Obituaries

Muriel Tronstad
Jan 22, 2006
Waltham - Mrs. Muriel (Hayhurst) Tronstad of Waltham died Sunday, January 22, 2006 at MeadowGreen Nursing Center in Waltham. She was 93. Born in New Bedford, a daughter of the late Richard and Alice (Dewhurst) Hayhurst, she lived in Waltham for more than forty years. She worked for many years as an inspector for the Raytheon Corporation and also worked...

Raffaela Mancuso
Jan 21, 2006
Waltham - Mrs. Raffaela (DiFiore) Mancuso of Waltham died Saturday, January 21, 2006 at Caritas Saint Elizabeths Medical Center, Brighton. She was 98. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey a daughter of the late Joseph and Constantina (Carbone) DiFiore, she worked for many years in the marking room at Grover Cronins Department Store in Waltham. She had lived in Waltham for...

Charles N. Russell
Jan 20, 2006
Waltham - Mr. Charles N. Russell of Waltham and Falmouth, died Friday January 20, 2006 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 86. Born and raised in Waltham, a son of the late Charles and Mary (Heywood) Russell, he was a Waltham Firefighter for thirty-two years before retiring in 1975. He also worked for BayBank in Waltham for many years. Mr. Russell...

Yolanda DeGregoris
Jan 19, 2006
Newton - Mrs. Yolanda (Venditti) DeGregoris of Newton, formerly of Waltham, died Thursday, January 19, 2006 at Chetwynde Health and Rehabiliation Center in Newton. She was 83. Born in Sora, Italy a daughter of the late Joseph and Angela (Depucchio) Venditti, she lived in Waltham for many years before moving to Newton. Mrs. DeGregoris was a homemaker. She was the...

Margaret F. Duddy
Jan 19, 2006
Dedham Mrs. Margaret F. Miggie (Doyle) Duddy of Dedham and West Ossipee, New Hampshire, formerly of Waltham died Thursday, January 19, 2006 at Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston. She was 74. Born in Malden, a daughter of the late James and Mary (Gaudette) Doyle, she had been the librarian at Saint Jude School in Waltham for many years. Miggie...

Patricia A. Rice
Jan 15, 2006
Waltham - Miss Patricia A. 'Pat' Rice of Waltham died Sunday, January 15, 2006 at Carleton Willard Village in Bedford. She was 70. Born and raised in Waltham, a daughter of the late John and Catherine (Smith) Rice, she worked for thirty-seven years as a secretary for Varian Associates in Burlington. She was the sister of the late Margaret Rice...

Armand R. Gaudet
Jan 15, 2006
Waltham - Mr. Armand R. Gaudet of Waltham died Sunday, January 15, 2006 at Maristhill Nursing Home in Waltham. He was 88. Born in Saint Joseph, New Brunswick, Canada, a son of the late Henry and Tillie (Belliveau) Gaudet, he worked as an electrician at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Jamaica Plain for twenty-nine years until his retirement. He was...
Anna Mastrogiovanni Servino
Jan 14, 2006
Waltham - Anna Mastrogiovanni Servino of Waltham died Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Meadow Green Nursing Center, Waltham. She was 70. Born in San Giorgio Cremano, Naples, Italy, a daughter of the late Ernesto and Palmina (Borrelli) Mastrogiovanni, she was a homemaker who lived in Watertown before moving to Waltham twelve years ago. She came to the United States in...

Dorothy E. Sheehan
Jan 14, 2006
Waltham Miss Dorothy E. Sheehan of Waltham died Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Maristhill Nursing Home, Waltham. She was 92. Born and raised in Worcester, a daughter of the late Michael and Mary (Riley) Sheehan, she had lived in Paxton for more than thirty years before moving to Waltham two years ago. Dorothy was a graduate of Bridgewater State...

