Obituaries
Andrew M. DeFrancesco
Nov 14, 2018
Mr. Andrew M. DeFrancesco died at home on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. He was 87. Born on May 8, 1931 in Boston he was a son of the late Charles and Emily (Maffei) DeFrancesco. Raised and educated in East Boston he graduated from East Boston High School where he played on its baseball and basketball teams. Andrew honorably served in...
Mario L. Lituri
Nov 9, 2018
Waltham – Mr. Mario L. Lituri, of Waltham, died Friday, November 9, 2018 at Saint Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton. He was 70.Mario was born in Waltham on August 7, 1948, a son of the late Mario B. and Constance M. (Casella) Lituri. After graduating from Waltham High School he served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He would tell...
Michele 'Mike' Bertolami
Nov 7, 2018
Waltham – Mr. Michele 'Mike' Bertolami, of Waltham, died Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at Wingate of Weston. He was 83. Mike was born in Novara, Sicily on September 30, 1935, a son of Giovanni and Teresa Bertolami. During his late twenties he left Sicily for Torino Italy, where he pursued training and work as a plumber and met his future...
Betty A.(Matyoska) Strazdas
Nov 7, 2018
West Newton – Mrs. Betty A. (Matyoska) Strazdas, of West Newton, died Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston. She was 88.Betty was born and raised in Nashua, New Hampshire, a daughter of the late William and Beatrice (Tetlow) Matyoska and moved to West Newton following her marriage in 1954 to Philip J. Strazdas.She worked as a...
Julia M. (Regan) Neal
Nov 6, 2018
Mrs. Julia M. (Regan) Neal, of Waltham, died Tuesday, November 6, 2018 in Apple Valley Center in Ayer after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 80. Julia was born on July 10, 1938 in Waltham a daughter of the late Thomas and Julia (Whalen) Regan. Raised and educated in Waltham she was a graduate of the former Saint Charles...
Robert A. Driscoll
Nov 6, 2018
Lynnfield – Mr. Robert A. Driscoll, of Lynnfield, formerly of Waltham and Peabody, died Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at Lahey Clinic in Burlington. He was 91.Robert was born in Waltham on September 1, 1927, a son of the late Joseph and Alice (Gilhuly) Driscoll. Raised in Waltham, he joined the United States Army after high school and played post-war baseball...
Elizabeth M. (Cronin) Waldron
Nov 4, 2018
It's been said that "long after we are too big to carry in her arms, our mother carries us in her heart."That's how it was for Waltham's Elizabeth Waldron. The mile markers of her life always centered around life, love, faith, family and friendship. From her early days growing up with her parents, sisters and brother in Saint Columbkille's Parish...
Gretchen D. Belknap
Nov 3, 2018
Waltham, Mass. – Gretchen D. Belknap, 87, formerly of Durham, New Hampshire and Cos Cob, Connecticut died November 3, 2018 at Maristhill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Waltham, Massachusetts after a period of failing health. Gretchen was born December 19, 1930 to the late Roger and Dorothy (Knapp) Dykema, and grew up in Riverside, Connecticut. She married John H. (Jack) Belknap,...
Dorothy A. Taranto
Nov 1, 2018
Of the many gifts that life had to offer Dorothy Taranto she would humbly boast that being a wife, a mother and a mémère was by the far the best. And the Book of Proverbs says, 'Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her!' Dorothy died unexpectedly but peacefully with her five children...
Jeffrey R. Comeau
Oct 30, 2018
Waltham – Mr. Jeffrery R. Comeau, of Waltham, died Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at his home. He was 58.Jeff was born in Sanford, Maine on August 19, 1960, a son of Pauline B. (Parent) and the late Gerald P. Comeau. He was raised in Newton and was a graduate of Newton North High School. He moved to Waltham twenty years...
