Local Obituaries
Janet Schall
Jul 18, 2020
Janet M. Schall, a long time resident of Dedham, passed away on July 18, 2020 at the age of 67. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Louis H. and Madelyn A. (Wells) Schall. Janet was a graduate of Dedham High School, Class of 1971. After graduation she went on to Katherine Gibbs School for a...
Indra J. Platais
Jul 6, 2020
Indra Judite (Klavins) Platais, a longtime resident of West Roxbury died Monday, July 6, 2020 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She was 86. Indra was born December 7, 1933 in Talsi, Latvia, a daughter of August and Laura (Mazulis) Platais. Her family moved to Sweden during World War Two and then emigrated to Canada before...
Richard Lloyd
Jul 5, 2020
Richard Harold Lloyd, a long time resident of Norwood, passed away in his home on July 5, 2020. Born in Quincy, he was the son of Thomas W. and Marjorie G. (Hill) Lloyd. Mr. Lloyd was an avid sports fan. While attending North Quincy High, he played football, left tackle position. Through the years, he faithfully attended all of...
Joseph Barry
Jul 4, 2020
Joseph Louis Barry, a resident of Hyde Park, passed away on July 4, 2020 at the age of 81. Born in Boston, he was the son of Joseph M. and Amelia (Qualtieri) Barry. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served during the Korean war. Mr. Barry worked as a finish carpenter before retiring. He was...
Antonio Parise
Jun 25, 2020
Antonio Parise, a resident of Readville, died Thursday, June 25, 2020 at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston. He was 89. Antonio was born March 14, 1931 in Figline, Vegliaturo, Italy, a son of Michele and Ermina (Aceti) Parise. After immigrating to the United States he worked as a shipper for Allied Container Company and for J. Baker Shoes. He...
Ann Peterson
Jun 14, 2020
Ann Peterson, a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Sunday, June 14, 2020 at the Briarwood Nursing Home in Needham. She was 92. Ann was born February 19, 1928 in Dedham, Massachusetts, the daughter of Edwin Thomas and Mary Ethel (Ashnault) Peterson. She graduated from Dedham High School, earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Simmons University’s College of Natural, Behavioral and...
Blanche H. Shaw
Jun 12, 2020
Blanche (Holman) Shaw, a lifelong resident of Norwood, passed away of natural causes on Friday, June 12, 2020 at the Briarwood Nursing Home in Needham. She was 102. Blanche was born October 7, 1917 in Norwood, MA, the daughter of Henry Arthur and Florence (Clarke) Holman. She graduated from Norwood High School and earned her Bachelors Degree from the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
William Ralph
May 1, 2020
William J. Ralph of Dedham died at his home surrounded by his loving wife and children. A long-time resident of Dedham, William leaves behind his wife Patricia (Brown), and his children Patricia O’Mara and her spouse James of Amherst, New Hampshire, William Ralph, Jr. and his spouse Tricia of Dedham, Deborah Conant and her spouse Jeffrey of Westwood and...
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...
