Obituaries
Shirley (Fienman) McPherson-Lapinskas
Sep 27, 2020
Parrish, Florida—Mrs. Shirley McPherson Lapinskas passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2020 in Florida. She was 82 years old.Shirley was born on December 9, 1937 in Brighton. She was the second child of the late David and Eleanor (Toohey) Fienman. At an early age the family moved to Trapelo Road in Waltham where she was raised. After graduating from Waltham...
Charlene A. (Dragon) Colgan
Sep 26, 2020
Charlene Anne (Dragon) ColganLoving mother, daughter, and sister Charlene Anne Colgan (née Dragon), 63, passed away peacefully at her home in Belmont, Massachusetts on Saturday, September 26th, 2020, surrounded by her family. Charlene navigated the past eight months of her cancer treatment with the quiet strength, grace, and generosity of spirit for which she was known and loved. Charlene was...
Doris A. (Casella) Landry
Sep 25, 2020
Ashburnham – Doris A. (Casella) Landry, of Ashburnham, died Friday, September 25, 2020 following a period of declining health. She was 54.Doris was born in Waltham on December 15, 1965, a daughter of the late Louis J. and Mary L. (Maloney) Casella. She was a graduate of Waltham High School.For years she worked in the accounting department of the Cains...
Matthew J. Pintabone
Sep 24, 2020
Waltham – Mr. Matthew J. Pintabone, of Waltham, died Thursday, September 24, 2020 in Beth Israel Medical Center, Boston. He was 50 years old.Matt was born in Waltham on September 29, 1969, a son of the late Charles and Christine (Iaconis) Pintabone. He was a lifelong Waltham resident and graduated from Waltham High School where he lettered on both the...
Wesley Metcalf Fuller
Sep 24, 2020
Wesley Metcalf Fuller, composer and educator, died at his home in Waltham on Thursday, September 24, 2020. He was 89. Wesley was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on December 13, 1930, a son of the late Ernest Metcalf Fuller and Hazel Lavinia (Durrell) Fuller. A graduate of North High School in Worcester, he did his undergraduate work at the Oberlin Conservatory...
John E. Kenney
Sep 24, 2020
Watertown – Mr. John E. Kenney, of Watertown, formerly of Waltham, died peacefully on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at The Residence at Watertown Square. He was 81.John was born in Waltham on May 28, 1939, a son of the late John F. and Olive (Connolly) Kenney, and was a lifelong resident. After graduating from Waltham High School he honorably served...
Maude Alice (Dow) Mula
Sep 24, 2020
Waltham – Mrs. Maude Alice (Dow) Mula, of Waltham, died on Thursday, September 24, 2020 in the Stanley Tippett Home in Needham following a period of declining health. She was 95.Alice was born in Woburn on November 1, 1924, a daughter of the late Harold J. and Maude A. (Kelley) Dow. As a teenager her family moved to Waltham where...
Elizabeth C. 'Betty' Carracini
Sep 23, 2020
Betty handled life with grace…and a smile throughout her eighty-two years. She met life's challenges and adversities with tenacity and was one never to complain. Wonderful lessons she taught in her own quiet ways. Betty was also blessed with the gift of five children who adored her and took wonderful care of her as roles reversed later in her life....
Dorothy (Penney) Lydon
Sep 22, 2020
Waltham – Mrs. Dorothy (Penney) Lydon, of Waltham, died Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at her home. She was 96.Dorothy was born in Cambridge on July 5, 1924, a daughter of the late David and Lucy Ella (Estey) Penney and was raised in Belmont. She was a 1942 graduate of Belmont High School.She and her late husband, WW II Marine veteran...
Ronald A. Misasi
Sep 21, 2020
Mr. Ronald A. Misasi, of Waltham, formerly of Belmont, died Monday September 21, 2020 at his home. He was 77.Ronald was born in Cambridge on July 3, 1943 to the late Mary (Salvucci) and Salvatore Misasi. He grew up in Brighton and graduated from Saint Sebastian's High School, later earning his Bachelor's degree from Boston College while working in the...
