Obituaries

Robert E. O'Neil

Robert E. O'Neil

Mar 31, 2012

Waltham – Mr. Robert E. 'Bob' O'Neil, of Waltham, formerly of Mashpee, died Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 86.Bob was born in Belmont on December 19, 1925, a son of the late George and Sarah (Kelley) O'Neil. He was raised in Watertown and was a graduate of Watertown High School. After that he enrolled at the...

Eudora R. Meighan

Eudora R. Meighan

Mar 30, 2012

Waltham - Mrs. Eudora R. (Torres) Meighan, of Waltham, died Friday, March 30, 2012 in her home. She was 79. Eudora was born in Belize City, Belize, on May 19, 1932, a daughter of the late Christopher and Ethel ( Munnings ) Torres. She moved to the United State in the mid 1960s. She had lived in New York City...

Richard L. Perkins

Richard L. Perkins

Mar 28, 2012

Hubbardston - Mr. Richard L. Perkins Jr., of Hubbardston, formerly of Waltham, died Wednesday, March 28, 2012 in Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. He was 54. Rick was born on September 26, 1957 in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, a son of Richard L. Perkins, Sr. and the late Shirley (Fawson) Perkins. A graduate of Waltham High School, class...

Rachel F. Mazares

Rachel F. Mazares

Mar 27, 2012

Waltham - Mrs. Rachel F. (Aboud) Mazares, of Waltham, died Tuesday, March 27, 2012 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 86. Rachel was born on December 15, 1925 in Grand Mère, Quebec, a daughter of the late S. C. Aboud and Mary (Hanna) Aboud. Raised and educated in Grand Mère she graduated from Standstead College in Quebec. Rachel worked as the...

William J. Morton

William J. Morton

Mar 23, 2012

Weston – Mr. William J. Morton, of Weston, died Friday, March 23, 2012 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 54.Bill was born in Nantucket on December 4, 1957, a son of the late Peter and Joanne (Shea) Morton. As a child his family moved to Weston where he had been a resident since. He graduated from Weston High School and then...

Elizabeth M. Driscoll

Elizabeth M. Driscoll

Mar 22, 2012

Waltham – Mrs. Elizabeth M. (Walsh) (Hendrickson) Driscoll, of Waltham, died Thursday, March 22, 2012 at her home. She was 77.Elizabeth was born in Brighton on November 12, 1934, a daughter of the late Martin L. and Margaret H. (Thompson) Walsh, and had been a lifelong resident of Waltham. After graduating from Saint Mary's High School in Waltham she earned...

Lydia Dabcovich

Lydia Dabcovich

Mar 20, 2012

Belmont – Mrs. Lydia (Duenias) Dabcovich, an award-winning author and illustrator, died Tuesday, March 20th after a long period of declining health from complications of Lewy Body disease. Mrs. Dabcovich, a resident of Brookline, was 76.A graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Lydia taught at the deCordova Museum in Lincoln, before beginning her career in...

Carol M. Perkins

Carol M. Perkins

Mar 15, 2012

Waltham – Mrs. Carol M. (White) Perkins, of Waltham, died Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Maristhill Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 75.Carol was born in Boston on May 22, 1936, a daughter of the late Harold A. and Mary C. (Shanley) White. She lived in Newton before moving with her family to Weston in 1961. After almost forty years...

Walter R. McDonald

Walter R. McDonald

Mar 9, 2012

Townsend – Mr. Walter R. McDonald, of Townsend, died Friday, March 9, 2012 at Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer. He was 80.Walter was born in Waltham on August 28, 1931, a son of the late Walter R. and Mary T. (Loughnane) McDonald. After graduating from Waltham High School he served with the United States Air Force during the Korean...

Ruth B. Jones

Ruth B. Jones

Mar 7, 2012

Weston – Mrs. Ruth B. (Fahey) Jones, of Weston, died Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 92. Ruth was born in Waltham on February 28, 1920, a daughter of the late John and M. Agnes (Kennedy) Fahey and had been a Weston resident for the past 64 years. She graduated from Framingham State College in 1941 and...

