Obituaries

Warren W. Cooke

Warren W. Cooke

Aug 17, 2010

Waltham – Mr. Warren W. Cooke, of Waltham, died Tuesday August 17, 2010 at the Walden Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Concord. He was 96.Warren was born on December 25, 1913 in Wakefield, a son of the late Charles W. and Nora (Crowley) Cooke. He was a graduate of Wakefield High School and Wentworth Institute in Boston. He met his...

Diane M. Skarbek

Diane M. Skarbek

Aug 17, 2010

Waltham – Mrs. Diane M. (Gaudet) Skarbek, of Waltham, died Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge. She was 56.Diane was born in Waltham on February 13, 1954 and had been a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of Waltham High School and Salem State College. Diane had worked as a project secretary for the Parexell Company in...

Concordia D. 'Connie' Vernacchio

Concordia D. 'Connie' Vernacchio

Aug 16, 2010

Belmont - Mrs. Concordia D. ‘Connie’ (Ferrara) Vernacchio, of Belmont, died August 16, 2010 at Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, she was 96.Born on May 9, 1914 in Boston, a daughter of the late Enrico and Rose (Colangelo) Ferrara, Connie moved from East Boston to Belmont in 1959 and had worked as an independent seamstress.She leaves her children Janice...

Virginia Delorey

Virginia Delorey

Aug 16, 2010

Manchester, NH - Mary Virginia (Gill) Delorey, a resident of Manchester, New Hampshire, and a former long-time resident of Waltham, died August 16, 2010, after a brief illness. She was born in Waltham on August 4, 1917, a daughter of the late Robert Emmett Gill and Ann L. (MacGowan) Gill. Her father was the fifth generation owner of the former...

Dorothy J. Wellcome

Dorothy J. Wellcome

Aug 15, 2010

Dorothy J. Wellcome (Lewis), a lifelong resident of Waltham, died peacefully Sunday, August 15, 2010 with her devoted daughter and primary caretaker, Virginia, and her immediate family at her side at her home in Wakefield due to complications of Parkinson’s Disease and Hydrocephalus. She was 81.Dorothy was a proud descendant of Sir Henry Wellcome of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, and London,...

Phyllis G. 'Ginny' Quirk

Phyllis G. 'Ginny' Quirk

Aug 14, 2010

Brandon, Florida – Mrs. Phyllis G. ‘Ginny’ (McCray) Quirk, died Saturday, August 14, 2010 at Hawthorne Village in Brandon, Florida at the age of 89 years and 11 months and after a long illness.Born in Pierce, West Virginia, a daughter of the late James and Alpha (Wagoner) McCray, Phyllis moved to Waltham in her early teens and continued to live...

Catherine T. 'Kaye' Moffitt

Catherine T. 'Kaye' Moffitt

Aug 8, 2010

Lexington – Miss Catherine T. ‘Kaye’ Moffitt, of Lexington, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 8th 2010 at Lahey Clinic in Burlington after a brief illness. She was 82.Kaye was born on April 13, 1928, the youngest of the four children of the late Joseph and Mary Anne (Dolan) Moffitt and she enjoyed many happy years on Brook Street, Brighton...

Joan M. Kershner

Joan M. Kershner

Aug 7, 2010

Waltham – Mrs. Joan M. (Healey) Kershner, of Waltham, died Saturday, August 7, 2010 in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was 79. Joan was born in Waltham on January 14, 1931 a daughter of the late John and Margaret (Kearny) Healey. She was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School and was a lifelong Waltham resident. She...

Edmund J. Walsh

Edmund J. Walsh

Aug 4, 2010

Newton Centre - Mr. Edmund J. Walsh, of Newton Centre, died Wednesday, August 4, 2010 in his home. He was 62.Ed was born in Newton on December 9, 1947, a son of Ruth (Cheney) Walsh of Framingham and the late John Walsh, and had been a lifelong resident. For the past twenty-five years Ed worked as a senior accountant for...

Frederick 'Ted' Heiser

Frederick 'Ted' Heiser

Aug 4, 2010

Waltham – Mr. Frederick ‘Ted’ Heiser, of Waltham, died Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at the E.N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford. He was 81.Ted was born in the Bronx, New York on August 2, 1929, a son of the late Henry and Edith (Kresse) Heiser, and had been a longtime Waltham resident. Until his retirement he worked as a...

