Joseph V. Leary, Sr.
Feb 23, 2003
Joseph V. Leary Sr. died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Sunday February 23rd at the age of 75. Joseph was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from St. Mary's Grammar School, Melrose High School Class of 1945 and was a lifelong resident. He worked for the First National Store's main office in Somerville for 24 years and then for A.W. Chesterton...
Gladys G. Copp
Feb 21, 2003
Copp, of Melrose, Feb 21, Gladys G. ( Hunnewell ) Copp. Wife of the late John Copp. Mother of George H. Copp and his wife Marie of Melrose and Gladys H. Copp of Melrose. Grandmother of Brenda Cameron & her husband Mark of Derry NH, Paula Abrams & her husband Stephen of Somerville, Patricia Norton & her husband Mark Van...
Edward A. Gnecco
Feb 16, 2003
Edward A. Gnecco, 72, died atWhidden Memorial Hospital, Everett, after a brief illness. Born and raised in Malden, he had been an Everett resident for over 20 yrs before moving to Melrose 30 yrs ago. Edward was an Air Force veteran serving during the Korean Conflict, a 34 years veteran of the Everett Police Dept and retired in 1994 with...
Dimitri G. Sayegh
Feb 13, 2003
Dimitri G. Sayegh died suddenly at Mass. General Hospital on Feb. 13th at the age of 86. He was born in Lebanon, raised in Egypt, graduated high school in Egypt and lived in Egypt until his mid 40's. Dimitri took over his father's grocery store in Egypt and ran the business until he was forced to move back to Lebanon....
Mary Russo
Feb 13, 2003
Mary (Sciacca) Russo died at home on Feb. 13th after a brief illness at the age of 92. She was born in Italy and came to the United States at the age of 4. Mary was raised in Somerville and has been a resident of Melrose for over 50 years. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Mary's...
Victoria Constance Mclaughlin
Feb 9, 2003
Victoria Constance McLaughlin died suddenly at Children's Hospital on Sunday February 9th at the age of 3 months. Tori was a loving beautiful child who brought peace and joy to the McLaughlin Family and was a precious sister to Brian and Julia. She was the beloved 3 month old daughter of John E. McLaughlin Jr. & Patricia A. (Lynch) McLaughlin....
Dorothy V. Daniell
Feb 9, 2003
Dorothy V. (Palmer) Daniell died after a long illness at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington on February 9th at the age of 87. Dorothy was born in Lynn, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School Class of 1932 and has been a lifelong resident of Melrose. She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene where she...
John Austin & Ruth E. Reidy
Feb 5, 2003
John Austin Reidy & Ruth E. (Polk) Reidy died suddenly at home together from natural causes on Feb. 5th. Ruth was born and raised in Melrose, they both lived in Malden & Charlestown for several years and Melrose most of their life. She worked as a hairdresser in Melrose for over 30 years and owned her own shop on Essex...
Dorothy M. Strileckis
Feb 4, 2003
Dorothy M. (Nicosia) Strileckis, age 71, died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Tuesday Feb. 4th after a short illness. Dorothy was born in Boston, raised in Somerville, graduated from Somerville High School and has been living in Melrose the past 40 years. She was an administrative assistant at Verizon for 15 years. Dorothy was a member of the Melrose Women's Bowling...
James A. Watkins
Feb 2, 2003
James A. Watkins, 57, died at home unexpectedly Sunday afternoon, Feb 2. Born in Medford, he had graduated from Melrose High, entered the Army in 1963 and served during the VeitNam conflict until 1966. Jim was a supervisor at Jet-Spray Corp, a plastics molding company in Norwood for 25 years and later an anesthesia technologist at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital for 8...
Lillian Groden
Feb 2, 2003
Lillian ( Blumstein ) Groden, 92, died at home Sunday, Feb 2nd, after a lengthy illness. Born in Newark, N.J., she had lived in New York City for most of her life until moving to Melrose in 1995. Lillian and her husband, Sam, owned and operated Sam Groden Inc. in New York City, an advertising company, for 30 years. Everyone...
Adeline M. Gulla
Feb 1, 2003
Adeline M. Gulla of Melrose, wife of the late Patrick J. Gulla, died February 1, 2003 at Epoch Senior Healthcare Nursing Home in Melrose. She was 89 years old. A 52-year resident of Melrose with her family, Mrs Gulla was a longtime member of St Mary's Parish and served as prefect of the parish's Ladies Sodality organization on two separate...
Philip James Walsh
Jan 28, 2003
Philip J. Walsh, dedicated family man and friend, died peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 28, surrounded by loved ones, at Bear Hill Nursing Center in Stoneham after a brief illness. He was 77. Mr. Walsh was born in Stoneham to the late Michael and Margaret Walsh. He was raised in Melrose, graduated Melrose High School in 1942 and served in the...
Anne Ruth Turner
Jan 28, 2003
Anne R. (Fortier) Turner died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Jan. 28th at the age of 86. Anne was born in Charlestown, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School Class of 1934 where she was captain of the women's basketball and softball teams. She was a homemaker, a lifelong resident of Melrose and had worked for 10 years at Grant Printing...
Frederick J. Gorman
Jan 26, 2003
Frederick J. Gorman passed away at home Jan. 26th after a long illness at the age of 84. Fred was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from Medford Vocational School and has been a lifelong resident. He was a WWII Coast Guard Veteran serving for 6 years in the North Atlantic and a survivor of a torpedo attack and sinking...
Marion E. Kanaly
Jan 16, 2003
Marion E. Kanaly passed away on Thursday morning, Janaury 16, 2003 at the German Center Nursing Home in West Roxbury at the age of 79. Marion was a long time resident of Melrose, graduated from St. Mary's Grammar and High school prior to attending college at St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Terrace Haute, Indiana with a B.A. in English. She received her B.S....
Harold N. Steeves
Jan 16, 2003
Harold N. Steeves passed away on Friday Jan 16th at the Epoch Senior Health Care Center in Melrose at the age of 82. He was born in Wakefield, raised in Melrose, lived most of his life in Melrose and several years in Everett, Malden & Medford. He worked as a truck driver for Palmer Mullen Co. of Malden for many...
Lorelei F. Cronin
Jan 10, 2003
Lorelei F. (Pecci) Cronin died at Winchester Hospital on January 10th at the age of 61. She was born and raised in Bath Maine, graduated from Bath High School and graduated from Atlantic Union College in Lancaster MA with a degree in nursing. Lorelei worked as a registered nurse in the ER and as an IV nurse for 37years. She...
Mary Therese Hammel
Jan 8, 2003
Mary T. Hammel, 75, died at Elliot Hospital Manchester NH, Wednesday after a lengthy illness. Born in Newport, NH, She was raised in Wakefield MA, graduated from Wakefield High in 1945 and received her Bachlor's Degree from New Rochelle College in 1949. Mary was a resident of Malden for 22 yrs and Melrose for 20yrs. Mary was a travel agent...
Heather Jean Berube
Jan 3, 2003
Heather Jean Berube, 30, died at Boston Medical Center, saturday after a short illness. Born in Stoneham, she lived most of her life in Malden and had been a Melrose resident for the past 5 years. Heather was a graduate of Barbizon School of Modeling and enjoyed modeling and fashion shows. She loved animals - especially her dog ' Scoundrel',...
