Obituaries
Paul A. Naughton
Nov 22, 2018
As an accomplished historian the irony would not be lost on Paul Naughton that the day that he came into the world was the thirteenth anniversary of the day that America was thrust into World War II and the day that he left was the fifty-fifth anniversary of when his mother's most beloved president was assassinated in Dallas. It was...
Donald P. Vincuilla
Nov 22, 2018
Framingham – Don Vincuilla was the type of guy who was always willing to lend a hand to family and friends. As a jack of all trades he was most capable of tackling a project for family, friends and neighbors and it was helping others that made him happy. He was generous with his time and talents and did it...
Kai Tang
Nov 22, 2018
Waltham - Mr. Kai Tang died unexpectedly on Thursday, November 22, 2018 in Massachusetts General Hospital after being stricken ill at home. He was 87. He was born on April 10, 1931 a son of the late On Chueong Tang and Sy Chau. He immigrated to the United States in 1975 settling in Minnesota where he worked in maintenance for...
Joann E. Forkin
Nov 21, 2018
Waltham – Long active in politics…Joann Forkin would encourage family, friends and those given the privilege of being able to vote to be certain to elect the Democratic candidates and cover the map with more blue states. And by virtue of her death on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at age 89 and this subsequent obituary…she encourages the same in future...
Emily P. Haigh
Nov 21, 2018
Perhaps Emily Haigh knew that life is just like painting. She drew the lines with hope, erased the errors with tolerance, dipped her brush with lots of patience and colored everything with love. Emily died at Oxford Rehabilitation Facility in Haverhill on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 93. Born on September 2,...
Anne C. Murphy
Nov 17, 2018
Westford – Ms. Anne C. Murphy died Saturday, November 17, 2018 in Bridges of Epoch in Westford. She was 82. Anne was born onJuly 12, 1936 in Waltham a daughter of the late Joseph J. and Agnes A. (Welch) Murphy. Raised in Waltham , she earned her Bachelor's degree from Regis College in Weston. She had two Master's degrees, one...
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...
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