Obituaries

Jeannette M. Prescott

Jeannette M. Prescott

Feb 3, 2013

Mrs. Jeannette M. (Belliveau) Prescott, of Waltham, died at home on Sunday, February 3, 2013. She was 88. Jeannette was born on September 7, 1924 in Waltham a daughter of the late Patrick and Marie (Leger) Belliveau and was a lifelong Waltham resident. She worked for over 25 years at Standard-Thompson Company in Waltham. Jeannette was a member of St....

Gerald J. Robichaud

Gerald J. Robichaud

Jan 31, 2013

Lowell – Mr. Gerald J. Robichaud, formerly of Waltham, died Thursday, January 31, 2013 at Lowell General Hospital. He was 81.Gerry was born in St. Paul, New Brunswick, on November 23, 1931, a son of the late Premilite and Elise (Cormier) Robichaud. He had lived in Canada before moving to Waltham in 1955. Until his retirement Gerry worked as a...

John J. 'Jack' Mehigan

John J. 'Jack' Mehigan

Jan 30, 2013

Watertown – Mr. John J. 'Jack' Mehigan, of Watertown, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at Wingate at Brighton. He was 76.Jack was born in Cambridge on February 22, 1936, a son of the late James and Norah (O'Connell) Mehigan. He was raised in Somerville and was a graduate of Saint John's High School in North Cambridge. Jack and his family...

Catherine M. Palumbo

Catherine M. Palumbo

Jan 30, 2013

Waltham – Mrs. Catherine M. 'Kay' (McKinley) Palumbo, of Waltham, died, Wednesday, January 30, 2013 in Meadow Green Nursing Home, Waltham. She was 85.Kay was born in Newton on November 11, 1927, a daughter of the late James A. and Mary V. (O'Shea) McKinley. She was raised in 'The Lake' section of Newton and married Rosario N. Palumbo on July...

Eleanor M. Monaco

Eleanor M. Monaco

Jan 25, 2013

FUNERAL MASS POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER UNTIL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2013 AT 11 A.M.Wilmington – Eleanor M. Monaco, a longtime resident of Riverside, Connecticut, died Friday, January 25, 2013 at Woodbriar Nursing Home in Wilmington. She was 88.Eleanor was a daughter of the late Antonio and Angeline (Civitarese) Monaco. She was born in Cambridge where she attended grammar school before...

Norma F. Caisey

Norma F. Caisey

Jan 22, 2013

Waltham – Mrs. Norma F. (Hapenny) Caisey, of Waltham, died Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 88.Norma was born in Waltham on September 20, 1924, a daughter of the late George A. and Emma M. (Barnes) Hapenny, and had been a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of Waltham High School and during the 'War Years' of...

Arlene P. Leonard

Arlene P. Leonard

Jan 18, 2013

Waltham – Mrs. Arlene P. (Goddard) Leonard, of Waltham, died Friday, January 18, 2013 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, four days shy of her 69th birthday.Arlene was born in Waltham on January 22, 1944, the only child of the late Roy W. and Lydia A. (Carson) Goddard. She was raised in Waltham and was a 1962 graduate of Waltham High School. She...

Juan Bladimir Taco Mejia

Juan Bladimir Taco Mejia

Jan 16, 2013

Watertown – Mr. Juan Bladimir Taco Mejia, of Watertown, died on Wednesday January 16th at the Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. He was 51 years old.Juan was born in Quito, Ecuador on January 11, 1962, son of the late Jorge Arturo Taco and Dolores Mejia. In 1990 he immigrated to the United States and over the next two decades built...

Rita M. Prendergast

Rita M. Prendergast

Jan 16, 2013

Waltham – Mrs. Rita M. (Greene) Prendergast, of Waltham, died Wednesday, January 16, 2013 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 92.Rita was born in County Clare, Ireland, on June 11, 1920, a daughter of the late Thomas and Catherine (Cunningham) Greene. She immigrated to the United States following World War II and settled in Watertown where she lived before moving to...

John A. Piantedosi

John A. Piantedosi

Jan 12, 2013

Waltham – Mr. John A. Piantedosi, of Waltham, died Saturday, January 12, 2013 at his home. He was 79. John was born in Watertown on August 20, 1933, a son of Italian immigrants Angelo and Pasqualina (Izzo) Piantedosi. He was a graduate of Watertown High School and married Nancy M. Gibb on August 31, 1977. He had been a longtime...

