Obituaries

Patricia A. MacNeill

Patricia A. MacNeill

Apr 21, 2012

Waltham – Mrs. Patricia A. (Gallagher) MacNeill, of Waltham, died Saturday, April 21, 2012 in The Golden Living Center in West Newton. She was 73. A lifelong Waltham resident, she was born on August 11, 1938 a daughter of the late Joseph and Mabel (Stanley) Gallagher and was a graduate of Waltham High School. Patricia was an avid reader and...

Mary C. Lelievre

Mary C. Lelievre

Apr 21, 2012

Waltham - Mrs. Mary C. (Howley) Lelievre, of Waltham, died Saturday, April 21, 2012 in Newton Healthcare Center. She was 83. Mary was born in Waltham on June 22, 1928 a daughter of the late John P. and Mary (Connolly) Howley and was a lifelong Waltham resident. Mary managed the office at her husband's company, the former Lelievre Door Service...

Helen M. Hegarty

Helen M. Hegarty

Apr 17, 2012

East Falmouth – Ms. Helen M. Hegarty, of East Falmouth, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. She was 76.Helen was born in Winthrop on March 25, 1936, a daughter of the late Daniel P. and Helen M. (Frazier) Hegarty. She was raised and educated in Brighton where she belonged to Our Lady of the Presentation...

Rose V. Rafferty

Rose V. Rafferty

Apr 16, 2012

Waltham – Mrs. Rose V. (Papia) Rafferty, of Waltham, died Monday, April 16, 2012 in Maristhill Nursing Home. She was 94.Rose was born in Waltham on February 25, 1918, a daughter of the late Rosario and Rose (Morreale) Papia. She had worked as a dressmaker at Puritan Dress Company in Waltham and had been a long-time parishioner of Saint Charles...

Donna A. Gay

Donna A. Gay

Apr 11, 2012

Merrimack, New Hampshire – Ms. Donna A. (Gross) Gay of Merrimack, died Thursday, April 11, 2012, in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 64. Donna was born in Boston on August 9, 1947, a daughter of Dora M. (LeBlanc) Gross of Worcester and the late Robert V. Gross. She was raised in Waltham and graduated from Waltham High School in 1965. She...

Virginia M. Fournier

Virginia M. Fournier

Apr 6, 2012

Waltham – Mrs. Virginia M. 'Ginny' (Bowman) Fournier, of Waltham, died Friday, April 6, 2012 at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. She was 76.Ginny was born in Waltham on January 29, 1936, a daughter of the late Thomas and Agnes Bridget (Tierney) Bowman. She was a graduate of Saint Mary's High School in Waltham and until her retirement worked as a...

William J. 'Bill' Fay

William J. 'Bill' Fay

Apr 3, 2012

Waltham – Mr. William J. 'Bill' Fay, of Waltham, died Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge. He was 78. Bill was born in Brighton on August 28, 1933, a son of the late John and Mary Fay. He was raised and educated in Brighton before enlisting in the United States Air Force, serving during the Korean War....

Vivian M. Travis

Vivian M. Travis

Apr 3, 2012

Waltham – Mrs. Vivian M. (Brown) Travis, of Waltham, died Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in the Wingate Nursing Center in Needham. She was 94. Vivian was born in Waltham on March 8, 1918, a daughter of the late William and Sarah (Wells) Brown, and had been a lifelong resident. She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Waltham and...

Edward J. Berube

Edward J. Berube

Apr 2, 2012

Waltham – Mr. Edward J. Berube, of Waltham, died on Monday, April 2, 2012 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 57.Ed was born in Waltham on December 4, 1954, a son of the late Edward and Kathleen (Marqus) Berube, and leaves many cousins. He worked as a chef for many years at various restaurants.Family and friends will honor and remember Ed's...

Louis J. Kirsch

Louis J. Kirsch

Apr 2, 2012

Waltham – Mr. Louis J. Kirsch, III, of Waltham, died Monday, April 2, 2012 at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham. He was 79.Lou was born in Waltham on December 24, 1932, a son of the late Louis J., Jr. and Leitha (Woodworth) Kirsch, and had been a lifelong resident. He graduated from Waltham High School in 1951 and four years...

