Obituaries

Donald "Donnie" Sheppard

Donald "Donnie" Sheppard

Nov 16, 2015

Pooler, Georgia - Mr. Donald "Donnie" Sheppard, of Pooler, Georgia, formerly of Waltham, passed away on November 16th, 2015 in Saint Joseph's Hospital in Savannah, Georgia. He was 41.Donnie was born in Waltham on May 22, 1974, a son of the late Corinna (Maranda) Sheppard.Donnie was born and raised in Waltham, and graduated from Waltham High School in 1992. He...

Donald J. Gustafson

Donald J. Gustafson

Nov 15, 2015

Marlborough – Mr. Donald J. "Ducky" Gustafson, of Marlborough, formerly of Waltham, died Sunday, November 15, 2015 in the Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital in Westborough. He was 78. Donald was born in Waltham on January 7, 1937, a son of the late Harry and Mary (Burke) Gustafson. After high school he joined the United States Marine Corps, serving from 1954 to...

Marie L. (Rodrigues) Medeiros

Marie L. (Rodrigues) Medeiros

Nov 15, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Marie L. (Rodrigues) Medeiros, of Waltham, died Sunday, November 15, 2015 in her home. She was 92. Marie was born in Cambridge on July 15, 1923, a daughter of the late Luiz and Maria (Medina) Rodrigues, and was a graduate of Cambridge High and Latin. She had lived in Waltham for over fifty years.Until her retirement Marie...

Charles J. Cononi

Charles J. Cononi

Nov 14, 2015

Waltham – Mr. Charles J. Cononi, of Waltham, died Saturday, November 14, 2015 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 74.Charlie was born in Natick on July 5, 1941, a son of the late Amilcare and Vera (Balboni) Cononi, and was raised in Wellesley. He graduated from New York Military Academy in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York and after that attended Simpson College in...

Shirley A. (Luchinskis) Vaughan

Shirley A. (Luchinskis) Vaughan

Nov 13, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Shirley A. (Luchinskis) Vaughan, of Waltham, died Friday, November 13, 2015 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She was 75.Shirley was born in Cambridge on September 30, 1940, a daughter of the late George and Helen (Korkus) Luchinskus, and graduated from Cambridge High and Latin School.A Waltham resident for the past fifty years she worked as a...

Barbara Steele Cassidy

Barbara Steele Cassidy

Nov 13, 2015

A good teacher is like a candle . . . it consumes itself to light the way for others. Barbara Steele Cassidy is now a luminous light that reminds us that a beautiful soul has passed. She died peacefully on Friday, November 13, 2015 in Winchester Hospital after a three year battle against cancer. She was 58. Born July 18,...

Maryalice Gallagher

Maryalice Gallagher

Nov 10, 2015

Wayland – Miss Maryalice Gallagher, of Wayland, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at Maristhill Nursing Home in Waltham. Maryalice was born in Brookline on October 18, 1922, a daughter of the late Arthur and Mary (Dunphy) Gallagher. She was raised and educated in Brighton and graduated from Brighton High School in 1939. She earned her Bachelor's degree in English from...

Thomas J. "Lumpy" Arsenault

Thomas J. "Lumpy" Arsenault

Nov 10, 2015

Waltham – Retired Newton Police Motorcycle Patrol Officer Thomas J. "Lumpy" Arsenault, of Waltham, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015 in Tufts Medical Center, Boston. He was 65. Tom was born in Waltham on April 16, 1950, a son of the late Clarence and Gertrude (Coyle) Arsenault, and had been a lifelong resident.After graduating from Waltham High School in 1968 he...

Edoardo Fragale

Edoardo Fragale

Nov 9, 2015

Waltham – When Edoardo Fragale moved his large family from the old country to Waltham in 1972 he was already forty-five years old, a seasoned veteran of a life that knew its share of hardship, and ready to take on the new world. He took the building skills that he'd learned in Calabria, Italy and adapted them to his new...

Elizabeth D. Castner

Elizabeth D. Castner

Nov 8, 2015

Waltham – Ms. Elizabeth D. Castner, of Waltham, died Sunday, November 8, 2015 at the Leland Home in Waltham. She was 96.Elizabeth was born on February 27, 1919 in Waltham a daughter of the late Ervin and Esther (Jones) Castner. She was born and raised in Waltham, and was a graduate of Waltham High School. She was a Simmons College...