Catherine B. 'Kay' Sanuth

Catherine B. 'Kay' Sanuth

Jan 11, 2013

Waltham – Miss Catherine B. 'Kay' Sanuth, of Waltham, died Friday, January 11, 2013 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 90.Kay was born in Boston on July 25, 1922, a daughter of the late Louis and Pauline (Minkauskas) Sanuth, both émigré's from Lithuania. She was raised in Hyde Park and was a graduate of Hyde Park High School. She had lived...

Alma E. Pontz

Alma E. Pontz

Jan 11, 2013

Weston – Miss Alma E. Pontz, of Weston, formerly of Waltham, died Friday, January 11, 2013 in the Epoch Senior Living Center in Weston. She was 98.Miss Pontz was born in Waltham on July 27, 1914, a daughter of the late Frank Jacob and Alma (Fasnacht) Pontz. Until her retirement she worked as an administrative assistant for twenty-one years for...

Mary Josephine Burke

Mary Josephine Burke

Jan 8, 2013

Waltham – Mrs. Mary Josephine (Dillon) Burke, of Waltham, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 in her home. She was 95. Josephine was born in Waltham on March 14, 1917, a daughter of the late John J. and Mary Ann (McGillvary) Dillon and had been a lifelong resident. She was a 1934 graduate of Saint Mary's High School in Waltham and...

Stian Mollung

Stian Mollung

Jan 6, 2013

Newton - Mr. Stian Mollung, of Newton, died Sunday, January 6, 2013 at Newton-Wellesley Alzheimer's Center. He was 90.Stian was born in Oslo, Norway on August 16, 1922, a son of the late Johan and Andrea Hansen, and immigrated to the United States in 1952. He and his wife, Erna, bought a home in Waban where they raised their family...

Eveline M. Aucoin

Eveline M. Aucoin

Jan 5, 2013

Waltham – Mrs. Eveline M. (Daigle) Aucoin, of Waltham, died on Saturday January 5th, 2013 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton surrounded by her family. She was 83.Eveline was born in Waltham on April 24, 1929, a daughter of the late Maxime B. and Yvonne (Vautour) Daigle. She graduated from St. Mary's High School in Waltham and had worked as...

Marjorie A. Anderson

Marjorie A. Anderson

Jan 4, 2013

Wilmington – Mrs. Marjorie A. (Porteus) Anderson, of Wilmington, formerly of Waltham, died Friday, January 4, 2013 at her home. She was 96.Marjorie was born in Watertown on October 24, 1916, a daughter of the late Charles and Ella (MacKenzie) Porteus. After her mother's death, when Marjorie was just two, her father remarried and she was also raised by her...

Irene S. 'Sally' Sylvester

Irene S. 'Sally' Sylvester

Jan 3, 2013

Marlborough - Mrs. Irene S. 'Sally' (Petrovich) Sylvester, of Marlborough, died Thursday, January 3, 2013 in her home from complications of gallbladder cancer. She was 79. Sally was born in Waltham on February 21, 1933, the loving daughter of the late Peter and Victoria (Dudek) Petrovich. She graduated from Waltham High School in 1952 and married the late Alan C....

Edward F. Callahan

Edward F. Callahan

Jan 1, 2013

Waltham – Mr. Edward F. Callahan, of Waltham, died Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at his home. He was 80.Ed was born in Waltham on February 5, 1932, a son of the late Jeremiah J. and Mary E. (Lynch) Callahan, and had been a lifelong resident. After graduating from Saint Mary's High School in Waltham Ed joined the United States Marine...

John Steede

John Steede

Jan 1, 2013

Jamaica Plain - Mr. John Steede, of Jamaica Plain, died Tuesday, January 1, 2013 in the Golden Living Nursing Center in Chestnut Hill. He was 76. John was born in Waltham on October 24, 1936, a son of the late Joseph and Mary Agnes (O'Connor) Steede. He was a graduate of the former St. Mary's High School and earned his...

Jaroslav Boban

Jaroslav Boban

Dec 27, 2012

Waltham – Mr. Jaroslav 'Jerry' Boban, of Waltham, died Thursday December 27, 2012 at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. He was 58.Jaroslav was born in Czechoslovakia which is now known as Slovakia on April 24, 1954, a son of Zofia (Jellusova) Boban of the Czech Republic and the late Jan Boban. Jaroslav had worked for many...