Dennis W. Mastro
Sep 20, 2020
Dennis Mastro was everyone's lovable curmudgeon but in this context we mean it as a term of endearment. He didn't mince his words, you knew where he stood politically and while the fuse might sometimes have been short…at the end of the day Dennis had your back and he really, really did love you. There were no airs or false...
Virginia S. Boulton
Sep 17, 2020
North Attleborough - Virginia S. Boulton, of North Attleborough, formerly of Waltham, died September 17, 2020 at her home. She was 76.Ginny was born in Cambridge on March 21, 1944 to the late Paul L. and Josephine M. (Cahill) Boulton. She grew up in Waltham and spent the majority of her life there. She graduated from Saint Mary's High School...
Marie 'Mimi' A. (Morano) DePalo
Sep 15, 2020
Life for Marie Morano and Pantaleo 'Pal' DePalo began in the same house on Northboro Street in Worcester. The Morano's lived on the first floor and the DePalo's on the second floor. In simple surroundings - by loving and hard-working Italian immigrants - their childhood friendship blossomed into a lifetime together. Wonderful traditions were instilled in Marie and Pal at...
Peiqi Liu
Sep 15, 2020
Lexington – Mr. Peiqi Liu, Tianjin, China, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at his son's home in Lexington after experiencing complications from liver cancer.Mr. Liu was 73. Born on December 18, 1946 in Wuhan, China, he was a son of the late Guozhen Liu and Yongjuan Zhang. Mr. Liu graduated from Beijing University of Technology with a...
Marie C. Kelly
Sep 12, 2020
Newton – Miss Marie C. Kelly, of Newton, died Saturday, September 12, 2020 at the Stanley Tippett Hospice Home in Needham following a period of declining health. She was 95.Marie was born and raised in Newton on June 24, 1925, a daughter of the late Patrick and Mary (Corcoran) Kelly. She was a 1943 graduate of Newton High School and...
September 11, 2001
Sep 11, 2020
Two-thousand - nine-hundred - seventy-seven.. . . You will never be forgotten.. . . May your memories be eternal.World Trade Center NorthAndrew Anthony Abate Vincent Paul Abate Laurence Christopher Abel William F. Abrahamson Richard Anthony Aceto Paul Acquaviva Donald LaRoy Adams Shannon Lewis Adams Stephen George Adams Ignatius Udo Adanga Christy A. Addamo Terence Edward Adderley Jr. Sophia B. Addo...
Arleen F. (McCarthy) Nadolny
Sep 11, 2020
Mrs. Arleen F. (McCarthy) Nadolny, of Waltham, died Friday, September 11, 2020 in Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 88.Arleen was born on November 6, 1931 in Waltham a daughter of the late John and Margaret (Connelly) McCarthy. Raised in Waltham she married Henry J. Nadolny on June 17, 1967 in Saint...
Marguerite M. 'Peggy' (Garrigan) Doherty
Sep 10, 2020
Waltham – Mrs. Marguerite M. "Peggy" (Garrigan) Doherty, of Waltham, died on Thursday, September 10, 2020 peacefully in her home. She was 92 years old. Peg was born in Waltham on July 13, 1928 to the late William and Mary (Hughes) Garrigan. She was a 1946 graduate of Saint Mary's High School and a lifelong Waltham resident. On March 31,...
Kerri T. (Thurston) Lima
Sep 9, 2020
Kerri T. (Thurston) Lima, of Waltham, died at home on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. She was 43. Kerri was born in Boston March 11, 1977 a daughter of the late Harold and Marilyn (Farrah) Thurston. She was working as a driver for Call One Inc. She leaves her husband, Scott Lima; her daughter, Olivia J. Thurston (Julio Bautista) of Waltham;...
Patricia (Bonica) Hill
Sep 9, 2020
Patricia (Bonica) Hill, known as Patty to all that knew her, was the fourth of four girls, born April 30, 1952, in Waltham, MA, to Anthony and Stella Bonica. Soon after, her family moved to Newton where she lived until she graduated from Newton North in 1970. She obtained an Associates degree in Early Education from Lasalle University, a BA...