Obituaries
Barbara C. Johnston
May 12, 2023
Mrs. Barbara C. (Hurley) Johnston, of Waltham, died Friday, May 12, 2023 at Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 91.
Barbara was born in Brighton on April 3, 1932, the daughter of the late Stephen and Margaret (Clark) Hurley, and was a graduate of Brighton High School.
In 1955 she married the love of her life, James W....
Mattie J. Jones
May 11, 2023
Shrewsbury – Mrs. Mattie J. (Jackson) Jones died unexpectedly on Thursday, May 11, 2023. She was 78.
Mattie Eve Jackson was born November 19, 1944 in Richland, Georgia a daughter of the late Jimmy Jackson and Eula (Bell) Lee. A graduate of Buena Vista High School she was a standout star on its girls’ basketball team. She met Ivory S....
Robert P. Gately
May 11, 2023
Mr. Robert P. Gately, of South Yarmouth, formerly of Waltham, died Thursday, May 11, 2023 at his home. He was 84.
Bob was born in Charlestown on July 11, 1938, a son of the late Peter and Mary (Kennedy) Gately. Raised in Charlestown, he was a graduate of Don Bosco Technical High School in Boston and after that served with...
Howard F. Garniss
May 10, 2023
Howard F. Garniss was born in Boston, MA in April of 1930. He was the son of Freeman Hathaway Garniss and Sybil Nute Garniss of Hingham. He graduated from Whitman High School and received his Bachelor of Music degree from Boston University. He later received his Master of Music Education degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He was...
Lorraine S. 'Rainbow' (Crane) Arena
May 3, 2023
Lorraine S. 'Rainbow' (Crane) Arena of Waltham, known to many as simply "Rainbow", died at Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham on May 3, 2023. She was 94.
Rainbow was born in Lexington on July 6, 1928, a daughter of the late Thomas and Edith (Bangs) Crane. Rainbow was a graduate of Waltham High School Class of 1946. In her...
Norman E. Kenney
May 2, 2023
Mr. Norman E. Kenney, of Waltham and Onset, died Tuesday, May 2, 2023 in Care One Nursing Home in Concord. He was 88.
Norman Erle Kenney was born on April 14, 1935 in Waltham a son of the late Norman and Muriel (Parlee) Kenney. He graduated from Newton Trade High School. Norm was the youngest to achieve his license as...
Patricia A. (Ranucci) Aucoin
May 2, 2023
Patricia A. "Patty" (Ranucci) Aucoin, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at her home with her loved ones by her side. She was born on November 1, 1942, in Waltham to the late Anthony J. and Margaret P. (Connearney) Ranucci.Patty grew up in Waltham and attended Saint Charles High School. She started working as a teenager at Patty's Donuts...
Cheryl A. Fitzgerald
May 2, 2023
Cheryl A. (Leskoski) Fitzgerald, of Waltham, died Tuesday, May 2, 2023 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital after a short illness. She was 75.
Cheryl A. Leskoski was born on January 10, 1948 in Waltham a daughter of the late Stephen Leskoski and Mildred (Brown) Barnes. Raised in Waltham she graduated from Waltham High School with the class of 1966.
She married Robert...
Alexandra J. "Allie" Foti
May 1, 2023
Ms. Alexandra J. “Allie” Foti, of Cape Coral, Florida, formerly of Waltham, died Monday, May 1, 2023. She was 26.
Allie was born in Newton on December 8, 1996, the daughter of Jerome and Andrea (Doherty) Foti. Raised in Waltham, she attended Waltham High School. She had a special love for animals and as a teen had worked for a...
David C. MacDonald
May 1, 2023
Mr. David C. MacDonald, of Maynard, formerly of Waltham, New Hampshire and North Carolina, died Monday, May 1, 2023 in Emerson Hospital in Concord. He was 57.
David was born on July 12, 1965 in Medford a son of the late Dr. Bernard and Marjorie (Saurman) MacDonald. Raised in Waltham he was a graduate of Waltham High School with...
