Obituaries
James V. Neufell
Sep 6, 2010
Bedford - Mr. James V. Neufell, of Bedford, formerly of Waltham, died Monday, September 6, 2010 in Deutsches Altenheim German Centre for Extended Care in West Roxbury. He was 84. Jim was born on September 22, 1925 in Waltham a son of the late Philip and Grace (Williams) Neufell. He was a graduate of Waltham High School and lived many...
Kevin B. Finnerty
Sep 6, 2010
Watertown – Mr. Kevin B. Finnerty, of Watertown, died Monday, September 6, 2010 at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Cambridge. He was 67.Kevin was born in Boston on October 7, 1942, a son of the late Peter and Margaret (Kelly) Finnerty, and raised in Somerville. He served with the Air National Guard during the Vietnam War. He moved to Watertown five...
Mary C. Dickson
Sep 6, 2010
Waltham - Mrs. Mary C. (Arsenault) Dickson, of Waltham, died Monday, September 6, 2010 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 96.Mary was born in Grand Digue, New Brunswick on August 2, 1914, a daughter of the late Vital and Melina Arsenault, and had lived in Newton before moving to Waltham forty years ago. Mary was a homemaker who enjoyed knitting and...
Catherine J. 'Cay' Byron
Sep 3, 2010
Lexington – Mrs. Catherine J. ‘Cay’ (McGrath) Byron, of Lexington, formerly of Waltham and Wenham, died Friday, September 3, 2010 at the Kaplan Family Hospice Home in Danvers. She was 83.Cay was born in Waltham on November 26, 1926, a daughter of the late John A. and Catherine J. (Smith) McGrath. She lived in North Chelmsford and in Wenham for...
Daniel E. O'Donoghue
Sep 2, 2010
Waltham – Mr. Daniel E. O’Donoghue, of Waltham, died Thursday, September 2, 2010 at the Newton Health Care Center after a brief illness due to cancer. He was 82.Dan was born in Boston on February 27, 1928, a son of the late Frederick and Florence (MacPhee) O’Donoghue, and was raised and educated in Wellesley. He had been a Waltham resident...
James E. Burgoyne
Sep 1, 2010
Waltham – Mr. James E. Burgoyne, of Waltham and Green Harbor, was born into Eternal Life on September 1st 2010 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was 79.He was born in Waltham on August 9, 1931, a son of the late Joseph Leo and Jane E. (Hedrington) Burgoyne, and had been a lifelong resident. Jim was a...
C. Arthur LaHaise
Aug 31, 2010
Waltham – Mr. C. Arthur LaHaise, Jr., of Waltham, died Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in his home. He was 86.Arthur was born in Jamaica Plain on February 18, 1924, a son of the late Charles Arthur and Alice (Flanders) LaHaise. He moved to Waltham in 1948 when, after a five year courtship, he married his sweetheart, Helen McCusker, in Saint...
Joanne S. Morton
Aug 27, 2010
Weston – Mrs. Joanne S. (Shea) Morton, of Weston, died August 27, 2010 in her home. She was 83.Joanne was born in Brockton on December 13, 1926, a daughter of the late Henry B. and Frances (Grady) Shea. She had worked at Weston High School for many years, beginning her career as an audio-visual aid and eventually retiring as the...
Henry J. 'Hank' Gaudet
Aug 26, 2010
Palm Coast, FL – Mr. Henry J. ‘Hank’ Gaudet of Palm Coast, Florida, formerly of Waltham, died Thursday, August 26, 2010 in his home. He was 78. Hank was born in Waltham on June 30, 1932, a son of the late Camille and Mary Jane (LaFrenier) Gaudet. He had lived in Waltham for many years until moving to Florida in...
Charles E. 'Chuck' Williams
Aug 26, 2010
Waltham - Retired Patrolman Charles E. ‘Chuck’ Williams, of Waltham died peacefully at his home on Thursday, August 26, 2010 surrounded by his devoted wife and loving family. He was 80.Chuck was born on August 5, 1930 in Concord, MA, a son of the late Albert and Hazel (Cass) Williams. He was a resident of Waltham for 60 years and...
