Obituaries

Anna Cannistraro

Anna Cannistraro

Apr 3, 2011

Waltham – Miss Anna “Nina” Cannistraro, of Waltham, died Sunday, April 3, 2011 at Epoch of Chesnut Hill. She was 80.Anna was born in Waltham on November 5, 1930, a daughter of the late Vincenzo and Angelina (Galluzzo) Cannistraro and had been a lifelong resident. Until her retirement she had worked for over fifty years at Eric’s Hairdressing Studio on...

M. Elizabeth Butler

M. Elizabeth Butler

Apr 2, 2011

Waltham – Mrs. M. Elizabeth (Walsh) Butler, of Waltham, died Saturday, April 2, 2011 at Epoch of Weston. She was 97.Elizabeth was born in Waltham on December 10, 1913, a daughter of the late John J. and Mildred S. (Bellis) Walsh, and had been a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of Saint Mary’s High School, Class of 1931. She...

Irene L. Kallow

Irene L. Kallow

Apr 1, 2011

Waltham – Miss Irene L. Kallow of Waltham died Friday, April 1, 2011 in the Wingate at Belvidere Nursing Center in Lowell following a lengthy illness. She was 90. Irene was born in Waltham on October 12, 1920, a daughter of the late Joseph and Ragnhild (Hagen) Kallow. Irene was raised and schooled in Waltham. She had worked in the...

Natalie Francis

Natalie Francis

Apr 1, 2011

Edgartown – Mrs. Natalie (Correia) Francis, of Edgartown, died Friday, April 1, 2011 as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident in Savannah, Georgia. She was 74.Natalie was born in East Boston on December 25, 1936, a daughter of the late Antonio Correia, Jr. and Delfina (Luciano) Correia. Both of her parents were born in Madiera, Portugal and...

Barbara Mary Kelly

Barbara Mary Kelly

Mar 30, 2011

Waltham - Mrs. Barbara M. (Collins) Kelly, of Waltham, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at her home. She was 81.Barbara was born in Newton on July 15, 1929, a daughter of the late William and Kathryn (Keating) Collins, and had been a Waltham resident for the past fifty-five years. She was a 1947 graduate of Newton High School and had...

Robert L. Samarjian

Robert L. Samarjian

Mar 30, 2011

Waltham – Mr. Robert L. ‘Bob’ Samarjian, of Waltham, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 73.Bob was born in Framingham on January 10, 1938, a son of the late Leo and Mary (Sheytanian) Samarjian and was raised in Hopkinton and in Belmont. He was a graduate of Belmont High School and until his...

Rose M. Favre

Rose M. Favre

Mar 27, 2011

Waltham – Mrs. Rose M. (Farina) Favre, of Waltham, died Sunday, March 27, 2011 in her home surrounded by her husband and three sons after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 83.Rose was born in Newton on November 25, 1927, a daughter of the late Michael and Mary (Teccia) Farina. She grew up in Newton’s Nonantum neighborhood and graduated...

John J. Almeida

John J. Almeida

Mar 25, 2011

Waltham- Mr. John J. Almeida, of Waltham, died Friday, March 25, 2011 at his home. He was 82.John was born in Somerville on February 26, 1929, and had lived for many years in Waltham. Until his retirement, he had worked as a technician for the Raytheon Corporation for over forty years. He was also a Korean War Veteran serving in...

Jane V. Bergin

Jane V. Bergin

Mar 24, 2011

Waltham – Mrs. Jane V. (McNamara) Bergin, of Waltham, died Thursday, March 24, 2011 in her home. She was 87. Jane was born in Fitchburg on March 12, 1924, a daughter of the late James and Mary (Walsh) McNamara and was raised in Waltham where she graduated from Saint Mary’s High School. Until the responsibilities of raising her large family...

Charles R. Frost, Jr.

Charles R. Frost, Jr.

Mar 24, 2011

Stow - Mr. Charles R. Frost, Jr., of Stow, died Thursday, March 24, 2011 at home after a valiant battle with cancer. He was 69.Charlie was born in Waltham on July 5, 1941, a son of the late Charles R., Sr. and Rita (Cahill) Frost, and was raised in West Newton. He attended Saint Charles High in Waltham and then...

