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Duncan M. Estabrooks

Duncan M. Estabrooks

Apr 5, 2004

Duncan M. Estabrooks, 50, of Guildhall VT, died unexpectedly April 5th. Born in Berlin, NH, he was raised in Newton MA graduated from Newton High and attended Mass. Maritime Academy. Duncan was the owner and operator of Hertitage Builders of Jefferson NH. He was the husband of Mary (Cargill) Estabrooks. Father of Dylan M. Estabrooks, Matthew E. Estabrooks and Ian...

William E. Wyeth

William E. Wyeth

Apr 4, 2004

William E. 'Footsie' Wyeth passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on April 4th, he was 85. Bill was born in Cambridge, raised in Malden and was a lifelong resident of Melrose. He worked for Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in the dietary department for over 25 years, retiring in 1985. Bill was a member of the Melrose Elks, an associate member of the VFW...

Janet L. Bills

Janet L. Bills

Apr 3, 2004

Janet L. Bills of Melrose, died at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital on April 3rd at the age of 69. Janet was a homemaker & a lifelong Melrose resident. She was a member of the First Baptist Church & the Upham Family Society, both in Melrose and a former member of the First Baptist Church in Wakefield. Janet was the daughter...

Melba W. Mcclanahan

Melba W. Mcclanahan

Mar 31, 2004

Melba W. McClanahan, 85, died at the Kirkwood House Nursing Home Wakefield, wednesday after a lengthy illness. Born in Keakuk Iowa, she graduated from Ft. Madison High Keakuk, class of 1939. She was an executive secretary at the Central Inteligence Agency in the 1940's, then with the Postmaster General Office in the 1950's, and later at Hancomb Air Force Base,...

Frances M. Gensler

Frances M. Gensler

Mar 30, 2004

Frances M. (Maguire) Gensler passed away at Southern NH Medical Center in Nashua, NH on March 30th, she was 83. Frances was born in Woburn, raised in Melrose, graduated from St. Mary's Grammar & High School and Boston College with a degree in nursing. Mrs. Gensler was a nurse in the Navy during WWII, serving as a Lieutenant in San...

Marion E. Mannion

Marion E. Mannion

Mar 29, 2004

Marion E. (Cregg) Mannion passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Monday March 29th, she was 95. Marion was born and raised in Lawrence, graduated from Lawrence High School and St. Elizabeth College in NJ with a degree in Latin. Prior to becoming a homemaker, Marion worked for Congressman George Bates in Washington DC as his assistant and then as a...

Olga Anne Erikson

Olga Anne Erikson

Mar 27, 2004

O. Anne Erikson passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on March 27th after a long illness, she was 75. Anne was born and raised in Malden, graduated from Malden High School and Cartherine Gibbs School in Boston. She lived in Winchester for 4 years, Malden most of her life and Melrose the past 18 years. Anne worked as a secretary for...

Florence E. Law

Florence E. Law

Mar 25, 2004

Florence E. (Smith) Law passed away at Epoch Senior Health Care of Melrose on March 25th, she was 97. Florence was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School, lived in California & New Jersey and most of her life in Melrose. She worked as a manager in the mutual funds department at State Street Bank in Boston...

Joanne C. Barrett

Joanne C. Barrett

Mar 23, 2004

Joanne C. (Enos) Barrett passed away at home on March 23rd, she was 63. Joanne was born in Malden, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School and Salem State College. She lived in Melrose most of her life and the last 24 years in Woburn. Mrs. Barrett worked as a financial officer in the Biology Department at MIT in...

Antoinette M. Roche

Antoinette M. Roche

Mar 20, 2004

Antoinette M. (Mury) Roche passed away at Wingate Nursing Home in Reading on March 20th, she was 89. Antoinette was born and raised in Nova Scotia and has been a resident of Melrose for over 50 years. She came to the United States, worked as a seamstress for the Jordan Marsh Company in the upholstery division in Boston and then...

