Obituaries

Marilyn H. (O'Sullivan) Crowe

Marilyn H. (O'Sullivan) Crowe

Jan 13, 2016

Waltham – Mrs. Marilyn H. (O'Sullivan) Crowe, of Waltham, died Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at her home. She was 86.Marilyn was born in Cambridge on June 24, 1929, a daughter of the late Michael H. and Helen R. (Hartley) O'Sullivan. She was raised in Cambridge and was a graduate of Cambridge High and Latin School. After that she went to...

Iris Kathleen (Mackey) Hynes

Iris Kathleen (Mackey) Hynes

Jan 13, 2016

Waltham – Mrs. Iris Kathleen "Kathy" (Mackey) Hynes, of Waltham, died Wednesday, January 13, 2016 in her home. She was 90. Kathy was born in Springhill, Nova Scotia, on August 6, 1925, a daughter of the late William and Sarah (MacDonald) Mackey. She was raised and educated in Springhill where she lived before moving to Waltham in 1951. Until her...

Marie A. Cormier

Marie A. Cormier

Jan 9, 2016

Framingham – Sr. Marie A. Cormier, R.C.E. died Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Saint Patrick's Manor in Framingham. She was a week shy of her 91st birthday.Sr. Marie was born in Waltham on January 18, 1925, a daughter of the late Adolphe and Marie (Leger) Cormier, and was a graduate of Saint Mary's High School in Waltham. Her family was...

Eleanor V. "Nell" (Toohey) Fienman

Eleanor V. "Nell" (Toohey) Fienman

Jan 9, 2016

Mrs. Eleanor V. "Nell" (Toohey) Fienman of Waltham and Florida, died Saturday, January 9, 2016 in the Kindred Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. She was 100. Until recent weeks, she enjoyed a wonderful life in Florida where she had made her home for the past fifteen years.Nell was born in Boston on November 9, 1915, the first child of the...

Jeannette Ryberg

Jeannette Ryberg

Jan 8, 2016

Waltham - Jeannette Ryberg had a pleasant, friendly, warm and affable way, an easy approach and engaging personality. Perhaps it's why she was a fixture at Waltham City Hall as its receptionist and even in the last months of her life while a resident at Ellis Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Norwood where she was a much loved resident by...

Stephen J. Cusano

Stephen J. Cusano

Jan 6, 2016

Waltham – Stephen J. Cusano was one of those all-around good guys . . . and that is how he'll forever be remembered. His three year fight with lymphoma came to its end on Wednesday morning, January 6, 2016 in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston while surrounded by the love of his family. He was 51. Stephen was born August...

Eugene A. Smith

Eugene A. Smith

Jan 2, 2016

Waltham – Mr. Eugene A. Smith, Jr., of Waltham, died Saturday, January 2, 2016 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 84.Gene was born in Weymouth, a son of the late Eugene A., Sr. and Winifred (Lynch) Smith, and had been a lifelong resident of Waltham, most recently at Waltham Crossings. He was a 1951 graduate of Waltham High School and after...

Kathleen M. "Kay" (Gaudet) O'Neil

Kathleen M. "Kay" (Gaudet) O'Neil

Dec 31, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Kathleen M. "Kay" (Gaudet) O'Neil, of Waltham, died Thursday, December 31, 2015 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 96.Kay was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia on May 11, 1919, a daughter of the late Marcel and Sarah (Cormier) Gaudet, and moved to Waltham with her family when she was a child. Widowed at the age of thirty-three, Kay...

Evelyn L. Guelli

Evelyn L. Guelli

Dec 30, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Evelyn L. (Anderson) Guelli, of Waltham, died Wednesday, December 30, 2015 in her home. She was 78. Evelyn was born in Everett on July 9, 1937 a daughter of the late Alfred and Marion (Quinlan) Anderson. She was a graduate of Everett High School. She moved to Waltham following her marriage to Waltham native Raymond P. Guelli...

Carolyn H. Connelly

Carolyn H. Connelly

Dec 30, 2015

Waltham – Miss Carolyn H. Connelly, of Waltham, died Wednesday, December 30, 2015 in her home. She was 85.Carolyn was born in Waltham on July 20, 1930, a daughter of the late Stephen and Lillian (Hudson) Connelly, and had been a lifelong resident. Until her retirement, Carolyn worked independently as a housekeeper in town, following her time working at the...

