Obituaries

Edna N. Wencis

Edna N. Wencis

Nov 9, 2011

Waltham – Mrs. Edna N. (Nowick) Wencis of Waltham died Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in the Epoch Nursing Home in Weston. She was 95. Mrs. Wencis was born in Cambridge on March 21, 1916, a daughter of the late Joseph and Fabiana (Szluinska) Nowick. Edna was the bookstore manager at Brandeis University for over twenty years and had also worked...

Otho E. Kerr

Otho E. Kerr

Nov 7, 2011

Waltham – Mr. Otho E. Kerr, Jr., a resident of Waltham for fifty-five years, died Monday, November 7, 2011. He was 87. A native of Chicago, Otho was born on July 19, 1924 to Otho E., Sr. and Mary E. (Brown) Kerr and raised in the historic Rosenwald Apartment Building. After graduating from Englewood High School and spending his freshman...

Harry G. Burns

Harry G. Burns

Nov 6, 2011

Harry G. Burns of Brockton died Sunday, November 6, 2011, in his home. He was 88. Mr. Burns was born in West Newton on October 12, 1923, a son of the late Philip L. and Frances W. (Hicks) Burns. He had lived in Waltham and West Newton before moving to Brockton.Harry was a machinist with the W.H. Nichols Company in...

Gerard J. Schulze

Gerard J. Schulze

Nov 3, 2011

Waltham – Mr. Gerard J. Schulze, of Waltham, formerly of West Roxbury and Charlestown, died Thursday, November 3, 2011 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston after a brief battle with cancer. He was 69.Gerry was born in Boston on September 29, 1942, a son of the late Erich and Margaret (McNamara) Schulze, and was raised and educated in...

Edward P. Belliveau

Edward P. Belliveau

Oct 31, 2011

Waltham – Mr. Edward P. Belliveau, of Waltham died, Monday, October 31, 2011 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. He was 86.Ed was born in Waltham on September 15, 1925, a son of the late Louis and Alice (Fagan) Belliveau. During World War II he served with the United States Navy. Until his retirement Ed worked as a...

Charlotte A. O'Connell

Charlotte A. O'Connell

Oct 31, 2011

Waltham – Mrs. Charlotte A. (Bardsley) O'Connell, of Waltham, died Monday, October 31, 2011 at her home. She was 75.Charlotte was born in Waltham on September 11, 1936, a daughter of the late Harold and Emily (Melanson) Bardsley and had been a lifelong resident. Until her retirement she worked as a hairdresser and was the proprietor of Ann Margaret's Beauty...

Theresa M. Cantalupo

Theresa M. Cantalupo

Oct 30, 2011

Watertown - Mrs. Theresa M. (White) Cantalupo, of Watertown, died Sunday, October 30, 2011 in her home. She was 77. Theresa was born in Brighton on February 25, 1934, a daughter of the late Patrick and Ellen (Lewis) White. She was a lifelong Watertown resident and a graduate of Saint Patrick's High School. She was a member of the Ladies...

Rose V. Calabufalo

Rose V. Calabufalo

Oct 30, 2011

Salem, New Hampshire – Mrs. Rose V. (Turco) Calabufalo, of Salem, formerly of Waltham, died Sunday, October 30, 2011 at her home. She was 85.Rose was born in Franklin on April 13, 1926, a daughter of the late Antonio and Elvena (Pierrie) Turco and had lived in Waltham for fifty-seven years before moving to Salem in 2003. Until her retirement...

Celia M. Dion

Celia M. Dion

Oct 28, 2011

Waltham – Mrs. Celia M. (DeMichele) Dion, of Waltham, died Friday, October 28, 2011 at Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 84.Celia was born in Newton on December 6, 1926, a daughter of the late Henry and Rose (Pisano) Dion, and was raised and educated in the Upper Falls section. She was a longtime Waltham resident and before...

Louise E. Lizotte

Louise E. Lizotte

Oct 28, 2011

Waltham – Mrs. Louise E. (Green) Lizotte, of Waltham, died Friday, October 28, 2011 in her home. She was 88.Louise was born in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania on June 15, 1923, a daughter of the late Donald and Rose (Shearer) Green. She moved with her family to Albany, New York when she was 12 years old and had been a Waltham...

