Local Obituaries
None Charlene Currie
Jun 5, 2020
Charlene W. (Gosse) Currie, of Dedham, passed away at Norwood Hospital on June 5, 2020. She was 70 years old. Charlene was the beloved wife of 36 years to James Currie, and the loving daughter of the late Charles and Alyce (Colby) Gosse. She is the loving sister of Joan Chandler and her late husband Vernon of PA, the...
Barbara H. Pinkham
Jun 4, 2020
PINKHAM, Barbara Helen of Dedham died of complications from aspiration pneumonia on June 4, 2020 at home, with family by her side. She was 86. She was the beloved wife of the late Harlan R. (Bob) Pinkham. She was born on May 15, 1934 in Boston, the daughter of Samuel G. Smyth and Elsa (Munroe) Smyth. She grew up...
Jean L. Henry
May 20, 2020
Jean Lucille Adams Henry, 73, of Malden, MA, passed away peacefully on May 20, 2020, from complications due to COVID-19. Jean was born on November 27, 1946 in Berbice, Guyana, the daughter of the late Wilfred Nathaniel Adams and Beryl Lenora Adams. She was the beloved mother of Nickey Henry, Audrey Taxter, and Denise Honoroff, and the dear sister...
Splinter Shirley Van
May 18, 2020
Shirleyann (Anderson) Van Splinter, 85, of Westwood, Mass., passed away May 18, 2020 after a brief illness with Covid-19. She is survived by her husband of 59 years Richard Van Splinter; two daughters, Susan Edwards and her husband Scott of Holliston, Mass., and Beth Stebbins and her husband Douglas of Westwood, Mass; six grandchildren – Matthew, Nicholas and Allison...
None Irene Maceachern
May 13, 2020
Irene MacEachern, a longtime resident of Westwood, died Wednesday, may 13, 2020 at the Hellenic Nursing Home in Canton. She was 95. Irene was born November 15, 1924 in Argyle, Prince Edward Island, Canada a daughter of Roderick and Margaret Christine (MacPhail) MacEachern. Irene graduated from Jamaica Plain High School and attended night school classes at Harvard and Northeastern...
None Joan Mariano
May 7, 2020
Joan Ellen (Joanie) Mariano, 87, a lifelong resident of Dedham, died peacefully Thursday, May 7, 2020. Born in Dedham in 1933, Joan was the ninth of ten children born to Sabatino and Giovina (Sablone) Mariano. She grew up in the family home on Curve Street and lived there until dementia set in quickly over seven years ago. Joan...
James J.J. Johnson
May 7, 2020
James J.J. Johnson of East Dedham, passed away peacefully on May 7, 2020 at the age of 60. Jim was the beloved father of Haillie R., and James N. Johnson and the devoted son of Jacqueline Kiely Kohut. He was predeceased by his father, Hendrick R. Johnson and his stepfather, Richard P. Kohut. He was the loving brother of...
Beatrice L. Parks
May 6, 2020
Beatrice Loranie (Aube) Parks, a longtime resident of Norwood, died Saturday, May 6, 2020 at the Norwood Hospital in Norwood, MA. She was 92. Beatrice was born December 28, 1927 inNew York City, New York, the daughter of Edgar and Carmaline (Reny) Aube. She worked as a bookkeeper at a diesel truck service center in Randolph, MA. She wasthe...
Virginia E. Lamb
May 6, 2020
Virginia Edith Lamb, a longtime resident of Roslindale, died Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at the Sherrill House in Jamaica Plain. She was 87. Virginia was born September 9, 1932 in Jamaica Plain, the daughter of George Hester and Gladys May (York) Lamb. She worked as a secretary for the John Hancock Insurance Company and then for Emmanuel Episcopal Church...
Claire R. Mcbrine
May 1, 2020
Claire Ruth (Lindsay) McBrine,of West Roxbury passed away peacefully on May 1, 2020 at the age of 90 due complications from Covid-19. Claire was predeceased by her husband of 62 years Richard (Red) McBrine and they were the loving and devoted parents of Nancy M. Sheehan and her husband Mark (deceased) of Plymouth and Jeanne Strickland and her husband...
