John G. Harris
Sep 11, 2015
John G. Harris, of Arlington, formerly of Melrose, died peacefully on September 11, 2015 at the age of 75. John was born in Boston to George and Efrosene (Chickles) Harris on January 15, 1940. After high school, John joined the United States Navy, he graduated from the Officer Candidates School in Rhode Island and served honorably on the USS Lester...
Mabel A. Rowe Tryder
Sep 7, 2015
Mabel A. (Rowe) Tryder passed away at Bear Hill Nursing Center in Stoneham on September 7, 2015. She was 98 years of age. Mabel was born in Charlestown on September 2, 1917 to the late John & Mary (Twoomey) Rowe. She was raised in Charlestown and graduated from Charlestown High School, Class of 1935. Mabel lived in Melrose for 30...
Catherine P. Toomey) Fitzsimmons
Sep 7, 2015
Catherine P. (Toomey) Fitzsimmons passed away at Lahey Clinic Hospital in Burlington on September 7, 2015. She was 73 years of age. Catherine was born in Somerville on October 5, 1941 to the late Michael & Catherine (Driscoll) Toomey. She was raised in Somerville and graduated from St. Joseph's High School in Somerville. Mrs. Fitzsimmons has been a resident of...
Carrie Ann Doyle
Sep 3, 2015
Carrie Ann Doyle passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington on September 3, 2015. She was only 44 years of age. Carrie Ann was born in Malden on November 15, 1970, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1988 and lived most of her life in Melrose before moving to Stoneham...
George Daniel Delaney
Sep 3, 2015
George Daniel Delaney passed away on September 3, 2015 at Epoch of Melrose Nursing Home. He was 85 years of age. George was born in Melrose on October 3, 1929 to the late Daniel & Johanna (Gertsen) Delaney. He was raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1947 and has been a lifelong resident. George owned and...
John Antonucci
Sep 2, 2015
John Antonucci passed away at Mount Auburn Hospital on September 2, 2015. He was 71 years of age. John was born in Melrose on March 18, 1944 to the late Alexander & Filomena Antonucci. He was raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School, and from Suffolk University with his bachelors and masters degrees. He entered the service and served...
Norma Pfizenmayer Cefalo
Aug 29, 2015
Norma (Pfizenmayer) Cefalo, of Melrose and Gloucester, died at the Leonard Florence Center in Chelsea on August 29, 2015. Norma was born & raised in Hollis, NY, resided in Melrose since 1947 and spent her summers in Gloucester for the past 65 years. Norma was the beloved wife of the late Joseph T. Cefalo of Cefalo's Melrose Florist. Caring sister...
Victoria L. Parisi
Aug 21, 2015
Victoria L. Parisi (Magliocca), 91, of Melrose, passed away on August 21 surrounded by her loving family. Victoria was born in Italy, and came to the United States when she was 12. She moved with her husband, the late Louis C. Parisi, and their seven children to Melrose in 1960. Motherhood was her crowning achievement, lovingly raising her children Charles...
Philip D. Walsh
Aug 20, 2015
Philip D. Walsh passed away suddenly at his home in Melrose on August 20, 2015. He was 68 years of age. Phil was raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1965 and lived most of his life in Melrose. He lived in Gloucester from 1991-2014 before moving back to Melrose. While living in Melrose Phil was a...
Natale L. Simboli
Aug 19, 2015
Natale L. Simboli, of Melrose, died peacefully on August 19, 2015 at the age of 83. Natale was born in Italy on February 22, 1932 to Pasquale and Teopista (DiCesare) Simboli. He lived in Italy for eighteen years before immigrating to Montreal with his family. While living in Canada, Natale met the love of his life, Angelina (DiMarzio) Simboli, and...
William H. Bill Ahern
Aug 18, 2015
William H. Ahern passed away peacefully on August 18, 2015. He was 89 years of age. Bill was born in Chelsea on June 28, 1926 to the late William & Marie (Healy) Ahern. He was raised in East Boston, graduated from Boston English High School and Boston University. Mr. Ahern entered the service in 1944 and served his country with...
James J. Jim Falzarano
Aug 13, 2015
James J. "Jim" Falzarano passed away at his home in Melrose surrounded by his loving family on August 13, 2015. He was 88 years of age. Jim was born in East Boston on September 7, 1926, to the late Vincent & Angelina (DeFronzo) Falzarano. He was raised in East Boston and graduated from Mechanic Arts High School in Boston. Mr....
Victor J. Leone
Aug 13, 2015
Victor J. Leone Sr. died peacefully at home on August 13, 2015. He was 93 years of age. Victor was born on January 13, 1922 to the late Nicola & Michelina (DeBenedictis) Leone. He was raised in the West End of Boston and graduated from Mechanic Arts High School. Mr. Leone entered the US Army in 1940 and served his...
Timothy G. Byrne
Aug 12, 2015
Timothy G. Byrne, of Derry, NH, formerly of Melrose, died at the Parkland Medical Center in Derry, NH on August 12, 2015 at the age of 55. Tim was born in Winchester & raised in Melrose and a graduate of Melrose High School, Class of 1977. He went on to earn his degree from University of Massachusetts and his Master's...
Jennie Cotillo Deangelis
Aug 5, 2015
Jennie (Cotillo) DeAngelis, of Melrose, died at home surrounded by her family on August 5, 2015 at the age of 99. Jennie was born & raised in East Boston and a graduate of East Boston High School, Class of 1933. She resided in East Boston until 1961 and the past 54 years in Melrose. Jennie was a member of St....
Lillian Ricci Morelli
Jul 31, 2015
Lillian R. (Ricci) Morelli, of Melrose, died July 31, 2015 at the age of 86. Lillian was born in Medford, MA on January 19, 1929 to Daniel and Effie (Ramsell) Ricci. She was raised in Everett and graduated from Everett High School. Not long after high school, Lillian married Joseph Costa and the two settled down in Melrose to raise...
Claire M. Mcmahon
Jul 31, 2015
Claire M. McMahon, of Dover, NH, died on July 31, 2015 at the age of 75. She was born in Everett, MA on September 14, 1939 to Walter and Louise (Berry) McMahon. Claire was raised in Everett and graduated from Everett High School. After high school she began working for Liberty Mutual as an administrator and continued to work there...
Robert Francis Wedge
Jul 30, 2015
Robert F. Wedge, of Melrose, died July 30, 2015 at the age of 84. Robert was born in Somerville on June 25, 1931 to George and Lillian (Mayo) Wedge. He was raised in Somerville and attended Somerville High School before enlisting in the United States Army at the age of 17. Not long after his time in the Army, Robert...
Judith A. Aylward Mccormick
Jul 29, 2015
Judith A. (Falter) Aylward McCormick, of Melrose, died on July 29, 2015 at the age of 69. Judy was born on January 3, 1946 to John and Helen (Howard) Falter. She graduated from Somerville High School and went on to marry Richard Aylward. They had four children together and raised their family in Malden. Judy was a wonderful mother who...
Pauline A. Nigro Uzzle
Jul 26, 2015
Pauline A. (Nigro) Uzzle passed away at Epoch of Melrose Nursing Home on July 26, 2015. She was 79 years of age. Mrs. Uzzle was born in Charlestown, MA, raised in Everett and graduated from Mount St. Joseph High School. In her early years Pauline worked as an airline stewardess for American Airlines and then she married her husband John...