Marie M. Rose

Marie M. Rose

Aug 4, 2010

Lexington – Mrs. Marie M. (Jones) Rose, of Lexington, died Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at Lahey Clinic in Burlington. She was 93.Marie was born in Everett on May 6, 1917, a daughter of the late Michael and Minnie (Hickey) Jones, and had been a Lexington resident for the past fifty-six years.The wife of the late Joseph G. Rose, she leaves...

Harold W. Mearls

Harold W. Mearls

Aug 4, 2010

North Chelmsford – Mr. Harold W. Mearls, of North Chelmsford, died Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at his home at the Atrium at Drum Hill. He was 97.Harold was born in Boston on April 7, 1913, a son of the late John J. and Nellie E. (Lynch) Mearls. He was raised in Watertown and was a graduate of Watertown High School....

Chrysoula H. Keene

Chrysoula H. Keene

Aug 3, 2010

Waltham – Mrs. Chrysoula H. (Boukis) Keene, of Waltham, died Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at Norwood Hospital. She was 81.Chrysoula was born in Haverhill on June 12, 1929, a daughter of the late Adam and Helen (Cambourelis) Boukis, one of the first Greek families to settle in the city. She lived in Waltham for many years before moving to the...

Elizabeth M. Riley

Elizabeth M. Riley

Aug 3, 2010

Marlborough – Mrs. Elizabeth M. (Brown) Riley, of Marlborough, formerly of Waltham, died Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at Bolton Manor Nursing Home. She was 80.Elizabeth was born in Somerville on May 20, 1930, a daughter of the late Meddie and Elizabeth (Fielding) Brown, and had lived in Waltham for most of her life before moving to Marlborough in 1997.She spent...

Rose Mary Sbardelli

Rose Mary Sbardelli

Aug 3, 2010

Weston – Mrs. Rose Mary (Butera) Sbardelli, of Weston, formerly of West Newton, died Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at Massachusetts General Hospital. She was 85.Rose was born in Brighton on March 12, 1925, a daughter of the late John and Matilda (Casinelli) Butera. She was raised in Brighton and had lived in West Newton for many years before moving to...

Joanne A. Foster

Joanne A. Foster

Jul 30, 2010

Waltham – Mrs. Joanne A. (Allen) Foster, of Waltham, died Friday, July 30, 2010 at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. She was 80.Joanne was born in Waltham on September 2, 1929, a daughter of the late George E. and Anna Mae (Manning) Allen and had been a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of Waltham High School and until...

Fausta Meza

Fausta Meza

Jul 29, 2010

Waltham – Mrs. Fausta Meza, of Waltham, died Thursday, July 29, 2010 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center. She was 77.Fausta was born in Peru on October 9, 1932 and had moved to Waltham several years ago.She leaves her husband, Jose Meza, her children Victor Meza of Venezuela and Blanca Huari of Waltham, fifteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Family and friends...

Raymond J. Cormier

Raymond J. Cormier

Jul 25, 2010

Waltham - Mr. Raymond J. Cormier, of Waltham, died unexpectedly Sunday, July 25 in Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer after being stricken ill at the home of his son. He was 61. Raymond was born on July 28, 1948 a son of the late Joseph and Alice (Robichaud) Cormier in Notre Dame, New Brunswick, Canada and immigrated to the...

William D. Ross

William D. Ross

Jul 23, 2010

Conroe, TX - Mr. William D. ‘Bill’ Ross, of Conroe, Texas, died Friday, July 23, 2010 at Conroe Regional Hospital. He was 90.Bill was born in Lynn on February 10, 1920, a son of the late William and Della (Peavey) Ross and was raised and educated in Waltham. During World War II he served in the Pacific with the United...

Tina P. Farias

Tina P. Farias

Jul 23, 2010

Waltham – Mrs. Tina P. (Rico) Farias, of Waltham, died Friday, July 23, 2010 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 46.Tina was born in Omaha, Nebraska on September 15, 1963 and had been a Waltham resident for more than thirty years.She leaves her husband, Hector A. Farias, her children, Carmen Alamo-Farias of Waltham and Orlando Farias of Roslindale; her sisters, Margaret...