Obituaries
Russell J. Chiasson
Dec 2, 2018
Reba McEntire's country hit, 'If I Had Only Known' accurately speaks in words and song about the sudden changes in life as the result of an unexpected loss. It talks about knowing...if only…it'd be the last time for a walk in the rain, or hearing one's voice again or being by one's side just one last time. And it ends,...
Arthur J. Lewis
Dec 1, 2018
Arthur Lewis would argue that all man needed to live on was pizza...and it could very well cover the four basic food groups. Heaven gained a pizza aficionado on Saturday, December 1, 2018. Arthur died in Saint Joseph Hospital in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was 67. Heaven is the place we believe that we can have any and everything in...
William F. Edmunds
Nov 28, 2018
Cambridge – Mr. William F. Edmunds, of Cambridge, died Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge. He was 69. Bill also known as Bootsie (his pet family name) was born and raised in Waltham, a son of the late William and Stina (Anderson) Edmunds, and was a graduate of Waltham High School. Being an adventurous free spirited person,...
Arthur J. Nally Sr.
Nov 26, 2018
Waltham - Mr. Arthur J. Nally Sr. died Monday, November 26, 2018 in Watertown Health Center. He was 87.Born on November 18, 1931 in Newton he was a son of the late Edward and Catherine (Burenheide) Nally. He graduated from the former Our Lady's High School in Newton and on September 10, 1955 he married Waltham native Sylvia M. Littlefield...
Joseph C. MacDonald
Nov 26, 2018
Waltham – Mr. Joseph C. MacDonald, of Waltham, died Monday, November 26, 2018 at Lahey Clinic in Burlington. He was 53.Joe was born on February 18, 1965, one of twelve children born to the late John R. and Jean L. (Blake) MacDonald. He was raised in Watertown and after graduating from Watertown High earned his Bachelor's degree in business administration...
Alice G. (O'Mara) (McInnis) Logan
Nov 23, 2018
Alice Logan's almost hundred years on earth can be summed up in five words . . . life . . . love . . . faith . . . family . . . friendship.She was born in Waltham on August 22, 1919, a daughter of the late Daniel E. and Alice G. (Bradley) O'Mara. She grew up with five brothers...
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,...
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