M. Rita Chiasson
Aug 26, 2010
Waltham – Mrs. M. Rita (Boudreau) Chiasson of Waltham died Thursday, August 26, 2010 in the Sancta Maria Nursing Facility in Cambridge. She was 81. Rita was born in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada on September 16, 1928, a daughter of the late Alexander and Helen (Chiasson) Boudreau.She had lived in Waltham since 1957 and was a former member of Saint...
Paul F. Biondo
Aug 25, 2010
Waltham- Mr. Paul F. Biondo, of Waltham, died Wednesday August 25, 2010 at the Newton-Wellesley Alzheimer’s Center in Wellesley. He was 90. Born in Waltham on January 22, 1920 he was a son of the late Vincenzo and Vincenza (Moribito) Biondo, and had been a lifelong resident of Waltham. Paul worked as a salesman for P.T. Brake Lining Company in...
Gunars 'Gus' Muizulis
Aug 22, 2010
Waltham - Mr. Gunars ‘Gus’ Muizulis, of Waltham, died unexpectedly, Sunday, August 22, 2010 in Newton – Wellesley Hospital after being stricken ill at home. He was 76. Gunars, lovingly known as ‘Gus’, was born May 31, 1934 in Krimulda, Latvia, a son of the late Janis A. and Zelma (Tiltins) Muizulis. At the age of 8 his parents took...
Ivair Madrona
Aug 21, 2010
Waltham - Mr. Ivair Madrona Sr., of Waltham, formerly of Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, died Saturday, August 21, 2010 in his home after an illness. He was 68. Ivair was born July 2, 1942 in Tarumirim, Minas Gerais, Brazil a son of the late Pedro Madrona da Silveira and Laurentina Silveira de Jesus. He was raised in Brazil and moved...
Margaret A. Halstead
Aug 20, 2010
Waltham – Mrs. Margaret A. (Scanlon) Halstead, of Waltham, died August 20, 2010 at Wingate of Needham. She was 95.Margaret was born in Waltham on July 29, 1915, a daughter of the late John and Catherine (Skahill) Scanlon and had been a lifelong resident. She was an auxiliary member of the PFC John M. Sullivan, USMC VFW Post #10334 in...
Alice L. (Morrow) Collura
Aug 20, 2010
Waltham – Mrs. Alice L. (Morrow) Collura, of Waltham, died Friday, August 20, 2010 in the Langdon Place Nursing Home in Nashua, New Hampshire. She was 79. Alice was born in Waltham on January 23, 1931, a daughter of the late William A. and Effie M. (Starkey) Morrow and had been a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of Waltham...
Mary E. 'Peggy' Connaughton
Aug 19, 2010
Waltham – Mrs. Mary E. ‘Peggy’ (Tierney) Connaughton, of Waltham, died Thursday, August 19, 2010 in Saint Patrick's Manor in Framingham. She was 86.Peggy was born on September 12, 1923 in Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland, a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Flaherty) Tierney. She worked as a hairdresser for many years at Mademoiselle’s Salon on Main Street in...
Richard T. 'Rocky' O'Reilly
Aug 19, 2010
Waltham – Mr. Richard T. ‘Rocky’ O’Reilly, of Waltham, died Thursday, August 19, 2010 at Newton Healthcare Center. He was 74.Rocky was born in Waltham on March 16, 1936, a son of the late Langdon and Katherine (Hennessey) O’Reilly, and had been a lifelong resident. He worked for years at Grover Cronin’s Department Store on Moody Street in Waltham and...
Ida M. Welch
Aug 19, 2010
Waltham – Mrs. Ida M. (Casella) Welch, of Waltham, died Thursday, August 19, 2010 at her home. She was 60.Ida was born in Waltham on October 31, 1949, a daughter of the late Luigi and Carmella Casella and had been a lifelong resident. She was a 1968 graduate of Waltham High School.Ida had worked for the past thirty-three years for...
Mary Jane DiStasio
Aug 19, 2010
Waltham – Mrs. Mary Jane (Hayward) DiStasio, of Waltham, died Thursday, August 19, 2010 in the Dorothy Frances Home in Waltham. She was 80. Mary Jane was born in Milton on September 5, 1929 a daughter of the late Edward C. and Margaret I. (Maynard) Hayward and had been a Waltham resident since 1955. She was a graduate of Oliver...