Theresa B. Smith

Theresa B. Smith

Mar 22, 2011

Waltham - Mrs. Theresa B. (Maher) Smith of Waltham, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011 in the Epoch of Weston Nursing Center. She was 78. Theresa was born in April 13, 1932 in Waltham, a daughter of the late William and Ida (Fewer) Maher. She was a graduate of Waltham High School and a lifelong Waltham resident. Before her retirement, Theresa...

Wilbur Thomas Batson

Wilbur Thomas Batson

Mar 21, 2011

Waltham - Wilbur Thomas Batson, 79, died Monday March 21, 2011 in Lexington, Massachusetts from complications related to Parkinson Disease.He leaves his wife of 25 years Barbara (Hughes) Batson, his stepdaughters Lindsley Sheppard, Sarah Rafferty and her husband James, and Dr. Margaret Sandin and her spouse Kristen Bjork and nine grandchildren. His brothers Edward of Clearwater, Florida and John of...

Mary Catherine Daggett

Mary Catherine Daggett

Mar 21, 2011

Waltham – Mrs. Mary Catherine (McKenna) Daggett, of Waltham, died Monday, March 21, 2011 at Maristhill Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 101 years old.Mary was born in Waltham on November 24, 1909, a daughter of the late Stephen and Annie (Murray) McKenna, both of whom emigrated from Ireland. She graduated from St. Mary's High School in Waltham and went...

Ruth Gullotti

Ruth Gullotti

Mar 21, 2011

Waltham - Mrs. Ruth (Ryan) Gullotti, of Cape Coral, Florida, formerly of Waltham, died Monday, March 21, 2011 at Hope Hospice, Fort Myers, Florida. She was 77.Ruth was born in Cambridge on March 4, 1934, the daughter of the late William and Ruth (Doherty) Ryan and had lived many years in Cambridge before moving to Waltham in 1960. She spent...

Mary R. Dinger

Mary R. Dinger

Mar 20, 2011

Waltham – Mrs. Mary R. (Reid) Dinger, of Waltham, died Sunday, March 20, 2011 at Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 81.Mary was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 20, 1929, a daughter of the late Thomas and Gladys (Stevens) Reid. She lived in Brooklyn before moving to the Boston area in 1997. She received her masters...

Verna A. Hemphill

Verna A. Hemphill

Mar 19, 2011

Weston - Mrs. Verna A. Hemphill, of Weston, formerly of Waltham and Falmouthport, Cape Cod died Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Sunrise Senior Living of Weston. She was 95. Verna was born in Waltham on February 8, 1916, a daughter of the late Harry L. and Laura (Campbell) Anderson of 90 Fiske Street. She graduated from Waltham High School’s Class...

Virginia J. Kelley

Virginia J. Kelley

Mar 19, 2011

Waltham – Mrs. Virginia J. (Kelley) Kelley, of Waltham, died Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 81.Virginia was born in Boston on November 10, 1929, a daughter of the late John R. and Eleanor (Mackey) Kelley, and was raised in Brookline. She moved to Waltham fifty-two years ago.She was a graduate of Brookline High School and Lesley...

Rita I. Poisson

Rita I. Poisson

Mar 19, 2011

Waltham – Mrs. Rita I. (Blood) Poisson, died Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Wingate at Brighton. She was 100 years old.Rita was born in Fitchburg on January 15, 1911, a daughter of the late Charles and Addie (Thompson) Blood, and had been a lifelong resident before moving to Waltham in 1994.Rita’s family members were Mayflower descendants and she took great...

Agatha F. 'Diane' Maher

Agatha F. 'Diane' Maher

Mar 18, 2011

Waltham – Mrs. Agatha F. ‘Diane’ Maher, of Waltham, died Friday, March 18th at her home.Diane was born in Waltham, a daughter of the late John and Gertrude (O’Reilly) Percy and had been a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of Saint Mary's High School and Bentley College. She worked as an accountant for many years for Dr. Bennett O’Neill...

Charles Walter Noke

Charles Walter Noke

Mar 16, 2011

Waltham – Mr. Charles Walter Noke, of Waltham, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at Sunny Acres Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Chelmsford. He was 92.Walter was born in Newton on November 22, 1918, a son of the late William G. and Evelyn D. (Wignut) Noke. During World War II Walter served as a sergeant with the United States Army’s 107th...