Obituaries
Theresa C. DeLuca
Feb 20, 2015
Hingham – Miss Theresa C. DeLuca, of Hingham, died Friday, February 20, 2015 at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. She was 89.Theresa was born in Boston on December 11, 1925, a daughter of the late Joseph and Rafaela (Chirchiolo) DeLuca and was raised in Revere and in Chelsea. She was a graduate of Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Brighton.Before moving...
Geraldine M. (Quinlan) McCarthy
Feb 18, 2015
Mrs. Geraldine M. (Quinlan) McCarthy of Framingham, formerly of Waltham, died Wednesday, February 18, 2015 in the Countryside Nursing Home in Framingham. She was 94. Mrs. McCarthy was born in Watertown on April 4, 1920, a daughter of the late Francis and Kathleen (Manley) Quinlan.Geraldine was raised in Waltham and was a graduate of Waltham High School. She was a...
Barbara E. (Hubley) Sweny
Feb 18, 2015
Waltham – Mrs. Barbara E. (Hubley) Sweny, of Waltham, formerly of Stoneham and Arlington, died Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham. Barbara was 99 years young and just forty-nine days shy of her 100th birthday. Barbara was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, a daughter of the late Sanford and Bessie (Thurston) Hubley. After high school...
Robert G. Arkhipov
Feb 17, 2015
Robert G. Arkhipov – 1929-2015Dr. Robert G. Arkhipov, of Waltham passed away at his home on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. He was 85. He was born in Bryansk, Russia, on August 2, 1929, and grew up in Moscow with his mother, the late Raisa Arkhipova. After graduation from the Moscow School No. 135 with highest honors in 1947, he entered...
Robert W. Comeau
Feb 17, 2015
Waltham – Mr. Robert W. Comeau, Jr. of Waltham, died Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 83.Bob was born in Waltham on January 17, 1932, the son of the late Robert W., Sr. and Edna (Cormier) Comeau, and had been a lifelong resident. He was a 1951 graduate of Saint Charles High School and served with the...
Mary C. (Connors) O'Brien
Feb 13, 2015
Waltham – Mrs. Mary C. (Connors) O'Brien, of Waltham, died Friday, February 13, 2015 in The Leland Home. She was 96. Mary was born in Waltham on January 7, 1919, a daughter of the late Patrick and Annie (Lardner) Connors, and had been a lifelong resident. Until her retirement she worked for many years for the Raytheon Company.The wife of...
Rosanne M. Craig
Feb 13, 2015
Waltham – Mrs. Rosanne (Monahan) Craig, of Waltham, died Friday, February 13, 2015 at her home. She was 92.Rosanne was born in Boston, a daughter of the late Joseph J. and Isabelle A. (Kelly) Monahan. She was raised in Watertown and in Waltham and was a graduate of Saint Mary's High School in Waltham.In 1949 she married John R. Craig...
William P. Lee
Feb 13, 2015
Waltham – Mr. William P. Lee, of Waltham and Dennisport, died Friday, February 13, 2015 in Lexington. He was 78. Bill was born in Boston on February 3, 1937, a son of the late Timothy and Marie (Fahey) Lee, and was raised in Dorchester. He served with the United States Navy aboard the submarine U.S.S. Becuna. Until his retirement Bill...
Catherine M. 'Kay' (Sousa) Washburn
Feb 11, 2015
West Newton – Mrs. Catherine M. 'Kay' (Sousa) Washburn, of West Newton, died Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at Wingate at Needham. She was 91.Kay was born in Waltham on March 21, 1923, a daughter of the late George and Catherine (Shields) Sousa, and was a graduate of Waltham High School. On May 19, 1946 she married Donald B. Washburn, also...
Eleanor M. (MacDonald) Andrews
Feb 10, 2015
Watertown - Mrs. Eleanor M. (MacDonald) Andrews, of Watertown, died Tuesday, February 10, 2015 in the deRham Hospice House in Cambridge. She was 88. Eleanor was born in Boston on October 3, 1926, a daughter of the late Colin and Gertrude (McDougall) MacDonald. She was a member of the Sons of Italy in Watertown and a parishioner at Saint Luke's...
