Obituaries

Sep 24, 2023

Jean Joseph LeBlanc, of Waltham, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 24, 2023, at home surrounded by his loving family.

Born on July 16, 1949, in Rogersville, New Brunswick, Canada, Jean was one of nine children of the late Andre and Eva (Leblanc) LeBlanc. He was raised in Rogersville.  In 1975, he married his beloved wife Ginette in Rogersville at the...

Sep 24, 2023

Newton - Eleanor P. (Reilly) Desmond died Sunday, September 24, 2023 in Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was 96.

She was born on June 22, 1927 in Brighton a daughter of the late Irish immigrants Thomas M. and Mary D. (Mulahy) Reilly. Raised in Watertown she graduated from St. Patrick’s High School with the class of 1945. She...

Sep 23, 2023

Mr. Francis M. Blash, of Whitinsville, formerly of Worcester, died Saturday, September 23, 2023 in Saint Vincent Hospital after an illness. He was 62.

Fran was born on June 17, 1961 in Berlin, Germany, a son of the late Francis and Else (Schulze) Blash. He moved to the United States at the age of two, settling in Worcester. He graduated...

Sep 23, 2023

To care for one . . . that’s love. To care for hundreds . . . that’s nursing.

Martha Cronin took care of everyone that came into her life. From a nervous patient, a family member, to a passerby on the street she always looked out for everyone. She was an easy person to get along with. She was selfless,...

Sep 20, 2023

Richard A. McKnight, of Lincoln, passed away peacefully and surrounded by his sisters, after a long courageous battle with cancer, on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln. He was 67.

Richard was born on September 23, 1955, in Boston to the late David "Tom" and Eleanor Jean (Fee) McKnight. Growing up in Lincoln, Richard completed...

Sep 19, 2023

Waltham - Leona P. (Aucoin) Aucoin died Tuesday, September 19, 2023 in Maristhill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 92.

Leona was born in Newton on February 15, 1931 a daughter of the late Henrietta (Poirier) Waldo Aucoin and Henriette (Poirier) Aucoin and her step-father the late William Aucoin.

She was married to Robert P. Aucoin until his passing...

Sep 18, 2023

Mrs. Christine M. (Smith) LeBlanc, of Waltham, died Monday, September 18, 2023 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.  She was 66.

Christine was born in North Hampton on December 5, 1956, a daughter of Mary C. (Phillips) Smith and the late George Smith. A lifelong Waltham resident, she graduated from Waltham High School and continued her studies at Framingham State...

Sep 18, 2023

Waltham – Marie L. (LeBlanc) Doucet died Monday, September 18, 2023 in Meadow Green Nursing & Rehabilitation Center after a brief period of failing health. She was 90.

Marie L. LeBlanc was born in Margaree, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia on the family farm on January 21, 1933 one of ten children to the late Pierre and Ann (Muise) LeBlanc. She...

Sep 14, 2023

Mr. David S. Wilbourn, of Newton, died Thursday, September 14, 2023 at his home. He was 89.

David was born in Providence, Rhode Island on May 11, 1934, the son of the late Henry C. and Florence (Straight) Wilbourn.

His entrepreneurial talent began at a young age; as a young boy David started his first business making plaster figurines of...

Sep 13, 2023

George D. ‘Dan’ Conrad Jr. of Eustis, Maine, formerly of Watertown, died Wednesday, September 13, 2023 in Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington. He was 83. George Daniel Conrad was born on November 15, 1939 in Gloucester a son of the late George D. and Grace M. (Hadley) Conrad. As a young child he moved to Watertown where he...

Sep 11, 2023

Sep 11, 2023

Waltham – Retired Waltham Fire Lieutenant John L. 'Lenny' Devane died Monday, September 11, 2023 in Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of New England in Woburn. He was 93.

Lenny was born in Waltham on Christmas Eve, 1929, a son of the late Joseph and Mary (Surrette) Devane. A lifelong resident of the city, he joined the Waltham Fire Department on...

Sep 10, 2023

Mr. Donald E. Hamilton, of Newton, died Sunday, September 10, 2023 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was 78. 

Born in Newton on October 1, 1944, Don was the eldest son of the late Edward and Patricia (Carter) Hamilton. He was raised and educated in Waltham and a graduate of Waltham High School.

In 1964 Don married the...

Sep 10, 2023

Thomas A. Stacey, of Waltham, passed away surrounded by family on September 10, 2023. He was 85.Born on April 14, 1938, to the late Russell Stacey and Mildred (Leary) Mitchell, Tom grew up in Waltham and after completing his education he proudly served his country in the United States Army.

Following his military service Tom started his career as a...

Sep 3, 2023

Noella Paolini passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 3, 2023 at Newton - Wellesley Hospital at the age of 81.

A long-time resident of Waltham, Noella worked at the Walter E. Fernald Development Center, General Wholesale and Grover Cronin. Shewas a homemaker and favorite babysitter for all the children she cared for. Noella so loved the Red Sox, even...

Sep 3, 2023

Mrs. Pauline A. (Ashness) Gallagher, of Dracut, formerly of Waltham and Weston, died Sunday, September 3, 2023 in Lowell General Hospital. She was 92.

Pauline was born in Waltham on April 26, 1931, the daughter of the late Herbert P. and Anna L. (Vahey) Ashness, and was a 1949 graduate of Saint Mary’s High School in Waltham.  She attained her...

Sep 3, 2023

Mr. David R. Hire, of Waltham, died Sunday, September 3, 2023 in Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford after a period of declining health. He was 76. David was born on November 7, 1946 in Waltham a son of the late Arthur and Olive (Beals) Hire. Raised and educated in Waltham he was a graduate of Waltham High...

Sep 3, 2023

Judith A. "Judy" (Connolly) Chiasson, of Waltham, died on Sunday, September 3, 2023 surrounded by her loving family at Riverbend of Natick after a long, arduous, and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 80.

Judy was born in Newton on April 14, 1943, a daughter of the late Joseph P. and Marguerite ‘Peg’ (Connor) Connolly. Raised in Waltham, she...

Sep 2, 2023

Warwick, MA - Mrs. Gloria L. (Domings) Machado, of Warwick, formerly of Waltham, died Saturday, September 2, 2023 at home with family after a period of declining health. She was 94. Born on December 18, 1928 in Somerville, she was a daughter of the late John and Pauline (Costa) Domings. Raised and educated in Somerville she graduated high school in...

Sep 2, 2023

Mrs. Nancy M. (Flaherty) Seaman, of West Newton, formerly of Waltham, died Saturday, September 2, 2023 in her home with Patty and her faithful companion Sadie by her side. She was 90.

Nancy was born in Waltham on January 1, 1933, a daughter of Irish immigrants, Thomas and Mary (Sullivan) Flaherty.  A graduate of Saint Charles High School in Waltham...