Obituaries

June L. Krug

June L. Krug

Sep 1, 2012

Acton – Mrs. June L. (Kraft) Krug of Acton, formerly of Middletown and Rocky Hill, Connecticut, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 at Meadow Green Nursing Center in Waltham with her beloved daughters by her side. She was 82 years old.June was born on June 18, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest of two daughters of the late Andrew and Marian...

Anna J. Brown

Anna J. Brown

Aug 24, 2012

Waltham – Mrs. Anna J. (Donahue) Brown, of Waltham, died Friday, August 24, 2012 at her daughter's home in Falmouth. She was 89.Anna was born in Cambridge on June 18, 1923, a daughter of the late Martin J. and Annie F. (O'Malley) Donahue, both natives of Ireland. She moved to Waltham in 1948, a year after marrying Waltham native James...

John D. Sweeney

John D. Sweeney

Aug 24, 2012

Newton – Dr. John D. Sweeney, of Newton, died Friday, August 24, 2012 at his home. He was 92. John was born on September 14, 1919 in Waltham, one of five children of the late John J. and Julia (Ryan) Sweeney and was a graduate of the former St. Mary's High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in...

Kenneth A. Crossman

Kenneth A. Crossman

Aug 23, 2012

Waltham – Mr. Kenneth A. Crossman of Waltham, died Thursday, August 23, 2012, in Meadow Green Nursing Home, Waltham. He was 88. Ken was born in Groton on March 28, 1924, a son of the late Garfield F. and Annie M. (Ahearn) Crossman. He was raised in Brighton and was a graduate of Boston English High School and Northeastern University....

Thomas M. McGuigan

Thomas M. McGuigan

Aug 20, 2012

Waltham – Mr. Thomas M. McGuigan, of Waltham, died Monday, August 20, 2012 at the E.N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford. He was 91.Tom was born in Millville, New Brunswick on March 7, 1921, the second of six children born to the late Herbert A. and Ruby (Golding) McGuigan. The family moved to the United States when Tom was...

Alan Crowley

Alan Crowley

Aug 17, 2012

Wrentham – Mr. Alan Crowley, of Wrentham, died Friday, August 17, 2012 at the Wrentham Developmental Center. He was 66.Alan was born in Newton on October 20, 1945, a son of the late Joseph and Joanna (Primavera) Crowley, and had been a resident at the Walter E. Fernald School in Waltham for most of his life.He was the brother of...

Alice H. Tierney

Alice H. Tierney

Aug 14, 2012

Waltham – Mrs. Alice (Henchey) Tierney, of Waltham, died Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at Nashoba Valley Medical Center. She was 78.Alice was born in Woburn on December 7, 1933, a daughter of the late Hon. William H. and Elizabeth (Cashman) Henchey, and was a graduate of Saint Charles High School in Woburn. She and her family were founding members and...

Armand J. Thibault

Armand J. Thibault

Aug 13, 2012

Boston – Rev. Armand J. Thibault, S.M., of Boston, died Monday, August 13, 2012 at The Golden Living Center in Norwood. He was 80.Fr. Thibault was born in New Bedford on April, 13, 1932, a son of the late Romeo and Albina (Belisle) Thibault. In 1946 he joined the Brothers of the Sacred Heart and was professed in the order...

Irene F. Hallaran

Irene F. Hallaran

Aug 9, 2012

Waltham – Mrs. Irene F. (Hardiman) Hallaran, of Waltham, died Thursday, August 9, 2012 at the Leland Home in Waltham. She was 99.Irene was born in Boston on June 22, 1913, a daughter of the late John and Margaret (Kane) Hardiman, both natives of Ireland. She was a lifelong resident of Waltham and a graduate of Saint Mary's High School....

Lyla May Heffernan

Lyla May Heffernan

Aug 7, 2012

Watertown – Lyla May Heffernan, the infant daughter of Paul J. and Michelle C. (MacInnis) Heffernan, of Watertown, died Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge.Lyla was born on April 19, 2012.In addition to her parents she leaves her grandparents, Thomas C. and Mary E. (Corazzini) MacInnis of Waltham, Paul Heffernan and his wife, Irene, of Wilmington...

