Obituaries

Joanne (Muller) Melanson

Joanne (Muller) Melanson

May 15, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Joanne (Muller) Melanson, of Waltham, died Friday, May 15, 2015 at Epoch of Weston. She was 73.Joanne was born in Cambridge on May 6, 1942, a daughter of the late Oscar and Julia (Lamantea) Muller, and had been a lifelong resident of Waltham. She was a graduate of Waltham High School.For a number of years Joanne provided...

Marion L. (Olivo) Piantedosi

Marion L. (Olivo) Piantedosi

May 14, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Marion L. (Olivo) Piantedosi, of Waltham, died Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 92.Marion was born in Waltham, a daughter of the late Vincenzo and Rose (Acri) Olivo, and had been a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of Waltham High School.Until her retirement she worked as a bookkeeper for...

Sieh-Chang Kuo

Sieh-Chang Kuo

May 14, 2015

Waltham – Mr. Sieh-Chang Kuo, of Waltham, died Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. He was 92.Sieh-Chang was born in China on November 1, 1922 and lived in Taiwan before moving to the United States in 1984. He lived for a number of years in Acton before moving to Waltham fifteen years ago.He earned a degree...

Frank Joseph Lamattina

Frank Joseph Lamattina

May 13, 2015

Gardner – Mr. Frank J. Lamattina, Jr. stepped into eternity peacefully at home on Wednesday, May 13th, 2015. He was born in the Murphy Army Hospital in Waltham on March 7, 1955, and spent some of his early years in North Harrow, England. Since the age of six, Frank lived most of his life in Massachusetts, including the last 14...

Albert Paladina

Albert Paladina

May 13, 2015

Waltham – Mr. Albert Paladina, of Waltham, died Wednesday, May 13, 2014 at Epoch of Weston. He was 84.Albert was born in Lexington on March 18, 1931, a son of the late Sebastiano and Rosalina (Vinciullo) Paladina, and had lived most of his life in Waltham. During the Korean War he served with the United States Air Force.Until his retirement...

Agnes D. (McLaughlin) Monahan

Agnes D. (McLaughlin) Monahan

May 12, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Agnes D. (McLaughlin) Monahan, of Waltham, died at home on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. She was 72. Agnes was born in Waltham on October 14, 1942, a daughter of the late Charles and Ruth (Ormond) McLaughlin, and had been a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of Waltham High School and Northeastern University in Boston. She had...

Janet M. (Ellis) Hoffman

Janet M. (Ellis) Hoffman

May 8, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Janet M. (Ellis) Hoffman, of Waltham, died Friday, May 8, 2015 in Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston. She was 72. Janet was born in Waltham on March 29, 1943 and was raised in Weston. She was a graduate of Weston High School and Burdett College in Boston. Janet lived in Arlington before moving to Waltham forty...

Simon Bedigian

Simon Bedigian

May 6, 2015

Waltham – Mr. Simon Bedigian, of Waltham, died Wednesday, May 6, 2015 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 82. Simon was born in Newton on March 30, 1933, a son of the late Levon and Altoon (Maghakian) Bedigian. After high school he joined the United States Marine Corps and participated in some of the heaviest fighting of the Korean War. He...

Richard J. Boudrot

Richard J. Boudrot

May 4, 2015

Waltham – Mr. Richard J. Boudrot, of Waltham, died Monday, May 4, 2015 in Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge. He was 64. Dick, affectionately known as "Dickie B" by family and friends, was born in Brighton on May 23, 1950, the oldest of seven children born to Elizabeth "Betty" (Loughlin) Boudrot of Waltham and the late Albert Boudrot. He was a...

Virginia H. (Giminarda) Keyes

Virginia H. (Giminarda) Keyes

May 4, 2015

Brockton – Mrs. Virginia H. (Giminarda) Keyes, of Brockton, formerly of Waltham and Marshfield, died Monday, May 4, 2015 in Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital in Brockton. She was 84. Virginia was born in Waltham on April 27, 1931, a daughter of the late Louis and Josephine (Grassi) Giminarda, and had been a lifelong resident before moving to Marshfield and then...

