Arthur R. O'Neill
Apr 28, 2002
Arthur R. O'Neill, 82, died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Sunday after a brief illness. Born and raised in Somerville, he graduated from Somerville High in 1937, served in the Navy as a radarman 3rd class. Arthur graduated from Northeastern University in 1954. He was an auditor for the Navy at the Charlestown Navy Shipyard for 27 yrs and then at...
Margaret T. Shea-Ruggiero
Apr 28, 2002
Margaret T. Shea-Ruggiero, 94, died at Melrose - Wakefield Hospital Sunday after a brief illness. Born in County Kerry Ireland, she lived in Chicopee for 15 yrs, and resided in Melrose for most of her life. Margaret was a homemaker and parishioner of St Mary's Church. She was the wife of the late Joseph T. Shea. Mother of Joseph Shea...
Catherine T. Calt
Apr 27, 2002
Catherine T. Calt, 79, died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Saturday morning after a brief illness. Born and raised in Melrose, she was a life-long resident. Catherine graduated from Melrose High Class of 1940. She was an executive receptionist at the Bank of Boston for over 43 yrs and retired in 1984. A parishoner at Most Blessed Sacrament Church, she was also...
Domenic Ruggiero
Apr 23, 2002
Domenic Ruggiero died after a long illness at the Newfield House Nursing Home in Plymouth April 23rd at the age of 88. Domenic was born in Melito Italy, came to the US at the age of 7, lived in the Day Square area in East Boston and graduated from Boston Trade School specializing in carpentry. He progressed from a journeyman...
Ruth L. Manning
Apr 22, 2002
Ruth L. (Connolly) Manning died after a long illness at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on April 22nd. Ruth was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from St. Mary's Grammar & St. Mary's High School in Melrose and has been a lifelong resident of Melrose. Ruth was a homemaker, a longtime member of Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Greenwood and a member of...
John H. Dingle
Apr 21, 2002
John H. Dingle Sr. died after a long illness on Sunday April 21st at Bear Hill Nursing Center in Stoneham. John was born in Wakefield, raised in Wakefield, graduated from Wakefield High School and has lived most of his life in Melrose. He was the head of Public Relations Department at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital for over 15yrs. John was a former...
Corinne B. Drottar
Apr 19, 2002
Corinne B. Drottar, 78, died at the Courtyard Nursing Care Center, Medford, friday morning after a short illness. Born and raised in Jay Maine, she had lived in Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge High & Latin School. Corinne was a resident of Billerica for 35 yrs before moving to Melrose 27 yrs ago. She was a technician at Wang Laboratories...
Anthony F. Cicoria
Apr 11, 2002
Anthony F. 'Andy' Cicoria, 69, died at his home in Ft Lauderdale FL. unexpectedly Thursday. Andy was born in Boston, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High Class of 1951 where he was an outstanding athlete. He served in the Koren War and after his discharge attended Boston University and graduated with a degree in education. He was the leading...
Gertrude M. Quinn
Apr 10, 2002
Gertrude M. Quinn died after a long illness at home April 10th at the age of 91. She was born in Melrose, raised in Melrose, graduated from St. Mary's Grammar School, Melrose High School Class of 1929 and Boston College Class of 1949. Gertrude worked as a claims representative for Social Security Administration in Cambridge and Malden offices for over...
John F. Nicolosi
Apr 6, 2002
John F. Nicolosi passed away at Massachuestts General Hospital April 6th at the age of 48. John was born in Boston, raised in Somerville & Everett, graduated from Everett High School in 1971 and Salem State College in 1976 with a degree in Math and a degree in music.He was listed in Who's Who of College Students in 1974 also...
Mark Eldridge
Apr 3, 2002
Mark Eldridge died suddenly in Somerville April 3rd at the age of 40. Mark was born in Everett, raised in Melrose and graduated from Melrose High Class of 1980. He lettered in football in high school and played football for 1 year at Bridgewater State College. Mark lived in Somerville and Medford the past few years and worked as a...
Bernadette B. Scanlan
Apr 3, 2002
Bernadette B. 'Betty' (Savarino) Scanlan died after a long illness at home in Melrose April 3rd at the age of 71. Betty was born in Wakefield, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School Class of 1948 and has been a lifelong resident of Melrose. She worked for 10yrs as a nurses aid at New England Memorial Hospital in Stoneham...
Susan M. Fahlbeck Davis
Apr 2, 2002
Susan M. (Hartigan) Fahlbeck Davis died at N.E. Medical Center in Boston April 2nd at the age of 47. She was born in Somerville, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School and lived most of her life in Melrose. She was a homemaker and has lived in Woburn the past few years. Susan was the wife of William R....
Ada C. Henriksen
Mar 31, 2002
Ada C. (Woods) Henriksen died after a long illness at Epoch Senior Health Care in Melrose March 31st at the age of 83. She was born and raised in Woburn, graduated from Woburn High School, lived most of her life in Woburn, Malden for a few years and the past 20yrs in Melrose. Ada worked as a sales clerk for...
Margaret A. Kilty
Mar 30, 2002
Margaret A. (Sharpe) Kilty died on Saturday March 30th at Elmhurst Nursing Home in Melrose at the age of 75. She was born and raised in Cambridge, graduated from St. Mary's Grammar & St. Mary's High School in Cambrdige and has lived in Melrose the past 42yrs. Margaret worked as a LPN at Malden Hospital in the nursery for over...
Ernest M. Smith, Jr.
Mar 30, 2002
Ernest M. Smith Jr. died at Chelsea Soldier's Home in Chelsea March 30th at the age of 78. He was born in Chelsea, raised in Chelsea and Everett and graduated from Everett High School Class of 1941. Ernest entered the service after high school and served in the US Navy until 1947. He was an aviation chief machinist's mate and...
Winifred A. Macintosh
Mar 28, 2002
Winifred A. (McCarthy) MacIntosh died after a long illness at Oosterman's Rest Home in Wakefield at the age of 90. She was born and raised in Everett, graduated from Everett High School and has been living in Melrose since 1944. Winifred was a homemaker and had also worked for her husband Wilbur as a secretary for several years at W.W....
Dana K. Norcross
Mar 28, 2002
Dana K. Norcross died at Courtyard Nursing Home in Medford on March 28th at the age of 84. He was born in Watertown, graduated from Hollywood High School in CA, Hunnington Prep. School and was raised in East Sandwich and West Borough. Dana lived in Malden for many years and Melrose since 1995. He worked as a letter carrier for...
Theresa M. Porreca
Mar 26, 2002
Theresa M. (Carroll) Porreca died after a long illness at Harborside Healthcare in Wakefield March 26th at the age of 78. She was born in Boston, raised in Charlestown, lived in Wakefield & Peabody for many years and the past 12yrs in Melrose. Theresa worked as a waitress at the Kernwood Restaurant in Lynnfield for over 20yrs. She also worked...
Gerald I. Lee
Mar 25, 2002
Gerald I. 'Jerry' Lee died after a long illness on Monday March 25th at the age of 89. Jerry was born and raised in Lowell, graduated from Lowell High School and Dartmouth College in NH. Jerry worked for the US Government as a management analyst for 35yrs. He was a member of the K of C in Ayer Mass, was...
