Obituaries

Mar 22, 2020

Maureen Joyce Caulfield, a resident of Sharon, died Sunday, March 22, 2020 at the Norwood, Hospital.  She was 57.  Maureen was born October 21, 1962 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, a daughter of Joseph Christopher and Mary Virginia (Rainey) Caulfield.  She worked as an underwriter in the reinsurance industry.  Maureen is survived by her sister Carol M. Mecca of Riverside, Rhode...

Mar 22, 2020

Anthony Santo LaMonica, a resident of Medfield, and formerly of Dedham, died Sunday, March 22, 2020 at the Norwood Hospital. He was 78. “Owl” as he was known to his childhood friends, was born on November 20, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts. The son of Philip and Clara (Carlucci) LaMonica. After high school, his family moved to Dedham where he...

Mar 21, 2020

Ronald Anthony Genitti, a resident of Dedham, died Saturday, March 21, 2020 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.  He was 85.  Ronald was born January 20, 1935 in Norwood, Massachusetts, a son of Domenic and Anna (Langione) Genitti, immigrants from Italy.  He graduated from Dedham High School and enlisted in the US Army where he served...

Mar 18, 2020

Marilyn Claire (Davenport) O’Brien, a resident of Dedham, died Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston.  She was 86.  Marilyn was born October 28, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Forbes, and Florence M. (Leavitte) Davenport.  She worked as a secretary for the American Red Cross.  Marilyn was the wife of the late Robert...

Mar 13, 2020

Malcolm Daniel “Danny” Morrison, a resident of Walpole, and formerly of Westwood, passed away peacefully on March 13, 2020 at his home after a long battle with cancer.  He was 75.  Danny was born February 25, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the five children of Malcolm Francis and Pauline (Gerrish) Morrison.  He grew up in Westwood, graduated from...

Mar 6, 2020

John Mark Bucelewicz, a resident of West Roxbury, died Friday, March 6, 2020 at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital.  He was 71.  John was born December 11, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of William Albert and Helen Elizabeth (Woronowicz) Bucelewicz. He graduated from Brighton High School and worked as a nursing assistant at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital and...

Mar 1, 2020

George Rodman Rowland, Jr., passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2020, at the age of 82. “Rod” lived his whole life in Wianno and the Boston Area. He was a student at The Fessenden School and St. Mark’s school, and graduated class of 1960 from Yale University, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. After graduation, he spent two years...

Feb 28, 2020

Elizabeth Grant Kam, age 72, of West Roxbury and Dennis Port, formerly of Avon, CT and Rochester, NY, passed away on February 28, 2020 after 50 years of marriage to Cedric Kam.  Betsy was born Elizabeth Virginia Grant in Boston, the daughter of Ernest Hamlen Grant, Jr. and Elizabeth Spence (MacNeil) Grant.  She was the proud mother of Alison...

Feb 26, 2020

1930-2020

Louisa A. Fairbanks, a resident of Westwood, died Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston of natural causes.  She was 89.  Louisa was born October 3, 1930 in Ogden, Utah, the daughter of Katherine Wilhelmina (deMik) and Albert Clarence Eckenbrecht.  Louisa was an honor student at Weber College  from 1948-1949 and graduated...

Feb 24, 2020

Jean Marie Komuniecki, a resident of Westwood, died Monday, February 24, 2020 at the Seasons Hospice Home in Milton.  She was 69.  Jean was born September 6, 1950in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the only daughter of Bernice and Walter Komuniecki Jr.  She graduated from Pittsfield High School, earned her undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts , and...

Feb 23, 2020

Bernard Arthur Byrnes, a resident of Westwood since 1978, and formerly of Hyde Park, died Sunday, February 23, 2020 at his home in Westwood.  He was 87.  Bernard was born June 4, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Bernard and Dorothea Olga (Lunderkin) Byrnes. Bernard was a career military man, having served in the Marine Reserves, the Airforce,...

Feb 20, 2020

Roberta Evelyn Ludington, a resident of Brookline, and formerly of Hyde Park, died Thursday, February 20, 2020 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.  She was 74.  Roberta was born December 20, 1945 in San Bernadino, California, a daughter of Robert E. and Alice Lillian (Harwood) Ludington.  She worked as an assembler for Lifeworks in Jamaica Plain. ...

Feb 18, 2020

Jacqueline Elizabeth (Law) Crawford, a longtime resident of Westwood, died Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at the Maples Nursing Home in Wrentham after a brief illness.  She was 89.  Jackie was born March 3 1930 in Brockton, Massachusetts, the only daughter of James Hodge and Henrietta Sadie (Files) Law.  She graduated from Winthrop High School and the Katherine Gibbs Secretarial...

Feb 17, 2020

Michael Joseph Hennessey, a longtime resident of Hyde Park, died Monday, February 17, 2020 at his home in Hyde Park.  He was 69. Michael was born April 14, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the three sons of James Jerome and Dorothy Margaret (Kenney) Hennessey.  He graduated from the Boston Police Academy and worked in the Boston gang unit,...

Feb 11, 2020

Teresa (Landers) MacFadden, a resident of Westwood, died Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at the Norwood Hospital.  She was 90.  Teresa was born June 3, 1929 in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland.  She worked as a midwife.  Teresa enjoyed reading poetry, walking and watching television.  She was the wife of the late Charles Pierce MacFadden and was the greatest Mom of...

Feb 3, 2020

Howard W. Crossman, a resident of Dedham, passed away on February 3, 2020 at the age of 80.  Born in Cambridge, MA the son of Howard L. Crossman and Florence E. Wakelam.  Growing up in Milton, MA and graduating from Milton High School, Class of 1959, he then went on to attend Suffolk University.  In 1960 Howard and his...

Jan 30, 2020

Roger Ernest Carlson, a resident of Westwood, died Thursday, January 30, 2020 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Brighton.  He was 73.  Roger was born April 7, 1946 in Norwood, Massachusetts, a son of Arthur Edward and Mildred Marie (Rosen) Carlson.  He graduated from Walpole High School and earned his Associate degree from Wentworth Institute in Boston and his Bachelor...

Jan 28, 2020

David Allan Wong Sr, a resident of Norwood, died Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Needham. He was 88. David was born April 6, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the three children of Samuel K. and Faith Lillian (Chin) Wong, immigrants from China. David was a proud veteran of the Korean War,...

Jan 28, 2020

Joan Elizabeth Holst, a resident of the Scandinavian Living Center in Newton, and formerly of Roslindale, died Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at the Scandinavian Living Center.  She was 87.  Joan was born September 8, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts the only daughter of George William Sr., and Gunhild Marie (Andreassen) Holst.  She graduated from Roslindale High School and worked as...

Jan 27, 2020

August 13, 1929 – January 27, 2020

Elizabeth “Bettina” Gray, of Dedham, Massachusetts, 90, passed away quietly on Monday, January 27th, at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Needham, Massachusetts, in the company of her children, Elizabeth T. (“Liz”) Gray, Jr. and Francis C. (“Sam”) Gray III.

Bettina was born in New York City in...