. Born and raised in No. Adams, she graduated from Drury High School. Patricia was a homemaker who provided day care in home for over 20 years. She was a long time resident of Melrose, a parishioner of St Marys Church, Ladies Sodality, and the Ladies Auxiliary at the...

Margaret Bushee

Margaret Bushee

Jul 29, 2004

Margaret Bushee, 79, died at Mass General Hospital Friday after a brief illness. Born and raised in Malden, she was a lifelong resident. She attended Malden High and was a homemaker. Devoted wife of the late Arthur W. Bushee. Loving mother of Nancy Noonan & her husband John, Steven Bushee & his wife Kathy, all of Melrose, Diane Carnevale &...

Charles C. Mcdonald

Charles C. Mcdonald

Jul 28, 2004

Charles C. Cliff McDonald, 55, died at home Thursday, unexpectedly. Born and raised in Boston, he graduated from So. Boston High and Univ of New Hampshire where he was Captain of the Football team in 1970. Cliff was the New England Heavy Weight Boxing Champion in the mid 1970s. A Physical Ed teacher in the Boston Public School System for...

Edward Joseph Lloyd

Edward Joseph Lloyd

Jul 24, 2004

Edward Joseph Lloyd passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on July 24th at the age of 44. Ed was born in Malden, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1978 and has been a lifelong resident. He worked for D&R Paving of Stoneham for the past 19 years as well as for Keohan Fuels of Melrose for 17...

William J. Sharrio, Sr.

William J. Sharrio, Sr.

Jul 24, 2004

William J. Sharrio Sr., of Saugus, formerly of Melrose, died at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital on July 24th at the age of 78. Bill was born & raised in the West End of Boston and graduated Commerce High School, Class of 1942. He went on to receive his degree from Bentley College in 1953 and worked as Accountant in Somerville...

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