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Michalene May Daugsiewicz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Marie J. Turner

Marie J. Turner

May 27, 2001

Marie J. Turner, 71, died at St Elizabeths Hospital, Brighton, Sunday morning after a brief illness. Born in Somerville, she was a life-long resident of Melrose. Marie graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1947. She was the Traffic Supervisor for 40 years at the corner of Vinton & W. Emerson Sts. She was a member of the North Suburban...

Louisa A. Moir

Louisa A. Moir

May 24, 2001

Louisa A. Moir,79, died unexpectedly at the Medical Center of Lewisville, Texas, after a brief illness. Born and raised in Boston, she graduated from Fitton High School, Boston, in 1940, Boston City Hospital School of Nursing, and earned her Masters Degree in Public Health at Boston College. She served in WW II as an Army Nurse in the Medical Corp....

Joseph J. Markelionis

Joseph J. Markelionis

May 20, 2001

Joseph J. Markelionis died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Sunday May 20th at the age of 80 after a brief illness. He was born and raised in So Boston, graduated from Brighton High in 1937 and earned his Bachelor of Science Degree at Boston StateTeacher's College. He served in the Air Corps during WWII as a bombardier and navigator. Joseph was...

Catherine Lefebvre

Catherine Lefebvre

May 18, 2001

Catherine Lefebvre died Friday May 18th at Mt Auburn Hospital in Cambridge at the age of 97 after a brief illness. She was born & raised in Greenoch, Scotland, she came to this country through Ellis Island while still a young lady and settled in the Andover area where lived for 20 yrs before moving to Melrose in 1949. Catherine...

Jerome J. Jerry Loycano

Jerome J. Jerry Loycano

May 18, 2001

Jerome J. ''Jerry'' Loycano died suddenly at Melrose Wakfield Hospital in Melrose on May 18th at the age of 64. He was born and raised in Everett, graduated from Everett High and has lived in Melrose the past 37yrs. Jerry was co-owner of the Elm St. Market in Everett for 43yrs. He started the market at the age of 21...

Loretta M. Riordan

Loretta M. Riordan

May 15, 2001

Loretta M. (Arsenault ) Riordan, 88, died Tuesday evening at Mass General Hospital, Boston, after a brief illness. Born and raised in New Brunswick, Canada, she came to Cambridge Mass in 1934, lived in Melrose and '' summered'' in Rockport for 50 yrs and had been a resident of Wakefield for the past 15 yrs. Loretta had been an active...

John R Melch Melchionno

John R Melch Melchionno

May 3, 2001

John R. ''Melch'' Melchionno died suddenly on Thursday May 3rd at Mass. General Hospital at the age of 52. John was born in Malden, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High Class of 1966 and has been a lifelong resident of Melrose. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. After Vietnam John worked for the City of...

Jean Marie Tallberg

Jean Marie Tallberg

May 1, 2001

Jean Marie (Barrett) Tallberg died suddenly at home May 1st at the age of 73. Jean Marie was born in Boston, raised in Milton, graduated from St. Gregorey High School in Dorchester & Regis College in Weston. She lived in Melrose from 1956 - 1989, Duxbury, Merrimac NH and then back to Kingston the past several years. She worked as...

Dorothy K. Mccarthy

Dorothy K. Mccarthy

Apr 27, 2001

Dorothy K. McCarthy, 95, died at home Friday after a short illness. Born in Boston, she lived most of her life in Melrose. She was an active member of St Mary's Parish as a Girl Scout Troop Leader and a member of the Ladies Sodality. She had lived the past three years in Weymouth. Dorothy was the wife of the...

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