William S. Kaden
Oct 30, 2018
At one of Bill Kaden's retirement parties from Harvard in May 2001 he quoted from a favorite novel titled 'The Bridge of San Luis Rey'. In particular he read a wonderfully profound and poignant excerpt from it which speaks about life and death…'But the love will have been enough; all those impulses of love return to the love that made...
Corrine G. Reynolds
Oct 28, 2018
Waltham – Mrs. Corrine G. (Blouin) Reynolds, of Waltham, died peacefully in her home surrounded by family on Sunday, October 28, 2018. She was 88.Corrine was born in Cambridge on July 11, 1930, a daughter of the late Walter and Bernadette (LeBlanc) Blouin. She was raised in Cambridge and graduated from Saint Mary's High School. After that she went to...
Karen J. Fennelly
Oct 26, 2018
Millbury – Ms. Karen J. Fennelly, of Millbury, formerly of Waltham, died suddenly at home on Friday, October 26, 2018. She was 54.Karen was born in Waltham on February 20, 1964, a daughter of the late Richard M., Jr. and Joan M. (Daggett) Fennelly, and was a 1982 graduate of Waltham High School. She had been a lifelong Waltham resident...
Samuel Lackeyram
Oct 25, 2018
Waltham - Mr. Samuel Lackeyram, of Waltham, died Thursday, October 25, 2018 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He was 79.Sam was born on October 13, 1939 in Tunapuna, Trinidad, a son of the late John and Hilda (Ramdhani) Lackeyram. Raised and educated in Trinidad, he settled in Diego Martin. Sadly, Sam's wife Cowsilla Dolly 'DooDoo' Maraj died shortly...
Lucille L. Boynton
Oct 24, 2018
Mrs. Lucille L. Boynton, of Waltham, died on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 in Care Dimensions Hospice House, Lincoln. She was 87.Lucille was born in Tewksbury on December 26, 1930, the daughter of the late Alexander and Yvonne (Deschenes) LaFerriere. She was raised and educated in both Tewksbury and Lowell and had worked in bookkeeping at Bates Pharmacy in Waltham and...
Eleanor Doris Bourgeois
Oct 24, 2018
Eleanor Doris Bourgeois, 94, of Milford, DE, formally of Waltham, MA passed away peacefully on October 24, 2018 under the care of Vitas Hospice at Milford Memorial Hospital, Delaware.Doris was born July 2, 1924 in Waltham, daughter of Joseph & Angelina (Murphy) Smith.Doris is preceded in death by her husband, Vincent. They were married 55 years and had one daughter,...
Paul F. Sears
Oct 23, 2018
Waltham – Paul Sears was never one to complain about the cards he had been dealt. In fact he counted his blessings and among them were his 'girls'. For over ten years Paul battled a brain tumor and with that, came many complications and debilitations. From its early diagnosis he beat every odd with strength, grace, and dignity.Paul died in...
Ronald F. Murphy
Oct 23, 2018
Mr. Ronald F. Murphy, of Natick, formerly a lifelong Watertown resident, died Tuesday, October 23, 2018 in Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick. He was 77. Ronald was born January 22, 1941 in Watertown a son of the late George E. and Virginia F. (MacDougall) Murphy. Raised and educated in Watertown he honorably served in the United States Army. Ron worked...
William P. Ivester
Oct 22, 2018
Bill Ivester had a passion for all things outdoors and he was most content and happy when near the ocean or flying in the skies while training to obtain his pilot's license. Bill now knows the depths of the ocean and the limitless boundaries of the sky. Bill passed away on October 22, 2018. He was 47. William P. Ivester...
Diane M. Hebert
Oct 21, 2018
Santa Fe, NM – Ms. Diane M. Hebert, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, formerly of Waltham, died Sunday, October 21, 2018 at her home following a valiant battle with ovarian cancer. She was 51. Diane was born in Waltham on May 9, 1967 and attended Waltham High School and the University of New Hampshire. She moved to Santa Fe twenty...
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