Phillip J. Trainor

Phillip J. Trainor

Mar 6, 2012

West Newton – Mr. Mr. Phillip J. Trainor, of West Newton, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in his home. He was 60. Phil was born in Waltham on July 1, 1951, a son of the late Joseph F. and Mary E. (Thompson) Trainor and had been a lifelong resident of Newton. He was a graduate of Newton North High School...

Carol J. Martin

Carol J. Martin

Mar 5, 2012

Mrs. Carol Jean (Pilon) Martin, of Framingham, formerly of Waltham, died on Monday, March 5, 2012 at home surrounded by her family. She was 63. Carol was born on December 27, 1948 in Waltham a daughter of the late William H. and Claire C. (O'Toole) Pilon. Raised and educated in Waltham she worked at the former Great Way Restaurant where...

Douglass G. Arnold

Douglass G. Arnold

Mar 5, 2012

Mr. Douglass Gordon Arnold, of Templeton, died March 5, 2012 in Athol Memorial Hospital. He was 65. Doug was born on August 28, 1946 in Cambridge a son of the late Russell and Doris (Hotchkiss) Arnold and lived many years in Waltham before moving to Templeton. He was a resident of the Templeton Developmental Center and worked for many years...

Dorothea C. Gledhill

Dorothea C. Gledhill

Mar 4, 2012

Somers, Conn. – Mrs. Dorothea C. 'Dot' (Barnicle) Gledhill, of Somers, Connecticut, formerly of Waltham, died Sunday, March 4, 2012 at Parkway Pavilion in Enfield, Connecticut. She was 89.Dot was born in Millinockett, Maine on November 6, 1922, a daughter of the late Francis A. and Vena (Alberta) Barnicle. She lived most of her life in Waltham before moving to...

Eleanor R. Elmore

Eleanor R. Elmore

Feb 29, 2012

Waltham – Mrs. Eleanor R. (Ritchie) Elmore, of Waltham, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at Maristhill Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 82.Eleanor, known as Ellie, was born on January 17, 1930 in Hartford, Connecticut, the only child of the late George and Ann (Bedard) Ritchie. She grew up in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where she graduated from the local high school....

Elizabeth M. 'Beth' Quatromini

Elizabeth M. 'Beth' Quatromini

Feb 29, 2012

Newton – Mrs. Elizabeth M. 'Beth' (Dion) Quatromini, of Newton, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 57. Beth was born in Waltham on January 24, 1955, a daughter of Elizabeth M. 'Betty' (McGann) Dion of Waltham and the late Richard R. Dion. She had lived in Waltham before moving to Newton twenty-seven years ago and had...

Thomas Walsh

Thomas Walsh

Feb 23, 2012

Watertown - Mr. Thomas Walsh, died Thursday, February 23, 2012 in Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. He was 78. Tom was born on August 23, 1933 in Galway, Ireland. Raised in Annascaul, County Kerry, Ireland Tom always considered himself a "Kerry man". He was a police officer with An Garda Síochána in Dublin. While in Dublin he met Anne C....

Philip J. Collura

Philip J. Collura

Feb 20, 2012

Waltham - Mr. Philip J. Collura, of Waltham, died Monday, February 20, 2012 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 53. Phil was born in Brighton on December 31, 1958, a son of the late Joseph and Justine (Mahoney) Collura and had lived most of his life in Waltham. He worked in the food service business and was an avid comic book,...

James P. McHale

James P. McHale

Feb 20, 2012

Waltham - Mr. James P. McHale, of Waltham, died Monday, February 20, 2012 at home surrounded by his family after an illness. He was 74. Jim was born on July 8, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a son of the late Harry R. and Eleanor P. (McSweeney) McHale. His family moved to Atlantic City when Jim was 9 and he graduated...

John P. 'Bomber' Landry

John P. 'Bomber' Landry

Feb 19, 2012

Venice, Florida – Mr. John P. 'Bomber' Landry, of Venice, Florida died Sunday, February 19, 2012. He was 49. John was born in Waltham on January 9, 1963, a son of Patricia A. (Segien) Landry of Waltham and the late Paul J. Landry. He had worked at the Raytheon Company, Brookline Ice and Coal and, most recently, at Sunbelt Rentals...