Thomas M. O'Brien
Sep 27, 2003
Thomas M. O'Brien, 99, died at Melrose Wakefield Hospital on Saturday morning after a brief illness.He was born and raised in Malden and graduated fom Malden High School. Tom was a longtime employee of the Boston Record American newspaper. He was a resident of Melrose for over 60 years and a parishioner of the Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Wakefield.Tom...
Michael J. Cremin
Sep 25, 2003
Michael J. Cremin Jr died peacefully at the age of 90 at the GlenRidge Nursing Care Center Thursday night. Born and raised in Boston, he graduated from Bentley College in 1953 and later from the Cardinal Cushing School of Theology. Michael served in the Army during WW II and was bus driver for the MBTA for 30 years until he...
Susan R. Russo
Sep 24, 2003
Susan R. Russo passed away at home on Sept. 24th at the age of 87. Susan was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School Class of 1934 and Salem State College with a Bachelor of Science in Education. She worked as a teletype operator for AT & T in the head office in New York City for...
James D. Mckean
Sep 15, 2003
James D. McKean passed away at home on Sept. 15th at the age of 68. James was born and raised in Dorchester and graduated from Boston English High School. He entered the US Army in 1955 and served during the Korean War. After his discharge from the Army in 1963 James moved to Melrose in 1966 and has been a...
Rudolph A. Trulli
Sep 14, 2003
Rudolph A. Trulli SR, 78, died at Melrose Wakefield Hospital on Sunday, Sept. 14th after a brief illness. He was born and raised in Malden, was a longtime resident of Malden before moving to Melrose 14 years ago. Rudy served in the Army during WW II in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. Mr.. Trulli was a steel worker/fabricator at the former...
Constance M. O'Brien
Sep 11, 2003
O'Brien, Constance M. , of Palmer & Melrose, Sept. 11th. Daughter of the late John J. & Helen C. (Shanahan) O'Brien. Sister of John R. O'Brien & his wife Teresa M. O'Brien of Melrose. Aunt of Susan M. O'Brien of Melrose and John J. O'Brien of Cambridge. Niece of Mildred Shanahan of Arlington and Elizabeth Shanahan of Woburn. Cousin of...
Denise E. Heath
Sep 10, 2003
Denise E. ( Belmonte ) Heath, 46, died at her home in Derry NH after a lengthy illness. Born in Revere, she was raised in Melrose and graduated from Melrose High class of 1975. Denise was an office manager at Parkland Medical & Rehabilitation Center in Derry for 3 yrs. She was the wife of Albert B. Heath Jr of...
Frances B. Picardo
Sep 7, 2003
Frances B. (Vittorini) Picardo passed away at Elmhurst Nursing Home in Melrose on Sunday Sept. 7th at the age of 78. Frances was born and raised in Malden, attended Malden Schools, lived in Medford for a few years and the past 32 years in Melrose. She was a homemaker and a longtime member of St. Mary's Church in Melrose. Frances...
Alfred J. Anastasi
Sep 4, 2003
ANASTASI Alfred (Fred) James, age 84, of Melrose, died on Thursday, September 4, 2003, in his home at 167 Waverly Avenue, Melrose. Alfred was born in Boston to the late Anthony and Grace Cucinatta Anastasi on April 15, 1919. He is survived by his beloved wife of 56 years, the former Patricia King of Danvers; two sons, Mark T. Anastasi...
Barbara D. Conrad
Sep 4, 2003
Barbara D. ( Kirmes ) Conrad, 72, died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Thursday after a brief illness. Born and raised in Melrose, she graduated from Melrose high class of 1951. Barbara was Korean War AirForce veteran, a Melrose Police Crossing Officer during the 1960's and the Veterans Services Officer for the Town of Wakefield when she retired in 1992. She was...
Ronita L. Hammond
Sep 3, 2003
Ronita L. Hammond died unexpectedly on Wednesday morning at her home in Melrose on Sept. 3rd at the age of 76. Born and raised in Charlestown, she graduated from Charlestown High School. Ronita was a self-employed hairdresser and boutique owner having operated Ronita's Fashions on Wyoming Ave., Melrose for 10 years, The Clothing Boutique on Elm St in Everett for...
Elizabeth A. Hollister
Aug 26, 2003
Elizabeth A. ( Adams ) Hollister, 86, died at GlenRidge Nursing Care Center, Medford, Tuesday evening after a brief illness. Born and raised in Cooperstown ND, she graduated from Anoka, Minnesota, High School in 1934 and received her BA at the University of Minn. in 1938. She was a former resident of Cambridge and Walpole, and had resided in Mattapoisett...
Adele T. Morris
Aug 25, 2003
Adele T. (Amirault) Morris died in NH on August 25th at the age of 94. Adele was born and raised in Nova Scotia and came to Melrose at the age of 21. She was a homemaker, a lifelong resident of Melrose and a longtime member of St. Mary's Church in Melrose. Adele was the wife of the late Robert A....
Anna F. Gallagher
Aug 25, 2003
Anna Frances (Harkins) Gallagher died at the age of 87 at Masconomet Healthcare Center in Topsfield on August 25th after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Gallagher was born and raised in Charlestown, graduated from Cathedral High School in Boston and has lived in Melrose for over 50 years. Anna worked as a bank teller for the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston...
Florence C. Bernard
Aug 23, 2003
Florence C. (Lee) Bernard died at her daughter's home in NH on Aug. 23rd at the age of 82. She was born in Providence RI, raised in Providence, graduated from Wakefield High Class of 1939 and Emmanuel College Class of 1943. Florence was a homemaker, had worked for General Electric as an engineer's assistant, was a tutor at the Lincoln...
Estelle C. Kirby
Aug 22, 2003
Estelle C. (Dziob) Kirby passed away in Melrose on August 22nd at the age of 93. Estelle was born in Woonsocket RI, raised in Millville MA and Malden MA and has lived in Melrose since 1955. She was a homemaker and had worked at National Radio in Melrose for several years. Estelle has been a longtime member of St. Mary's...
John J. Mclaughlin
Aug 17, 2003
John J. McLaughlin died at All Saints Memorial Hospital in Lowell on August 17th at the age of 83. He was born in Tewksbury, raised in Randolph, lived in Somerville most of his life and the past few years in Billerica. John worked as a custodian at the Cambridge Savings Bank in Cambridge for many years. He was a WWII...
Clementine E. Upham
Aug 16, 2003
ClementineE. Upham, 87, ' A simple Irish woman who loved her husband and children ', died at Melrose Wakefield Hospital, Saturday, after a brief illness. Born in Boston, she lived most of her life in Medford, graduated from Medford High, Class of 1934, and was a switchboard operator for New England Telephone at the Boston Office. Clementine had been a...
Kevin M. Walsh
Aug 13, 2003
Kevin M. Walsh, Chief of Melrose Fire Dept., died suddenly at Brigham & Women's Hospital on Aug. 13th at the age of 56. Kevin was born and raised in Malden, graduated from Malden High Class of 1964, entered the US Air Force after high school and served in the Air Force for 4 years during the Vietnam War. After the...
Christopher P. Dunne
Aug 9, 2003
Christopher P. Dunne died suddenly at Massachusetts General Hospital on August 9th at the age of 21, after complications from surgery. Chris was born in Winchester, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High Class of 2001 and was presently attending Bunker Hill Community College. He worked for the MDC as the coordinator for the visitor center at Breakhart Reservation in...
