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Richard Bruce Bobbitt, a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Saturday, May 14, 2022 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Needham after a brief illness. He was 70. Bruce was born June 11, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Richard Beverly and Natalie Grace (Belyea) Bobbitt. He is survived by two sisters, N. Susanne Bobbitt of Dedham, and Virginia K. Bobbitt of Portland, Maine, and a brother Andrew E. Bobbitt, and his wife Donna, of Norwood. He was the brother of the late Douglas M. Bobbitt. A graveside service will be held Thursday, May 19th at 2 pm at Oak Grove Cemetery in Medford. Bruce’s Memorial Service will be held Saturday, May 21st at 11 am at the Allin Congregational Church, 683 High Street, Dedham. In lieu of flowers donations to SNARC, 789 Clapboardtree Street, Westwood, MA 02090 would be appreciated.

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Florina M. (Parillo) Morelli, of Norwood, passed away on May 9, 2022 in Boston at the age of 94. She was born on July 7, 1927 in Dedham, MA, and was the daughter of the late Frank and Maria (Denegris) Parillo. Florina was the beloved wife of the late Albert C. Morelli and was the dear mother of Donna M. Morelli of Norwood. She was the sister of the late Felix, Alex, Jerry, and John and Amelia Parillo, Mary Schiripo, Vivian Capozzi, Rose Desantis, Constance Vozella, and Edith Morelli. Florina enjoyed big band music, musical theater, Norwood’s Concerts on the Common, and Frank Sinatra. She volunteered at the Medfield State Hospital.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral service on Friday, May 13, 2022 at 10:00AM, at the Folsom & May Funeral Home, 85 Nichols St., Norwood, followed by interment at Knollwood Memorial Park in Canton.

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Mildred L. (Brown) Haynes, a longtime resident of North Attleboro, died Saturday, May 7, 2022 at her daughter’s home in Mansfield. She was 92. Millie was born June 1, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Myron A. and Ruth E. (White) Brown. She retired in 1993 after twelve years as a clerk for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in Westwood. Millie was the wife of the late William James Haynes who predeceased her in 2010, the mother of the late William J. Haynes Jr., and the sister of the late Frank Brown. She is survived by her two daughters, Debra J. Sheedy, and her husband Larry, of Pittsfield, and Paula F. Cahill, and her husband Timothy, of Mansfield; her daughter-in-law Mary Haynes; as well as 6 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Millie loved to read, do puzzles, and watch the Red Sox. One of her fondest memories was seeing Ted Williams play at Fenway Park. Services and interment in Knollwood Memorial Park in Canton will be private. In lieu of flowers donations to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, 383 Main Avenue, #5, Norwalk, CT, 06851 would be appreciated.

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Eleanor Ng, a resident of Dover, died Saturday, April 23, 2022 at Winate Assisted Living Center in Needham. She was 99. Eleanor was born December 15, 1922 in Toishan, China , the daughter of Lauman and Fay Hing (Wong) Hong. She was the wife of the late Leong Ng and is survived by her son, Francis Ng, and her three daughters, Diana, Carol and Rita. Services and interment in Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, maryland were private.

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Evelyn Frances (Wilson) Hudson, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Monday, April 25, 2022 at her home in Dedham. She was 76. Evelyn was born May 24, 1945 in Everett, Massachusetts, one of the four children of Robert Harvey and Mary Agnes (Keenan) Wilson. During the pre-computer age Evelyn worked as a filing clerk at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. She enjoyed knitting, reading on her kindle, and classic television shows. Evelyn was the wife of the late Paul J. Hudson and the mother of the late Paul J. Hudson. She is survived by two sons, Richard H. Taylor of Dedham, and Barry Taylor of Hyde Park; her brother, Robert Wilson of Florida; two sisters, Mary Wilson of Westwood and Elizabeth Marquis of Canton; as well as seven grandchildren and one great grandson. Visiting hours will be held Thursday, April 28th from 3 to 7 pm at the Folsom Funeral Home 87 Milton Street, Dedham. Relatives and friends are invite to gather at the funeral home Friday starting at 9 am and proceed with us to St Mary’s Church, 420 High Street, Dedham for her Mass of Christian Burial at 10 o clock. After cremation, private interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury.