Dorothy Wright McLaughlin
Jan 13, 2006
Mrs. Dorothy Wright McLaughin of Somerville, formerly of Waltham, died Friday, January 13, 2006 in the Epoch Senior Health Care in Weston. She was 89. Born in Springfield, Mrs. McLaughlin lived in Waltham for many years before moving to Somerville. She was an animal lover, especially cats. She was the wife of the late Francis J. Wright and Patrick McLaughlin...
Mary W. Birmingham
Jan 10, 2006
Waltham Mrs. Mary (Welch) Birmingham of Waltham, died Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at Maristhill Nursing Home, Waltham. She was 100 years old. She was the wife of the late Thomas E. Birmingham. Born in Boston on March 17, 1905, a daughter of the late Richard and Mary (Groom) Welch, she lived in Newtonville before moving to Waltham in 1940....

Ruth O. Collett
Jan 9, 2006
Waltham - Mrs. Ruth O. (Bezanson) Collett, of Waltham, died Monday January 9, 2006 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Born in Beacon Hill, Boston, she lived in Waltham for more than 70 years. Until her retirement, Ruth worked for many years for the Raytheon Corporation in Quincy and in Newton. She was the wife of the late Eugene R. Rodier, Sr. and...

John J. O'Connor
Jan 9, 2006
Weston Mr. John J. 'Bud' OConnor of Weston, formerly of Dennisport, died Monday January 9, 2006 at the Deaconess Glover Hospital in Needham. He was 82. Born in Waltham, he was a son of the late Harold and Ella (Coughlin) OConnor. John graduated from Belmont High School. He served with the United States Navy during World War II and...

Kenneth L. Clapp
Jan 7, 2006
Waltham - Mr. Kenneth L. Clapp of Waltham died Saturday, January 7, 2006 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 93. A lifelong resident of Waltham, he was a son of the late Frederick and Amy (Terrill) Clapp. Until his retirement, Ken worked as a carpenter for the Raytheon Corporation for thirty-two years. He was a graduate of Waltham High School, Class...

Joseph E. Farrell
Jan 6, 2006
Waltham - Mr. Joseph E. 'Jerry' Farrell, Jr., of Waltham, died Friday January 6, 2006 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 64. Born and raised in Waltham, a son of the late Joseph E. and Loretta (Dacey) Farrell, Sr., Jerry worked for ten years as a chef at the Larchwood Lodge Nursing Home in Waltham. He leaves his wife, Winnie L....

Robert J. Jordan
Jan 6, 2006
Watertown - Mr. Robert J. Jordan, Sr., of Watertown, died Friday January 6, 2006 at Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge. He was 75. Born in Boston, a son of the late Daniel and Helen (Manning) Jordan, he worked for many years as a warehouse foremen for the Dowd Company in Woburn. He was the husband of the late Sarah A. (Perkins)...

Anna B. Caissie
Jan 6, 2006
Waltham Mrs. Anna Beatrice (LeBlanc) Caissie, 99, of Waltham, died Friday, January 6, 2006 at Saint Patricks Manor in Framingham. She would have celebrated her 100th birthday on Janaury 10th. <br><br>She was the wife of 74 years to Desire J. Caissie, whom she married in 1931 at Saint Joseph Church in Waltham.<br><br>Born in St. Joseph, New Brunswick, Canada she...

Donna T. Chiasson
Jan 5, 2006
Wayland - Miss Donna T. Chiasson of Wayland died Thursday, January 5, 2006 at the Miriam Boyd Parlin Hospice Residence in Wayland. She was 54. Born in Waltham, a daughter of the late James D. and Marie E. (Delaney) Chiasson, she was a 1968 graduate of Waltham High School. Donna worked as a laboratory manager at Boston Scientific for fifteen...

Mary J. Maher
Jan 2, 2006
Needham - Mrs. Mary J. (Martin) Maher of West Roxbury, formerly of Waltham and Watertown, died Monday, January 2, 2006 in the Wingate Nursing Center in Needham. She was 88. Mrs. Maher was born and raised in Waltham and was a graduate of Waltham High School. Mrs. Maher had lived for most of her life in Watertown before moving to...

Shirley E. Clancy
Jan 2, 2006
Waltham Mrs. Shirley E. (McGuigan) Clancy of Waltham died Monday, January 2, 2006 in her home. She was 85. Born in Millville, New Brunswick, Canada, Mrs. Clancy had lived in Waltham for the past seventy-eight years. She was a graduate of Waltham High School, Class of 1939. Mrs. Clancy enjoyed playing cards with the Thursday Night Girls Card Club...