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...
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....