Margaret A. Sell

Margaret A. Sell

Nov 8, 2015

Marshfield – Mrs. Margaret A. (Bennett) (Mandile) Sell, of Marshfield, a native of Waltham, died Sunday, November 8th, 2015 in Beth Israel Deaconess Plymouth Hospital. She was 90. Margaret was born on June 7, 1925 in Waltham a daughter of the late Charles W. and Elizabeth M. (Curran) Bennett. Raised in Waltham she graduated from the former St. Charles High...

Mildred J. (Sears) Thambash

Mildred J. (Sears) Thambash

Nov 8, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Mildred J. (Sears) Thambash of Waltham died Sunday, November 8, 2015 in The Ellis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Norwood. She was 88.Mildred was born in Oakland, California, on August 2, 1927, a daughter of the late Morris and Anna (Molloy) Sears. She was raised in Belmont and was a graduate of Belmont High School. A Waltham...

Alfred Robichaud

Alfred Robichaud

Nov 6, 2015

Lake Placid, Florida - Mr. Alfred Robichaud of Lake Placid FL, formerly of Waltham, died Friday, November 6, 2015. He was 93. Mr. Robichaud was born in Arcadiaville, New Brunswick, Canada, on January 20, 1922, a son of the late Alex and Roseanna (LeBlanc) Robichaud. Alfred had lived in Waltham for forty years before moving to Florida. He was a...

Anne L. Bowler

Anne L. Bowler

Nov 3, 2015

Waltham – Anne L. "Annie" Bowler, of Waltham, died Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at her home. She was 68.Annie was born in Arlington on June 21, 1947, a daughter of the late John E. and Anna (Getrost) Bowler. She loved her Irish heritage, her family and her friends. At home Annie was a gourmet cook and had a fondness for...

Josephine M Perilli

Josephine M Perilli

Nov 2, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Josephine M. (DeMarco) Perilli of Waltham died Tuesday November 3, 2015 at Newton Wellesley Hospital. She was 95. She was born and raised in Waltham, a daughter of the late Giuseppe and Giovannina (DiPietro) DeMarco, she was a graduate of Waltham High School. Josephine spent the majority of her career as a book sorter at Little, Brown...

Teresa C. McMahon

Teresa C. McMahon

Nov 1, 2015

Watertown – Mrs. Teresa C. (Mellett) McMahon, of Watertown, died Sunday, November 1, 2015 at Saint Patrick's Manor in Framingham. She was 86.Teresa was born in County Mayo, Ireland on September, 28, 1929 a daughter of the late John and Sarah (Slattery) Mellett. Early on in her career, she worked for her family's business in Brighton, and then spent the...

Eleanor Fraize

Eleanor Fraize

Oct 30, 2015

Newton - The secret to Eleanor Fraize's long life was keeping active. She kept her mind, body and spirit active up until her last breath on Friday, October 30, 2015 when she died at the Stone Health & Rehabilitation Center in Newton. She was 104. Eleanor Hart Taylor was born April 27, 1911 in Waltham a daughter of the late...

Anne Wiley

Anne Wiley

Oct 28, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Anne F. (McCarthy) Wiley, of Waltham, died Wednesday, October 28, 2015 in Maristhill Nursing Home. She was 96. Anne was born in Boston on April 14, 1919, a daughter of the late Francis and Catherine (Brennan) McCarthy. Raised and educated in Boston she lived many years in Sudbury before moving to Waltham in 1979. Until her retirement...

Verona Peters

Verona Peters

Oct 27, 2015

Lexington – Mrs. Verona M. (Shipman) Peters, of Lexington, formerly of Waltham, died unexpectedly at home on Tuesday, October 27, 2015. She was 86. Born on February 22, 1929 in Nottingham, England, 'Rona' was the daughter of the late William Winston Shipman and Doris (Saunderson) Shipman. Raised and educated in Nottingham, England, she married Dr. Alan Peters on September 30,...

James J. Gallagher

James J. Gallagher

Oct 27, 2015

Waltham – Mr. James J. Gallagher, of Waltham, died Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at Saint Patrick's Manor in Framingham. He was 86.Jim was born in Waltham on February 15, 1929, a son of the late Edward L. and Margaret (Judge) Gallagher. After graduating from Boston College High School in 1946 he went on to graduate from Saint Michael's College in...