Obituaries

Joseph E. Hughes, Sr.

Joseph E. Hughes, Sr.

Mar 16, 2011

Watertown – Mr. Joseph E. Hughes, Sr., of Watertown, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital in Brighton. He was 86.Joe was born at Saint Elizabeth’s on February 9, 1925, a son of the late William H. and Emily (Doyle) Hughes, and had been a lifelong resident of Watertown. He was a graduate of Saint Patrick’s High School...

Nancy J. Rando

Nancy J. Rando

Mar 15, 2011

Waltham – Mrs. Nancy J. (Sabato) Rando, of Waltham, died Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital after a brief illness. She was 88.Nancy was born in Waltham on August 3, 1922, a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Cincotta) Sabato. She was raised in Watertown and was a graduate of Watertown High School. She moved to Waltham in...

Lorraine A. Matthews

Lorraine A. Matthews

Mar 15, 2011

Waltham - Mrs. Lorraine A. ( Bourgeois) Matthews, of Waltham, died Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. She was 94.Lorraine was born on September 7, 1916 in Cocagne, New Brunswick, a daughter of the late Albanie and Helen (Collette) Bourgeois. She was raised and educated in Canada, later lived in Newton and finally settled in Waltham in 1970. She...

Helen M. Wybieralla

Helen M. Wybieralla

Mar 14, 2011

Waltham - Mrs. Helen M. (Fitzpatrick) Wybieralla, of Waltham, died Monday, March 14, 2011 in her home. She was 89.Helen was born on November 27, 1921, a daughter of the late George and Delia (Foley) Fitzpatrick and had been a Waltham resident since 1954. She was a homemaker and a longtime member of the Ladies Sodality at both Saint Luke’s...

Bernadine L. Sellers

Bernadine L. Sellers

Mar 13, 2011

Watertown – Mrs. Bernadine L. (DeFlorio) Sellers, of Watertown, died Sunday, March 13, 2011 at the Elizabeth Seton Residence in Wellesley. She was 91.Bernadine was born in Boston on September 18, 1919, a daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth (Dickerman) DeFlorio. She was a graduate of the Boston School of Practical Arts High School. She was a faithful parishioner...

John J. Crosby

John J. Crosby

Mar 12, 2011

Chesapeake, VA – Mr. John J. Crosby of Chesapeake, Virginia, died March 12, 2011 at Chesapeake Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was 88.John was born in Boston on October 5, 1922, a son of the late Martin L. and Mary R. (McDonald) Crosby. During World War II John served in the U.S. Coast Guard. He worked as a mailroom supervisor...

Henry R. Maniace

Henry R. Maniace

Mar 11, 2011

Waltham - Mr. Henry R. Maniace, Sr.,a lifelong Waltham resident and retired president of New England Concrete Pipe Corp., in Newton, Mass who rose from company clerk to become its leader, died Friday March 11, 2011 at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He was 86.One of 10 children of Sicilian immigrant parents, Joseph and Theresa (DiStefano) Maniace, Mr. Maniace embodied...

R. Norma Madden

R. Norma Madden

Mar 11, 2011

Waltham - Mrs. R. Norma (Comeau) Madden of Waltham died Friday March 11, 2011 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 84.Norma was born in Waltham on May 19, 1926, a daughter of the late Amedee and Claudia (Boudreau) Comeau and had been a lifelong resident of Waltham. She worked for many years as a cashier at AAA Supermarket in Weston and...

Maureen Ann McCarthy

Maureen Ann McCarthy

Mar 11, 2011

Waltham - Maureen Ann McCarthy died peacefully at her home in Waltham on Friday, March 11, 2011. She was 63 years old. She was the daughter of the late John W. and Dorothy A. McCarthy and a sister of the late John and Kevin McCarthy.She is survived by her sister Nancy Morakis and her husband, John, of Manchester, New Hampshire;...

Albina G. Straggas

Albina G. Straggas

Mar 9, 2011

Waltham - Mrs. Albina G. (Duggan) (McQuillan) Straggas, of Waltham, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 92.Albina was born in Worcester on April 26, 1918, a daughter of the late Thomas and Beatrice (Staneviciute) Duggan and had lived many years in Allston before moving to Waltham in 1977. She had worked as a dietitian for Brigham...