Harper T. Wright

Harper T. Wright

Oct 22, 2011

Brighton – Harper Taskier Wright, the infant daughter of Michael T. and Alexandra 'Ali' (Borissoff) Wright, of Brighton, died Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.In addition to her parents, Harper also leaves her grandparents, Thomas and Regina (Ready) Wright of Marshfield and Erast and Joan (Mahon) Borissoff of Purcellville, Virginia.Family and friends will honor and remember...

Michael S. Rotchford

Michael S. Rotchford

Oct 21, 2011

Wareham - Mr. Michael S. Rotchford, of Wareham, formerly of Waltham, died Friday, October 21, 2011 in his home. He was 52. Mike was born on April 1, 1959 in Waltham a son of Edward R. Rotchford and the late Margaret "Barbara" (Curtin) Rotchford. A 1977 graduate of Waltham High School he was a life-long resident until moving to Wareham...

Dorothy E. Lyons

Dorothy E. Lyons

Oct 18, 2011

Mrs. Dorothy E. (Banks) Lyons of Everett, formerly of Waltham, died Tuesday, October 18, 2011 in the Everett Nursing and Rehab. Center. She was 88. Mrs. Lyons was born in Leominster on January 30, 1923, a daughter of the late Howard and Evelyn (Condon) Banks.Dorothy was raised in Boston and graduated from Dorchester Girls' High School. She had moved to...

Louise M. Griffith

Louise M. Griffith

Oct 16, 2011

Parrish, Florida – Mrs. Louise M. (Gastonguay) Griffith, of Parrish, formerly of Granby, Connecticut, St. Louis, Missouri and Waltham passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 16, 2011 surrounded by family. She was 74.Louise was born on January 26, 1937, a daughter of the late Anna (Richard) and Hector Gastonguay of Waltham. She was a graduate of St. Mary's High School...

Arlene E. Chiasson

Arlene E. Chiasson

Oct 16, 2011

Canterbury, New Hampshire – Mrs. Arlene E. (Hart) Chiasson, of Canterbury, formerly of Waltham and West Newton, died Sunday, October 16, 2011 at her home. She was 72.Arlene was born in Waltham on May 16, 1939, one of ten children born to the late Bartholomew and Ariel (Morse) Hart. She was a graduate of Waltham High School and had lived...

Paul J. Ryan

Paul J. Ryan

Oct 14, 2011

Waltham – Mr. Paul J. Ryan, of Waltham, died Friday, October 14, 2011 at his home. He was 90.Paul was born in Watertown on January 25, 1921, a son of the late Michael and Margaret (Donahue) Ryan. Having lost both parents by the time he was 3, Paul and his siblings were raised in Waltham by their aunt and uncle,...

Polyciana "Mama Zoule" Jean Philippe

Polyciana "Mama Zoule" Jean Philippe

Oct 10, 2011

Waltham - Mrs. Polyciana Jean Philippe, of Waltham, died Monday, October 10, 2011 in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. She was 84. She was born in Haiti daughter of the late Lahens and Tercy (Coriolan) Casimir and immigrated to the United States in 1994, settling in Waltham to be near her family. Polyciana, known to her loved ones as "Mama Zoule"...

Jean A. O'Halloran

Jean A. O'Halloran

Oct 9, 2011

Waltham – Mrs. Jean A. (Merlinos) O'Halloran, of Waltham, died Sunday, October 9, 2011 at her home. She was 77.Jean was born in Newton on April 4, 1934, a daughter of the late Daniel and Nicoletta (Montanaro) Merlinos. She was raised in Newton and graduated from Our Lady's High School in Newton. She married her husband, William J. 'Bill' O'Halloran,...

Sara Emerson Farwell

Sara Emerson Farwell

Oct 9, 2011

Sara Emerson Farwell of Waltham died Sunday, October 9, 2011 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 87. She was born in Pasadena, California, on December 13, 1923, a daughter of the late American Composer Arthur Farwell and actress and writer, Gertrude (Brice) Farwell. Sara studied at the New School of Dramatic Arts in New York City as well as the Actors...

Albert B. Kilmain

Albert B. Kilmain

Oct 7, 2011

Waltham - Mr. Albert B. Kilmain, of Waltham, died Friday, October 7, 2011 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 81. Albert was born in Framingham on May 28, 1930, a son of the late Albert B. and Eveleen (Perodeau) Kilmain. He was raised in Wellesley and was a graduate of Wellesley High School and served with the 6th Infantry Division of...