Obituaries

David W. Hay
Jan 31, 2006
Waltham - Mr. David W. Hay of Waltham, formerly of Mashpee, died Tuesday January 31, 2006 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, West Roxbury. He was 77. Born in Brockton, a son of the late William B.and Ruth M. (Greene) Hay, he was the owner of Automotive Adjustment Service for twenty years, and for the past thirty-five years, he was...

Mary S. Kavanagh
Jan 28, 2006
Waltham - Miss Mary S. Kavanagh of Waltham died Saturday, January 28, 2006 at the Carlyle House in Framingham. She was 82. Born in Nova Scotia, Canada, she lived most of her life in Waltham. She worked as an assembler for Raytheon in Waltham for many years. Miss Kavanaghs interests included politics and music. She was the daughter of the...
Edward J. Comeau
Jan 27, 2006
North Chelmsford Mr. Edward J. Comeau of North Chelmsford, formerly of Waltham, died Friday, January 27, 2006 at Sawtelle House Hospice in Reading. He was 71. Born in Waltham, a son of the late Alphonse and Zoe (Saulnier) Comeau, he was raised in Belmont. Before moving to North Chelmsford four years ago, Ed lived with his family on Beal...

Loretta B. Tomassian
Jan 27, 2006
Watertown Mrs. Loretta B. (Barbarick) Tomassian of Watertown died Friday, January 27, 2006 at the Briarwood Healthcare Facility in Needham. She was 94. Mrs. Tomassian was born in Cohasset, a daughter of the late Grover and Jane (MacDonald) Barbarick. Raised and educated in Waltham, she was a graduate of Waltham High School and was a standout basketball player in...

John M. Scalzi
Jan 27, 2006
Waltham - Mr. John M. Scalzi of Waltham died Friday, January 27th at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston after injuries sustained from an automobile accident. He was 61. Mr. Scalzi was a longtime resident of Waltham and graduated from Waltham High School. He worked in Quality Control for the B.C. Ames Company for many years. John was very active in...

Gerald M. Curtin
Jan 25, 2006
Waltham Mr. Gerald M. Curtin of Waltham and Harwichport died Wednesday, January 25, 2006, in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 71. Mr. Curtin was a real estate broker who owned Gerald M. Curtin Real Estate in Waltham. A lifelong Waltham resident, he was a graduate of Saint Charles Borromeo High School in Waltham and Northeastern University in Boston. An avid...
John P. Gallagher
Jan 25, 2006
Weston Mr. John P. Gallagher of Weston, formerly of Waltham, died Wednesday, January 25, 2006 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 77. Born in Boston, a son of the late John and Mary (Clasby) Gallagher, he was a lifelong resident of Waltham before recently moving to Weston. John was a 1947 graduate of Waltham High School and had attended Boston...

Joseph R. Arsenault
Jan 23, 2006
Waltham - Mr. Joseph R. Arsenault of Waltham died Monday, January 23, 2006 in his home. He was 78. Born in New Brunswick, Canada a son of the late Adelard and Zelima (Dionne) Arsenault, he worked as a machinist for twenty years for the FaBraze Compamy of Waltham. He was also the former owner of J.J.s Sub Shop for five...

Mary J. Gaidys
Jan 22, 2006
Waltham - Mrs. Mary J. (Ryan) Gaidys of Waltham died Sunday, January 22, 2006 at Chetwynde Health and Rehabilitation Center, West Newton. She was 89. Born in Boston, a daughter of the late Edward and Mary (Cunniff) Ryan, she was a buyer for Grover Cronins in Waltham for many years. She was a former member of the Waltham Bowling League...

Muriel Tronstad
Jan 22, 2006
Waltham - Mrs. Muriel (Hayhurst) Tronstad of Waltham died Sunday, January 22, 2006 at MeadowGreen Nursing Center in Waltham. She was 93. Born in New Bedford, a daughter of the late Richard and Alice (Dewhurst) Hayhurst, she lived in Waltham for more than forty years. She worked for many years as an inspector for the Raytheon Corporation and also worked...

