Obituary Listing

Feb 14, 2023

Clyde B. Murphy of Falmouth, formerly of Melrose, passed on Tuesday February 14, 2023 at the age of 86 surrounded by the care and comfort of his family. He was born and raised in Somerville by the late John and Margaret Murphy.

Clyde is the beloved husband of Charlene M. Murphy of Falmouth. Loving father of Laurene...

Feb 9, 2023

Peter F. Kelly passed away at the Wakefield Nursing Center on February 9. 2023, he was 71 years of age, Peter was born in Melrose, was raised in Stoneham and graduated from Stoneham High School, Class of 1969. After graduation he entered the police academy and became a Stoneham Police Officer. Peter was a police officer in Stoneham for...

Feb 7, 2023

Allan F. Finlay, of Melrose, passed away on February 7, 2023 at the age of 78. He was born in Everett, MA on November 6, 1944 to the late Harry and Madeline (Beauchamp) Finlay. Allan was raised in Everett and graduated from Christopher Columbus High School, he would go on to earn a degree in electrical engineering from Lowell...

Feb 5, 2023

Antoinette Volpe passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family on February 5, 2023 at the age of 93. She was kind, compassionate, fun, witty, beautiful, and warm to all who knew her, and her sparkle never faded. Preceded in death in 2022 by the love of her life, her husband of 68 years Luke, she was an...

Jan 31, 2023

Gladys C. (Polk) Ventola, formerly of Malden and Melrose, died peacefully on January 31st, 2023 at the age of 94. She was born to Frederick and Lena (MacLeod) Polk on July 1, 1928, in Melrose, MA. Gladys was raised in Melrose and graduated from Melrose High School. She would eventually settle in Malden to raise her family with her...

Jan 30, 2023

With deep sadness we say goodbye to Roselyn Frank, daughter of the late Philip and Anne Frankenstein, of Pittsburgh, PA. Roselyn passed away on January 30th, at The Residence at Riverbend in Ipswich, MA at the age of 83. Roselyn was a remarkable woman who led a life defined by a pursuit of learning and knowledge. She had an...

Jan 28, 2023

Antonietta (Zizza) Tenaglia passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at the age of 92.

Born on September 19, 1930, in Anzano di Puglia, Italy, Antonietta immigrated to America at the age of 14 with her family, at the end of World War II and settled in the North End...

Jan 28, 2023

Thomas 'Tom' Zibrofski, 82, of Green Street in Melrose, MA passed away the morning of Saturday, January 28, 2023, at Mass General Hospital surrounded by his loving family.

Tom was born in Boston, raised in Somerville, and graduated from the Christopher Columbus High School in the North End of Boston, MA. Tom went on to study at...

Jan 28, 2023

Crowley, Margaret M. "Peg"

Of Melrose, January 28, 2023. Beloved wife of David M. Crowley of Melrose with whom she shared the most loving marriage for over 54 years. Loving mother of David J. Crowley and his wife, Nicole, of Wilmington, John T. Crowley and his wife, Trisha, of Exeter, NH, and Joshua P. Crowley and his...

Jan 24, 2023

Philip P. Ranieri, of Melrose, formerly a 45-year resident of Cambridge, died on January 24th, 2023, at the age of 65. He was born in Cambridge, MA on December 27, 1957, he started his schooling at the Harmony Hill School for 4 years in Rhode Island before finishing through the Cambridge Public School System.

Philip was an...

Jan 23, 2023

Elinor A. "Ellie" (Reponen) Cronin, of Melrose, passed away after a long illness on January 23, 2023 at the age of 91.

Elinor was born in Gardner, MA graduating from Templeton High School in 1949. Went on to study home economics on scholarship at Skidmore College graduating 1953. Elinor worked in the Medford Schools as a home...

Jan 21, 2023

Lawrence D. Murphy, age 68, peacefully passed away in his home on January 21, 2023. Larry was born and raised in Somerville, MA, graduated from Somerville High School and went on to his life long career at General Insulation Company.

Larry soon met his now wife, Marianne. They married in 1985 and lived in Melrose where they...

Jan 20, 2023

Judith E. Matson, of Melrose, passed away on January 20th, 2023 at the age of 80. She was the loving mother of Stephen R. Burnell of Melrose, Scott R. Burnell of AZ, and the late James R. Burnell. Proud grandmother of Nikolai Burnell of Melrose and Inessa Burnell of AZ. Sister of the late Joyce Furia and the late...

Jan 17, 2023

Cosmo was born in Revere on September 27, 1941 to the late Henry and Angelina (Dovidio) Vellucci. He was raised in Peabody and Revere and graduated from Revere High School. He went to work for the phone company as a technician after graduation and spent 35 years there working his way up first as a foreman and then as...

Jan 15, 2023

Derek Joseph Jefferson, a life long resident of Everett MA, passed unexpectedly on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 61 years old due to many health complications.

Derek is survived by his three children; Mackenzie, Andrew "AJ", and Giana Jefferson; his grandson, Adrian Dias; and his other half Jeanne Norton. He is predeceased by his brother; Stephen Jefferson....

Jan 13, 2023

Ann H. "Sissy" Pascale died unexpectedly on January 13, 2023 at the age of 63 years old. She sadly left behind her loving father Joseph Pascale and her late mother Patricia Pascale. Ann was the loving sister to Gale Pascale, Valarie Pascale, and the late Lisa Pascale. She was the caring aunt and proud godmother to Vincent Kilrow. Doting...

Jan 11, 2023

Mary H. (Mulcahy) Myslinski, of Boxford, passed away peacefully on January 11, 2023 at the age of 78. She was born in Duluth, MN, on February 27, 1944 to the late John and Helen (Gehring) Mulcahy. Mary graduated from Youngstown State University in Ohio and went on to teach grade school in the Youngstown public school system.

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Jan 7, 2023

Denise Marie (Poirier) Dwyer passed away peacefully at home from complications of Cystic Fibrosis on January 7th, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. She was 72 years old.

She was born and raised in Melrose, Massachusetts, the daughter of Joseph F. Poirier and Barbara (Meade) Poirier. After attending St Mary's High School, she received her Bachelor of...

Jan 6, 2023

Anna "Ann" Hennigan O'Brien Donovan of Melrose, MA. (11/15/34 - 1/6/23)

Ann was born in Charlestown 11/15/34 to Thomas J Hennigan and Catherine Ryan Hennigan of Melrose. She grew up in both Charlestown and Melrose with her siblings; Thomas, Robert, Mary and William.

She attended Melrose Public Schools and held various jobs from waitressing, hairdressing...

Jan 5, 2023

Peter Wall was unexpectedly taken from this world well before his time on January 5, 2023, at the age of 39.

Peter was born and raised in Medford, MA and a current resident of Auburndale. Peter attended Malden Catholic High School serving as the Vice President of the National Honors Society his senior year, graduating with high...