Obituaries

Patricia G. (Hart) MacDonald

Patricia G. (Hart) MacDonald

Sep 26, 2019

Waltham – Mrs. Patricia G. (Hart) MacDonald, of Waltham, died on Thursday, September 26, 2019 surrounded by her children. She was 68.Born on July 30, 1951 in Waltham she was a daughter of the late Bartholomew and Ariel (Morse) Hart. Raised in Waltham she was a graduate of Waltham High School with the class of 1969. She married Jeffrey K....

Walter F. Welch

Walter F. Welch

Sep 26, 2019

Dedham – Walter F. Welch, O.D., died peacefully at home surrounded by family on Thursday, September 26, 2019. He was 91.Dr. Welch was born in Mission Hill on November 17, 1927, a son of the late Walter M. and Mary (McManus) Welch, and was raised in Roslindale. He graduated from Boston College High School and after that served as a...

Susan L. (Carr) Kaupelis

Susan L. (Carr) Kaupelis

Sep 25, 2019

Susan L. Kaupelis, of Worcester, formerly of Waltham died Wednesday, September 25, 2019 in UMASS Memorial Medical Center after a valiant battle with leukemia. She was 61. Born on September 29, 1957 in Waltham, she was a daughter of Corinne (LeBlanc) Carr and the late Chester T. Carr Jr. She was raised in Waltham and graduated with the class of...

Luigina DiGiusto

Luigina DiGiusto

Sep 25, 2019

Waltham – Mrs. Luigina (Ciavattone) DiGiusto died peacefully in her Waltham home surrounded by family on Wednesday September 25, 2019. She was 97.Luigina was born in Anversa, Italy on March 29, 1922, one of four daughters to the late Berardino and Anna (Del Rosso) Ciavattone. She married Guerrino DiGiusto on September 5, 1946 in Anversa and they immigrated to the...

Joan E. (Murphy) MacDonald

Joan E. (Murphy) MacDonald

Sep 24, 2019

Waltham – Joan E. (Murphy) MacDonald, of Waltham, died on September 24, 2019 at Massachusetts General Hospital. She was 67.Born in Waltham on November 30, 1951, she was one of seven children of the late Robert F. and Lillian Y. (Marotte) Murphy, and had been a lifelong resident.Joan worked at Agoda (formerly Priceline) as a marketing manager before her retirement....

Yvonne M. (Brouillette) (Tashjian) Gaudet

Yvonne M. (Brouillette) (Tashjian) Gaudet

Sep 23, 2019

Lexington – Mrs. Yvonne M. (Brouillette) (Tashjian) Gaudet, of Lexington, died on September 23, 2019 at the Parmenter Hospice House in Wayland. She was 94. Yvonne was born in Cambridge on February 21, 1925, one of five children born to the late William and Blanche (Vezina) Brouillette and was raised in Arlington. She was a graduate of Arlington High School.She...

Phyllis L. Moran

Phyllis L. Moran

Sep 23, 2019

Weston – Ms. Phyllis L. Moran, of Weston, formerly of Waltham, died Monday, September 23, 2019 at Wingate of Weston. She was 98.Born in Boston, a daughter of the late Peter and Emily (Diehl) Moran, she was raised in Jamaica Plain. Until her retirement she worked for many years as an accounting supervisor at The Norton Company.Phyllis was a sister...

Una H. Fleischmann

Una H. Fleischmann

Sep 23, 2019

Una Hayes Fleischmann passed away peacefully on September 23rd. She was born on October 23, 1927 and grew up in Middletown and Peekskill, New York. Una was an airplane spotter from the roof of Peekskill High School during World War II. She attended Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, and then moved to New York City where she...

Peter A. Ricci

Peter A. Ricci

Sep 22, 2019

Mr. Peter A. Ricci, of Waltham, died peacefully in his home on Sunday, September 22, 2019. He was 73.Peter was born in Waltham on March 15, 1946, a son of the late John and Lena (Picone) Ricci.Raised in Waltham, he worked for years as a laborer for the Metropolitan District Commission until his retirement. He was an avid New England...