Raffaela Mancuso
Jan 21, 2006
Waltham - Mrs. Raffaela (DiFiore) Mancuso of Waltham died Saturday, January 21, 2006 at Caritas Saint Elizabeths Medical Center, Brighton. She was 98. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey a daughter of the late Joseph and Constantina (Carbone) DiFiore, she worked for many years in the marking room at Grover Cronins Department Store in Waltham. She had lived in Waltham for...

Charles N. Russell
Jan 20, 2006
Waltham - Mr. Charles N. Russell of Waltham and Falmouth, died Friday January 20, 2006 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 86. Born and raised in Waltham, a son of the late Charles and Mary (Heywood) Russell, he was a Waltham Firefighter for thirty-two years before retiring in 1975. He also worked for BayBank in Waltham for many years. Mr. Russell...

Yolanda DeGregoris
Jan 19, 2006
Newton - Mrs. Yolanda (Venditti) DeGregoris of Newton, formerly of Waltham, died Thursday, January 19, 2006 at Chetwynde Health and Rehabiliation Center in Newton. She was 83. Born in Sora, Italy a daughter of the late Joseph and Angela (Depucchio) Venditti, she lived in Waltham for many years before moving to Newton. Mrs. DeGregoris was a homemaker. She was the...

Margaret F. Duddy
Jan 19, 2006
Dedham Mrs. Margaret F. Miggie (Doyle) Duddy of Dedham and West Ossipee, New Hampshire, formerly of Waltham died Thursday, January 19, 2006 at Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston. She was 74. Born in Malden, a daughter of the late James and Mary (Gaudette) Doyle, she had been the librarian at Saint Jude School in Waltham for many years. Miggie...

Patricia A. Rice
Jan 15, 2006
Waltham - Miss Patricia A. 'Pat' Rice of Waltham died Sunday, January 15, 2006 at Carleton Willard Village in Bedford. She was 70. Born and raised in Waltham, a daughter of the late John and Catherine (Smith) Rice, she worked for thirty-seven years as a secretary for Varian Associates in Burlington. She was the sister of the late Margaret Rice...

Armand R. Gaudet
Jan 15, 2006
Waltham - Mr. Armand R. Gaudet of Waltham died Sunday, January 15, 2006 at Maristhill Nursing Home in Waltham. He was 88. Born in Saint Joseph, New Brunswick, Canada, a son of the late Henry and Tillie (Belliveau) Gaudet, he worked as an electrician at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Jamaica Plain for twenty-nine years until his retirement. He was...
Anna Mastrogiovanni Servino
Jan 14, 2006
Waltham - Anna Mastrogiovanni Servino of Waltham died Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Meadow Green Nursing Center, Waltham. She was 70. Born in San Giorgio Cremano, Naples, Italy, a daughter of the late Ernesto and Palmina (Borrelli) Mastrogiovanni, she was a homemaker who lived in Watertown before moving to Waltham twelve years ago. She came to the United States in...

Dorothy E. Sheehan
Jan 14, 2006
Waltham Miss Dorothy E. Sheehan of Waltham died Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Maristhill Nursing Home, Waltham. She was 92. Born and raised in Worcester, a daughter of the late Michael and Mary (Riley) Sheehan, she had lived in Paxton for more than thirty years before moving to Waltham two years ago. Dorothy was a graduate of Bridgewater State...

Dorothy Wright McLaughlin
Jan 13, 2006
Mrs. Dorothy Wright McLaughin of Somerville, formerly of Waltham, died Friday, January 13, 2006 in the Epoch Senior Health Care in Weston. She was 89. Born in Springfield, Mrs. McLaughlin lived in Waltham for many years before moving to Somerville. She was an animal lover, especially cats. She was the wife of the late Francis J. Wright and Patrick McLaughlin...
Mary W. Birmingham
Jan 10, 2006
Waltham Mrs. Mary (Welch) Birmingham of Waltham, died Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at Maristhill Nursing Home, Waltham. She was 100 years old. She was the wife of the late Thomas E. Birmingham. Born in Boston on March 17, 1905, a daughter of the late Richard and Mary (Groom) Welch, she lived in Newtonville before moving to Waltham in 1940....