Local Obituaries
Joseph W. Carbone
Feb 2, 2018
Joseph William Carbone, a resident of Hyde Park, died Friday, February 2, 2018 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He was 74. Joseph was born November 14, 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only son of Joseph Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Mazza) Carbone. After high school he attended the Boston Business School and then worked as a...
Marie G. (Mucci) D’Amico
Feb 1, 2018
Mary Grace “Marie” (Mucci) D’Amico, a resident of Westwood, died Thursday, February 1, 2018 at her home in Westwood. She was 94. Marie was born July 8, 1923 in Malden, Massachusetts, the daughter of Alphonso and Angelina (Cincotta) Mucci. She worked as a tin knocker at the Charlestown Navy Yard, a seamstress for General Textiles of Boston, in the...
Dorothy Kubick
Feb 1, 2018
Dorothy Helen (Spaulding) Kubick, a resident of New Pond Village in Walpole, and formerly a resident of Dedham, died Thursday, February 1, 2018 at the Stanley R. Tippett Home in Needham. She was 90. Dottie was born April 10, 1927 in Braintree, Massachusetts, the daughter of Frederick Charles and Mary (Rosborough) Spaulding. She attended secretarial school after high school...
Madeline A. Czmut
Jan 23, 2018
Madeline A. Czmut (Bielawski), a resident of Hyde Park, passed away on January 23, 2018 at the age of 88. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of Peter and Aniela (Abramofski) Bielawski. Madeline was predeceased by her husband Alfred J. Czmut. She was the loving mother of Paul A. Czmut and his wife, Vi Nguyen-Czmut of Hyde Park...
Barbara A. Hayes
Jan 18, 2018
Barbara Anne (Barnard) Hayes, a resident of Westwood for over 60 years, died Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Countryside Healthcare of Milford. She was 85. Barbara was born September 26, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of Edward L. and Elfie O. (Gray) Barnard. She grew up in Jamaica Plain and graduated from Girls Latin School, and from Chandler...
John P. Giannacopoulos
Jan 9, 2018
John Peter Giannacopoulos, a resident of West Roxbury, died Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at the Hellenic Nursing Home in Canton. He was 90. Jon was born November 20, 1927 in Vassara Greece, a son ofPeter and Emily (Stavropoulos) Giannacopoulos. He was a retired fork lift operator for the Peter Kandakis Company. John was the husband of the late Irene...
William J. Jr. Crehan
Jan 4, 2018
William Joseph Crehan, Jr., a resident of Norwood, died Thursday, January 4, 2018 at the Norwood Hospital. He was 64. Billy was born February 21, 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of William Joseph Sr., and Carolyn (Conley) Crehan. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Boston College and worked as a butcher for Star Market. Billy is survived by...
Putnam B. Mcdowell
Jan 2, 2018
Putnam Ballou McDowell, age 93, died on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at his home in Westwood, MA following an extended illness. He is survived by his beloved wife of twenty seven years, Rosamond “Robin” (Brooks) McDowell and by four daughters, and a son from his marriage to Margaret “Retta” Ferguson McDowell, eleven grandchildren, and seven great-grand children; Margaret...
John R. Biscoe
Jan 1, 2018
John Robert Biscoe, a longtime resident of Dedham died Monday, January 1, 2018 at his home in Dedham. He was 88. John was born July 20, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Harold A. and Estelle M. (Gilmore) Biscoe. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1950 and served in the 6571st Armament Test Group until his honorable...
Joseph Jr. Marsoobian
Dec 28, 2017
Joseph Marsoobian Jr, a resident of Weymouth for the past two years, and formerly a longtime resident of Wilmington, died Thursday, December 28, 2017 at the South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. He was 69. Joseph was born November 6, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts the son of Virginia (Consolian) and Joseph Marsoobian Sr. He served in the Army Reserves and...
