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Anthony J. Napolitano
Nov 11, 2002
Anthony J. Napolitano died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Monday Nov. 11th after a brief illness at the age of 73. He was born and raised in Everett, graduated fom Malden Catholic High School and been a resident of Everett for over 40 yrs prior to moving to Melrose 29 yrs ago. Anthony was an employee of ConRail in the shipping...
Edward T. Zibrofski
Nov 6, 2002
Edward T. 'Zip' Zibrofski passed away at Melrose Wakefield Hospital on Nov. 6th at the age of 82. Zip was born and raised in the West End of Boston and graduated high school in Boston. He lived in Somerville for most of his life and the past 12 years in Chelmsford. He was a foremen for Paul DuTelle Roofing of...
Richard A. Jackman
Nov 4, 2002
Richard A. 'Dick' Jackman died at Beth Israel Hospital on Nov. 4th after a brief illness at the age of 67. Dick was born in Wakefield, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School and has lived in Lexington the past 27 years. Dick started out working for his father's company, Jackman Brothers Roofing of Boston and then developed his...
Charles L. Parrish
Nov 3, 2002
Charles L. Parrish died at Mass. General Hospital Nov. 3rd at the age of 86. He was born and raised in Saugus, graduated from Saugus High School Class of 1934, graduated from Lowell Technical Institute with an engineering degree and has been living in Melrose the past 50 years. Charles was a Civil Engineer for the Metropolitan District Commission Parks...
Joseph L. Hartnett
Nov 3, 2002
Joseph L. Hartnett died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Nov.3rd after a short illness. He was born in Melrose, raised in Malden, graduated from Malden High School, Worcestor Academy and Boston University. Joseph was assistant director of Employment Operations for the Commonwealth of Massachusettts for 30 years, retiring in 1989. He has been living in Melrose for the past 29 years, was...
Ann P. Stodolnic
Nov 2, 2002
Ann P. (Ratterman) Stodolnic died at home Nov. 2nd at the age of 61. Ann was born and raised in Kentucky, graduated from high school and nursing school in Kentucky and has been living in Melrose for the past 36yrs. She was an Operating Room Nurse at Mass. General Hospital from 1967 to the present. Ann was a member of...
Leo P. Mccready
Nov 2, 2002
Leo P. McCready died at Winchester Nursing Center on Saturday Nov. 2nd after a long illness at the age of 81. He was born and raised in Jamaica Plain and graduated from Boston College High School. Leo was a claims examiner for Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. in the Boston office for 49yrs. He has been a resident of Medford the...
Mildred E. Lewis
Nov 1, 2002
Mildred E. (Feltch) Lewis died at Bear Hill Nursing Center in Stoneham Nov.1st after a long illness. She was born and raised in Medford, graduated from Medford High School Class of 1941 and has been living in Malden since 1956. Mildred was Assistant City Auditor for the City of Medford for 35years retiring in 1982. She was a member of...
Lillian M. Wallace
Oct 30, 2002
Lillian M. Wallace, late of Melrose, died Wednesday following a brief illness. She was 97. Born in Blackstone, MA, in 1905, she was the middle and last surviving of seven children of John and Lillie (Pedder) Moran. Following the death of her mother she left high school to go to work but eventually graduated from the Milford Hospital School of...
Claire R. Fitzemeyer
Oct 26, 2002
Claire R. (Smith) Fitzemeyer died at home October 26th at the age of 76. She was born in Winthrop, raised in Revere, graduated from Revere High School and has been living in Melrose the past 37 years. Claire worked for Tucker Anthony as a secretary when she first graduated from high school and had also worked for Emery Air Freight...
C. Frances Johnson
Oct 21, 2002
Johnson, C. Frances (Baglio), of Melrose October 21st. Wife of Thomas E. Johnson. Mother of Bruce T. Johnson & his wife Danielle of Revere. Sister of Joseph Baglio of W.Roxbury, Phyllis Daly of North End, Angelina Lazzarino of East Boston and the late Salvatore Baglio. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Funeral from the Gately Funeral Home 79 W....
William V. Lawson
Oct 20, 2002
William V. Lawson died at home on October 20th at the age of 52 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Bill was born in Portsmouth England. He lived in Andover for several years and graduated from Andover Junior High & Andover High School. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in PA , where he was a member of Phi Kappa...
Elizabeth I. Mooers
Oct 13, 2002
Elizabeth I. (Arthur) Mooers died after a long illness at Winthrop House Senior Care of Medford October 13th at the age of 96. She was born in Lawrence, raised in Roxbury, graduated from Roxbury High School and attended Boston Teacher's College. Elizabeth lived in Jamaica Plain for many years, East Boston for several years and in Melrose since 1975. She...
Mort Davoren
Oct 6, 2002
Mort Davoren died after a long illness October 6th at Life Care Center of Stoneham. Mort was born in Moycullen Irealnd, raised in Ireland and came to the United States in 1950 at the age of 26. He worked as a meat cutter for the 1st National Stores in Malden, Medford, Wellington and surrounding areas for many years. After the...
Barbara L. Whittier
Sep 29, 2002
Barbara L. (Killam) Whittier died suddenly at Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge Sept. 29th at the age of 71. She was born in Cambridge, raised in Somerville, graduated from Somerville High School, lived in Melrose for 36yrs and the past 10yrs in West Harwich. Barbara worked as a bookkeeper for many years at several companies in the Melrose area. She was...
James Lucas
Sep 26, 2002
James Lucas died after a long illness at Bear Hill Nursing Center in Stoneham Sept. 26 at the age of 89. He was born in Greece, raised in Greece, lived in NY City for 55yrs, Melrose a few years and the past 5yrs in Stoneham. James and his wife Catherine, who passed away on June 18th of this year, owned...
Doris R. Tassinari
Sep 24, 2002
Doris R. (Walker) Tassinari died after a long illness at Massachusetts General Hospital on Sept. 24th at the age of 84. Doris was born and raised in East Boston, graduated from East Boston High School and has lived in Melrose since 1954. She and her husband Antenori have been married for 60yrs and owned a summer home in Lake Sunapee...
William E. Salie
Sep 17, 2002
William E. 'Bill' Salie died at the V.A. Hospital in Bedford Sept. 17 at the age of 82. He was born in Roxbury, raised in Malden and lived in Melrose since 1957. Bill was a WWII Navy veteran and received his Honorary High School degree from the Malden High School in the year 2000. He was a brickmason for Eastern...
John F. O'Neil
Sep 12, 2002
John F. O'Neil died suddenly at home in Melrose Sept. 12th at the age of 88. He was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School Class of 1932 and has been a lifelong resident of Melrose. During WWII John worked for the Boston Navy Yard in the 1940's and then started his own general contracting business, John...
Wilfra L. Swindlehurst
Sep 11, 2002
Wilfra L. Swindlehurdst, 76, passed away unexpectedly wednesday at his summer home in Windham, ME. Born in Melrose he was lifelong resident. Wilfra graduated from Melrose High class of 1944, earned his Bachelors Degree at Northern University, and received his Masters of Business Administration at Bentley College. After the service, he was an auditor at New England Tel & Tel...
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