Paul E. Norris
Apr 30, 2023
Paul Edmund Norris, age 59, passed away on April 30, 2023 after a brief illness. He was born on March 11, 1964 in Waltham, Massachusetts to Jeanette Marie (Marifiote) Norris and the late Edmund Thomas Norris, Jr.
Paul was a 1982 Minuteman High School graduate, who studied plant engineering and played football while there. He also attended Northeastern University majoring...
Catherine R. (Butterfield) Doucet
Apr 29, 2023
Catherine R. (Butterfield) Doucet, of Falmouth and formerly Westford, died Saturday, April 29, 2023 in Royal Nursing Center in Falmouth. She was 91.
Catherine was born in Auburndale on October 6, 1931, a daughter of the late James and Rose (Galvin) Butterfield. She graduated from Newton High School with the class of 1949 and married Russell Doucet on September 25,...
Donald J. Leger
Apr 29, 2023
Quincy – Mr. Donald J. Leger, of Quincy, formerly of Waltham, died on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at the MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham. He was 73.
Don was born in Waltham on December 6, 1949, a son of the late Robert J. and Marguerite E. (LeBlanc) Leger. He graduated from Waltham High School where he was an accomplished swimmer...
Peter Warren LeShane
Apr 27, 2023
On Thursday, April 27, 2023, Peter Warren LeShane, loving husband of Regina O’Grady-LeShane, died at his home in Waltham at the age of 83. Regina was the love of his life for forty years.
Born in Boston on November 21, 1939, he was a son to the late Warren H.J. and Doris (Morrell) LeShane. A life-long resident of Waltham,...
Elizabeth A. Smith
Apr 27, 2023
Elizabeth A. ‘Betty’ Smith, of Weston, died Thursday, April 27, 2023 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital with her children by her side. She was 84. Elizabeth Ann Murphy was born on April 5, 1939 in Newton a daughter of the late Richard and Alice (Deagle) Murphy. Raised in Newton she was a graduate of Newton High School. A longtime Waltham resident she...
Andre J. Maillet
Apr 27, 2023
Mr. Andre J. Maillet, of Waltham, died Thursday, April 27, 2023 at Benchmark Senior Living in Shrewsbury. He was 87.Andre was a son of the late Joseph and Dina (Cormier) Maillet. Born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick, on November 21, 1935, Andre spent his childhood and youth there before work brought him to Montreal , where he met the love of...
Patricia T. Fitzgerald
Apr 25, 2023
Mrs. Patricia T. (O’Leary) Fitzgerald, of Bradenton, Florida, formerly of Waltham, died at home on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, surrounded by her family. She was 81.
Patricia was born on January 14, 1942 in Boston a daughter of the late Paul and Eleanor (Harrington) O’Leary. Raised in Gardner and Waltham, MA she was a graduate from Gardner High School, earned...
Richard H. Johnston
Apr 24, 2023
Rick Johnston loved his faith, his family, and his community. He dedicated a life of service to loved ones and strangers alike, always putting others above self. When he drew his last breath he left us knowing at least three things . . . that he was loved and wanted and needed by a family that cherished him . ....
Donna L. Fraser
Apr 23, 2023
Donna L. (Penney) Fraser of Waltham passed away Sunday, April 23, 2023 at her home. She was 78.
Donna was born on January 22, 1945, a daughter of the late Clifford and Antoinette (Bibbo) Penney. Born and raised in Waltham, she was a 1962 graduate of Saint Mary’s High School.
After graduating she started her career as a Lab Technician...
Frederick A. Bryson, III
Apr 23, 2023
Waltham— Mr. Frederick A. Bryson, III, of Waltham, died Sunday, April 23, 2023 in his home following a period of declining health. He was 87.
Born in Waltham on July 29, 1935, he was the son of the late Frederick A. and Kathleen (Morrison) Bryson. A lifelong resident, he was a graduate of Saint Charles High School. He worked for...
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