Obituaries

Lorraine M. Finnell

Lorraine M. Finnell

Jul 26, 2005

Miss Lorraine M. Finnell of Waltham died Tuesday, July 26, 2005 in her home. She was 69. Born in Boston, Miss Finnell had lived in Dorchester before moving to Waltham twenty years ago. She was employed by the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston for forty years. Miss Finnell was the daughter of the late Joseph J. and Alida L. (Worley)...

Francis A. Recka

Francis A. Recka

Jul 25, 2005

Weston – Mr. Francis A. Recka of Weston died Monday, July 25, 2005 at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. He was 88. Born in Waltham, a son of the late Anthony and Elizabeth (Shaughnessy) Recka, he moved to Weston in 1956. He had also been a resident of Harwichport from 1977 to 2000 when he returned to Weston. Until his retirement,...

Michael A. Collura

Michael A. Collura

Jul 25, 2005

Mr. Michael A. Collura of Waltham died Monday, July 25, 2005 in his home. He was 77. A lifelong Waltham resident, Mr. Collura was a custodian for the Waltham Public School Department. He was a member of the Sons of Italy in Waltham. Mr. Collura was a Korean War veteran who served in the U.S. Army. Mr. Collura was the...

Janet T. Mazzarini

Janet T. Mazzarini

Jul 22, 2005

Waltham – Mrs. Janet T. (Daly) Mazzarini of Waltham, formerly of Newton, died Friday, July 22, 2005 at the Stanley R. Tippett Home in Needham. She was 52. Born in Brookline, a daughter of Russell Daly of Newton and the late Josephine (DeLosa) Daly, she grew up in Newton where she graduated from Sacred Heart School in Newton Centre. Janet...

Richard W. McNulty

Richard W. McNulty

Jul 22, 2005

Waltham - Mr. Richard W. McNulty of Waltham died Friday, July 22, 2005 at Boston Medical Center. He was 53. Born in Waltham, a son of the late Richard E. and Amelie (Moers) McNulty he had worked for many years as an automotive and motorcycle mechanic. He had also served for several years with the U.S. Army Reserves. He leaves...

David A. Houston

David A. Houston

Jul 21, 2005

Weston – Mr. David A. Houston of Weston, formerly of Waltham, died Thursday, July 21, 2005 in Epoch Nursing Center, Weston. He was 91. Mr. Houston was born and raised in Newfoundland, Canada, where he worked as a fisherman and farmer before coming to the United States in 1938. He was a Waltham resident for many years before moving to...

Phyllis C. Wheeler

Phyllis C. Wheeler

Jul 21, 2005

Weston – Mrs. Phyllis C. Wheeler of Weston died Thursday, July 21, 2005 at Northeast Specialty Hospital, Waltham. She was 80. Born in Waltham, a daughter of the late Harry A. and Edith M. (West) Crommett, she had been a Weston resident for many years. She was the wife of the late Allan T. Wheeler and had been a homemaker....

Herbert E. Tringham

Herbert E. Tringham

Jul 20, 2005

Mr. Herbert E. Tringham of Sudbury died Wednesday, July 20, 2005 in Wingate Nursing Center, Sudbury. He was 76. Born in Boston, Mr. Tringham worked for the City of Waltham Parks Department. He was a Waltham High School Graduate who loved "weather tracking." Mr. Tringham was a Korean War veteran who served in the U.S. Army. He was the son...

Edith M. Pineo

Edith M. Pineo

Jul 19, 2005

Waltham – Miss Edith M. Pineo of Waltham died Tuesday, July 19, 2005 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital on her 88th birthday. A lifelong Waltham resident, Miss Pineo worked at Grover Cronin’s Department Store. She also worked as a secretary for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers until her retirement. Miss Pineo was the daughter of the late Harry and Margaret (Woodworth)...

Patrick Joseph Sharkey

Patrick Joseph Sharkey

Jul 18, 2005

Mr.Patrick Joseph Sharkey of Waltham died Monday July 18, 2005 in Southern Maine Medical Center, Biddeford, Maine. He was 82. Born in Lynn, a son of the late John and Gertrude (Sherin) Sharkey, he graduated from Lynn Classical in 1941. After that, Joe enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and served overseas as a radio...

