Grace M. (Horrigan) Hudlin
May 25, 2022
Grace M. (Horrigan) Hudlin, of Melrose, passed away at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital on May 25, 2022 at the age of 91. Grace attended Reading High school, where she spent her childhood years. She worked at Transitron in Melrose where she met her husband Robert to whom has been married for 56 years. Grace was an avid traveler seeing the...
Rita J. (Porzio) Ippolito
May 25, 2022
Rita J. (Porzio) Ippolito was born on October 25, 1930 in East Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from the Boston Girls High School and then married and started a family. Rita also worked at Metropolitan Bank for many years. She loved cooking, the Patriots (specifically Tom Brady), kumatos, frisee, Melba toast, and hot peppers. However, her first and most important love...
Joan C. (Vibert) Demars
May 19, 2022
Joan C. (Vibert) Demars, of Medford, formerly of Melrose, passed away in Boston on May 19, 2022. She was 83 years of age. Joan was the beloved wife of the late Philip F. Demars. Devoted mother of Cynthia F. Lowe of Toms River, NJ, Suzanne M. Demars & her husband Richard C. Coleman of Brielle, NJ and Philip F. Demars...
Patricia M. Shupe
May 11, 2022
Patricia M (Cullen) Shupe, formerly of Watertown and later of Beverly, Passed away peacefully on May 11, 2022 at Phillips Manor Nursing Home in Lynn. Pat was born in Boston on April 7th, 1933 to Anthony and Mary (Gorman) Cullen and was raised in Allston. She graduated from St. Columbkille High School in 1951. After graduation she worked for several...
Douglas A. Whynot
May 9, 2022
Douglas A. Whynot of North Reading, MA, formerly of Peabody passed away suddenly on May 9, 2022 at 63 years of age. Doug was born in Melrose on February 23, 1959 to Donald and Ann (Talieri) Whynot and raised in Peabody. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University where he met his wife, Patricia A. (Christensen)...
Thomas J. Procito
Apr 28, 2022
Thomas J. Procito, of Melrose, passed away at the Massachusetts General Hospital on April 28, 2022 at the age of 82. Thomas Procito was born and raised in Cambridge, MA. He went to school at Sacred Heart High School in East Cambridge then went onto Northeast Technical Institute . Thomas started his own appliance repair business Professional Appliance Service and...
Ralph J. Dennehy
Apr 20, 2022
Ralph J. Dennehy, of Melrose passed away at the Chestnut Woods Healthcare Center in Saugus on April 20, 2022, at the age of 86. Ralph was born in Melrose and a graduate of the Medford Vocational High School. He worked as a Printer for the Wakefield Item, Woburn Daily Times and the U. S. Government for many years, prior to...
Marcia R. (Posner) Kowan
Apr 18, 2022
Marcia Rhea Kowan was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1941, right in the throes of WWII, to first-generation Hungarian-American parents Joseph and Sylvia Posner. Marcia went to college to be a school teacher, first at City University of New York (CUNY) and later at Cortland College. She taught in Yonkers for a few years before she married Illes Kowan....
Joseph S. Cerretani
Apr 10, 2022
Joseph S. Cerretani, of Marstons Mills, formerly of Melrose, died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on April 10, 2022 at the age of 86. Joe was born in Wakefield, MA on January 17, 1936 to the late Orlando "Joe" and Marion (Steeves) Cerretani. He was raised in Melrose and could be found at the Lincoln School playground...
Richard V. Tobey
Apr 9, 2022
Richard V. Tobey, of Melrose, April 9, 2022. Beloved husband of the late Mildred V. "Dolly" Tobey of 64 years. Loving and devoted father of Susan Herook and her husband Gerard of Melrose, Richard V. Tobey Jr. and his wife Carmela of Wakefield and William P. Tobey of Lowell. Devoted son of the late Vernon M. and Catherine A. (Flynn)...
