Obituaries
Walter E. Cooper
Jan 9, 2017
Waltham – Mr. Walter E. Cooper, of Waltham, died on Monday, January 9, 2017 in Newton Wellesley Hospital. He was 93.Walter was born in Welsford, New Brunswick, Canada on October 23, 1923, the son of the late Roy L. and Elvira E. (Armstrong) Cooper. As a child his family moved to Massachusetts and upon graduating from Brookline High School Walter...
Robert E. Short
Jan 6, 2017
Waltham – Mr. Robert E. Short, of Waltham, died Friday, January 6, 2017 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. He was 93.Bob was born in Waltham on July 17, 1923, a son of the late Albert and Effie (Brigham) Short. From Waltham High School he joined the United States Army Air Corps in 1942 and served with the 320th Repair...
Alvin B. Briggs
Jan 6, 2017
Waltham, Mass. – Mr. Alvin B. Briggs, of Niskayuna, New York died on Friday, January 6, 2017 in Maristhill Nursing Home, Waltham. He was 93. Alvin was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts on November 3, 1923, the son of the late Cecilia (Seabring) and Alvin Briggs, Sr. He honorably served with the United States Army during World War II where he...
Robert B. Main
Jan 3, 2017
Waltham – Mr. Robert B. Main, of Waltham, died Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at Maristhill Nursing Home in Waltham. He was 89.Bob was born in Waltham on March 12, 1927, a son of the late Willard J. and Evelyn M. (Halpin) Main. He graduated from Waltham High School in 1944 and served with the United States Navy during World War...
Barbara J. Thomas
Jan 2, 2017
Wrentham - Mrs. Barbara A. (Hart) Thomas, of Wrentham formerly of Waltham, died Monday, January 2, 2017 in Norwood Hospital. She was 74.Barbara was born in Waltham on December 1, 1942, a daughter of the late Bartholomew and Ariel (Morse) Hart. She was a graduate of Waltham High School and had worked for several years as a purchaser at Hewlett...
Paul R. Trombley
Dec 30, 2016
Waltham – Mr. Paul R. Trombley, of Waltham, died Friday, December 30, 2016 in Maristhill Nursing Home. He was 96.Paul was born in Waltham on May 2, 1920, a son of the late Joseph and Evelyn (Eddy) Trombley. He was a graduate of Waltham High School and then served with the United States Army Air Corps during World War II....
Jeffrey T. Whitney
Dec 29, 2016
Waltham – Mr. Jeffrey T. Whitney, of Waltham, died Thursday, December 29, 2016 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 47.Jeff was born in Jamestown, New York, a place not far from Lake Erie. And unlike most of his family and friends who rooted for the 'hometown' Bills, Jeff became an avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan at an early age. After going to...
Natalie L. (Creonte) Durkin
Dec 25, 2016
Waltham – Mrs. Natalie L. (Creonte) Durkin, of Waltham, died on her 100th birthday, Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25, 2016 at Wingate of Weston following a period of declining health. She was born in Waltham, a daughter of the late Carmine and Christine (DeSisto) Creonte, and had been a lifelong resident. Before recently moving to Weston she enjoyed twelve happy...
Theresa M. (Paone) Kelley
Dec 23, 2016
Waltham – Mrs. Theresa M. (Paone) Kelley, of Waltham, died on Friday, December 23, 2016 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 87.Theresa was born in Watertown on October 1, 1929, a daughter of the late Jerry and Claire (Lapriore) Paone. She was raised and educated in Watertown and moved to Waltham more than sixty years ago. Until her retirement she worked...
Carole D. Nies
Dec 22, 2016
Mrs. Carole D. (Kaminski) Nies, of Gardner, formerly of Waltham, died on Thursday, December 22, 2016 in UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. She was 73.Carole was born on January 10, 1943, the daughter of the late Edmund and Doris (Gamlin) Kaminski. She was raised and educated in Worcester and had spent most of her life living in Waltham before...
