Obituaries

Thomas B. McMahon

Thomas B. McMahon

Nov 16, 2014

Weston - Mr. Thomas B. McMahon, of Weston, died Sunday, November 16, 2014 in his home. He was 58. Tom was born in Manchester, Iowa, on June 12, 1956, a son of Elizabeth "Betty" (Doyle) McMahon of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and the late Harold McMahon. He was raised and educated in Iowa and moved to Massachusetts shortly after high school....

Einar L. Johnson

Einar L. Johnson

Nov 12, 2014

Waltham – Mr. Einar L. "Bud" Johnson, of Waltham, died Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at Blaire House in Milford. He was 89.Bud was born on June 10, 1925 in Portland, Oregon, a son of the late Einar F. and Margaret F. (Smith) Johnson. He was raised and educated in Roseburg, Oregon and joined the United States Navy six months after...

Margaret M. 'Peg' (McCusker) Weagle

Margaret M. 'Peg' (McCusker) Weagle

Nov 10, 2014

Waltham – Mrs. Margaret M. 'Peg' (McCusker) Weagle, of Waltham, died Monday, November 10, 2014 at Maristhill Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 90.Peg was born in Newton on March 8, 1924, a daughter of the late Hugh and Agnes (Mayhew) McCusker and had lived in Waltham for most of her life.She worked for a number of years as a...

Lawrence P. Masterson

Lawrence P. Masterson

Nov 8, 2014

Waltham – Mr. Lawrence P. Masterson, Jr., of Waltham, died Saturday, November 8, 2014 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. He was 78.Larry was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 1, 1936, a son of the late Lawrence P., Sr. and Margaret M. (Vail) Masterson. He moved to Waltham as a child and attended local schools. A standout baseball...

Albion E. Huff

Albion E. Huff

Nov 8, 2014

Waltham – Mr. Albion E. Huff, of Waltham, died Saturday, November 8, 2014 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 84.Albion was born on November 12, 1929 in Bar Harbor, Maine, a son of the late Bertrand and Beatrice (Emery) Huff. After graduating from East Providence High School he joined the United States Air Force and served as a...

Helena M. (Giampietro) Tumminelli

Helena M. (Giampietro) Tumminelli

Nov 6, 2014

Waltham – Mrs. Helena M. (Giampietro) Tumminelli, of Waltham, died Thursday, November 6, 2014 at Greystone Farm Assisted Living in Salem, New Hampshire. She was 96.Helena was born in Waltham on September 12, 1918, a daughter of the late Nicholas and Cesira (SantaMarroni) Giampietro, and had been a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of Saint Mary's High School in...

Francis B. Clark

Francis B. Clark

Nov 5, 2014

Waltham – Mr. Francis B. Clark, of Waltham, died Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at Maples Nursing Home in Wrentham. He was 83.Frank was born in Waltham on May 12, 1931, a son of the late Joseph T. and Mary J. (Qualters) Clark. He was a 1950 graduate of Waltham High School and after that served with the United States Army...

Rita H. Lyons

Rita H. Lyons

Nov 3, 2014

Waltham – Miss Rita H. Lyons, of Waltham, died Monday, November 3, 2014 at Meadow Green Nursing Home, Waltham. She was 86.Rita was born in Brighton on October 1, 1928, a daughter of the late William H. and Helena F. (Thompson) Lyons. She was a lifelong Waltham resident and a 1947 graduate of Waltham High School. She earned her bachelor's...

Peter M. Canepari

Peter M. Canepari

Nov 2, 2014

Peter Mark Canepari, of Wilbraham, formerly of Waltham, entered into eternal rest on Sunday November 2, 2014 at Wingate in Sudbury in the arms of his mother and sister after a courageous 16 month battle with cancer. He was 59. Peter was born in New Haven, Connecticut on May 26, 1955, the son of Eleanor Wesley Canepari of Waltham and...

Maureen C. (Grenham) Kinnucane

Maureen C. (Grenham) Kinnucane

Oct 30, 2014

Waltham – Mrs. Maureen C. (Grenham) Kinnucane, of Waltham, died Thursday, October 30, 2014 at Oak Knoll Healthcare Center in Framingham. She was 87.Maureen was born on December 7, 1926 in Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland, one of seven children born to the late Michael and Bridget (Coleman) Grenham. She immigrated to the United States when she was twenty years old....

