Thelma J. Doherty
Apr 22, 2004
Thelma J. (King ), Doherty, 87, died in Wolfboro NH, Thursday evening after a brief illness. Born in Chelsea, she was raised in Revere, graduated from Revere High School. Thelma had been a Melrose resident for over 40 years, was Lunch Mother at the Washington School from the 1950's thru the 1970's, a member of the Ladies Auxiliary at St...
James E. O'Donnell
Apr 19, 2004
James E. O'Donnell passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, on April 19th, he was 94. James was born and raised in Providence RI, graduated from LaSalle Academy and Providence College. Mr. O'Donnell was an executive for New England Telephone Company for 39 years, retiring in 1974. He served in the US Navy during WWII, was a resident of Melrose for 53...
Leo P. Ciovacco
Apr 14, 2004
Leo P. Ciovacco passed away at Bear Hill Nursing Center in Stoneham, on April 16th, at the age of 82. He was born in Boston, raised in Everett, attended Everett Schools and has been a resident of Wakefield the past 50 years. Leo served in the US Army Amphibious Division during WWII. He fought in France, Germany, Africa and the...
Yvonne Alice Brown
Apr 7, 2004
Yvonne Alice (Burbulis) Brown passed away at Life Care Center in Stoneham on April 7th, she was 95. Mrs. Brown was born in Lithuania, raised in Boston and graduated from South Boston High School. She lived in Dorchester and most of her life in Melrose. Alice was a homemaker, a member of St. Mary's Church & the Ladies Sodality at...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
