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Edna B. Ford
Jul 25, 2001
Edna B. Ford, 81, died at the Elmhurst Nursing Home Wednesday morning after a brief illness. Born in Greene, ME, she graduated from Brookline (Mass) High School in 1936, she received her RN degree from Boston City Hospital and graduated from Somerville Hospital in 1946. Edna was a Registered Nurse who nursed in Hospitals and as a Private Duty Nurse....
John B. Jb Hurley
Jul 18, 2001
John B. ''JB'' Hurley died after a long illness at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Boston July 18th at the age of 56. John was raised in Melrose, Graduated from Melrose High Class of 1962, played football for Melrose High and has been a lifelong resident. He worked as trackman and as a foreman for Amtrack for many years.John was a...
Charlotte E. Mackay
Jul 16, 2001
Charlotte E. MacKay died suddenly at home in Melrose July 16th at the age of 74. She was born and raised in Malden, lived in Malden for 61yrs and Melrose the past 13yrs. Charlotte worked as a bookkeeper for Purex Co., Lewis Candy, Duddy Tire and the for Mass. Gas & Electric Co. retiring in 1992. Charlotte was a former...
Louise A. Fugere
Jul 16, 2001
Louise A. (O'Brien) Fugere died at home July 16 after a long illness at the age of 81. Louise was born and raised in Somerville, graduated from St. Clement's Grammar & St. Clement's High School. She lived in Medford for a few years and Melrose the past 50yrs. Louise worked for over 20yrs as a clerk at Melrose Drug Main...
Gerald B. Long
Jul 15, 2001
Gerald B. Long died at South Shore Hospital July 15th at the age of 70. He was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School, he served in the US Navy for 4 yrs during the Korean War and then went back to school and graduated from New England College. Gerald worked a supervisor and director of social...
Eugene T. Murphy
Jul 14, 2001
Eugene T. Murphy, 73, died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital after a brief illness Saturday morning. Born in Melrose, he was a lifelong resident. Gene graduated from Melrose High in 1946,served in the Army during the Korean War. He was a Patrolman on the Melrose Police Dept for 32 years who retired in 1991 and was a member of St Mary's Church,...
John M. Crescenzo
Jul 14, 2001
John M. Crescenzo, 75, died at Melrose -Wakefield Hospital Saturday after a lengthy illness. Born in Revere, John was raised in E. Boston and had lived in Medford for 3 yrs prior to moving to Saugus 37 yrs ago. He was an accomplished musician, having taught himself to play many instruments and had received a Certificate of Accomplishment from the...
William M. Callanan
Jul 10, 2001
William M. Callanan, 75, died at Mariner Health at Longwood in Boston Tuesday afternoon after a brief illness. William was born and raised in Cambridge, he graduated from Rindge & Latin High School in 1943. He served in the U S Marine Corp and fought in the battle of Iwo Jima. William and his brother Charles owned and operated Roach's...
Inga E. Iannacci
Jul 5, 2001
Inga E. (Buchel) Iannacci died at Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont NH July 5th at the age of 74. Inga was born and raised in Germany. When she came to the United States she lived in Chicago & NJ for a few years, Lynn Ma for many years and the last 33yrs in Melrose MA. Inga was an interior decorator...
Michalene May Daugsiewicz
Jul 3, 2001
Michalene ''May'' (Poplawski) Daugsiewicz died after a brief illness at Mass. General Hospital in Boston July 3rd at the age of 91. May was born in Cambridge, raised in Somerville, lived all of her life in Somerville and summered in Falmouth for 25yrs. She was a homemaker, a former member of of St. Hedwig's Church in Cambridge, a member of...
Gertrude Trudy Lally
Jun 24, 2001
Gertrude A. ''Trudy'' Lally, 79, died at home Sunday,unexpectedly. Born and raised in Melrose ,she was lifelong resident. She attended St Mary's Grammar School, graduated from Melrose High School in 1939 and Emmanuel College Class of 1943. Trudy was a School Teacher at the Horace Mann School in Melrose from 1967 until 1984. She was an active parishioner at St...
John M. Belmonte
Jun 23, 2001
John M. Belmonte, 71, died at the Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington saturday after a brief illness. Born and raised in E. Boston, John graduated from E. Boston High School,entered the Army and served with 2nd Engineering Combat Battalion at Ft. Lewis WA. He was a Climatological Engineer at the Natick Labs,for the US Government for over 20yrs. and retired...
Anne M. Dwyer
Jun 15, 2001
Anne M. (Kelliher) Dwyer died after a long illness at Winchester Hospital June 15th at the age of 74. Anne was raised in Melrose, Graduated from St. Mary's Grammar & St. Mary's High School and has been a lifelong resident. She worked for several yeas as a secretary the the N.E. Telephone Co.. Anne was a member of St. Mary's...
Claire G. Porter
Jun 15, 2001
Claire G. Porter died at Melrose Wakefield Hospital June 15th at the age of 86. Claire was born in Boston, raised in East Boston, graduated from East Boston High, she lived in Everett for 17yrs and Melrose the past 43yrs. Claire worked for the New England Telephone Co. at the Facilities Dept. in Boston for 30yrs retiring in 1977. She...
Frank Desantis
Jun 10, 2001
Frank DeSantis, 85, died at HealthSouth New England Rehab Hospital in Woburn on June 10th after a short illness. Born and raised in Wakefield , he graduated from Wakefield High School in 1934. Frank was a Sergeant in the 428th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment U. S. Army. He was a Security Officer at the General Electric Co. in Lynn for...
Claire B. Difranza
Jun 6, 2001
Claire B. (Hedges) DiFranza died after a long illness at Melrose Wakefield Hospital June 6th at the age of 79. Claire was born and raised in Lynn, graduated from Lynn High School in 1950. and has lived in Melrose for over 40yrs. She worked as a book processor at the Melrose Public Library for 7yrs retiring in 1984. She had...
Violet B. Theriault
Jun 5, 2001
Violet B. (Tremblay) Theriault died after a long illness at EPOCH Senior Healthcare Center in Melrose June 5th at the age of 96. Violet was born and raised in Cambridge. She was a homemaker living most of her life in Cambridge, 20yrs in Hyannis and the past 5yrs in Melrose. She was the wife of the late Walter Theriault. Sister...
Marie A. Pardo
Jun 1, 2001
Marie A. (Infurna) Pardo died at Melrose Wakefield Hospital June 1st at the age of 83. Marie was born in Boston, raised in the North End and Everett, lived in Stoneham for 20yrs, Florida for 12yrs and Melrose since 1996. Marie was a homemaker. She was the wife of the late Joseph L. Pardo. Mother of Mary Lou Scioli &...
Kathryn M. Connolly
May 30, 2001
Kathryn M. (Manning) Connolly died after a long illness at Liberty Commons Nursing Home in Chatham May 30th at the age of 92. She was born in Boston, lived most of her life in Melrose and has been living on Cape Cod since 1969. Kathryn worked as a secretary for the Crosby Vale Co. in Mansfield for several years. She...
Jarod Smith
May 29, 2001
Jarod Smith died suddenly May 29,2001 in North Andover at the age of 24yrs.Jarod was a lifelong Malden resident, and recentlty a resident of Somerville. He was a graduate of Malden Catholic High School where he was president of his graduating class. Currently a student, Jarod's completion of his studies was imminent, with his earning of Bachelor's Degrees in both...
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