Obituaries

May 12, 2023

It is with sadness that we announce that our dear Lillian Kerallah passed away from COVID-19 on Tuesday, May 12, with a kind hospice nurse at her side. Stratford Street United Church was ‘home’ to Lillian, who continued to sent greeting cards to her long-time friends from her bedside at Stonehedge (she never forgot Bud & Minetta’s anniversary). Nancy...

May 12, 2023

Edwin S.S. Sunderland, Jr., 91, died peacefully at Fox Hill in Westwood, MA, on May 12, following a long illness. Born and raised in New York with his late sister, Joan Scribner, he graduated from St. Mark’s School Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkley. A priest in the Episcopal Church,...

May 11, 2023

George Warren Towne, a resident of Westwood for over 70 years, died Monday, May 11th at his home.  He was 90.  Mr. Towne was born in Canton, a son of the late Harry F., and Adelaide (Clarke) Towne.  He graduated from Norwood High School with the Class of 1936.  Warren served as a corporal in the 1st Battalion, 341st...

May 10, 2023

Jillian Nicole Contardo died unexpectedly May 10th at her home in Dedham.  She was 16.  Jillian was born in Newton and grew up in Dedham.  She was a sophmore at Dedham High School.  Jillian was a former 4H Club member in Walpole.  She was an accomplished Violinist and Musician, and a member of the Allin Church Youth Group.  And...

May 8, 2023

Kilby Anne “Kibby” Garabedian of Westwood, MA (formerly of Princeton, MA and Grafton, MA) passed away after a long illness on May 8th at the age of 79. Kibby was born in Boston, MA and raised in NJ. She graduated from Mahwah Regional High School in 1962 and matriculated to Cheshire Hospital School of Nursing in Keene, NH, receiving...

May 7, 2023

Fred Clegg, a Dedham resident for the past 31 years, died unexpectedly on May 7th.  He was 60 years old.

He grew up in Roslindale and Mattapan.  He was the son of the late Frank and Phyllis Clegg.  As a boy, he was a Boy Scout, a paperboy and active with youth activities...

May 5, 2023

Robert Lee Delano Milton, Sr., of West Roxbury, passed away on May 5, at the age of 87. Born in Boston, he was the son of John L. and Helen E. (Hart) Milton. He was a veteran of the United States Army, and proudly served in the Korean War as a radio operator until his discharge in 1953 at...

May 4, 2023

Christa Ruth (Werk) Fein passed away on Thursday, May 4, 2023. She was 86 years old. She is survived by her husband Peter, married 62 years, her six children Cathe, Elke (Nelson), Susan (Don), Lissie (Peter), Peter (Avni), Stephanie and 11 grandchildren.

Christa was born on December 9, 1936 in Berlin, Germany. She was a preschool teacher...

May 4, 2023

Nancy Patricia Cobb, of Newton, MA, a longtime former resident of Westwood, MA, died peacefully on Monday, May 4 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital after a short hospitalization. Nancy would have celebrated her 65 th birthday this June.  Born in Boston, MA, Nancy was the daughter of the late Ella (Walton) and Charles Cobb.  Nancy was always interested in healthcare, and...

May 2, 2023

Helen Jane Sears, 92, a retired Milton High School guidance counselor, and, until recent years an active South Shore Hospital lay chaplain, died May 2 nd at North Hill, a retirement community in Needham, MA. She is survived by her sister, Victoria Sears Thaler O’Gorman, also of Needham, MA and many nephews, nieces and...

May 1, 2023

Ruth Mary (Smigielski) Fay, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Monday, May 1st, 2023 at the Milton Hospital in Milton, Massachusetts. She was 81. Ruth was born August 18, 1941, the only daughter of Henry Thaddeus and Mary C. (Lewon) Smigielski. She graduated from Hyde Park High School and worked in the reconciliation department at the Dedham Institution for...

Apr 28, 2023

Evelyn C. Anthony of Norwood, passed away suddenly on April 28, at the age of 82.  Evelyn was born and raised in Norwood where she lived all her life.  She was the daughter of the late Karl and Teckla (Neilson) Johnson.  Sister to the late Lawrence, Herbert and Albert Johnson.  Loving mother of Linda (Wood) Grudinskas and her husband...

Apr 25, 2023

Maria (Carpino) Parise, of Readville, passed away on April 25, 2023. She was 81 years old. Maria was the beloved wife of the late Antonio Parise, and the dear mother of Robert and his wife, Theresa of Norwood, and Carlo of Hyde Park. Proud grandmother of Mark, Daniela and Anthony Parise.

Dear sister of Pietro and his...

Apr 25, 2023

Beloved husband, father, father-in-law and grandfather, Bill Babcock died peacefully at the age of 99 on April 25th at the Clarke House in Westwood, MA with his wife, Victoria Babcock, by his side. Born in Carthage, Missouri on April 12, 1919 Bill was the only child of Leon Warren Babcock and Hazel Irene Lane from Lewiston, Maine. After graduating...

Apr 23, 2023

Irene Louise (Garber) Sawyer, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Sunday, April 23, 2023 at her residence at the Village at Willow Crossing in Mansfield. She was 94. Irene was born October 25, 1928 in Boston, the only daughter of Arthur E. and Irene A. (Habblitz) Garber. She graduated from Dedham High School and worked as an office clerk...

Apr 23, 2023

Barbara Susan (Jacobs) Rochon, a resident of Wrentham for over 20 years, died Sunday April 23, 2023 at her home in Wrentham surrounded by her loving family. She was 66. Babs was born September 23, 1956, the youngest of the three daughters of Frank J. and Rosemary (Sabella) Jacobs. She grew up on Loring Street in Westwood and graduated...

Apr 23, 2023

Georgina E. (Prisco) Hassey, a former resident of Dedham and Hyde Park, passed away at Norwood Health Care on April 23 at the age of 93.  She was born in Dedham to Carlo and Virginia (DeSalvo) Prisco.   Georgina was a graduate of Randolph School for the deaf in 1947.  She was the beloved wife of the late Arthur W....

Apr 22, 2023

Our beloved mother, Marguerite K. McDonald, passed away on April 22nd, ending a courageous 12-day struggle with the Covid-19 virus. She faced her final challenge with the same grace, love and courage that she modeled across all facets of her 83 years. She will be forever missed and remembered by the many people she loved and whose lives she...

Apr 19, 2023

George Frederick Buttlar, a resident of Pawtucket, Rhode Island and formerly of Mount Vernon, Maine, and of Dedham for over 30 years, died Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at the Providence Rhode Island Veteran’s Hospital. He was 94. George was born April 8, 1929 in Dedham, Massachusetts, a son of John C. and Katherine (Weitz) Flanagan Buttlar. After his graduation...

Apr 18, 2023

James Joseph Hourihan Jr., a resident of Framingham, died Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at the Metrowest Medical Center in Framingham after a brief illness. He was 46. James was born Sept 16, 2023 in Burlington, Vermont, the son of James Joseph and Maryann (Sopp) Hourihan. He enjoyed weight lifting and won a state championship in power lifting. James is...