Obituaries
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...
Mary Woods Roos
Oct 21, 2018
Mrs. Mary Woods Roos, of Belmont and Framingham, died on Sunday, October 21, 2018 at the Miriam Boyd Parlin Residence, Wayland. She was 75.She was a graduate of Mount St. Joseph Academy in Brighton, Benedictine College in Atchinson, Kansas and received a graduate degree from Assumption College in Worcester. She remained at home to raise her children and then became...
Joan M. McCloskey
Oct 14, 2018
Mrs. Joan M. (Chandonait) McCloskey, of Waltham, died on Sunday October 14, 2018 at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston. She was 88.Joan was born in Waltham on October 8, 1930 and had been a life-long resident of the city. Until her retirement she had worked as clerk for Little Brown Publishing Company.She is survived by her husband, John W. McCloskey;...
Elaine C. (LeLievre) Angelo
Oct 14, 2018
Elaine Angelo always knew that family is where life began and love never ended. They laughed, worked, dreamt and supported one another. It was her circle of strength…founded on faith, joined in love and kept by God….together forever! And when she breathed her last on Sunday, October 14, 2018 they were at her side…like she was when she brought them...
Thomas J. Connors
Oct 13, 2018
Mr. Thomas J. Connors, of Waltham, died Saturday, October 13, 2018 at Wingate of Weston. He was 74. Tom was born January 30, 1944 in Waltham a son of the late Thomas J. and Mary J. (Bowe) Connors. Raised and educated in Waltham he was a graduate of Waltham Vocational High School. He married Jeanne S. Lane on June 17,...
Helen Ruth (Hathaway) Brown
Oct 12, 2018
Waltham – Mrs. Helen Ruth (Hathaway) Brown died peacefully at home on Thursday, October 12, 2018. She was 102. She was the beloved wife of the late Wallace Harlin Brown of Waltham. They had been married 66 years before his death in 2005. Helen was born November 29, 1915 in Saugus daughter of the late Benjamin and Lilly Hathaway. She...