Winifred Whittemore Kneisel
Dec 22, 2016
Waltham – July 25th, 1915 was a Sunday and sunny and warm in Waltham. The Saint Louis Browns beat the Boston Red Sox 9 to 8, Woodrow Wilson was in the middle of his first term as president and Winifred Whittemore was born at home in Waltham. She lived there for the next fifteen presidents.Winifred was a daughter of the...
Dorothy A. (Wood) Young
Dec 19, 2016
Waltham – Mrs. Dorothy A. (Wood) Young, of Waltham, died Monday, December 19, 2016 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 90.Dorothy was born in Waltham on November 6, 1926, a daughter of the late Lemuel and Alice (Penney) Wood, and had been a lifelong resident. Until her retirement she worked as a nurse's aide at the Walter E. Fernald School in...
Richard T. Ryan
Dec 19, 2016
Waltham – Mr. Richard T. Ryan of Waltham died Monday, December 19, 2016 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 75. Richard was born in Portland, Maine, on December 2, 1941, a son of the late Clifford and Christine (Cormier) Rebenack. He had been a Waltham resident for most of his life. Until his retirement, Richard worked in the construction industry.He is...
Barbara J. MacDonald
Dec 17, 2016
Barbara J. MacDonald was born August 4, 1926 to Paul and Marie (Geinger) Madden in San Francisco, California. The middle child of 3 beautiful daughters, (Marie, Barbara and Virginia) she was known as "Bobby" which fit her inquisitive, exuberant and caring personality. Whatever she did, she did to the fullest. She entered nursing school at St. Mary's Hospital School of...
Susana (Vara) Chirinos
Dec 17, 2016
Waltham – Mrs. Susana (Vara) Chirinos, of Waltham, died Saturday, December 17, 2016 at her home. She was 76.Susana was born in Lima, Peru on September 18, 1940, a daughter of the late Mariano Vara Molina and Eusebia Billota and immigrated to the United States more than fifty years ago. Until her retirement Susana worked in the quality control department...
Marie E. (Quagliozzi) Squires
Dec 16, 2016
Marlborough – Mrs. Marie E. (Quagliozzi) Squires, of Marlborough, formerly of Waltham, died at the Reservoir Center in Marlborough on Friday, December 16, 2016. She was 83.Marie was born on April 17, 1933 in Waltham, a daughter of the late Gennaro "Joe" and Anna May (Aucoin) Quagliozzi. She lived in Waltham before moving to Salem, New Hampshire where she was...
Catherine G. (Cincotta) Valentino
Dec 13, 2016
Waltham – Mrs. Catherine G. (Cincotta) Valentino, of Waltham, died at home on Tuesday, December 13, 2016. She was 94.Catherine was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 24, 1922, the daughter of the late Angelo and Literia (Cirina) Cincotta. She worked for years as a buyer for Macy's Department Store at the flagship location in Manhattan and during the...
Teresa M. (Opila) Dumas
Dec 11, 2016
Arlington - Mrs. Teresa M. (Opila) Dumas, of Arlington, formerly of Waltham, died at home on Sunday, December 11, 2016, after a long illness. She was 75. Teresa was born February 10, 1941 in Lublin, Poland, the youngest daughter of the late Bartholomew and Leonia (Wiater) Opila. Following the end of WWII and the death of her mother, Teresa and...
Chester L. Fay
Dec 10, 2016
Waltham – Mr. Chester L. Fay, of Waltham, died on Wednesday, November 23, 2016. He was 73.Chester was born in Boston on December 8, 1942, the son of the late Leroy and Evelyn Fay. He was a devout Catholic and had been very active in his home parish of St. Charles Borromeo Church in Waltham where he was a member...
December 7th 1941
Dec 7, 2016
December 7th was a Sunday in 1941 and in Honolulu, Hawaii the temperature was 84°. Just before eight o'clock in the morning the sunshine that promised to warm the day turned into darkness.Before the sun set two-thousand four-hundred three Americans were dead and at churches all across America, including those in Waltham, Watertown and Belmont, bells tolled, prayers were said...
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