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Patrick Joseph Douglas, a resident of Boston, died Saturday, April 16, 2022 at his home in Boston.  He was 50.  Patrick was born July 1, 1971 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of the late Arthur J. Douglas, and Marion (Marriott) Gaw of Norwood.  Patrick worked in the roofing and landscaping industries.  In addition to his mother he is survived by his sister, Rosemarie Crawford of Mansfield, his four nieces, Courtney, Allison, Olivia, and Caroline, and his stepfather, Stan Gaw.  Visiting hours will be held Wednesday, April 27th from 4-7 pm at the Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High Street, Westwood.  Private interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Needham.

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Francis Laurent Armand de Marneffe, a resident of Fox Hill Village in Westwood, and formerly a resident of Cambridge, died Friday, April 15, 2022 at the Mass General Hospital in Boston. He was 97. Francis was born May 7, 1924 in Brussels, Belgium, the son of Armand and Esther Magdalene (Loveday) de Marneffe.  Francis was a psychiatrist and the Director Emeritus at the McLean Hospital in Belmont where a building was named in his honor. At the age of 38 he became the General Director of McLean Hospital, a position he held until 1987. Francis graduated in 1950 from Westminster Medical School at the University of London England, and did his internship at Muhlenberg Hospital. Dr de Marneffe did residencies at Kauikeolani Children’s Hospital, Mass General Hospital, and McLean Hospital, where he started as a second year resident in 1953. Francis was a pilot during World War Two in Britian’s Royal Air Force and was awarded the French Legion of Honor medal. He was also the oldest person to row in the Royal Henley Regatta at age 92, an event that he won in 1946 as a member of the King’s College Boat Club. Francis was the husband of the late Barbara (Rowe) de Marneffe and was the father of Peter de Marneffe, Daphne de Marneffe, and her husband Terrence Becker, and Colette de Marneffe and her husband Martin Trimble. He is the proud grandfather of Francesca and Caroline de Marneffe, Sophia, Alex and Nicholas Becker, and Elias, Delia, and Shane Trimble . A memorial service will be held at a later date.  Donations may be made in his memory to McLean Hospital (https://giving.mclean.org/) and The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home (https://www.edithwharton.org/support/online-gift/).

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William Arthur “Billy” Davis died Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. He was 64. Billy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the son of the late Robert S. and Marie E. (DeCoste) Davis. He grew up in East Dedham and was in the last graduating class of St. Mary’s School in Dedham. Billy graduated from Dedham High School with the Class of 1975 and went on to study at Northeastern University for Xray Technology. Many will remember him as the Football Trainer at Dedham High School as well as for Dedham Pop Warner. Billy was the founder and Medical Director of the First-Aid and Rescue Post #528 of the Explorers in Dedham. (Exploring is the co-ed division of the Boy Scouts.) He enjoyed setting up Mass Casualty training incidents for the fire and police departments using the Explorers as victims, and training first responders how to rappel out of buildings with their victims. He also organized other types of rescue and medical classes, taught CPR classes at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston, and taught refresher courses for emergency personal throughout the metropolitan area. Bill worked at Brewster Ambulance for 2 years and Norfolk Bristol Ambulance for 8 years stationed with both companies in Dedham. Bill and his family moved to Georgia where he began working for CWA Systems and Solutions in Cumming, Georgia. He was with them for 10 years until he started his own business, Phones Plus Atlanta. Bill loved to fishing, cooking, shooting at the range, and being with his family.
He is survived by his wife of 31 years Edith A. (Kovacs) Davis; his children William A. Davis Jr. of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Shelby M Davis, and Alexis
E. Frazeur, and her fiancé Ryan Dennison, all of Cumming, Georgia, and his grandson, Blake Davis. Billy is also survived by his brother Robert S. Davis, and his wife Gina, of Guilford, Vermont; his sisters Mary A. Amaral, and her husband Joe, of Stoughton, and Lauralee Davis of Stoughton, his brother-in-law Andrew Kovacs of Bridgewater, and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 21, at 6 pm, at Folsom Funeral Home, 87 Milton St. Dedham with visitation with his family from 5-6 pm. Burial will be private. Donations in his memory may be made to NGMC Hospice, 2150 Limestone Parkway, Suite #222, Gainesville, Georgia, 30501