Fernande M. Cormier

Fernande M. Cormier

Sep 21, 2019

They say that long after we are too big to carry in her arms, a mother carries us in her heart . . . and so it was for Fern Cormier of Waltham.When her grandchildren were young, they would spend every weekend at their grandparent's house. Fern welcomed them on each visit with a big 'hello,' a warm hug and...

Jeff Yihsiang Chin

Jeff Yihsiang Chin

Sep 19, 2019

Mr. Jeff Yihsiang Chin, of Wayland, died tragically while on vacation with his family in Hawaii. He was 58. Jeff was born in Tainan, Taiwan on May 31, 1961, the youngest of three children to Tsai-Luang Wang and the late Chung-Ching Chin. On September 28, 1988, he married Debbie Huineng Chen in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Shortly thereafter, the couple moved to...

Helen F. (Swackhamer) Ammerman

Helen F. (Swackhamer) Ammerman

Sep 18, 2019

Mrs. Helen F. (Swackhamer) Ammerman, longtime resident of Endicott, New York, died Wednesday, September 18, 2019 in Belmont Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was 90. Helen was born August 10, 1929 in StandingStone Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late William F. and Sarah Geraldine (Van Ness) Swackhamer. Her father died when Helen was just four months old and her...

John P. Iandoli

John P. Iandoli

Sep 18, 2019

In a recent article published in the Telegram about 'The Greatest Generation' John Iandoli didn't mince his words. In fact he was very candid and not necessarily politically correct as he called it like it was in his words. His details were brutally honest about combat and war, life and death. The article talked about his entry as a Marine...

Alphonse Centofanti

Alphonse Centofanti

Sep 16, 2019

Mr. Alphonse Centofanti of Waltham, formerly of Cambridge, died Monday, September 16, 2019 in John Adams House in Quincy. He was 99.Born on January 9, 1920 in Cambridge, Alphonse was the son of Italian immigrants Falco "Frank" and Josephine (Pacella) Centofanti. A graduate of Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School, Al honorably served the country in the United States Navy,...

Theresa M. Cousineau

Theresa M. Cousineau

Sep 16, 2019

Mrs. Theresa M. (Furey) Cousineau, of Waltham, passed away on September 16, 2019. She was 92. On May 31, 1927, Theresa was one of six children born to Ireland natives, Thomas and Ella (Cunningham) Furey.Born and raised in Watertown, she was a graduate of Saint Patrick's High School, and it was also at her home parish that she married her...

Adrianna A. Smith

Adrianna A. Smith

Sep 15, 2019

Adrianna Smith loved the people in her life and all the creatures God placed on earth. With her lifelong passion for animals she established her own company Walks 4 Pawz and loved going to work each day. Adrianna preferred country living as opposed to city and had dreams of owning and living on farm of her own someday. In her...

Lorraine M. (Verme) Livingston

Lorraine M. (Verme) Livingston

Sep 13, 2019

Mrs. Lorraine M. (Verme) Livingston, formerly of Summit, NJ, died Friday, September 13, 2019 at Sunrise of Weston. She was 96. Lorraine was born on February 10, 1923 in Moline, Illinois, daughter of the late Albin and Hulda (Nelson) Verme. Raised in Moline she was a graduate of Moline High School. Lorraine married Lloyd E. Livingston on June 16, 1951...

Molly (Scherf) Sullivan

Molly (Scherf) Sullivan

Sep 13, 2019

Ms. Molly (Scherf) Sullivan, of Waltham, died on September 13, 2019. She was 90 years old. Molly was born on February 22, 1929 in Dinslaken, a small town located in Northwest Germany. She was one of five children of the late Joseph and Gertrude (Kaiser) Scherf.They say that some of the best things in life are the people we love,...

Thelma (Stamas) Nonis

Thelma (Stamas) Nonis

Sep 12, 2019

Mrs. Thelma (Stamas) Nonis, of Waltham, formerly of Watertown and Cambridge, died Thursday, September 12, 2019 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 98.Thelma was born on June 22, 1921 in Cambridge, the daughter of immigrants Nicholas P. and Nicoletta (Kokinakas) Stamas. Raised in Cambridge, she graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin and the Burdett Business School. With an eye for detail,...

September 11, 2001

September 11, 2001

Sep 11, 2019

Two-thousand - nine-hundred - seventy-seven.Every life with a story to tell . . . and a family grieving to this day.May their 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...