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',...
Ruth J. Tolman
Dec 31, 2002
Ruth J. (Doucette) Tolman died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital December 31st at the age of 73. Ruth was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School and has lived in Melrose her entire life. She was a loving Foster Parent and worked as a dietician for a local nursing home in Stoneham for many years. Ruth was a chaperone...
Phillip Ryan
Dec 25, 2002
Phillip Ryan died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Dec.25th after a long illness. He was born in Boston, raised in Saugus & Malden, graduated from Malden High School Class of 1933 and has lived in Melrose since 1951. Phillip was a printer for Daniels Printing in Everett for 35 years, retiring in 1980. He taught Graphic Arts at Boston University and...
Frederick T. Mullett
Dec 24, 2002
Frederick T. Mullett died at Lahey Clinic in Burlington Dec. 24th at the age of 75. Fred was born and raised in Malden and has lived in Melrose the past 28 years. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for Trimont Co. in Malden for 41 years retiring in 1990. He was a member of Local #4 International Union of...
Frank E. Schueler, Jr.
Dec 24, 2002
Frank E. Schueler Jr. died at Elmhurst Nursing Home on Dec. 24th after a long illness at the age of 67. He was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School Class of 1953, Kimball Union Academy in NH in 1954 and attended Brown University. Frank has been a lifelong resident of Melrose and has summered in Naples...
Joseph A. Ranson
Dec 23, 2002
Joseph A. Ranson, 75, died unexpectedly Monday at Melrose -Wakefield Hospital. Born and raised in Boston, he lived there most of his life and resided in Melrose for the past 15 yrs. Joseph was the son of the late Michael and Jennie ( MacDonald ) Ranson. Brother of Josephine Sullivan and Dorothy Clark both of Melrose. Private Services will be...
Hilda Marina
Dec 22, 2002
Hilda ( Alverez ) Marina, 81, died at the Woonsocket Health Center, Woonsocket RI, after a lengthy illness. Born and raised in Cuba, she had lived most of her in Brighton and Melrose before entering the health center in Woonsocket. She was an employee of Sack's 5th Boston in the alteration department for over 27 yrs and retired in 1987....
Ethel L. Hannabury
Dec 21, 2002
Ethel L. (Holmes) Hannabury died at Winchester Nursing Center on Dec. 21st after a long illness at the age of 79. She was raised in Chelsea, graduated from Chelsea High School and has been a resident of Melrose since 1943. Ethel was a homemaker and an accomplished artist. She taught decorative painting in Reading, Arlington and in her studio in...
Alfred V. Mccann
Dec 19, 2002
Alfred V. McCann, age 82, died at the Life Care Center in Stoneham on Dec. 19th after a brief illness. He was born and raised in Cambridge, he had lived in Somerville most of his life and resided in Medford for the past 22 yrs. Alfred worked for White Fuel in Boston for 30 years unloading the oil tankers at...
Vasiliki Gianoukos
Dec 19, 2002
Vasiliki 'Bessie' (Coulouras) Gianoukos died at Woburn Nursing Center after a long illness on Dec. 19th at the age of 90. She was born and raised in Gianeiki, Greece, she lived most of her life in the West End of Boston and the past 6 yrs in Woburn. Bessie was a homemaker and a co-owner of her father's restaurant, Harvard...
Dorothy L. Chaput
Dec 19, 2002
DorothyL. Chaput, 73, died unexpectedly Thursday at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital .Born and raised in Stoneham, she graduated from Stoneham High Class of 1946. Dorothy was a switch-board operator and admitting room secretary at Melrose - Wakefield Hospital for over 24 yrs and retired in 1990. She had been a resident of Melrose for the past 50 yrs and had been...
