James C. Sullivan
Aug 17, 2002
James C. Sullivan died at the lahey Clinic in Burlington on Aug. 17th at the age of 84 after a brief illness. James was born and raised in Winchester and graduated from Winchester High School in 1935 and has lived in Melrose for over 20 years. He was a member of St.Mary's Church in Melrose for many years. James was...
Frank Burke
Aug 11, 2002
Frank Burke died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Aug. 11th at the age of 56. Frank was born in Charlestown, raised in Charlestown and Stoneham and graduated from Stoneham High School Class of 1964. Frank lived in Stoneham for many years and the past 10yrs in Melrose. He worked for the Boston Herald as a warehouse supervisor for the past 23yrs and...
Rose E. Benard
Aug 7, 2002
Rose E. (White) Benard died after a long illness at Woodbriar Nursing Home in Wilmingon August 7th at the age of 100. She was born in Wood's Harbor Nova Scotia, raised in Nova Scotia and came to Everett MA at the age of 14. Rose was a homemaker and lived most of her life in Melrose. She was a longtime...
Anthony A. Rinaldi
Aug 7, 2002
Anthony A. Rinaldi, 66, died at home Wednesday after a lengthy illness. Born in Boston, he grew up in Charlestown and the No.End and attended Charelstown High. Anthony served in the Air Force for 4 yrs in thelate 1950's. He was a repairman for Melo-Tone Vending in Somerville for 40 years and retired in 1998. He was an usher and...
Beatrice M. Scarpa
Jul 27, 2002
Beatrice M. ( Shea ) Scarpa, 78 died at Salem Hospital Saturday morning after a short illness. Born and raised in Melrose , she graduated from Melrose High School Class of 1941. Beatrice was a homemaker and mother who was a longtime Melrose resident and a resident of W. Peabody for the past 38 years Scarpa, She was the wife...
Shirley E. Delano
Jul 26, 2002
Shirley E, (Keating ) Delano, 64, died at Mass General Hospital Boston after short illness. Born and raised in Melrose, she graduated from Melrose High School Class of 1955. Shirley was a secretary at Joy Realty Co, Boston, for 10 years and retired for health reasons in Nov. of 2001. She had lived in Everett for 16 years prior to...
Nicholas J. Falcione
Jul 25, 2002
Nicholas J.Falcione, 81, died thursday night at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital after a brief illness. Born and raised in Boston, he had lived most of his life in Medford and had resided in Melrose for the past 14 years. Nicholas was a Bartender for many years in the Taverns and Restaurants in the North Station area of Boston and retired in 1983....
John Jack Lambert
Jul 24, 2002
John T. 'Jack' Lambert, 81, died at Glen Ridge Nursing Care Center, Medford wednesday after a brief illness. Born and raised in Boston, he graduated from Boston English High School class of 1938. Jack served in the Coast Guard during WW II. He was sales representative for Black & Decker Tool Co for a number of years in the Philadelphia...
Walter R. Eldridge
Jul 19, 2002
Walter R. 'Bud' Eldridge 70 Died at Mercy Hospital Des Moines Iowa Friday night after a brief illness. Born in Boston, raised in Charlestown and graduated from Charlestown High School. Bud lived in Melrose for 34 years and the last 6 years in Iowa. He worked as a letter carrier of the U.S. Postal Service in Malden until he retired...
Ellen M. Mcintyre
Jul 15, 2002
Ellen Mary (Horan) McIntyre passed away at Melrose- Wakefield Hospital July 15th at the age of 60. Ellen was born and raised in Newton, graduated from Newton High School, and has been a resident of Melrose for the past 31yrs. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Mary's Church in Melrose. Ellen was the wife of Thomas J....
Patrick C. Baldassaro
Jul 15, 2002
Patrick C. Baldassaro died after a long illness July 15th at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital at the age of 75. Patrick was born in Malden, raised in East Boston, graduated from Commerce High School in Boston and attended Bentley College for 2yrs. He was a Real Estate Appraiser for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for 39yrs. Pat appraised properties for the Commonwealth of...
Ruth W. Begley
Jul 15, 2002
Ruth M. Begley, 85, died at Melrose - Wakefield Hospital after a brief illness. Ruth was born in Malden, moved to Quebec Canada for a few years and then back to Malden where she graduated from Malden High. Ruth and her husband John F. Begley Jr resided in Quincy for 30yrs until his death in 1977 when she moved to...
Mary D. Packard
Jul 10, 2002
Mary (Dailey) Packard lost her battle with cancer at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington July 10th at the age of 64. Mary was born and raised in Cumberland MD, graduated from Fort Hill H.S. in Cumberland and Hood College in MD. She was a homemaker, has been livng in Melrose since 1963 and was a longtime member of the 1st...
Helen M. Fennell
Jul 5, 2002
Helen M. (Niland ) Fennell, 60, died at Beth Isreal Hospital Boston friday after a brief illness. Born and raised in Boston, she was baptized in St Patrick Church Roxbury and graduated from St Patrick High School Class of 1959. She lived in Dorchester for 8 years prior to moving to Melrose in 1969. Helen was an active parishioner of...
Hazel M. Lucey
Jun 26, 2002
Hazel M. Lucey, 97, died at Bear Hill Nursing Center in Wakefield on Wednesday morning after a brief illness. She was born in Wakefield, raised in Wakefield and Reading and has been a Melrose resident for over 66 years. Hazel was a telephone operator at N.E. Telephone Company for 7 years and later worked at the Melrose High School Cafeteria...
Thomas E. Doucette
Jun 26, 2002
Thomas E. Doucette, 96, died at Windham Hospital in Windham CT on June 26th after a brief illness. He was born in Wilmington MA, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School Class of 1923 and Northeastern University Class of 1927. Thomas lived most of his life in Melrose and enjoyed wintering in Miami Springs FL. Thomas was an electrical...
Rose E. Bello
Jun 25, 2002
Rose E. Bello died at Mass General Hospital in Boston on June 26th after a brief illness at the age of 74. She was born in Winchester and was a lifelong Melrose resident. Rose graduated from St Mary's Grammar and attended St. Mary's High School. She was a office clerk at National Radio in Melrose for over 40 years and...
Tina N. Baldassaro
Jun 22, 2002
Tina N. Baldassaro, 76 Died at Melrose Wakefield Hospital Saturday Morning after a brief illness. Born and raised in Italy, she lived in East Boston for many years, and Melrose the past 36 years. Tina was a homemaker and worked at Kindercare on the fellsway in Melrose for 5 years. Tina was the wife of Patrick C. Baldassaro. Mother of...
Catherine Lucas
Jun 18, 2002
Catherine (Charos) Lucas died after a short illness at Bear Hill Nursing Center in Stoneham June 18th at the age of 82. Catherine was born in Boston, raised in Boston, lived in New York City for 55yrs, Melrose for a few years and Stoneham the past 5yrs. She and her husband James owned and operated several luncheonette/diners in New York...
Gertrude E. Coleman
Jun 17, 2002
Coleman, Gertrude E. (Power), of Melrose June 17th. Gertrude E. (Powers) Coleman died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital June 17th at the age of 88. She was born in Concord, raised in Waltham & Medford, graduated from Medford High School and has lived in Melrose the past 46yrs. Gertrude was a homemaker, a member of Incarnation Church in Melrose and a past...
