Obituaries
Nancy M. (Horne) McDonald
Dec 26, 2015
Waltham – Mrs. Nancy M. (Horne) McDonald, of Waltham died Saturday, December 26, 2015 in her home. She was 82.Nancy was born in Waltham on August 8, 1933, a daughter of the late Arthur and Ruth (Fox) Horne, and grew up surrounded by family and what would become lifelong, close friends. Early in her fifty-five year marriage to William "Bill"...
Catherine A. (Cameron) LoChiatto
Dec 23, 2015
Waltham – Catherine A. (Cameron) LoChiatto, of Waltham, died Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at her home. She was 69.Cathy was born in Westville, Nova Scotia on March 22, 1946, a daughter of the late Archibald B. and Mary J. (Dorie) Cameron. The family settled in Watertown following their move to the States when she was a child. She was a...
Earlene M. (Noyes) Sherman
Dec 19, 2015
Waltham - On Saturday, December 19, 2015 Earlene M. Sherman, of Waltham, died peacefully in the Stanley Tippett Home in Needham. She was 86. Earlene M. Noyes was born on February 2, 1929 in Topsfield, Maine, a daughter of the late Vern and Gladys (Bean) Noyes. She was raised and educated in Maine and had lived in Waltham for most...
Nancy M. (Higgins) Daley
Dec 18, 2015
Waltham - Mrs. Nancy M. (Higgins) Daley,of Waltham, died Friday, December 18, 2015 in the Epoch Senior Healthcare Center in Weston. She was 88. Nancy was born in Worcester on May 4, 1927, a daughter of the late Dr. Lemuel W. Higgins, Sr. and Rita I. (Scanlon) Higgins. She was raised in Worcester, however graduated from high school in Texas...
Pasquale R. "Pat" Mula
Dec 17, 2015
Waltham – Retired Waltham Deputy Fire Chief Pasquale R. "Pat" Mula died Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Concord Health Care Center. He was 89.Pat was born in Waltham on October 19, 1926, a son of the late Alphonse and Mary (Lunetta) Mula, and had been a lifelong resident. After graduating from Waltham High School in 1944 he joined the United...
Melinda Wichern
Dec 16, 2015
'Sometimes....' said Winnie the Pooh 'The smallest things take up the most room in your heart!'On May 7, 2014 life for Janet and Jason Wichern changed when they welcomed their firstborn and only child into the world. Melinda Janet Wichern brought joy and immeasurable happiness to their lives and made their world complete. Sadly life changed again on December 16,...
Walter L. Hunt
Dec 16, 2015
Boston – Walter 'Walt' Hunt had many great memories and stories of his childhood growing up on a dairy farm in Bethlehem, Connecticut and they are memories he carried with him all his life until his death on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at his home in Boston. He was 86. Walter L. Hunt was born on November 29, 1929 in...
Maria E. (Lazzari) Antinarelli
Dec 15, 2015
Watertown – "Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget."Maria Antinarelli was a good friend. She was also a beloved wife, a devoted mother, a doting "Nana" and the first female president of the Waltham West Suburban Chamber of Commerce.She involved herself with the life of her family, her church and her community in ways...
Mark D. Hankins
Dec 14, 2015
Waltham – Mark D. Hankins, of Waltham, died Monday, December 14, 2015 at his home. He was 28.Mark was born in Waltham on January 11, 1987, a son of Mark and Wendy (Gangi) Hankins, and had been a lifelong resident. A 2005 graduate of Waltham High School he had been working for a number of years for CVS in Waltham...
And now, you too, Louise, can rest in peace.
Dec 12, 2015
Saturday, December 12 ---Waltham - Paul Harvey used to end every broadcast with . . . "And now you know . . . the rest of the story . . ."Louise Dakin was 93 when she died back in March of 2002. For more than fifty of those years she held out hope that her Bobby, a soldier missing in...
Thomas C. Reid
Dec 11, 2015
Waltham – Mr. Thomas C. Reid, of Waltham, died peacefully at his home on Friday, December 11, 2015. He was 93.Tom was born in Newton on September 22, 1922, a son of the late Henry and Lillian (Burke) Reid. He was raised in Newton and graduated from Newton High School. After graduation he entered the United States Navy and served...
He's Home
Dec 10, 2015
Thursday, December 10 ---Waltham - The body of United States Army Sergeant Robert C. Dakin is home in Waltham today for the first time in sixty-five years.The twenty-two year old was killed in action while fighting with American forces in the Chosin Reservoir area of North Korea in December, 1950.His family has been wondering every Christmas since where he's been.Through...
Leonard W. Harvey
Dec 10, 2015
"GrampaGrampa" as he is known by his great-grandchildren, found the most pleasure in life spending time with four generations of family.Mr. Leonard W. Harvey, of Waltham, died peacefully, Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Epoch of Weston. He was 91.Leonard was born in Taunton on February 17, 1924, a son of the late Alonzo and Thelma (Fornes) Harvey, and devoted grandson...
Francis Hayden "Hank" Fleming
Dec 7, 2015
Francis Hayden "Hank" Fleming, 82Hank was welcomed back into the arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 7, 2015. He died peacefully, surrounded by his loving family. He leaves his loving wife, Diane Fleming and his former wife, Phyllis Fleming both of Millis; his children, Mary Alice Caruso, and her husband, Joseph, of Brunswick, ME; Eileen Perruzzi,...
Mary C. (Palmer) Wills
Dec 7, 2015
Waltham – "Having someone to love is family . . . having somewhere to go is home . . . having both is a blessing." Mary was a wonderful wife and mother to her four children. She worked at the Chateau for forty years where she made many lifelong friends. Later in life she worked at Jason B. Williams Salon.Mary...
Joseph R. Conzo
Dec 6, 2015
Waltham – Retired Waltham Firefighter Joseph R. Conzo died Sunday, December 6, 2015 in Epoch Senior Healthcare Center in Weston. He was 83. Joe was born in Newton on September 17, 1932, a son of the late Emilio Conzo, Sr. and Doris (Bothwick) Conzo, and moved to Waltham shortly after his marriage to Waltham native Carol A. DeWolfe in September,...
Mary Clarina Casey
Dec 5, 2015
Waltham – Mrs. Mary Clarina (Mitchell) Casey, of Waltham, died Saturday, December 5, 2015 in her home. She was 99. Mary was born in Newton on May 27, 1916, a daughter of the late Thomas F. and Amanda C. (Morrell) Mitchell and moved to Waltham sixty-four years ago.Prior to her marriage she worked at the Raytheon Company for eighteen years...
Elinor F. (Buckley) Gordon
Dec 2, 2015
Waltham – Mrs. Elinor F. (Buckley) Gordon, of Waltham, died Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at Waltham Crossings. She was 91.Elinor was born in Waltham on January 2, 1924, a daughter of the late Irwin F. Buckley and Eva M. (Leger) (Buckley) Parks, and had been a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of Waltham High School.Until her retirement she worked...
Sergeant Robert C. Dakin
Dec 1, 2015
Tuesday, December 1 ---Waltham – Thanksgiving Day fell on the twenty-third of November in 1950. Two days later an enormous snowstorm hit the Boston area and a day after that more than 300,000 Chinese troops crossed the Yalu River into North Korea and the world changed forever for Thorn and Louise Dakin of Lexington Street.Their only boy, and the apple...
Thanksgiving Day
Nov 26, 2015
Washington, D.C.By the President of the United States of America.A Proclamation.The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a...