D. Elaine Meridan
Dec 22, 2017
D. Elaine (Fuller) Meridan, on December 22, 2017 of a broken heart , age 92. Westwood resident of 56 years and summer resident of Wings Neck, Pocasset. Her beloved husband Stuart of 69 years, predeceased her by 17 days. Blessed mother of Paula Meridan of Westwood, Nancy Tashjian and husband Craig of Wellesley and Jeanne Hill and husband David of...
Nelson S. Gifford
Dec 20, 2017
Nelson Sage Gifford of Westwood, Marion, and Wellesley MA passed away quietly with his family at his side on 20 December 2017 after a short illness at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 87 years old.
“Giff” was a captain of industry within Massachusetts and beyond. After graduating from Tufts University B.A. in 1952 and serving one tour of...
Adeola Oluwadara
Dec 19, 2017
Adeola Omobolanle (Oyewole) Oluwadara, a resident of Roslindale, died Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at her home in Roslindale after a long illness. She was 50. Adeola was born April 8, 1967 in Ibadan, Nigeria, the daughter of Samuel Adeleke and Sarah Ajoke (Oke) Oyewole. She earned her Master’s degree from Simmons College in Boston and worked as a special...
Pearl M. Kiely
Dec 13, 2017
Pearl Marie (Homer) Kiely, a resident of Duxbury since 1994, and formerly a resident of Dedham for 50 years, died Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at her home in Duxbury. She was 97. Pearl was born February 3, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of Aloyius and Marie (Freitag) Homer. She grew up in Dedham and graduated from Dedham High...
Elizabeth A. Chagaris
Dec 13, 2017
Elizabeth A. (Beneway) Chagaris, a longtime resident of Westwood, died Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood. She was 100. Betty was born June 8, 1917 in New York, the daughter of John E. and Lena C. (Carpenter) Beneway. She was the wife of the late William Nicholas Chagaris whom she married in 1942 and...
Daniel W. Jr. Lawrence
Dec 6, 2017
Daniel William Lawrence Jr., of Providence, Rhode Island, died Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at the Rhode Island Hospital. He was 31. Dan was born April 25, 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only son of Lorie (Levesque) White and Daniel William Lawrence Sr. He was employed by Amazon. Dan loved fishing, music and animals , and enjoyed camping. Dan is...
Stuart T. Meridan
Dec 5, 2017
Stuart Theodore (Merdinyan) Meridan a Westwood resident for 56 years, and summer resident of Wings Neck, Pocasset died Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at the Stanley Tippett House in Needham. He was 97. Stuart was the devoted and beloved husband for 69 years of D. Elaine (Fuller) and the blessed father of Paula Meridan of Westwood, Nancy Tashjian...
Capt Stiles F. Stevens
Dec 3, 2017
CAPTAIN STILES F. STEVENS, CEC, U. S. Naval Reserve–Retired, passed away on December 3, 2017, in Norwood, Massachusetts, of natural causes. He was in his 88th year and was a resident of both Christiansted, U. S. Virgin Islands, and Westwood, Massachusetts.
He was born on October 11, 1929, to Anna Elizabeth (Schlegal) and Stiles Stevens...
Rolfe B. “Sonny” Voltaire
Nov 24, 2017
Rolfe “Sonny” Bertil Voltaire, 88, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 24, 2017.
Rolfe grew up in Malden and West Roxbury, MA, after a childhood spent partly in Sweden. He was the eldest child of Sven Voltaire and Judith Eklund Voltaire, and the beloved foster child of Alda and Wesley Johnson of Malden, MA. He graduated from...
Hubert W. Hartnett
Nov 18, 2017
Hubert William Hartnett, a resident of Dracut, and formerly a resident of Lowell, died Saturday, November 18, 2017 at his residence in Dracut. He was 79. Hubert was born April 6, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Lawrence A. Hartnett Sr. and Julia A. (Walsh) Hartnett. He is survived by his brother, Lawrence A. Hartnett Jr. of Roslindale;...
