Obituaries

Marion T. Perkins

Marion T. Perkins

Jan 29, 2010

Waltham- Mrs. Marion T. (Dustin) Perkins of Waltham died Friday January 29, 2010 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 74. Marion was born July 20, 1935 in Jamaica Plain, a daughter of the late James E. and Mary ( Ferguson) Dustin. A Waltham resident for the past fifty four years, Marion has been employed by the RTN Credit Union in Waltham...

Robert H. Gallagher

Robert H. Gallagher

Jan 28, 2010

Waltham – Mr. Robert H. 'Bob' Gallagher, of Waltham, died suddenly Thursday, January 28, 2010 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 86. Bob was born in Lackawana, New York on July 11, 1923, a son of the late Richard and Jennie (Quillinan) Gallagher and had lived in Waltham for over seventy years. He was a graduate of Waltham High School, Class...

Alice M. Marqus

Alice M. Marqus

Jan 28, 2010

Waltham - Mrs. Alice M. (LeBlanc) Marqus, of Waltham, died Thursday, January 28, 2010 in the Wilmington Health Care Center. She was 90. A daughter of the late Donat and Alida (Braconnier) LeBlanc, she was born in Memramcook, New Brunswick, on January 18, 1920. Alice was the wife of the late Paul R. Marqus and the sister of the late...

Leonard H. Swanton

Leonard H. Swanton

Jan 27, 2010

Waltham - Retired Waltham Fire Department Captain Leonard H. Swanton, of Waltham, died Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at his home. He was 77. Len was born in Waltham on June 12, 1932, a son of the late Leonard J. and Doris (Hills) Swanton, and had been a lifelong resident. Lenny's wife of 47 years, Louise A. (McHugh) Swanton died June...

Lillian M. Thambash

Lillian M. Thambash

Jan 27, 2010

Chesapeake, Virginia- Miss Lillian M. Thambash of Chesapeake, formerly of Lexington died Wednesday January 27, 2010 at Chesapeake General Hospital. She was 95. Lillian was born November 30, 1914 in Waltham, a daughter of the late Biagio and Augustina (Bibbo) Thambash. A resident of Chesapeake for the past ten years, Lillian had lived in Lexington for many years and was...

Rita A. Babcock

Rita A. Babcock

Jan 25, 2010

Mrs. Rita A. (Bouchie) Babcock, of Watertown, died Monday, January 25, 2010 in her home surrounded by her family and friends. She was 90. Rita was born November 7, 1919 in Newton, a daughter of the late Harry and Arthemise (LeBlanc) Bouchie. She worked as a materials handler for the Raytheon Corporation for 40 years. She had been a resident...

Rosemary J. Tiano

Rosemary J. Tiano

Jan 24, 2010

Mrs. Rosemary J. (Smith) Tiano, of Waltham, died Sunday afternoon, January 24, 2010 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital surrounded by her family after a valiant battle with cancer. She was 71. Rosemary was born January 11, 1939 in Waltham a daughter of Roseann O'Doherty and the late Richard Smith. A lifelong Waltham resident she was a graduate of Waltham High School, Class...

Rudolph W. Nersesian

Rudolph W. Nersesian

Jan 21, 2010

Waltham - Mr. Rudolph W. 'Rudy' Nersesian, of Waltham, died Thursday, January 21, 2010 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 91. Rudy was born in Waltham on March 22, 1918, a son of the late Simeon G. and Julia (Karkos) Nersesian, and had been a lifelong resident. He was a graduate of Waltham High School and served as a staff sergeant...

Anne C. Cooney

Anne C. Cooney

Jan 19, 2010

Waltham - Mrs. Anne C. (MacNevin) Cooney, of Waltham, died Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at the Stanley Tippett House in Needham. She was 66. Anne was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia on January 21, 1943, a daughter of the late Eugene and Mary (O’Keefe) MacNevin and had lived in Waltham for the past fifty years. She had worked for five...

Marie Sarah Leger

Marie Sarah Leger

Jan 17, 2010

Hingham – Mrs. Marie 'Sarah' (Richard) Leger, of Waltham, died Sunday, January 17, 2010 in her granddaughter's home in Hingham. She was 95. Sarah was born on November 21, 1914 in Notre Dame, New Brunswick, a daughter of the late Amedee and Marie Blanche (Hebert) Richard, and had lived in Newton for many years before moving to Waltham in 1975....