None Jane Bodell
Apr 27, 2020
Jane Ross Leigh Bayne Bodell went to heaven on April 27, 2020. Jane died peacefully in the White Oaks Cottages at Foxhill Assisted Living Residence in Westwood, MA. Jane was born in 1928 in New York City, graduated from St Mary’s Episcopal School, Peekskill, NY, Centenary Jr. College, Hackettstown, NJ. and The Traphagen School of Fashion, NYC. Prior to...
William W. Wilcox
Apr 27, 2020
On 04/27/2020, William W Wilcox V of Westwood, MA, formerly of West Hartford, Ct and Boca Grande Fl. and devoted husband of Priscilla, his wife of 71 years, passed away at 94 years of age. He was born on 04/24/1926 in Middletown Ct to Eleanor Sanborn Wilcox and William W Wilcox IV. He attended Eaglebrook School, Phillips-Andover Academy, and...
Roger And Dorothy Corey
Apr 25, 2020
Roger E. Corey, born March 16, 1921, and Dorothy (Haywood) Corey, born December 22, 1916, first met in the Spring of 1944 while both were stationed in West Palm Beach, Florida with the Army Air Corps. Roger served as a radar specialist and Dorothy as a cryptographer. If asked, she had to tell folks she was a secretary, even...
None Dennis Dixon
Apr 25, 2020
Dennis J. Dixon, of Dedham, April 25, 2020, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family early Saturday morning. He was the beloved husband of Holly A. (Hagan), loving father of Allyson Dixon of Dedham and Travis Dixon and his wife Jackie of Walpole. Also survived by his siblings, Richard Dixon of Florida, Marjorie Ann Good of North Carolina along...
Charles J. Downing
Apr 23, 2020
Charles J. Downing, a resident of Chestnut Hill and formerly of Westwood died Thursday, April 23, 2020 after battling pneumonia. Charles was the beloved husband of the late Barbara (Roberts) Downing, and the son of the late James Downing and Anna (Murray) Downing. He was the devoted father of Marianne Walsh and her husband John of Sandwich, Catherine Downing...
Robert V. Piemonte
Apr 21, 2020
Robert Victor Piemonte, a resident of Highland Glen in Westwood for several years, and formerly a resident of New York City, New York for many years, died Tuesday, April 21, 2020 t the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Needham after a brief illness. He was 85. Robert was born July 28, 1934 in the East Elmhurst Section of...
William F. Carroll
Apr 17, 2020
William Francis Carroll, a resident of Walpole, and formerly of Dedham, entered into eternal rest on Friday, April 17, 2020 at the Season’s Hospice Home in Milton. He was 65. William was born June 22, 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only son of William Francis and Anna Veronica (Feeney) Carroll. He is survived by his beloved wife of nearly...
None Juanita Blaney
Apr 15, 2020
Juanita Jack Blaney, June 7, 1926 – April 15, 2020, passed away at Victoria Haven Nursing Facility in Norwood, MA. Born in Boston, MA to Pauline Macleod Jack and Harry Kingsley Jack, Juanita attended Boston Conservatory of Music where she studied harp which she loved and played for many years. In her later years she enjoyed her 9 grandchildren...
Louise Harding Russell
Apr 14, 2020
Louise Harding Russell died peacefully on April 14, 2020 in Needham, MA. She was 74. In addition to struggling for several years with advancing dementia, several other health issues had recently arisen that were then exacerbated by complications from the Covid-19 virus. She was mercifully spared the inevitable progression of her Alzheimers. Louise was born in Great Lakes, Illinois...
Louise H. Russell
Apr 14, 2020
Louise Harding Russell, a resident of Woodstock, Vermont, died Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Needham. She was 74. Louise was born September 18, 1945 in Lake Forest, Illinois, the daughter of Henry Edwards and Louise (Harding) Russell. She was an administrator at Children’s Hospital in Boston. Louise is survived by her brother,...
