Local Obituaries
Claire Banatt
Dec 21, 2016
Claire A. (Prendergast) Banatt, of Hyde Park, passed away on December 21, 2016. Claire was the beloved wife of Edward T. Banatt, and loving mother of Edward T., Jr. of NJ, Claire A. Boynton of CO, Michael T. Banatt of Westford and William F. Banatt of Hyde Park. Dear sister of Francis Prendergast and Joan Sullivan of Canton. She was...
Salim S. Barbara
Dec 19, 2016
Salim S. Barbara, a resident of Norwood passed away on December 19, 2016 at the age of 90. He was the beloved husband of the late Yvonne (Kiami) Barbara and loving father of Souhil Berbara and Simon Berbara of Norwood, Joseph Berbara of Leominster, Gretta Eid and Dola Nassif of Norwood and Salwa Semaan of Roslindale. Sister of Soulima...
Dora Mann
Dec 18, 2016
Dora Foss Mann passed away on December 18, 2016, at the age of 100. She was a 25 year resident of Fox Hill Village in Westwood. She was born in Cohasset, Massachusetts, on August 24, 1916, at the family estate of her grandfather, Eugene Noble Foss, former three term governor of The Commonwealth. Her parents were Benjamin Sturtevant Foss...
Marion Pignone
Dec 16, 2016
Marion Pignone (Caprarella) of Dedham, passed away on December 16, 2016 at the age of 79. Beloved wife of the late Eugene R. Pignone. Devoted mother of Christopher J. Pignone and his wife Angela of Dedham, Marianne C. Kokinis and her husband Michael of Dedham and Eugene M. “Gino” Pignone of Norwood. Sister of James Caprarella and his wife...
Alexander Tradd
Dec 16, 2016
Alexander Tradd a longtime resident of Dedham, died Friday, December 16, 2016 at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston. He was 84. Alexander was born May 14, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Elias and Mary (Tradd) Tradd, immigrants from Lebanon. He was the owner and operator of Tradd Grocery Store on Washington Street, in West Roxbury. Al was...
Sandra B. Bryan
Dec 15, 2016
Sandra Barbara (Kirschner) Bryan, of Westwood, died Thursday, December 15, 2016 at the Norwood Hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. She was 78. Sandra was born December 5, 1938 in the Bronx, New York, the daughter of Samuel and Bertha Kirschner. After graduating high school she spent two years in nursing school before becoming a secretary at Analog Devices and then...
Jose Solis
Dec 9, 2016
Jose Solis, a resident of Boston, died Friday, December 9, 2016 at his home in Boston. he was 82. Jose was born in Cartago, Costa Rica, a son of Luis and Alicia (Quesada) Solis. He worked for many years as a chef in the cafeteria at Boston College. Jose was the beloved husband of Melba (Obaldia) Solis and the...
James J. Fagan
Dec 7, 2016
James “Jim” J. Fagan of Norwood, passed away surrounded by his family on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at the age of 71. Born in Boston, MA Jim was the son of Edward and Ann (Looby) Fagan. Jim fought a brave battle with cancer. He was the husband of 45 years to Eileen (Krawec) Fagan. Jim was a...
Mary Lee Culver
Dec 6, 2016
CULVER, Mary Lee (Oliver), 98, died peacefully at home in Westwood , MA, on December 6, 2016. Born August 3, 1918 in Paces, VA, she had resided in Westwood for 15 years, after 46 years in Dedham. She is preceded in death by her husband , Edward Holland Culver, whom she married in 1942 in Raleigh, NC. She is...
Warren L. Jr. Flagg
Dec 4, 2016
Warren L. Flagg, Jr., a longtime resident of Dedham, passed away on December 4, 2016 at the age of 71. Born in Boston, he was the son of Warren L., Sr. and Virginia G. (Fish) Flagg. Mr. Flagg was the beloved husband of Nancy J. (Randlett) Flagg and dear father of Warren L. Flagg, III and his wife Jennifer,...