Charles H. Wheeler

Charles H. Wheeler

Jul 18, 2005

Waltham – Mr. Charles H. Wheeler of Waltham died Monday, July 18, 2005 in Caritas Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Brighton. He was 72. Born in Leicester, Mr. Wheeler lived in Watertown before moving to Waltham forty-three years ago. He was employed as a mechanical engineer. Mr. Wheeler was a graduate of Tufts University, Class of 1955 where he was an...

Patricia M. Bowler

Patricia M. Bowler

Jul 14, 2005

Waltham – Mrs. Patricia M. (Hastings) Bowler of Waltham died Thursday, July 14, 2005 in Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Brighton. She was 77. Born in Cambridge, Mrs. Bowler had lived in Allston for many years before moving to Waltham in 1955. She was a teacher in the Waltham Public Schools retiring seven years ago. Prior to that, she was a...

Jacquelyn A. O'Mara

Jacquelyn A. O'Mara

Jul 12, 2005

Mrs. Jacquelyn A. (Demoy) O'Mara of Upton, formerly of Waltham, died Tuesday, July 12, 2005 in the Geriatric Authority Nursing Home of Milford. She was 72. Mrs. O'Mara was a member of the Waltham Women of the Moose. She was the wife of the late Thomas F. O'Mara, the daughter of the late John J. and Nina P. (Ramsay) O'Mara...

Marjorie E. Lord

Marjorie E. Lord

Jul 11, 2005

Mrs. Marjorie E. (Slater) Lord of Waltham died Monday, July 11, 2005 in the Meadow Green Nursing Center in Waltham. She was 84. Born in Waterbury, CT, Mrs. Lord was a Waltham resident since 1975. She had worked at the Waltham Hospital for seventeen years and, for ten of those years, she was the personnel director, retiring in 1984. Mrs....

Linda A. Harris

Linda A. Harris

Jul 8, 2005

Miss Linda A. Harris of Waltham died Friday July 8, 2005 at Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, Brighton. She was 24. Born in Waltham, she was a graduate of Waltham High School and worked as a Receptionist for Pinnacle Real Estate She is survived by her parents Divina A. (Aquino) Harris and Thomas N. Olson one brother David T. Harris, one sister...

Mary B. Conroy

Mary B. Conroy

Jul 8, 2005

Mrs. Mary B. (Venneau) Conroy of West Lynn, formerly of Waltham, died Friday, July 8, 2005 in the Den-Mar Nursing Home in Rockport. She was 87. Born in Waterford, New York, Mrs. Conroy had lived in Waltham before moving to West Lynn in 1976. She was employed by Fanny Farmer Candy Store in Waltham. She was the wife of the...

Barbara J. Donovan-DeVitt

Barbara J. Donovan-DeVitt

Jul 7, 2005

Mrs. Barbara J. Donovan-DeVitt of Weston, formerly of Lexington, died Thursday, July 7, 2005 in Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. She was 52. Born in Cambridge, Barbara had lived in Lexington before moving to Weston sixteen years ago. She was a registered nurse who worked at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for twenty-five years. Barbara was a volunteer for Weston Elder...

William J. Cox

William J. Cox

Jul 5, 2005

Mr. William J. Cox of Waltham, formerly of Newton, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 82. Born in South Boston, Bill was a World War II veteran who served with the U.S. Army. He was a long standing member of the Woodland Country Club in Newton and an avid golfer. He was also instrumental in bringing...

Thomay T. Salamanis

Thomay T. Salamanis

Jul 3, 2005

Mrs. Thomay T. (Papanikolaou) Salamanis of Waltham died Sunday July 3, 2005 in her home. She was 97. Born in Kriminion, Kozanis, Greece, a daughter of the late Constantine and Soultana (Eliotopoulos) Papanikolaou, she lived in Waltham for over forty years. She was member of the Panmacedonian Association of Boston, Philoptohos at the Taxiarchae Greek Orthodox Church in Watertown, and...

Alfred H. Emberley

Alfred H. Emberley

Jul 1, 2005

Waltham – Mr. Alfred H. ‘Fred’ Emberley of Waltham died Friday, July 1, 2005 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 74. Born in Chelsea, Mr. Emberley had lived in Watertown before moving to Waltham in 1965. He was employed as a millwright for Cabot, Cabot, & Forbes in Boston until his retirement in 1995. Mr. Emberley was a Korean War veteran...