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January 28, 1958 – April 4, 2022

Alfredo Segundo Figueroa, a resident of Dedham, passed away Monday, April 4, 2022 at BIDH in Needham, MA, at the age of 64. Alfredo was born January 28, 1958 in San Felipe, Venezuela. The son of the late Domingo Segundo Figueroa and Flor Maria Aponte de Figueroa. Alfredo came to the United States in the 1970’s and attended Northeastern University majoring in Economics. He went on to pursue his passion for cooking working as Head Chef for multiple establishments. Alfredo enjoyed working on cars and motorcycles, listening to music, salsa dancing, road trips and more. He is survived by his brother, Washington David Figueroa and his wife, Pelusa, many nieces, nephews and cousins. Although his health was declining, Alfredo was always there to lend a helping hand to anyone in need. He will be deeply missed by many.

A memorial service will be held on Monday, April 25th, 2022, at 6 pm. at the Folsom Funeral Home, 87 Milton St., Dedham, MA 02026. A livestream on zoom of the service will be available at https://zoom.us/join by using the meeting ID: 93504679865, and the passcode: nqQ1Cv. The livestream will begin at 6PM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Pl., Memphis, TN 38105, or online at stjude.org or to the Shriners Children’s Hospital in Boston, 51 Blossom St., Boston, MA 02114, or online at shrinerschildrens.org.

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March 16, 1943 – March 22, 2022

Vassilios “Bill” Alex of Brockton, Massachusetts, age 79, passed away on March 22, 2022 after a valiant four-year battle with blood cancer.
Bill was born in Boston on March 16, 1943 and happily spent his early years in the Dorchester section of the city. The son of immigrants whose rural Greek village only offered schooling through grade 4, he attended Boston and Milton Public Schools, graduating from Milton High in 1961. As a commuter student at Emerson College, Bill thrilled at the chance to be a pioneer in TV production and served as manager of the WERS TV studio his senior year. Throughout college, he also worked for the Grecian Echoes radio program and as writer of the weekly “Alex’s Arena” sports column for the Hellenic Chronicle newspaper. Bill received his bachelor’s in speech broadcasting in 1966.
Upon college graduation and during the Vietnam War, Bill enlisted in the Air Force and was stationed in Adana, Turkey and Mountain Home, Idaho.

After completing his military service, Bill embarked on his broadcasting career, traveling around the United States as play-by-play announcer for the New England Tea Men of the North American Soccer League. Upon the league’s move, he joined WBET 1460 radio in Brockton where he hosted the very popular “Newsline” talk show and produced news reports throughout the day. Bill was deeply dedicated to the city of Brockton, and his mission during “Newsline” was to bring the same journalistic excellence one would expect in major market radio to the local community. The show became known for stimulating interviews with notable personalities, as well as “open lines” for listeners to discuss anything they wanted to talk about. After two decades on the air, Bill pursued a second career at the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department, retiring in 2009.

While Bill had many passions – baseball, rock and roll, and Greek culture among them – family came first. He prioritized spending time with his wife and daughters; favorite family trips included swimming at Humarock Beach in Scituate, fishing at Island Grove Pond in Abington, and sledding at Chemung Hill in Stoughton. He was also an excellent cook known for his homemade meatballs and roasted lemon chicken and potatoes. He had a warm and engaging personality that made others feel at ease, and made friends everywhere he went.

Bill leaves his wife of 45 years, Emily Alex; daughters Katherine (Katie) Alex Stevens and her husband Eric of Norwood and Eugenia (Jennie) Wilkinson and her husband Steve of Norwood; grandchildren Theodore and Cordelia Wilkinson and Xander Stevens; and granddogs Grover, Penelope, and Rosie. He is also survived by brother Christos Alex and his wife Marie of Boston, and was predeceased by sister Athanasia Arvanitis and her husband George of Milton.  

Private services were held on March 25 at Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne. Bill’s family is setting up a college scholarship fund for first-generation and/or low-income (FGLI) students graduating from Brockton or Milton High school who aspire to careers in communications and journalism; those wishing to honor his memory with a donation may do so at https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-vassilios-bill-alex

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