Albert J. Ayan
Dec 4, 2016
Albert John Ayan was born on July 25, 1917, the oldest of the six children of Albert Ayan and Solveig (Pretorius) Ayan, . He passed into eternity peacefully on December 4 th , 2016 with family by his side. Al grew up in Hyde Park, MA, attending school there through high school. During WWII he worked at MIT on...
Ramon Comas
Dec 3, 2016
Ramon Comas, of Millis, passed away on December 3rd, 2016. Loving husband of Rita ( Fernandez ) Comas. Survived by daughter Betsy Gonzalez of Millis and grandchildren Jason & Daniel. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, December 8, 2016 from 4-8pm at Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High Street, WESTWOOD. Relatives and friends will be meeting at the funeral...
Margaret W. Lexander
Nov 20, 2016
Margaret Whitney Lexander, a resident of Highland Glen in Westwood for the past 14 years, and formerly a resident of Dedham for 55 years, died Sunday, November 20, 12016 at Norwood Hospital in Norwood, MA. She was 91. Peggy was born October 7, 1925 in Arlington, Massachusetts, the daughter, of Frank A. Jr. and Margaret (Horne) North. She worked...
John M. Turner
Nov 19, 2016
John Matthew Turner, a retired firefighter for the town of Westwood, died Saturday, November 19, 2016 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He was 86. John was born September 8, 1930 in Westwood, the son of Arthur J. and Catherine (Hayes) Turner. He graduated from Westwood High School and joined the US Air Force. After the...
Evelyn V. Hermanson
Nov 15, 2016
Evelyn Virginia Hermanson, a longtime resident of Taunton, died Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at the Hellenic Nursing Home in Canton. She was 93. Evelyn was born November 1, 1923 in Dedham, Massachusetts, the only daughter of Ellis F. and Victoria (Nelson) Hermanson, immigrants from Sweden. She attended Dedham schools and graduated from Dedham High School. Evelyn worked for 40...
Jesse E. Benson
Nov 4, 2016
Jesse lived in Dedham all of his 26 years. He joined our family on November 16, 1989. He left us on Friday November 4, 2016. Jesse leaves his Mother, Paula and his Brother Christopher. He also leaves his Nana (Alta).He is survived by his aunts (Susan and Holly) uncles (John and Joe) and cousins (Daniel, Amanda, Erik and Sarah...
David J. Jr. Abdou
Nov 3, 2016
David John Abdou Jr., a longtime resident of Westwood, died Thursday, November 3, 2016 at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston after an extended illness. He was 69. David was born August 30, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the four children of Lillian Michael (Solomon) and David John Abdou Sr. He graduated from Boston Latin High School,...
Sylvia Montanaro
Oct 22, 2016
Sylvia (Caruso) Montanaro, a resident of Norwood, and formerly of Dedham and Readville, died Saturday, October 22, 2016 at the Norwood Hospital. She was 94. Sylvia was born in Boston August 21. 1922, one of the nine children of Federico and Francesca (DeFazio) Caruso, immigrants from Italy. Sylvia grew up in Readville and worked during World War Two inspecting...
Irene H. Mccormack
Oct 22, 2016
Irene H. McCormack, of Plymouth, MA, October 22, 2016. Dear and devoted wife of the late Frank M. McCormack. Loving mother of Frank McCormack and his wife Mary of Leicester, Mark McCormack and his wife Suzanne of Foxboro, and Shawn McCormack and his wife Diana of Sturbridge. Irene was the proud grandmother of Cameron, Brendan, Alex, Collin, Ian, Faith,...
Horacio Valdez-Romero
Oct 8, 2016
Horacio Valdez-Romero passed into the loving arms of his Savior Jesus The Christ, on October 8 th , 2016, surrounded by close family members due to heart complications while under care at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, MA . Originally from Sanarate, El Progreso, Guatemala, Central America in June 5 th 1934. An ordained Presbyterian minister for more than...
