Obituaries

Theresa C. DeLuca

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...