Alfred G. Bonica

Alfred G. Bonica

Dec 29, 2015

Waltham - Mr. Alfred G. Bonica, Of Waltham, died Tuesday, December 29, 20154 in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Bedford. He was 87. Al was born February 22, 1928 in Waltham, a son of the late Stephen A. and Carmela (Cappadona) Bonica. Raised and educated in Waltham he was a lifelong resident. Alfred honorably served his country in the United...

David M. Colantropo

David M. Colantropo

Dec 28, 2015

Wayland – Mr. David M. Colantropo, of Wayland, died surrounded by his adoring family at his home on Monday, December 28, 2015. He was 62. David was born in Waltham on July 27, 1953, a son of the late Enrico and Mary Colantropo, and was raised in Newton. He graduated from Newton North High School in 1971 and pursued a...

Doris E. (Quinlan) Stryker

Doris E. (Quinlan) Stryker

Dec 27, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Doris E. (Quinlan) Stryker, of Waltham, died Sunday, December 27, 2015 in Wilmington Rehabilitation Center after fighting a courageous battle with brain cancer. She was 89. Doris was born June 26, 1926 in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, a daughter of the late James E. and Alma B. (Surette) Quinlan, and was a graduate of the former...

Nancy M. (Horne) McDonald

Nancy M. (Horne) McDonald

Dec 26, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Nancy M. (Horne) McDonald, of Waltham died Saturday, December 26, 2015 in her home. She was 82.Nancy was born in Waltham on August 8, 1933, a daughter of the late Arthur and Ruth (Fox) Horne, and grew up surrounded by family and what would become lifelong, close friends. Early in her fifty-five year marriage to William "Bill"...

Catherine A. (Cameron) LoChiatto

Catherine A. (Cameron) LoChiatto

Dec 23, 2015

Waltham – Catherine A. (Cameron) LoChiatto, of Waltham, died Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at her home. She was 69.Cathy was born in Westville, Nova Scotia on March 22, 1946, a daughter of the late Archibald B. and Mary J. (Dorie) Cameron. The family settled in Watertown following their move to the States when she was a child. She was a...

Earlene M. (Noyes) Sherman

Earlene M. (Noyes) Sherman

Dec 19, 2015

Waltham - On Saturday, December 19, 2015 Earlene M. Sherman, of Waltham, died peacefully in the Stanley Tippett Home in Needham. She was 86. Earlene M. Noyes was born on February 2, 1929 in Topsfield, Maine, a daughter of the late Vern and Gladys (Bean) Noyes. She was raised and educated in Maine and had lived in Waltham for most...

Nancy M. (Higgins) Daley

Nancy M. (Higgins) Daley

Dec 18, 2015

Waltham - Mrs. Nancy M. (Higgins) Daley,of Waltham, died Friday, December 18, 2015 in the Epoch Senior Healthcare Center in Weston. She was 88. Nancy was born in Worcester on May 4, 1927, a daughter of the late Dr. Lemuel W. Higgins, Sr. and Rita I. (Scanlon) Higgins. She was raised in Worcester, however graduated from high school in Texas...

Pasquale R. "Pat" Mula

Pasquale R. "Pat" Mula

Dec 17, 2015

Waltham – Retired Waltham Deputy Fire Chief Pasquale R. "Pat" Mula died Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Concord Health Care Center. He was 89.Pat was born in Waltham on October 19, 1926, a son of the late Alphonse and Mary (Lunetta) Mula, and had been a lifelong resident. After graduating from Waltham High School in 1944 he joined the United...

Melinda Wichern

Melinda Wichern

Dec 16, 2015

'Sometimes....' said Winnie the Pooh 'The smallest things take up the most room in your heart!'On May 7, 2014 life for Janet and Jason Wichern changed when they welcomed their firstborn and only child into the world. Melinda Janet Wichern brought joy and immeasurable happiness to their lives and made their world complete. Sadly life changed again on December 16,...

Walter L. Hunt

Walter L. Hunt

Dec 16, 2015

Boston – Walter 'Walt' Hunt had many great memories and stories of his childhood growing up on a dairy farm in Bethlehem, Connecticut and they are memories he carried with him all his life until his death on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at his home in Boston. He was 86. Walter L. Hunt was born on November 29, 1929 in...