David W. Connolly
Aug 27, 2001
David W. Connolly, 36, died at home unexpectedly Monday. Born in Somerville, he was a lifelong resident of Melrose. He was a St Mary's Church parishioner. David was the son of the John J. Connolly of Melrose and the late Catherine P. ( Walsh ) Connolly. Former husband of Theresa ( Nausley) Connolly and father of James D. and Tara...
Francis Bartholomew O'Brien
Aug 27, 2001
Francis Bartholomew O'Brien died after a long illness Aug. 27th at the age of 77. He was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from St. Mary's Grammar & Melrose High School Class of 1942 and has been a lifelong resident. He enlisted in the US Navy and served aboard the USS Hopping (DE155) from 1943 to 1946, seeing action in...
Carol F. Rappa
Aug 27, 2001
Carol F. (Lavoie) Rappa died suddenly at Beth Isreal Hospital in Boston Aug. 27th at the age of 56. She was born in Lynn, raised in Peabody and graduated from St. Mary's Grammar & St. Mary's High School in Peabody. Carol has lived in Melrose for the past 34yrs and was a devoted mother and wife. Carol was a homemaker...
Wilbur E. Hudlin
Aug 25, 2001
Wilbur E. Hudlin, 88, died saturday at Mass General Hospital, Boston, after a brief illness. Born in Boston, he lived in Revere and Melrose most of his life. He was a welder at Bethleham Steel Co. Boston for 22 years and retired in 1957. Wilbur was a member of the Baptist Church and the Revere Elks. He was the father...
Gloria B. Umile
Aug 24, 2001
Gloria B. Umile, 79, died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Friday after a brief illness. Born in Melrose, she was a lifelong resident. She graduated from Melrose High class of 1940. She was an active member of St Mary's parish, a member of the Melrose Booster's Club and an avid sports enthusiast for many years. Gloria B. ( Spadafora ) Umile was...
Anna F. Buckley
Aug 23, 2001
Anna F. Buckley,87,died unexpectedly Thursday at Melrose -Wakefield Hospital . Born in Charlestown and raised in Everett,she had been a Melrose resident for the past 53 years. Anna was a parishioner of St Mary's Church and Sodality and the Thursday Fortnightly Club of Medford. She was the wife of Francis P. Buckley. Mother of Mary Ellen Dargie of Melrose. Sister...
Martha S. O'Neil
Aug 21, 2001
Martha S. O'Neil, 84, died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Tuesday after a brief illness. She was born in Boston, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High Class of 1937. Martha was a housewife and homemaker and the wife of the late Gerard J. O'Neil. Mother of Gerard W. O'Neil & his wife Mary of Melrose. Paul C. O'Neil of Malden, Martha...
Richard M. Dellarusso
Aug 17, 2001
Richard M. DellaRusso died on Aug. 17th at the age of 67. Richard was born in Boston, raised in Wakefield and graduated from Wakefield High Class of 1951. He entered the US Army after high school and served as a paratrooper during the Korean War. Dick owned and operated Bay State Concrete Corp of Melrose for 30yrs. He lived in...
Manuella Amy Macrina
Aug 7, 2001
Manuella ''Amy'' (DiPietro) Macrina died after a short illness at Melrose Wakefield Hospital on Tues. Aug. 7th at the age of 89. Amy was born in Boston, raised in East Boston, lived most of her life in East Boston, Medford for 14yrs and Melrose the past 15yrs. Amy was a homemaker and a former resident the the Steele House in...
L. Dorothy Dot Howard
Aug 4, 2001
L. Dorothy ''Dot'' (Gorham) Howard died after a long illness at her home in Saugus Aug. 4th at the age of 86. Dot was born in Boston, raised in Lancaster and has been living in Saugus for over 60yrs. She was a housewife and very active with the Saugus Campfire Girls, the former Center United Methodist Church in Saugus and...
James P. Lane
Jul 27, 2001
James P. Lane,79, died at Woburn Nursing Center, friday, after a lengthy illness. Born in Dorchester, he was raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High, class of 1940. Jim served in the Army in WWII. He lived in Malden for over 20 years before moving to Melrose 28 years ago. He was a Professional Golf Teacher at the Middleton Golf...
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...
