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Lawrence J. Lavoie
Sep 7, 2002
Larry Lavoie, 70 , died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital after being stricken at home saturday morning. Born in Cambridge, he was raised in Arlington, graduated from Arlington High class of 1950. Larry was a building contractor who formed his own company, L. J. Lavoie Contractor Inc., of Arlington, which he ran until he retired in 1994. He was a consultant for...
Alfred V. Flynn
Sep 6, 2002
Alfred V. Flynn of Melrose, MA and Wolfeboro, NH died suddenly at his lakeside home on Friday, September 6, 2002. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Barbara (Lynch) of Melrose and their three daughters: Mary Shaw and husband Larry of Weston, their son David of Melrose and daughter Katherine of Weston; Annmarie Flynn and companion Paula and...
Ira B. Leedham
Sep 4, 2002
Ira B. Leedham, 70, died at home after a brief illness wednesday morning. Born in Watertown, he was raised in Melrose and was a lifelong resident. He graduated from Melrose High class of 1949. Ira was a mechanic for AmTrac in Boston from 1959 until 1993 when he retired. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers...
Marie R. Mcdonough
Sep 3, 2002
Marie R. McDonough passed away at Epoch Senior Healthcare in Melrose Sept. 3rd at the age of 65. She was born in Lynn MA, was raised in Melrose, graduated from St. Mary's Grammar School and attended St. Mary's High School. She was a homemaker, a lifelong resident of Melrose and a member of St. Mary's Church in Melrose. Marie was...
Nicholas P. Flynn
Aug 30, 2002
Nicholas P. Flynn died at Wingate at Reading Nursing Home on Friday Aug. 30th at the age of 81. He was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from St. Mary's Grammar School, Boston College High School Class of 1939 and Boston College Class of 1943. After graduating from Boston College Nicholas entered the US Navy serving as a Lieutenant for...
John Kehoe
Aug 30, 2002
Jack Kehoe, 72, died Friday Aug 30, at Hope Hospice in Ft Myers FL after a lengthy illness. Born in Boston , he had been a Melrose resident for over 40 yrs and had spent the number of years wintering in Ft Myers. Jack had been a parishioner of St Cecilia's Church in FL and St Mary's Church in Melrose....
Maureen Carroll
Aug 28, 2002
Maureen (Shinney) Carroll died suddenly at home Aug. 28th at the age of 55. Maureen was born and raised in Malden, graduated from Girls Catholic High School Class of 1964 and has lived in Melrose the past 31years. She worked as a Real Estate Broker for Century 21 Sexton & Donahue in Melrose for the past 18yrs and was a...
Mary Teresa Ledoux
Aug 27, 2002
Mary Teresa (Edmands) Ledoux died at Woodbriar of Wilmington Nursing Home Aug. 27th at the age of 75. Mary Teresa was born and raised in Wakefield, graduated from Wakefield High School Class of 1945 and moved to Melrose in 1958. She was a homemaker, a longtime member of St. Mary's Church where she taught CCD and was the CCD Coordinator...
Helen M. Ahern
Aug 26, 2002
Helen M. Ahern, 79, died at Bear Hill Nursing Center Monday morning after a brief illness. Born and raised in Melrose Helen was lifelong resident. She graduated from St Mary's High School in 1941.Helen was an associate at Harvard University School of Dental Medicine where she received the Outstanding Staff Award; was presented with E. A. Baer Award by the...
Frederick S. Karpenko
Aug 17, 2002
Karpenko, Frederick S. of Melrose, Formerly of East Boston August 17, Husband of Eileen C. (Collins) Karpenko, Father of Lisa And Frederick J. Karpenko of East Boston and Maura E., John F. and Bridgett A. Karpenko of Melrose. Funeral from the Gately Funeral Home 79 W. Foster St., Melrose. Date and Time TBA. Complete arrangements to follow. For directions, Florists,...
Frederck S. Karpenko
Aug 17, 2002
Karpenko, Frederick S. of Melrose, Formerly of East Boston August 17, Husband of Eileen C. (Collins) Karpenko, Father of Lisa And Frederick J. Karpenko of East Boston and Maura E., John F. and Bridgett A. Karpenko of Melrose. Funeral from the Gately Funeral Home 79 W. Foster St., Melrose. Date and Time TBA. Complete arrangements to follow. For directions, Florists,...
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...
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