Obituaries
Anne Marie Robichaud
May 13, 2012
Waltham - Mrs. Anne Marie (Allain) Robichaud, of Waltham, died Sunday, May 13, 2012, in the Miriam Boyd Parlin Residence in Wayland. She was 69. Anne Marie was born in Ste Anne-de-Kent, New Brunswick on March 7, 1943, a daughter of the late Lionel and Anna (Maillet) Allain, and had been a Waltham resident since 1964.. Until her retirement she...
Isabelle A. O'Reilly
May 10, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. Isabelle A. (Hogan) O'Reilly, of Waltham, died Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Maristhill Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 90.Isabelle was born in Avon on November 11, 1921, one of thirteen children born to the late Jerome C. and Agnes M. (Lynch) Hogan, and moved to Quincy as a child. She was a 1939 graduate of Quincy...
Dorothy A. Kellar
May 8, 2012
Mrs. Dorothy A. (Cobuzzi) Kellar of Waltham died Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 82. Mrs. Kellar was born in Waltham on January 19, 1930, a daughter of the late Costanzo and Pauline (Carchia) Cobuzzi. Mrs. Kellar was the wife of the late James Lambert Kellar and the sister of the late Angelo Cobuzzi, William Cobuzzi,...
Helen R. Burns
May 6, 2012
Waltham - Mrs. Helen R. (Harrington) Burns, of Waltham, died Sunday, May 6, 2012 in Maristhill Nursing Home, Waltham. She was 101. Helen was born in Lowell on March 12, 1911, a daughter of the late Frank and Lucy (Carney) Harrington, and had been a Waltham resident since 1950. Until her retirement she worked as a stenciler for the Sylvania...
Jeannette C. LeBlanc
May 4, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. Jeannette C. (Geoffrion) LeBlanc, of Waltham, died Friday, May 4, 2012 a Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. She was 98.Jeannette was born in Waltham on August 11, 1913, a daughter of the late Theophile J. and Agnes (Guertin) Geoffrion, and had been a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of Emmanuel College in Boston and until her...
David J. Mahoney
May 3, 2012
Waltham – Mr. David J. Mahoney, of Waltham, died Thursday, May 3, 2012 at his home. He was 92.David was born in Salem on July 28, 1919, the second of four sons born to the late Cornelius and Ethel (Cavanaugh) Mahoney. He graduated from Salem High School where he played baseball and basketball. He was working in Salem at the...
Gretchen O'Hara
Apr 24, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. Gretchen (Winkel) O'Hara, of Waltham, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at her home. She was 81.Gretchen was born in Waltham on November 13, 1930, a daughter of the late Leo J. and Margaret (McCusker) Winkel, and was a graduate of Saint Mary's High School in Waltham and the Katherine Gibbs School. She married Chicago native Curtis P....
Paul F. Mullen
Apr 23, 2012
Waltham - Mr. Paul F. Mullen, of Waltham, died Monday, April 23, 2012 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 62. Paul was born in Newton on October 11, 1949, a son of the late Carl and Bertha (DeWolfe) Mullen. A graduate of Newton North High School he was a life-long Newton resident until moving to Waltham in 2000.He had been the...
Nellie A. Pitts
Apr 22, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. Nellie A. (Urban) Pitts, of Waltham, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Eliot Healthcare Center in Natick. She was 90.Nellie was born in Waltham on September 26, 1921, a daughter of the late Francis and Della (Smith) Urban, and had been a lifelong resident. Until her retirement she worked for the Rudolph Beaver Company in Waltham, a...
Patricia A. MacNeill
Apr 21, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. Patricia A. (Gallagher) MacNeill, of Waltham, died Saturday, April 21, 2012 in The Golden Living Center in West Newton. She was 73. A lifelong Waltham resident, she was born on August 11, 1938 a daughter of the late Joseph and Mabel (Stanley) Gallagher and was a graduate of Waltham High School. Patricia was an avid reader and...
Mary C. Lelievre
Apr 21, 2012
Waltham - Mrs. Mary C. (Howley) Lelievre, of Waltham, died Saturday, April 21, 2012 in Newton Healthcare Center. She was 83. Mary was born in Waltham on June 22, 1928 a daughter of the late John P. and Mary (Connolly) Howley and was a lifelong Waltham resident. Mary managed the office at her husband's company, the former Lelievre Door Service...
Helen M. Hegarty
Apr 17, 2012
East Falmouth – Ms. Helen M. Hegarty, of East Falmouth, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. She was 76.Helen was born in Winthrop on March 25, 1936, a daughter of the late Daniel P. and Helen M. (Frazier) Hegarty. She was raised and educated in Brighton where she belonged to Our Lady of the Presentation...
Rose V. Rafferty
Apr 16, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. Rose V. (Papia) Rafferty, of Waltham, died Monday, April 16, 2012 in Maristhill Nursing Home. She was 94.Rose was born in Waltham on February 25, 1918, a daughter of the late Rosario and Rose (Morreale) Papia. She had worked as a dressmaker at Puritan Dress Company in Waltham and had been a long-time parishioner of Saint Charles...
Donna A. Gay
Apr 11, 2012
Merrimack, New Hampshire – Ms. Donna A. (Gross) Gay of Merrimack, died Thursday, April 11, 2012, in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 64. Donna was born in Boston on August 9, 1947, a daughter of Dora M. (LeBlanc) Gross of Worcester and the late Robert V. Gross. She was raised in Waltham and graduated from Waltham High School in 1965. She...
Virginia M. Fournier
Apr 6, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. Virginia M. 'Ginny' (Bowman) Fournier, of Waltham, died Friday, April 6, 2012 at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. She was 76.Ginny was born in Waltham on January 29, 1936, a daughter of the late Thomas and Agnes Bridget (Tierney) Bowman. She was a graduate of Saint Mary's High School in Waltham and until her retirement worked as a...
William J. 'Bill' Fay
Apr 3, 2012
Waltham – Mr. William J. 'Bill' Fay, of Waltham, died Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge. He was 78. Bill was born in Brighton on August 28, 1933, a son of the late John and Mary Fay. He was raised and educated in Brighton before enlisting in the United States Air Force, serving during the Korean War....
Vivian M. Travis
Apr 3, 2012
Waltham – Mrs. Vivian M. (Brown) Travis, of Waltham, died Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in the Wingate Nursing Center in Needham. She was 94. Vivian was born in Waltham on March 8, 1918, a daughter of the late William and Sarah (Wells) Brown, and had been a lifelong resident. She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Waltham and...
Edward J. Berube
Apr 2, 2012
Waltham – Mr. Edward J. Berube, of Waltham, died on Monday, April 2, 2012 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 57.Ed was born in Waltham on December 4, 1954, a son of the late Edward and Kathleen (Marqus) Berube, and leaves many cousins. He worked as a chef for many years at various restaurants.Family and friends will honor and remember Ed's...
Louis J. Kirsch
Apr 2, 2012
Waltham – Mr. Louis J. Kirsch, III, of Waltham, died Monday, April 2, 2012 at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham. He was 79.Lou was born in Waltham on December 24, 1932, a son of the late Louis J., Jr. and Leitha (Woodworth) Kirsch, and had been a lifelong resident. He graduated from Waltham High School in 1951 and four years...
Milan R. Dabcovich
Apr 1, 2012
Brookline - Mr. Milan R. Dabcovich, of Brookline, died Sunday, April 1, 2012 following a period of declining health due to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. He was 77. Born in Istanbul, Turkey on November 12, 1934, Milan was the son of the late Christoph and Bekky (Mandelblat) Dabcovich. He was a graduate of Robert College in Istanbul, a school founded in...