Milan R. Dabcovich

Milan R. Dabcovich

Apr 1, 2012

Brookline - Mr. Milan R. Dabcovich, of Brookline, died Sunday, April 1, 2012 following a period of declining health due to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. He was 77. Born in Istanbul, Turkey on November 12, 1934, Milan was the son of the late Christoph and Bekky (Mandelblat) Dabcovich. He was a graduate of Robert College in Istanbul, a school founded in...

Robert E. O'Neil

Robert E. O'Neil

Mar 31, 2012

Waltham – Mr. Robert E. 'Bob' O'Neil, of Waltham, formerly of Mashpee, died Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 86.Bob was born in Belmont on December 19, 1925, a son of the late George and Sarah (Kelley) O'Neil. He was raised in Watertown and was a graduate of Watertown High School. After that he enrolled at the...

Eudora R. Meighan

Eudora R. Meighan

Mar 30, 2012

Waltham - Mrs. Eudora R. (Torres) Meighan, of Waltham, died Friday, March 30, 2012 in her home. She was 79. Eudora was born in Belize City, Belize, on May 19, 1932, a daughter of the late Christopher and Ethel ( Munnings ) Torres. She moved to the United State in the mid 1960s. She had lived in New York City...

Richard L. Perkins

Richard L. Perkins

Mar 28, 2012

Hubbardston - Mr. Richard L. Perkins Jr., of Hubbardston, formerly of Waltham, died Wednesday, March 28, 2012 in Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. He was 54. Rick was born on September 26, 1957 in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, a son of Richard L. Perkins, Sr. and the late Shirley (Fawson) Perkins. A graduate of Waltham High School, class...

Rachel F. Mazares

Rachel F. Mazares

Mar 27, 2012

Waltham - Mrs. Rachel F. (Aboud) Mazares, of Waltham, died Tuesday, March 27, 2012 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 86. Rachel was born on December 15, 1925 in Grand Mère, Quebec, a daughter of the late S. C. Aboud and Mary (Hanna) Aboud. Raised and educated in Grand Mère she graduated from Standstead College in Quebec. Rachel worked as the...

William J. Morton

William J. Morton

Mar 23, 2012

Weston – Mr. William J. Morton, of Weston, died Friday, March 23, 2012 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 54.Bill was born in Nantucket on December 4, 1957, a son of the late Peter and Joanne (Shea) Morton. As a child his family moved to Weston where he had been a resident since. He graduated from Weston High School and then...

Elizabeth M. Driscoll

Elizabeth M. Driscoll

Mar 22, 2012

Waltham – Mrs. Elizabeth M. (Walsh) (Hendrickson) Driscoll, of Waltham, died Thursday, March 22, 2012 at her home. She was 77.Elizabeth was born in Brighton on November 12, 1934, a daughter of the late Martin L. and Margaret H. (Thompson) Walsh, and had been a lifelong resident of Waltham. After graduating from Saint Mary's High School in Waltham she earned...

Lydia Dabcovich

Lydia Dabcovich

Mar 20, 2012

Belmont – Mrs. Lydia (Duenias) Dabcovich, an award-winning author and illustrator, died Tuesday, March 20th after a long period of declining health from complications of Lewy Body disease. Mrs. Dabcovich, a resident of Brookline, was 76.A graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Lydia taught at the deCordova Museum in Lincoln, before beginning her career in...

Carol M. Perkins

Carol M. Perkins

Mar 15, 2012

Waltham – Mrs. Carol M. (White) Perkins, of Waltham, died Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Maristhill Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 75.Carol was born in Boston on May 22, 1936, a daughter of the late Harold A. and Mary C. (Shanley) White. She lived in Newton before moving with her family to Weston in 1961. After almost forty years...

Walter R. McDonald

Walter R. McDonald

Mar 9, 2012

Townsend – Mr. Walter R. McDonald, of Townsend, died Friday, March 9, 2012 at Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer. He was 80.Walter was born in Waltham on August 28, 1931, a son of the late Walter R. and Mary T. (Loughnane) McDonald. After graduating from Waltham High School he served with the United States Air Force during the Korean...