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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