Helen L. Hughes

Helen L. Hughes

Mar 20, 2004

Helen L. (Costello) Hughes passed away at her home in Melrose on March 20th, after a lengthy illness, she was 88. Helen was born and raised in Norwood, graduated from Norwood High School and Boston Business School. She worked for Plymouth Rubber Company during WWII in the payroll division and then as a clerk for Jordan Marsh Company in the...

Karl V. Fritsch

Karl V. Fritsch

Mar 19, 2004

Karl V. Fritsch passed away at Kindred Hospital in Peabody on March 19th at the age of 68. Karl was born and raised in Hungary, graduated from high school & chef school in Hungary and owned a restaurant in Vienna, Austria for several years. He came to the United States in the 1970's and lived in Waltham for 25 years....

Marion P. Cerretani

Marion P. Cerretani

Mar 18, 2004

Marion P. (Steeves) Cerretani passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Thursday March 18th after a brief illness, she was 86. Marion was raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School and lived in Melrose before moving to Wakefield in 1965. Marion worked hard with her husband Orlando 'Joe' Cerretani in the 1940' & 1950's in the family supermarket business, that...

Jacqueline F. Kearns

Jacqueline F. Kearns

Mar 18, 2004

Jacqueline F. Kearns passed away on March 18th at the age of 38. Jacqueline was born in Medford, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School Class of 1983 and Bunker Hill Community College. She worked as a nurse in the health care field in the Greater Boston area for many years. Jacqueline was the mother of Nicole Kearns of...

Marie M. Carrigan

Marie M. Carrigan

Mar 10, 2004

Marie M. (Mascari) Carrigan, a former resident of the West End Boston, passed away at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington on March 9th at the age of 80. She was born in Boston, educated at St. Joseph's Parochial School in Boston and St. Mary's of the Assumption in Cambridge. She also attended Boston Clerical and Stratford Business School in Boston....

Estelle L. Maccutcheon

Estelle L. Maccutcheon

Mar 9, 2004

Estelle L. (Chaulk) MacCutcheon passed away at home on March 9th at the age of 84. Estelle was born in Newfoundland, raised in Cambridge, graduated from Cambridge Latin High School in 1937 and has been a resident of Melrose since 1948. She was a homemaker, a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Melrose where she was a member of the...

Bette Jo Adams

Bette Jo Adams

Mar 8, 2004

Betty Jo (Stowers) Adams, 67, of Melrose, died Monday March 8th, at Parkland Medical Center in NH after a brief illness. Mrs. Adams overcame cancer in 2001 and was in remission until early 2004. Born in 1936 in Melrose, Massachusetts, she grew up there and was a resident of almost 60 years before relocating to Londonderry, NH in 2000 to...

Francis P. Buckley

Francis P. Buckley

Mar 1, 2004

Francis P. Buckley passed away at the Center for Optimum Care on March 1st at the age of 89. He was born in Charlestown, raised in Melrose, attended Melrose High and graduated from Boston Trade School. Mr. Buckley has been a lifelong resident of Melrose, a member of St. Mary's Church, the carpenter's union and was an avid fisherman. Francis...

Ann T. Canzaniello

Ann T. Canzaniello

Feb 27, 2004

Ann T. (Vuolo) Canzaniello, 71, a long time piano teacher in Melrose died unexpectedly on February 27, 2004 at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is the wife of Joseph 'Tony' Canzaniello. Born in Malden, MA on January 13, 1933 Ann was the daughter of the late Alphonse and Jennie (Cipriani) Vuolo. Raised in Everett, Mrs. Canzaniello graduated from Everett High School,...

John T. Goff

John T. Goff

Feb 21, 2004

John T. 'Budie' Goff passed away at the Soldier's Home in Chelsea on Feb. 21st at the age of 83. He was born and raised in Chelsea, graduated from Chelsea High, lived in Everett most of his life and the past 3 years in Melrose. John worked as a painter for 15 years and in security for the Schram's Candy...

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