Veronica Clare (MacDonald) Condon

Veronica Clare (MacDonald) Condon

May 2, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Veronica Clare (MacDonald) Condon, of Waltham, died Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 98.Veronica was born in Inverness, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia on September 28, 1916, a daughter of the late Alex and Margaret (Gillis) MacDonald. She was raised and educated in Inverness and worked for a number of years for Northern Electrical Company...

Janet (Rosolik) Lewis

Janet (Rosolik) Lewis

Apr 30, 2015

Hudson – Mrs. Janet (Rosolik) Lewis, of Hudson, died Thursday, April 30, 2015 in Marlborough Hospital. She was 68. Janet was born in Cambridge on December 21, 1946, a daughter of the late Stephen and Katherine (Panzino) Rosolik. She was raised and educated in Cambridge and was a graduate of the University of Massachusetts.A Hudson resident for the past three...

Eugene J. Forte

Eugene J. Forte

Apr 28, 2015

Waltham – Mr. Eugene J. Forte, of Waltham, died Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 46. Gene was born in Melrose on February 6, 1969 and was raised and educated in Waltham. He was a self-employed carpenter and lived in Boca Raton, Florida for several years before returning to Waltham two years ago.He leaves his children, Anthony...

George K. Politis

George K. Politis

Apr 28, 2015

Waltham – Mr. George K. Politis, of Waltham, died Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in Beth Israel Deaconess Glover Hospital in Needham. He was 86. George was born on September 18, 1928, in Sparta, Greece, a son of the late Christos and Despina (Kritharis) Politis. He immigrated to the United States and had lived in Waltham since 1968. Until his retirement...

Barbara M. Beran

Barbara M. Beran

Apr 26, 2015

Waltham – Mrs. Barbara M. (Shedd) Beran, of Waltham, died Sunday, April 26, 2015 in Center Conway, New Hampshire. She was 91. Barbara was born in Waltham on May 25, 1923, a daughter of the late Harold and Winona (Butler) Shedd, and had been a lifelong resident.Until her retirement she worked for more than thirty years in the cafeteria at...

Carole J. Wright

Carole J. Wright

Apr 20, 2015

Merrimack, NH – Carole J. Wright, of Merrimack, died Monday, April 20, 2015 in Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital in Lebanon, New Hampshire. She was 81.Carole was born in Newton on November 8, 1933, a daughter of the late George and Madeline (Dubois) Wright. She was a 1952 graduate of Waltham High School. Until her move four years ago to Merrimack she...

Lillian (Baker) Henderson

Lillian (Baker) Henderson

Apr 19, 2015

Lillian Delenia Henderson, longtime resident of Waltham, died peacefully on April 19, 2015, after a long illness. She was 82.Lillian was born in Birmingham, AL on November 24, 1932 to the late James M. and Amelia (Thomas) Baker. Raised in Birmingham, Lillian later graduated from American University in Washington D.C.She married the late Herbert H. Henderson on June 11, 1955...

Selene Harmon Howe

Selene Harmon Howe

Apr 19, 2015

Boston – Mrs. Selene (Harmon) Howe, of Boston, formerly of Weston and Wellesley Hills, died Sunday, April 19, 2015 in Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham following a period of declining health. She was 95.Selene was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, a daughter of the late Dudley and Selene (Armstrong) Harmon and was raised and educated in Wellesley Hills. She...

Michael J. Keating

Michael J. Keating

Apr 14, 2015

Waltham – Mr. Michael J. Keating, of Waltham, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at his home. He was 32. Michael was born in Waltham on August 18, 1982 and had been a lifelong resident. He was a 2000 graduate of Waltham High School and earned a degree in accounting from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. He was a self-employed...

Theresa P. Sicard

Theresa P. Sicard

Apr 10, 2015

Framingham – Sister Theresa P. Sicard, R.C.E., of Framingham, died Friday, April 10, 2015 at Saint Patrick's Manor, Framingham. She was 86.Sister Theresa was born in Leominster on October 12, 1928, a daughter of the late Aurele and Beatrice (Joyal) Sicard. She was raised in Leominster where she attended Saint Cecilia's School and later attended Saint Bernard's High School in...