Mary I. Stiles
Dec 10, 2003
Mary I. (Gibbons) Stiles passed away at her son's home in Chelmsford on Dec. 10th at the age of 78. Mary was born and raised in Melrose, attended Melrose Schools and was a lifelong resident. She worked in the dairy department at Cerretani's Supermarket in Melrose for 10 years and at Mal's Supermarket in Malden for 10 years. Mary was...
Rita M. Curtis
Dec 9, 2003
Rita M. (Rohde) Curtis passed away at Epoch Senior Healthcare in Melrose on Dec. 9th at the age of 84. Rita was born and raised in Cambridge and lived in Cambridge for many years. Rita was a homemaker, a resident of Melrose for 50 years and the past 6 of those years at the Levi Gould Building in Melrose. She...
Alice M. Day
Nov 27, 2003
Alice M. (Clark) Day passed away at Melrose Care Center on Thursday Nov. 27th at the age of 89. She was born in Malden, raised in Malden and graduated from Malden High School. She was a homemaker, lived in Allston for a few years and Melrose for over 60 years. Alice was a member of St. Mary's Church in Melrose...
Richard A. Mclaughlin
Nov 26, 2003
Richard A. 'Dick' McLaughlin died at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Nov. 26th at the age of 66. He was born in Watertown, raised in Arlington and graduated from Arlington High School. Richard has been a resident of Melrose for over 33 years and has summered at Higgins Beach in Scarborough Maine for over 25 years. Dick worked as...
Cora E. Rhodes
Nov 26, 2003
Cora E. (Draper) Rhodes died at Winchester Hospital on Nov. 26th at the age of 71. She was born in Boston, raised in Dorchester & Mattapan and attended schools in Boston. Cora was a homemaker and a resident of Melrose the past 48 years. She enjoyed sewing & crafts and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Melrose....
Joseph F. Twohig, Jr.
Nov 26, 2003
Joseph J. Twohig Jr. died at his home in Melrose on Nov. 26th at the age of 76. Joseph was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School Class of 1946 and was a lifelong resident. He entered the Navy during his Junior year in High School and served in the US Navy during WWII. Joseph then joined...
Margaret Carbone
Nov 24, 2003
Margaret Carbone passed away at the Epoch Senior Healthcare in Melrose on Nov. 24th at the age of 82. Margaret was born and raised in Everett and graduated from Everett High School Class of 1939. She lived in Everett for over 50 years and Melrose the past 30 years. Margaret worked as a bookkeeper for Duval & McKenzie Insurance Company...
Elvena V. Fall
Nov 24, 2003
Elvena V. (Braley) Fall died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Nov. 24th at the age of 86. Elvena was born and raised in Burnham, Maine and has been a resident of Melrose for over 65 years. She was a homemaker, a crossing guard in Melrose for a few years and worked as a clerk at Grant's Department Store in Melrose for...
Mary Veronica Allan
Nov 23, 2003
Mary V. Allan, of Somerville, died at the Winthrop House Nursing Center in Medford on Sunday Nov. 23rd at the age of 74. Mary was born & raised in Medford and graduated from Brandeis Vocational High School in Boston. She lived in Boston for 40 years until moving to Somerville 20 years ago.. Mary was a Nurse's Assistant in the...
Rosario Morello
Nov 21, 2003
Rosario 'Roy' Morello of Saugus, formerly of Melrose, died at home surrounded by his family on Nov. 21st at the age of 55. Roy was born & raised in Sicily and came to the United States at the age of 8. He lived in the north end of Boston before moving to Somerville & was a graduate of Somerville High...
John J. Butler
Nov 16, 2003
John J. Butler died suddenly at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Sunday Nov. 16th at the age of 91. He was born and raised in Everett, graduated from Everett High School, lived most of his life in Everett and the past 40 years in Melrose. John worked as a Bus Driver for the MBTA for 35 years retiring in 1977. He was...
Alfred J. Foley
Nov 16, 2003
Alfred L 'Al'Foley died at home Sunday morning on Nov. 16th after a lengthy illness at the age of 70. He was born and raised in Wakefield, attended Wakefield High School and was a longtime resident. Al entered the Army in 1953 and served in Germany. He was a patrolman on the Wakefield Police Dept from 1958 to 1966 when...
Ann L. Kendall
Nov 12, 2003
Ann L. (Kennedy) Kendall passed away at Wingate Nursing Home in Reading on Nov. 12th at the age of 76. Ann was born in Boston, raised in Somerville, graduated from Somerville High School and attended Boston University. She was a housewife and taught adult education classes in the evening at Melrose & Somerville High Schools for 18 years. Ann was...
Irma T. Blomerth
Nov 12, 2003
Irma T. (Turner) Blomerth, of Malden, died Wednesday Nov 12th at the Clough Center in New London, NH at the age of 95. Irma was born in Stoneham, raised in Malden and graduated from Malden High School in 1925. She was a graduate of Malden Business College and worked as a bookkeeper for Chase Harris Forbes Corp. in Boston for...
Pietro Cannella
Nov 11, 2003
Pietro Cannella passed away at home in Melrose, on Nov.11th, at the age of 88. He was born and raised in Palermo, Italy, lived in Palermo most of his life and worked as a machinist in Italy. Pietro lived in Medford for a few years and Melrose the past 17 years. He was the husband of the late Angela (Macaluso)...
Joseph J. Perosino
Nov 11, 2003
Joseph J. Perosino Jr. died at Epoch Senior Healthcare in Melrose on Nov. 11th at the age of 53. He was born in Boston, raised in Melrose and graduated from Melrose High School. Joe was working as a taxi driver for several years, lived in NH for a while and the past year in Stoneham. He was the former husband...
Carleton M. Holden
Nov 11, 2003
Carleton M. Holden, of Lynnfield, formerly of Malden passed away on Tuesday Veterans Day Nov. 11th at the age of 79. Carl 'Pa' Holden was born August 15, 1924 in Malden and was a graduate of Kents Hill in Reedfield, ME. Carl received his B.S. at Northeastern University as an Electrical Engineer & was also a graduate of New England...
Dorothy M. Legrow Strickler
Nov 10, 2003
Dorothy M. (Whitehorne) LeGrow Strickler passed away at Beverly Hospital after a lengthy illness at the age of 83. Dorothy was born and raised in Newfoundland Canada, she lived in Melrose for 25 years, Port St. Lucie FL for 30 years and the past 3 years in Manchester. She was a homemaker, a former member of the 1st Methodist Church...
Francis J. O'Brien
Nov 9, 2003
Francis J. O'Brien, 75, died Sunday at Bethesda Hospital in Boynton Beach , FL, after a brief illness. Francis was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School and was a Melrose resident until 1984. He worked as a maintenance engineer for Sears Roebuck Co of Saugus MA for over 22years. After retiring, he moved to Florida and...
Gerard M. Johnson
Nov 5, 2003
Jerry Johnson, 50 Raytheon Manager Gerard M. (Jerry) Johnson of Melrose, a longtime Raytheon employee, died suddenly November 5. He was 50. Johnson was employed as a Senior Human Resource Manager at Raytheon Network Centric Systems in Marlborough, the most recent assignment of a 20-year career with Raytheon that included work at facilities in Burlington, Wayland, Bedford, and Andover. During...
