Obituaries
George L. Pennachio
Jun 2, 2012
Mr. George L. Pennachio, of Waltham, died suddenly on Saturday, June 2, 2012. He was 78. George was born on February 22, 1934 in Waltham a son of the late Leo and Josephine (Nutile) Pennachio and was a lifelong Waltham resident. George honorably served his country in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict and was awarded the following...
Lola M. Daigle
May 29, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. Lola M. (Dykes) Daigle, of Waltham, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at home. She was 74. Born on August 28, 1937 in Sacramento, California she was a daughter of the late Walton W. and Lola B. (Blackwell) Dykes. She graduated from Grand Union High School where she played saxophone and was honored to play in a Rose...
Peter Cianci
May 26, 2012
Waltham – Mr. Peter Cianci, of Waltham, died Saturday, May 26th, 2012 at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in West Roxbury. He was 78.Peter was born in Cambridge on June 30, 1933, a son of the late Vincent and Angelina (Scarpulla) Cianci. He was raised in Medford and in Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School. During the...
Esther Gorgone
May 26, 2012
Dracut - Mrs. Esther (DeGiorgio) Gorgone, of Dracut, formerly of Waltham, died Saturday, May 26, 2012, in Lowell General Hospital. Esther was born in Florence, Italy, a daughter of the late Leonardo and Carmela (Vitale) DeGiorgio. She was raised in Florence and came to the United States through Ellis Island at the age of 18 and moved to Waltham in...
Mary J. Shinnick
May 24, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. Mary J. (Comeau) Shinnick, of Waltham, died Thursday, May 24, 2012 at Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital in Westborough. She was 86.Mary was born in Medford on March 30, 1926, a daughter of the late Roger and Elizabeth (Doucette) Comeau, and was a graduate of Medford High School. She had lived in Melrose and in Lexington before moving to...
Yolanda Zagami
May 23, 2012
Concord – Mrs. Yolanda (Iacono) Zagami, of Concord, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She was 85.Yolanda was born in Sydney, Australia on April 9, 1927, a daughter of the late Joseph and Angelina (LoSchiavo) Iacono, and moved to Italy as a child. She was raised in the Aeolian Islands, a coastal chain...
June V. O'Brien
May 20, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. June V. (Nee) O'Brien, of Waltham, died Sunday, May 20, 2012 at Newton Health Care Center. She was 88.June was born in South Boston on June 21, 1923, a daughter of the late Michael and Alice (Joyce) Nee. She moved to Waltham when she married Francis A. 'Buddy' O'Brien on November 23, 1946, shortly after he was...
William E. Rice
May 16, 2012
Newton - Mr. William E. Rice, of Newton, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at home. He was 72. Bill was born in Waltham on April 7, 1940 a son of the late John F. and Catherine (Smith) Rice. Raised and educated in Waltham he moved to Newton over 40 years ago. He married Teresa M. Giovangelo on August 12, 1977....
Eugene Falco
May 15, 2012
Mr. Eugene P. Falco, of Jamaica Plain, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston. He was 66.Eugene Paul Falco, lovingly known to all as "Gene" was born on June 16, 1945 in Medford, a son the late Gennaro G. and Josephine M. (Tarullo) Falco. Raised in Medford and then Waltham, he was a graduate of...
John C. LaMacchia
May 14, 2012
Waltham – Mr. John C. LaMacchia, of Waltham, died Monday, May 14, 2012 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 81.John was born in Watertown on August 26, 1930, one of twelve children born to the late Carmelo and Agatha (Sacco) LaMacchia, both natives of Messina, Sicily. He was raised in Watertown and served with the United States Army Air Corps right...
Sarah A. Hill
May 13, 2012
Wayland – Mrs. Sarah A. 'Sally' (Murphy) Hill, of Wayland, died Sunday, May 13, 2012 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 84. Sally was born in Somerville on August 5, 1927, a daughter of the late Arthur and Maude (Dwyer) Murphy. She was raised in Newton where she graduated from Our Lady's High School. She lived in Newton, Sudbury, West Harwich,...
Anne Marie Robichaud
May 13, 2012
Waltham - Mrs. Anne Marie (Allain) Robichaud, of Waltham, died Sunday, May 13, 2012, in the Miriam Boyd Parlin Residence in Wayland. She was 69. Anne Marie was born in Ste Anne-de-Kent, New Brunswick on March 7, 1943, a daughter of the late Lionel and Anna (Maillet) Allain, and had been a Waltham resident since 1964.. Until her retirement she...
Isabelle A. O'Reilly
May 10, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. Isabelle A. (Hogan) O'Reilly, of Waltham, died Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Maristhill Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 90.Isabelle was born in Avon on November 11, 1921, one of thirteen children born to the late Jerome C. and Agnes M. (Lynch) Hogan, and moved to Quincy as a child. She was a 1939 graduate of Quincy...
Dorothy A. Kellar
May 8, 2012
Mrs. Dorothy A. (Cobuzzi) Kellar of Waltham died Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 82. Mrs. Kellar was born in Waltham on January 19, 1930, a daughter of the late Costanzo and Pauline (Carchia) Cobuzzi. Mrs. Kellar was the wife of the late James Lambert Kellar and the sister of the late Angelo Cobuzzi, William Cobuzzi,...
Helen R. Burns
May 6, 2012
Waltham - Mrs. Helen R. (Harrington) Burns, of Waltham, died Sunday, May 6, 2012 in Maristhill Nursing Home, Waltham. She was 101. Helen was born in Lowell on March 12, 1911, a daughter of the late Frank and Lucy (Carney) Harrington, and had been a Waltham resident since 1950. Until her retirement she worked as a stenciler for the Sylvania...
Jeannette C. LeBlanc
May 4, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. Jeannette C. (Geoffrion) LeBlanc, of Waltham, died Friday, May 4, 2012 a Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. She was 98.Jeannette was born in Waltham on August 11, 1913, a daughter of the late Theophile J. and Agnes (Guertin) Geoffrion, and had been a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of Emmanuel College in Boston and until her...
David J. Mahoney
May 3, 2012
Waltham – Mr. David J. Mahoney, of Waltham, died Thursday, May 3, 2012 at his home. He was 92.David was born in Salem on July 28, 1919, the second of four sons born to the late Cornelius and Ethel (Cavanaugh) Mahoney. He graduated from Salem High School where he played baseball and basketball. He was working in Salem at the...
Gretchen O'Hara
Apr 24, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. Gretchen (Winkel) O'Hara, of Waltham, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at her home. She was 81.Gretchen was born in Waltham on November 13, 1930, a daughter of the late Leo J. and Margaret (McCusker) Winkel, and was a graduate of Saint Mary's High School in Waltham and the Katherine Gibbs School. She married Chicago native Curtis P....
Paul F. Mullen
Apr 23, 2012
Waltham - Mr. Paul F. Mullen, of Waltham, died Monday, April 23, 2012 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 62. Paul was born in Newton on October 11, 1949, a son of the late Carl and Bertha (DeWolfe) Mullen. A graduate of Newton North High School he was a life-long Newton resident until moving to Waltham in 2000.He had been the...
Nellie A. Pitts
Apr 22, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. Nellie A. (Urban) Pitts, of Waltham, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Eliot Healthcare Center in Natick. She was 90.Nellie was born in Waltham on September 26, 1921, a daughter of the late Francis and Della (Smith) Urban, and had been a lifelong resident. Until her retirement she worked for the Rudolph Beaver Company in Waltham, a...