Obituaries

Sep 8, 2023

Stephen Harry Stephenson, a resident of Hyde Park, died Friday, September 8th.  He was 33. Stephen was born February 4, 1984 in Norwood, Massachusetts.  He graduated from Dedham High School and worked as a fencing installer.   Stephen was the beloved son of Paula J. Stephenson of Readville, and her partner John I. Lyons, and Stephen Larkin of Berkeley, and ...

Sep 7, 2023

Joyce Emily (Johnson) Huntington, a longtime resident of Westwood, died Thursday, September 7, 2023 at the Baypointe Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Brockton. She was 90. Joyce was born November 12, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only child of Carl Arthur and Julia B. (Barbarick) Johnson. She was a graduate of Norwood High School and earned her Bachelor’s...

Sep 7, 2023

Martha Jean Rainey, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Thursday, September 7, 2023 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Needham. She was 81. Martha was born October 10, 1941 in Easton, Massachusetts the youngest daughter of Bernard James Jr., and Mary Elizabeth (Cruikshank) Talbot. She graduated from Oliver Ames High School in Easton and earned her Bachelor...

Sep 6, 2023

George Dennis Peters, a resident of Westwood, and formerly of West Roxbury, died Friday, September 6th peacefully at home.  He was 86. George was born February 13, 1933 in Seattle, Washington, the son of Dionis and Thomaidha Peters, immigrants from Albania.  He graduated from South Boston High School and enlisted in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, being...

Sep 6, 2023

John R. Whitney, Jr. “Whit”, Sept. 6, age 92, formerly of Dedham and Concord, son of the late John Randall and Mary Hunter Whitney of Hingham and Boston, died peacefully after a sudden decline.  John grew up in Hingham with his sister, the late Joan Schaup, and received his diploma from The Governor’s Academy in Byfield.  He briefly attended...

Sep 5, 2023

Lillian Helen (Smith) Johnsen, a resident of Dedham since 1957, died Thursday, September 5th in Dedham.  She was 97.  Lillian was born July 6, 1916 in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Anne Bell and George Smith, immigrants from Scotland.  After high school she spent a year in secretarial school and then worked for over 20 years as a secretary...

Sep 2, 2023

Robert Brand Hanson, of Shirley, Massachusetts and formerly a longtime resident of Dedham, died Saturday, September 2, 2023 at his home in Shirley. He was 77. Bob was born July 2, 1946 in Norwood, Massachusetts, the only son, and the middle child of the three children of John Andrew and Virginia May (Gibson) Hanson. He graduated from Dedham High...

Sep 2, 2023

Richard C. Boudrot, a resident of Dedham , died on Sept.2 surrounded by his family.  He was 78.  Mr. Boudrot was born in Newton and was the son of the late Edward S. and Frances M. (Wassung).  A veteran of the Korean War, he served in the United States Air Force.  He then...

Sep 1, 2023

Karl “Dr. K” Rubenis, age 78 of Springfield, previously of Boston, died Friday, September 1st, 2023 from complications of a cardiac arrest and after gracefully enduring over 20 years of Parkinson’s Disease. Recently predeceased by his beloved brother Arvid G on August 8 and his parents Arvid E and Jadviga (Grebezs) Rubenis. Dear uncle to Mona Inocentes and her...

Sep 1, 2023

John W. Hibbard, a longtime resident of Dedham, died on Sept. 1 with his family by his side.  He was 92.  Born in Dedham, he was the son of the late Albert D. and Clara F. (Nudd).  A graduate of Dedham High School and Bates College in Maine.  Mr. Hibbard was a World War II veteran serving in the...

Aug 31, 2023

Marie Anna (Roberts) Valentine, a resident of Westwood since 1952, died Monday, August 31st at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood after a long illness.  She was 90.  Marie was born November 16, 1918 in Millis, Massachusetts, a daughter of William C., and Marie M. (Heller) Roberts. She worked at the Wrentham State School, as a kindergarten teacher for...

Aug 28, 2023

Age 89, of Dedham, passed away August 28, 2023, beloved wife of 63 years to Carl (Hank) Sundquist who was with her at her bedside.  She was the daughter of the late Albert and Annie Hamn.  She is survived by her husband, three children (Jon, Jody, and Steve Sundquist), and five grandchildren (James, Karin, Kajsa, Devon, and Darren Sundquist). ...

Aug 27, 2023

William Edward Burke III, a resident of Bridgewater, and formerly of Dedham died Sunday, August 27, 2023 at the Morton Hospital in Taunton after a brief illness. he was 70. Ed was born April 29, 1953 in Dedham, Massachusetts the son of William Edward Jr. and Shirley (Johnson) Burke. He graduated from the Peterson School and worked in the...

Aug 25, 2023

Paul Crisafulli, of Bridgewater, and formally of Medway, passed away on Friday, August 25, 2023, at the Deutsches Altenheim German Centre in West Roxbury after a lengthy illness. He was 80 years old. Paul was born in Boston on December 31, 1942, and was the son of the late Joseph and Ernestine (Ionnilli) Crisafully. Growing up in West Roxbury,...

Aug 22, 2023

Dagmara Strautin, nee Putnaerglis, age 99, of Dedham, Mass. passed away August 22, 2023 after a brief illness.

Born June 1, 1924 in Riga, Latvia to Rudolf and Olga Putnaerglis. She was educated in nursing and medicine in Latvia and Germany prior to World War II. When the Soviet army invaded Latvia, she and her family fled...

Aug 20, 2023

Joyce Oberlander, a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Tuesday, August 20th at the Newton Wellesley Hospital in Newton surrounded by her family. She was 87. Joyce was born April 3, 1937 in Norwood, Massachusetts, a daughter of Louis Emil and Ellen Veronica (Connolly) Oberlander. She attended Boston State Teachers College in Framingham and Boston University. Joyce worked as an...

Aug 16, 2023

Edmund Leonard “Len” Johnson, Jr. a resident of Nashua, NH, and a former resident of Norwood, passed away at his home on August 16, 2023. He was 86 years old.

Len had a love for MG cars, and has owned and collected many of them in his lifetime. He was a long time active member of the...

Aug 15, 2023

Charles Kiedle Mutz, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 at his home in Dedham. He was 92. Charlie was born March 17, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Carl Walter and Martha (Kiedle) Mutz. He graduated from Boston Trade High School and earned his associate degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. In...

Aug 15, 2023

Eleanor A. (Arvidson) Bjornson, a longtime resident of West Roxbury, passed away on August 15, 2023.  She was 92 years old. Eleanor was born in Lynn, MA, on May 26, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Einar and Ella (Olson) Arvidson, and was the sister of the late Alice A. Mitchell. She was the loving wife of...

Aug 15, 2023

Lynne Marie O’Brien, a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Saturday, August 15th, at her home.  She was 52.  Lynne was born Jan 30, 1963 in Norwood, Massachusetts, the only daughter of James E. and Jean M. (Friend) O’Brien.  She graduated from Dedham High School and studied photography at Unity College in Unity, Maine before earning her degree...