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
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
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...
Barbara L. Swan
Apr 25, 2001
Barbara L. Swan, 64, died Thursday, after long years of disability, at Mass General Hospital , Boston. She was artistic and creative and made wonderful things for her friends and family. She loved dancing and taught ballroom dancing at the Arthur Murray Studios in the 1960's and early 1970's. She lived independently in Bosotn and New York until her late...
Agnes E. Sanford
Apr 23, 2001
Agnes E. (Hannegan) Sanford died on Cape Cod April 23rd after a long battle with cancer at the age of 88. Agnes was born and raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School and Chandler Secretarial School in Boston. Agnes worked as a medical assistant for Dr. John J. McNulty in Wakefield for many years before moving to Yarmouth Port...
James R. Primiano
Apr 16, 2001
James R. Primiano, 46, died at Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston Monday after a lengthy illness. Born in Attleboro, Jim was raised in Braintree, graduated from Brintree High in 1973 and from St Louis University with his Physical Therapist degree in 1977. He was a resident of Melrose for over 20yrs.Jim was a Physical Therapist for many years and, at...
Robert Doc Doherty
Apr 13, 2001
Robert W. ''Doc '' Doherty, 75, died at Mt Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, friday after a lengthy illness. Born in Melrose, he was a life-long resident and graduated from Melrose High in 1943. Doc entered the Marine Corp after graduation , served until January of 1946 and was a corporal when discharged. He was a Melrose Fire-fighter for 32 years until...
John Michael Carakatsane
Apr 9, 2001
John Michael Carakatsane died at Melrose Wakefield Hospital April 9th at the age of 89. He was born in Lynn, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High Class of 1930 and Northeastern Univ. Class of 1935. John lived in Melrose for 50yrs and the past 40yrs in Saugus. He worked as an electrical engineer for several local firms including Raytheon,...
Alice V. Stiles
Apr 8, 2001
Alice V. (Chipman) Stiles died at Woburn Nursing Center in Woburn April 8th at the age of 79. Alice was born in Melrose, graduated from Medford High Class of 1940 and lived in Melrose for most of her life. She lived in Exeter NH for a few years and then moved back to Melrose. Alice & her husband Leslie owned...
Charles A. Nickerson
Apr 8, 2001
Charles A. Nickerson, 78, died at the Winchester Nursing Care Center Sunday morning after a brief illness. Born and raised in Somerville, he graduated from Somerville High Class of 1940, he lived most of his life in Somerville. Charles has lived on the Malden-Melrose line for the past few years. He was a parisherioner of St Mary's Church and a...
Elaine F. Swindlehurst
Apr 2, 2001
Elaine F. Swindlehurst died at the Center for Optimum Care in Wakefield on Monday morning April 2nd after a lengthy illness at the age of 75. Elaine was born in Boston, she was raised in Lynn and Malden, graduated from Melrose High Class of 1944, and had been a Melrose resident for the past 60 yrs. She was a longtime...
Yolanda M. Capone
Apr 2, 2001
Yolanda M. (Russo) Capone died after a short illness at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford April 2nd at the age of 86. She was born in Boston, raised in Somerville, lived most of her life in Somerville and Medford the past 36yrs.. Yolanda worked as a stitcher for Stride-Rite Shoe Co. in Boston for over 25yrs. She was the wife...
Thelma G. Marshall
Apr 1, 2001
Thelma G. Marshall died suddenly at home April 1st at the age of 77. Thelma was born in East Boston, raised in Medford, graduated from high school there, lived in Melrose for 11yrs, Malden for 25yrs and the past few months in Melrose. During WWII Thelma worked at the Charlestown Naval Yard, after the Navy Yard she worked as a...
Helen G. Macdonald
Apr 1, 2001
Helen G. MacDonald died after a long illness at EPOC Nursing Home in Melrose April 1st at the age of 96. She was born in Gloucester, raised in Rockport, lived most of her life in Rockport, Reading for 20yrs and Melrose for many years. Helen worked as a secretary for Riverside Press Co., American Industrial Development Council of Boston and...
Concetta J. Dimuzio
Apr 1, 2001
Concetta J. (Galardi) DiMuzio died after a long illness at River Terrace Nursing Home in Lancaster April 1st at the age of 97. She was born in Boston, returned to live in Italy for a few years and then came back to the US and lived in Wakefield. Concetta went to work as a young child working as a seamstress...
Phyllis K. Eisnor
Mar 31, 2001
Phyllis K. (Tedford) Eisnor died suddenly at home March 31st at the age of 83. She was born in Boston, raised in Brighton and graduated from high school in Brighton. Phyllis lived in Cambridge for 40yrs and Melrose the past 10yrs. She worked as a seamstress for different manufacturers in the Boston and Cambridge areas during the 1940's & 1950's....
Louise F. Morgan
Mar 26, 2001
Louise F. (Field) Morgan died after a long illness at home March 26th at the age of 82. She was born in Peabody, raised in Salem, graduated from Salem High class of 1937. Louise lived in Boston for 10yrs, Melrose since 1956 and summered in Rockport for the past 45yrs.She worked as a bookkeeper for Lyman Garniss Market in Melrose...
Edward L. Fahy
Mar 26, 2001
Edward L. Fahy died after a short illness at Melrose Wakefield Hospital March 26th at the age of 86. Edward was born and raised in Newport RI, graduated from Rogers High School in Newport. After high school he went to embalming school in New York and worked for Monahan Funeral Home in Providence RI. He entered WWII and served in...
Marie E. Dooley Liebke
Mar 26, 2001
Marie E. (Bissell) Dooley Liebke died at Hearthstone Choate Hospital in Woburn March 26th at the age of 81. Marie was born and raised in Melrose, Graduated from Melrose High Class of 1936 and Emmanuel College Class of 1940. She worked at Melrose Wakefield Hospital as a Lab Technician for over 40yrs and most of those years as head of...
John H. Waldron, Sr.
Mar 25, 2001
John H. Waldron Sr. died after a short illness at Mass. General Hosp. in Boston March 25th at the age of 82. He was born and raised in Woburn, graduated from St. Charles Grammar School and Woburn High School. John entered the service and served in the 3rd Marine Division fighting in many battles including Boganville, Guadal Canal, Iowa Jima...