Thomas F. McCarthy

Thomas F. McCarthy

Mar 8, 2011

Waltham – Mr. Thomas F. McCarthy, of Waltham, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. He was 94.Tom was born in Cambridge on August 20, 1916, a son of the late William F. and Ellen T. (O’Callaghan) McCarthy and had lived in Waltham since 1944. He was co-founder of Carlisle Screw Corporation where he had worked...

Robert W. Lamport

Robert W. Lamport

Mar 7, 2011

Waltham – Mr. Robert W. Lamport, of Waltham, died Monday, March 7, 2011 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 84. A son of the late Edwin and Sarah (Halfrey) Lamport, Bob was born in Brighton and had lived in Waltham for the past thirty-five years. He was a metrologist for the Van Keuren Company and D & R Products for over...

John P. 'Jack' Tierney

John P. 'Jack' Tierney

Mar 7, 2011

Waltham – Mr. John P. ‘Jack’ Tierney, of Waltham, died Monday, March 7, 2011 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 68.Jack was born in Waltham on September 29, 1942, a son of the late J. Paul and Mary (Lowrey) Tierney, and had been a lifelong resident. He was a 1960 graduate of Waltham High School and attended Northeastern University. After college...

Raymond Edward Richards

Raymond Edward Richards

Mar 4, 2011

Waltham – Mr. Raymond Edward Richards, of Waltham, died Friday, March 4, 2011 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. He was 86.Ray was born in Cambridge on September 27, 1924, a son of the late Camille and Victoria (Cyr) Richards. He served with the United States Navy during World War II. He worked for the B.F. Goodrich Company and later...

Wallace W. Spracklin

Wallace W. Spracklin

Mar 4, 2011

East Falmouth – Mr. Wallace W. Spracklin, of East Falmouth, formerly of Waltham, died Friday March 4, 2011 at Falmouth Hospital. He was 83. Wally was born in Boston on August 27, 1927, a son of the late Wallace A. and Florence (Broadhurst) Spracklin. He served with the United States Navy as a ‘Seabee’ during World War II. More than...

Philip F. Murphy

Philip F. Murphy

Mar 4, 2011

Waltham - Mr. Philip F. Murphy, of Waltham, died Friday, March 4, 2011 at the E.N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford. He was 76. Philip was born in Malden on June 23, 1934 and had lived in Waltham for over fifty years. Until his retirement he had worked for twenty-eight years as a mechanic for Delta Air Lines. In...

Martha Barry

Martha Barry

Mar 4, 2011

Waltham – Miss Martha Barry, of Waltham, died Friday, March 4, 2011 at the Leland Home in Waltham. She was 81.Martha was born in Waltham on November 26, 1929, a daughter of the late John and Catherine (Pratt) Barry, and had been a lifelong resident and parishioner at Saint Mary’s Church in Waltham. She was a 1948 graduate of Waltham...

Lorraine J. Burns

Lorraine J. Burns

Feb 28, 2011

West Newton- Mrs. Lorraine J. (Murphy) Burns of West Newton died Monday February 28, 2011 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 86.Lorraine was born on December 17, 1924, a daughter of the late Frank and Eleanor Murphy. She lived in West Newton for over fifty years and was a homemaker. She leaves her husband, Harry G. Burns, Sr. of West Newton,...

George W. Lupien, Jr.

George W. Lupien, Jr.

Feb 26, 2011

Waltham - Mr. George W. Lupien, Jr., of Waltham, died Saturday, February 26, 2011 in his home.George was born in Boston, a son of the late George W. and Anna B. (Hynes) Lupien, and had been a lifelong resident of Waltham. Until his retirement in 1992 he had worked for over thirty years for the United States Post Office at...

Natale Antonio Umbro

Natale Antonio Umbro

Feb 25, 2011

Waltham - Mr. Natale Antonio Umbro, of Waltham, died Friday, February 25, 2011 in his home. He was 81.Natale was born on December 6th, 1929, in Calabria, Italy, a son of the late Natale and Elisabetta (Carnovale) Umbro in the mountainous town of Polia. At the age of seventeen, he left Italy with his older sister Isabella to reunite with...