Hectorine L. Goguen

Hectorine L. Goguen

Jan 16, 2010

Mrs. Hectorine L. 'Heckie' (Leger) Goguen, of Medford, died Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Park Avenue Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Arlington. She was 90. Heckie was born in Shediac, New Brunswick on May 26, 1919, a daughter of the late Arthur and Emma Leger, and had lived in Waltham, Cambridge and Somerville before moving to Medford in 1981. Her...

Virginia R. Dorsey

Virginia R. Dorsey

Jan 16, 2010

Virginia "Ginny" Dorsey, 93, died Saturday morning, January 16, 2010. Beloved wife of the late Thomas Francis Dorsey, she leaves her three children, Deborah Dorsey of Lincoln, Joanne Geary of Manomet and Dr. Tom Dorsey of Weymouth. Ginny was the last surviving member of her family: her mother, Dehlia Mulrooney, from Galway, Ireland, her father James "Papa Jim" Doherty from...

Olga D. Williams

Olga D. Williams

Jan 15, 2010

Mrs. Olga D. Williams, of Waltham, died Friday, January 15, 2010 in The Christopher House, Worcester. She was 98. Olga was born July 9, 1911 in Boston, a daughter of the late Michael and Dorothy (Pippen) Tankuns and lived in Waltham most of her life. She is predeceased by her husband of 25 years, Ellsworth 'Al' Williams. She worked as...

Barbara J. Starmer Coen

Barbara J. Starmer Coen

Jan 10, 2010

Waltham – Mrs. Barbara J. (Lanctot) Starmer Coen, of Waltham, died Sunday, January 10, 2010 at her home. She was 72. Barbara was born in Boston on August 26, 1937, a daughter of the late George E. and Mary L. (Brusie) Lanctot. After spending her early childhood in Watertown she lived all of her life in Waltham. A graduate of...

Sarah J. Robinson

Sarah J. Robinson

Jan 8, 2010

Northville, MI - Mrs. Sarah Jean 'Sally' Craig Robinson, of Northville, formerly of Waltham, died Friday, January 8, 2010 at Sunrise Assisted Living Center in Northville from complications due to Alzheimer's disease. She was 76. Sally was born on April 27, 1933 in Millinocket, Maine, the daughter of the late I. Caswell and Stella (Cimpher) Craig. She graduated from Stearns...

Muriel M. Petersen

Muriel M. Petersen

Jan 1, 2010

Waltham - Mrs. Muriel M. (Maillet) Petersen, of Waltham, died Friday, January 1, 2010 at the Metrowest Medical Center in Framingham. She was 83. Muriel was born in New Bedford on February 2, 1926, a daughter of the late Alphee S. and Agnes (LeBlanc) Maillet and had been a lifelong resident of Waltham. She had worked for many years as...

Walter L. Peirce

Walter L. Peirce

Jan 1, 2010

Waltham – Mr. Walter L. Peirce, of Waltham, died Friday, January 1, 2010 in the home that he was born in on Waverley Oaks Road just over 100 years ago. Walter was born on December 20, 1909, a son of the late Elisha A. and Margaret W. (Phillips) Peirce and had been a lifelong Waltham resident. His grandfather purchased the...

Florence J. McCarthy

Florence J. McCarthy

Dec 31, 2009

Waltham – Mrs. Florence J. (Miceli) McCarthy, of Waltham, died Thursday, December 31, 2009. She was 89. Florence was born in Cambridge on June 5, 1920, a daughter of the late Salvatore and Rose (Fraumani) Miceli. Florence was devoted to her husband Thomas of 68 years. A religious woman, Florence was a longtime parishioner at St. Mary's Church and Sacred...

Marion C. Russo

Marion C. Russo

Dec 28, 2009

Mrs. Marion C. (O'Brien) Russo, of Acton, died Monday, December 28, 2009, in the Walden Rehabilitation Center in Concord.She was 89. Marion was born in Dorchester on June 24, 1920, a daughter of the late John and Margaret O'Brien. She had lived in Waltham for many years before moving to Acton. Marion was a member of the Elks in Lexington...

Robert J. Bergeron

Robert J. Bergeron

Dec 28, 2009

Waltham - Waltham Firefighter Robert J. Bergeron, of Waltham, died Monday, December 28, 2009 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 48. Bob was born in Waltham on August 29, 1961, a son of Mary Charlotte (Law) (Bergeron) Pelletier of Highland Beach, Florida and the late Paul J. Bergeron, Sr., and had been a lifelong resident. He was a 1979 graduate of...