Obituaries

May 28, 2024

Shrewsbury - Jim Smith devoted his life to making the world a better place and inspiring young people to do the same. A student of history, Jim thought deeply about the big issues of his time such as racial injustice, war, and educational inequities, and worked tirelessly to address them all. Thanks to the example of his parents, Leon and...

May 27, 2024

May 24, 2024

Mr. Eugene Gabriel ‘Gene’ Collett, of Waltham, died on Friday, May 24, 2024, in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 60.

Gene was born in Waltham on May 5, 1963 and had been a lifelong resident. He was a graduate of Waltham Vocational High School. 

He dedicated many years of his career to working at Raytheon as a painter for radar and missile systems...

May 24, 2024

Kathleen C.  (Varley) Moran, of Waltham passed away at home with family by her side on Friday, May 24, 2024. She was 85.

Born on September 5, 1938 in Waltham she was the daughter of the late Warren F. and Marjorie M. (Kehoe) Varley. Kathleen was a lifelong Waltham resident and a 1956 graduate of Waltham High School. She attended Framingham...

May 21, 2024

Mary Ellen Hart, Caregiver 

Mary Ellen (Sliney) Hart, of Maynard, formerly of Clinton and Belmont, died Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Care Dimensions Hospice Residence in Lincoln. She was 84. 

Our Mom passed away peacefully in the late afternoon. It was a beautiful sunny day. Surrounded by family who adored her she was lucid, smiling, talking, looking at pictures, and sharing "goodbyes"...

May 19, 2024

Mrs. Marjorie T. (Dean) MacDonald, of Waltham, passed away peacefully at home with family by her side, on Sunday, May 19, 2024.  She was 74.

Born in Quincy, on October 29, 1949, Marjorie was the daughter of the late Robert and Helen (Travers) Dean. She grew up in Stoughton graduating from Stoughton High School. On June 10, 1972, she married the...

May 17, 2024

Mary R. (Lombardo) Mazzeo, of Waltham, died Friday, May 17, 2024 in Saint Patrick’s Manor in Framingham. She was 96. 

Mary was born September 22, 1927 in Waltham a daughter of the late Italian immigrants Philip and Rose (Rizzo) Lombardo. A lifelong Waltham resident she was a graduate of Waltham High School with the class of 1946. She married James J....

May 17, 2024

Mrs. Ethel L. (Veno) Kelly, of Watertown, died on Friday, May 17, 2024 at Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 101.

Ethel was born in Portland, Maine on February 17, 1923, a daughter of the late Henry and Marion (Hays) Veno.  When she was four her family moved to Waltham where Ethel graduated from Saint Mary’s High School.

Following her...

May 17, 2024

Barbara N. Alarie, of Waltham, died on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Brigham and Women’s Hospital following a year-long battle with cancer. She was 62.

Barbara was born in Waltham on October 26, 1961, a daughter of the late Joseph and Barbara (Neal) Alarie and had been a lifelong resident.  She was a graduate of Waltham High School and later earned...

May 15, 2024

Mrs. Judith A. (Doucette) Conrad, of Marlborough, died at home on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 following a period of declining health. She was 82.

Judy was born in Newton on February 14, 1942, a daughter of the late Rene and Frances (Torri) Doucette.   She was raised in Newton and in Watertown and was a graduate of Watertown High School.

It was...

May 15, 2024

Waltham - Jean L. (Gallagher) Harris died Wednesday, May 15, 2024 . She was 86.

Jean was born on March 7, 1938 in Newton a daughter of the late Matthew and Mary (Lansed) Gallagher. She lived in Stoughton and later moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1978 after the death of her husband where she lived over 15 years. Jean returned to...

May 14, 2024

Denna E. Bogle, 56, daughter of the late Athline Tulloch, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston after an illness. 

Born and raised in East Kingston, Jamaica, Denna graduated from Camperdown High School and Alpha Business College where she made many lifelong friends both at school and in the surrounding neighborhoods. Loving and warm,...

May 9, 2024

Laureen M. (Mitchell) Donovan, of Waltham, passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at Newton Wellesley Hospital. She was 79.

Born in Waltham on January 4, 1945, Laureen was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Agnes (Glynn) Mitchell. She was a proud graduate of St. Mary's High School in 1962 furthered her education by obtaining a degree from Massachusetts Bay...

May 4, 2024

Mr. Robert B. Quinn of Waltham died Saturday, May 4, 2024 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. He was 72.

Bob was born in Brighton on September 5, 1951, a son of the late Dr. Philip and Rosemary J. (McManama) Quinn, and was raised in Belmont. He was a graduate of Saint Sebastian School, then in Newton, and earned his bachelor's...

May 2, 2024

Tracy M. Carvalho, of Waltham, passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at her home. She was 47.Tracy was born in Cambridge on August 29, 1976, to Alyce Febbi and the late Michael Hunter. A large part of her formative years was spent in Somerville where she later moved to Arlington and graduated High School.Throughout her career and life, Tracy...

May 2, 2024

Mary Kathleen "Kathy" (Haggerty) Charlantini , formerly of Waltham, Watertown and Lexington, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, May 2, 2024 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. 

Mary Kathleen (Haggerty) Charlantini, lovingly known to family and friends as "Kathy" was born on November 18, 1949, in Waltham, daughter of the late Thomas M. and M. Louise (Roche) Haggerty. Raised in Watertown, she...

May 2, 2024

Mr. Francis J. ‘Frank’ Tarpy, of Waltham, died Thursday, May 2, 2024 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital after an illness. He was 88. 

Francis J. Tarpy was born August 23, 1935 in Waltham a son of the late Patrick and Mary F. (Haddock) Tarpy. Raised in Waltham he graduated from Waltham Vocational High School. He honorably served in the United States Army during...

May 1, 2024

Mr. Patrick W. Kehoe, of Shirley, formerly of Waltham, died Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at Lahey Clinic in Burlington.  He was 39.

Pat was born in Boston on October 16, 1984 and had lived in Waltham for most of his life before moving to Shirley.  He worked as a manager for Pro Tool Equipment Rental in Waltham.

He had a gift for...

May 1, 2024

Mrs. Mary C. (Cassidy) DiMaggio, of Waltham, died Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at her home.  She was 97.

Mary was a daughter of the late Patrick and Mary (Boyle) Cassidy and had been a lifelong Arlington resident before her marriage to Carmelo A. DiMaggio in 1950.  Shortly thereafter the couple moved to Waltham where they raised their family.

She had been a...

Apr 30, 2024

Mr. Jacques Linder of Waltham passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 78. 

Jacques was born on September 25, 1945 in Vincennes, Indiana, a son of the late Walter and Grace (Meek) Linder. Raised in Lawrenceville, Illinois, he did his undergraduate work in music at the University of Evansville, and went on to do graduate work...