Patrick L. Long

Patrick L. Long

Oct 29, 2014

Waltham - Mr. Patrick L. Long, of Waltham, died Wednesday, October 29, 2014 in is home. He was 91. Pat was born in Fort Kent, Maine, on June 5, 1923, a son of the late Leo and Marie (Martin) Long.He was a graduate of Fort Kent High School and during World War II he worked in the shipyards in Quincy...

Eileen H. McNeil

Eileen H. McNeil

Oct 25, 2014

Eileen H. (Hatfield) McNeil - 87, of Warrington, PA; formerly of Orange, CT died on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at Neshaminy Manor in Doylestown, PA. She was the loving wife of the late William J. McNeil for 52 years. Eileen was born in Waltham to the late George & Mary (McDade) Hatfield. She graduated from Waltham High School, class of...

Dorothy D. Edson

Dorothy D. Edson

Oct 24, 2014

Westborough - Mrs. Dorothy D. (Durner) Edson died on Friday, October 24, 2014 while in hospice care at Beaumont Skilled Nursing Facility in Westborough after a long illness. She was 80. Dorothy was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 26, 1934, as the third child of Edward W. and Agnes (Walsh) Durner.Dorothy graduated from parochial and public schools in...

Frances B. Schmitt

Frances B. Schmitt

Oct 24, 2014

Watertown - Mrs. Frances B. (Bensing) Schmitt, of Watertown, died Friday, October 24, 2014 in Saint Patrick's Manor in Framingham. She was 96.Frances was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 1918, a daughter of the late Lloyd and Helen (Roden) (Schmitt) Felker. She lived in Watertown for over forty years before moving to the Scandinavian Living Center in West...

Wendell A. Angelo

Wendell A. Angelo

Oct 23, 2014

Bonita Springs, Fla. – Mr. Wendell A. Angelo, of Bonita Springs, died Thursday, October 23, 2014 at Framingham Union Hospital. He was 84.Wendell was born in Waltham on April 5, 1930, the only child of the late Anthony and Maizie (Bohannon) Angelo, and graduated from Waltham High School in 1948. On October 22, 1950 he married his sweetheart, Elaine C....

Charles A. Newcombe

Charles A. Newcombe

Oct 22, 2014

Lincoln – Mr. Charles A. Newcombe, Jr., of Lincoln, died on Wednesday October 22, 2014 in Emerson Hospital, Concord. He was 74.Charlie was born in Boston on August 5, 1940, a son of the late Charles A. Newcombe and Rose (Dietrich) Sammarco. He grew up in Belmont and graduated from Belmont High School in 1958. For the last forty-four years...

Brian P. Wenckus

Brian P. Wenckus

Oct 20, 2014

Waltham – Mr. Brian P. Wenckus, of Waltham, died Monday, October 20, 2014 at Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, Brighton. He was 55.Brian was born in Waltham on March 30, 1959, a son of Joan E. (Besso) Wenckus of Waltham and the late John J.L. Wenckus. He was a graduate of Waltham Vocational High School.Trained as a carpenter he was self-employed in...

Dolores J. Rodriguez

Dolores J. Rodriguez

Oct 19, 2014

Waltham – Mrs. Dolores J. Rodriguez died on Sunday, October 19, 2014 in Maristhill Nursing Home. She was 95.Dolores was born in Guantanamo, Cuba on April 14, 1919, a daughter of the late Pedro and Aquilina Rodriguez. In 1969 she moved to the United States and then to Puerto Rico in 1977, finally moving to the Boston area in 2002....

Eleanor M. (McCoole) Sullivan

Eleanor M. (McCoole) Sullivan

Oct 17, 2014

Waltham – Mrs. Eleanor M. (McCoole) Sullivan, of Waltham, died Friday, October 17, 2014 at Lexington Health Care Center. She was 89.Eleanor was born in Dorchester on December 5, 1924, a daughter of the late John P. and Elizabeth J. (Driscoll) McCoole. She grew up in various parts of Boston and eventually her family settled in Milton. Eleanor was a...

Richard A. Scales

Richard A. Scales

Oct 15, 2014

Waltham – Mr. Richard Allen Scales, 50, of Waltham, Massachusetts was an accomplished carpenter, a stalwart member of Carpenters' Union, Local 275 of Newton, Massachusetts and an active member of the Massachusetts Democratic Party.Mr. Scales, who among his other volunteer efforts, used his skills to build ramps for the disabled, volunteer for the YMCA and raise money for diabetes organizations...