Janet L. Donahue

Janet L. Donahue

Aug 6, 2012

Dennisport – Janet L. Donahue, of Dennisport, died Monday, August 6, 2012 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. She was 52.Janet was born in Cambridge on December 14, 1959, a daughter of the late John F. and Mary P. (Webb) Donahue, and moved to Waltham when she was four. Until recently moving to Dennisport she had been a lifelong Waltham...

Joseph R. 'Larry' Dupuis

Joseph R. 'Larry' Dupuis

Aug 1, 2012

Waltham – Mr. Joseph R. 'Larry' Dupuis, of Waltham, died Wednesday, August 1, 2012 in Cambridge Hospital. He was 83. Larry was born in Waltham on May 8, 1929, a son of the late Edward and Emma (Boudreau) Dupuis. He and his family lived in Moncton, New Brunswick, for several years before moving back to Waltham when he was 17....

Cecilia M. Gutierrez

Cecilia M. Gutierrez

Aug 1, 2012

Brighton – Mrs. Cecilia M. Gutierrez, of Brighton, died on August 1st in the Maristhill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 97.She was born in Bogota, Colombia on August 2, 1915. She was raised and educated in Bogota and had moved to the United States in April of 1966, where she settled into the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. She loved...

Victoria R. McGrath

Victoria R. McGrath

Jul 31, 2012

North Billerica – Victoria R. (Nelson) McGrath, of North Billerica, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. She was 47.Victoria was born in Brighton on November 6, 1964, and was raised in Waltham where she was a 1982 graduate of the local high school. She had also lived in Marlboro and in Randolph before moving to...

Richard H. Boyd

Richard H. Boyd

Jul 31, 2012

Waltham – Mr. Richard H. 'Dick' Boyd, of Waltham, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012 in the Eliot Healthcare Center in Natick. He was 85. Dick was born in Wellesley on November 4, 1926, a son of the late Francis C. and Agnes F. (Healey) Boyd. He was raised in Newton where he attended local schools and from where he enlisted...

John J. O'Connor

John J. O'Connor

Jul 27, 2012

Waltham - Mr. John J. O'Connor, of Waltham, died Friday, July 27, 2012 at the Dorothy Frances House in Waltham. He was 85. Born on July 13, 1927 in Eagle Center, Iowa, he was the son of the late John J. and Leora (Wassom) O'Connor. In 1938, the family moved to Raymond Iowa, where he was raised and learned farming;...

Richard J. Maher

Richard J. Maher

Jul 25, 2012

Waltham – Mr. Richard J. Maher, of Waltham, died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at his home. He was 77.Dick, or 'Nipper' as he was known to many, was born in Waltham on June 5, 1935, a son of the late Joseph R. 'Nipper' and Alice V. (Yeo) Maher, and was a lifelong resident. He graduated from Saint Charles High School...

Bernadette C. Chiasson

Bernadette C. Chiasson

Jul 24, 2012

Waltham – Miss Bernadette C. Chiasson, of Waltham, died Tuesday, July 24, 2012 in the Golden Living Center in West Newton. She was 75. Bernadette was born on February 6, 1937 in Waltham, a daughter of the late William and Melanie 'Minnie' (Aucoin) Chiasson. She was a graduate of Waltham High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Emmanuel College...

Robert F. Dennison

Robert F. Dennison

Jul 24, 2012

Waltham – Mr. Robert F. Dennison, of Waltham, died Tuesday, July 24, 2012 in Epoch Senior Healthcare Center in Weston. He was 75.Bob was born in Waltham on October 24, 1936, the youngest son of the late John and Lillian (Smith) Dennison. He was a lifelong resident and a graduate of Waltham Vocational High School. He served for eight years...

Janet C. Meliones

Janet C. Meliones

Jul 23, 2012

Waltham – Mrs. Janet C. (Melios) Meliones, of Waltham, died Monday, July 23, 2012 surrounded by her family in North Carolina. She was 85.She was born on March 14, 1927 in Lowell, a daughter of the late John and Mary Ann (Fennell) Melios. She graduated from Cathedral High School and from Boston University's Sargent School where she earned the highly...