Peter Donovan
Feb 7, 2015
Waltham – Mr. G. Peter Donovan, the longtime head of Waltham's Middlesex Human Service Agency, died Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston. He was 73.Peter was born in Waltham on October 10, 1941, a son of the late George and Claire (Jordan) Donovan, and had been a lifelong resident. He was a graduate of Saint Sebastian's...
Norma (Leaf) McGann
Feb 6, 2015
Waltham - Mrs. Norma (Leaf) McGann, of Waltham, formerly of Centerville, Weston and West Newton, died at the age of 96 on February 6, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Theodore and Olga (Iderstrom) Leaf.A devoted lover of classical music, she began piano lessons at age 8, renewing her repertoire during Brandeis University lunch hours. Watercolor painting, knitting...
Joseph M. Connolly
Feb 6, 2015
Waltham – Rev. Joseph M. Connolly, C.S.S., of the Stigmatine Fathers, died Friday, February 6, 2015 at Lahey Clinic in Burlington. He was 84.Fr. Connolly was born in Brighton on November 5, 1930, a son of Michael and Mary Connolly, both natives of Co. Galway, Ireland. He entered the Stigmatine Fathers' Community at Waltham on September 15, 1945. His first...
Margaret M. Edmunds
Feb 5, 2015
Waltham – Mrs. Margaret M. 'Peg' (Leahy) Edmunds, of Waltham, died Thursday, February 5, 2015 at Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 96.Peg was born in Haverhill on September 10, 1918, a daughter of the late David and Eleanor (Cotter) Leahy. She was raised in Dorchester and lived there before her marriage to Waltham native Edward H. 'Ned'...
Ernest R. Poirier
Feb 4, 2015
Waltham – Mr. Ernest R. Poirier, of Waltham, died Wednesday, February 4, 2015 in his home surrounded by family. He was 83.Ernie was born in Rumford, Maine on July 22, 1931, a son of the late Nicholas and Diana (Poulin) Poirier. He was raised and educated in Rumford and after high school joined the United States Army during the Korean...
Peter J. O'Malley
Feb 3, 2015
Waltham – Mr. Peter J. O'Malley, of Waltham, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 68.Peter was born on Boston on December 3, 1946, a son of the late Joseph A. 'Bud' and Dorothy A. (Brady) O'Malley. He was raised in Waltham and was a graduate of Waltham High School. After that he served...
Mary J. (Dorie) Cameron
Feb 1, 2015
Waltham – Mrs. Mary J. (Dorie) Cameron, of Waltham, died Sunday, February 1, 2015 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 86.Mary was born in Westville, Nova Scotia on October 30, 1928, one of eight children born to the late Charles and Jessie (Wilkie) Dorie. During World War II she met her future husband, Antigonish native Archibald B. Cameron, when both were...
John E. Ashe
Jan 30, 2015
Waltham – Mr. John E. Ashe, of Waltham, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, January 30, 2015. He was 68, born on February 9, 1946 in Springfield, MA.John was a loving son and was predeceased by his father John L. Ashe and step-mother Anne of Waltham, and his mother Dorothy (Allen) Moriarty and step-father Thomas of Springfield. He was the brother...
Theresa A. (Belliveau) Cosgrove
Jan 27, 2015
Waltham – Mrs. Theresa A. (Belliveau) Cosgrove, of Waltham, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at her home. She was 87.Theresa was born in Lynn on March 6, 1927, one of eleven children born to the late Peter and Aline (Thibodeau) Belliveau. She moved to Waltham with her family as a child and has been a lifelong resident since. She attended...
Catherine A. Willems
Jan 26, 2015
Waltham – Mrs. Catherine A. 'Anna' (Bourque) Willems, of Waltham, died on Monday, January 26, 2015 in Spaulding Hospital, Cambridge. She was 95.Anna was born in Waltham on October 3, 1919, a daughter of the late Abel and Sabina (Ford) Bourque. She was a talented artist and in her teenage years she loved to paint. Shortly after graduating from high...