Ronda G. (Young) Moulds
Apr 7, 2022
Ronda (Young) Moulds, age 77, formerly of Melrose passed away peacefully with family and friends by her side on April 7, 2022. Beloved wife of the late John J. Moulds, Jr. Loving mother of Sean J. M. Fallon of Melrose & Kelly A. Murray & her husband Paul of Winchester. Cherished grandmother of Madisyn, Maximus and Buddy. Caring sister of...
Mary A. (Bonasera) Pingiaro
Apr 7, 2022
Mary A. (Bonasera) Pingiaro, 89 of Melrose, passed away peacefully on April 7, 2022. Beloved wife of Anthony S. (Tony) Pingiaro of 68 years. Dear daughter of the late Ida (Zanelli) and Frank Bonasera. Loving mother of Ann Marie Dello Iacono and her late husband Fred of Malden, Linda Pingiaro and her companion Robert Miller of Somerville and the late...
Marie A. (Cinseruli) Diorio
Apr 5, 2022
Marie A. (Cinseruli) DiOrio passed away at Greenwood Nursing Center in Wakefield on April 5, 2022. She was 85 years of age. Marie was raised in East Boston and graduated from East Boston High School. Shortly after graduating high school, she became a stewardess (flight attendant) for Northeast (Yellowbird) Airlines. She later worked for Polaroid for many years. She married...
George F. Lovett
Apr 2, 2022
George F. Lovett, of Melrose, a man of many talents and many jobs, died peacefully on April 2, 2022 at the age of 86. He was born in Boston on October 25th, 1935 to the late William and Margaret (Healy) Lovett. He was raised in Allston and graduated from Boston Technical High School. George worked hard and had a lot...
Paul R. Grover
Apr 2, 2022
Paul R. Grover passed away at Bear Hill Nursing Center in Stoneham on April 2, 2022. He was 80 years of age. Paul was born and raised in Melrose, was a member of the Melrose High School Class of 1960 and received his G.E.D. at the 55th Reunion in 2012. He was a lifelong resident of Melrose and worked in...
James J. Bell
Mar 25, 2022
Capt. James Judd Bell, USNR, of Oneonta, formerly of Walton, passed peacefully on March 25, 2022 at Oosterman's Rest Home in Melrose, MA at the age of 80 after struggling with Parkinson's. Born a twin to Harold Philip and Anne Dibble (Brackett) Bell in 1941 in Kansas City, MO Jim was a kind, caring, diligent man with a great sense...
Shirley C. (Norton) Meredith
Mar 23, 2022
Shirley C. (Norton) Meredith, of Melrose, died peacefully on March 23, 2022, at the age of 97. Shirley was born in Medford, Massachusetts to Dennet and Mabel (Velmure) Norton. As a child, she lost her father early, and family pulled together to raise and care for her and her sister Ruth, which instilled the importance of family to them. Through...
Lucille T. (Carpenter) Malenchini
Mar 22, 2022
Lucille T. (Carpenter) Malenchini passed away at her home in Hooksett, NH on March 22, 2022. She was 91 years of age. Lucille was born in Melrose on September 6, 1930 to the late George & Mary (Sheridan) Carpenter. She attended St. Mary's Grammar School and Melrose High School and was a longtime resident of Melrose before moving to Hooksett...
Kevin A Kelliher
Mar 20, 2022
Kevin A. Kelliher, of Reading, formerly of Melrose died Sunday, March 20th, age 81. Born and raised in Everett, Kevin was predeceased by his parents Elwin and Kathleen (McAuliffe) Kelliher. Beloved husband of Frances (Carrabis) with whom he shared 58 years of marriage. Loving father of Jim Kelliher of Beverly, Chris Kelliher & his wife Sherese of South Dakota and...
Paula C. (Quinlan) Deyoung
Mar 20, 2022
Paula C. (Quinlan) DeYoung passed away at Winchester Hospital on March 20, 2022. She was 82 years of age. Paula was born in Everett, on November 2, 1939 to the late William & Catherine (Buckley) Quinlan and has been a Melrose resident of Melrose for over 50 years. She worked for many years in healthcare as an administrative assistant. Paula...
