Local Obituaries
Roger Jr. Billings
Jan 20, 2013
Roger Billings Jr., a resident of South Dennis since 1976, living in Plymouth the last 3 years, and formerly of Westwood for many years, died Sunday, January 20, 2013 at the Jordan Hospital in Plymouth. He was 86. Roger was born in Winchester, Massachusetts. He was the son of the late Roger Billings Sr. and Dorothy Kelley Billings. Roger...
Freda T. Lloyd
Jan 18, 2013
Freda T. (Dempsey) Loyd, of West Roxbury, died Friday, January 18, 2013 at her home in West Roxbury. She was 99. Freda was born May 29, 1913 in New Brunswick, Canada, one of the four daughters of Willard and Ella (Forbes) Dempsey. She was the wife of the late William Monroe Lloyd, and the sister of the late Anna...
Lawrence A. Johnson
Jan 18, 2013
Lawrence Adrian Lawrence, a resident of Waltham for the past 12 years, and formerly of Plainville, died Friday, January 18, 2013 at his home in Waltham. He was 72. Lawrence was born July 21, 1940 in Norwood, Massachusetts,a son of Edmund L. Sr., and Martha C. (Johnson) Johnson. He graduated from Norwood High School witht he Class of 1958...
Blanche E. Veno
Jan 17, 2013
Blanche E. Veno, a resident of Norwell for 5 years, formerly of Brockton for over 10 years and Westwood for over 30 years, died Sunday at the Norwell Knoll Nursing Center, after a long illness. She was 91. Blanche was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of the late James and Gladys (Westcott) Livingston. Blanche graduated from...
James L. Jr. Meurant
Jan 16, 2013
Meurant, James L. Jr. – of Hyde Park, Passed away on January 16, 2013 at the age of 51. James is the son of James L. Meurant Sr, and the late Martha C. (Briggs) Meurant. Loving brother of the late David B. Meurant and dear nephew of Anita Pearson of Berlin, Barbara Baxter of Hyde Park, and Chester Brigs,...
Alice I. (Macleod) Folsom
Jan 15, 2013
Alice Irene (MacLeod) Folsom, a resident of Oak Point in Middleborough, and formerly of Sharon and Dedham, died Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at the Apple Rehab Center in Mystic, Connecticut. She was 80. Alice was born November 25, 1932 in Quincy, Massachusetts, a daughter of Alexander R. and Annie (McKay) MacLeod. She was a graduate of Roslindale High School...
Kathleen G. Beal
Jan 14, 2013
Kathleen Gail “Kitty” (Jackson) Beal, a resident of Westwood for 63 years, died Monday, January 14, 2013 at her home in Westwood. She was 85. Kathleen was born October 6, 1927 in Exeter, New Hampshire, a daughter of Leroy Evans and Blanche Ellen (Jenness) Jackson. She graduated form Wellesley High School with the Class of 1945. Kathleen was the...
David K. Sr. Shaw
Jan 12, 2013
David K. Shaw, Sr., a resident of Millis passed away on January 12, 2013 after a long illness at the age of 68. David was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the only son of Frederick R. and Edith E. (Keyes) Shaw. A former resident of Norwood and an active member of the United Church of Norwood, he was a member...
Dr. Paul H. Gates
Jan 11, 2013
Dr. Paul Henry Gates, a resident of Dedham for 60 years, died Friday, January 11, 2013 at Newbridge on the Charles in Dedham. He was 87. Paul was born August 22, 1925 in Douglas, Massachusetts, a son of the Reverend Dr. Aaron Avery Gates and Eva Edna (Smallman) Gates. He attended college for two and a half years before...
James E. “Jimmy” Brown
Jan 7, 2013
James E. “Jimmy” Brown, a resident of Millis for 6 years and formerly Dedham for over 50 years, died Monday, January 7, 2013, after a long illness, at Medway Country Manor. He was 67 years old. Jimmy was born in Boston. He was the son of the late William P. and Gladys G. (Dow) Brown. Jimmy graduated from Dedham...
Maria A. Lamonica
Jan 4, 2013
Maria A. (Russo) LaMonica, a resident of Dedham, and formerly of Milton for many years, died Friday, January 4, 2013, the day before her 74th birthday, at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Roslindale. Maria was born January 5th, 1939 in Palermo, Italy, the only daughter of Francesco and Giseppa (Falzonne) Russo. At the age of seventeen she immigrated to...
George A. Dawes
Dec 31, 2012
George Arthur Dawes, a lifetime resident of Roslindale and West Roxbury, died Monday, December 31, 2012 at the Roscommon on the Parkway nursing home after a brief illness. He was 58. George was born May 16, 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the four children of Alanson O. and Abigail (Savage) Dawes. He was a member of the Boy...
Jean M. O’Brien
Dec 29, 2012
Jean M. (Friend) O’Brien, a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Saturday, December 29, 2012 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Boston and was a devoted daughter to the late Ford E. and Josephine V. (Slocum) Friend. Jean worked for Analog Devices in Westwood for over 25 years. After her retirement she worked and volunteered for HESSCO, ...
Carolyn M. Levitre
Dec 28, 2012
Carolyn M. (Cook) Levitre, a resident of Norwood, died Friday, December 28, 2012 at the Harrington House in Walpole. She was 88. Born in Needham, the daughter of Robert H. and Louise May (Tierney) Cook, she grew up in Norwood and was a graduate of Norwood High School, Class of 1942. Mrs. Levitre worked for the American Steel &...
J. Harold Cosgro
Dec 25, 2012
Joseph Harold Cosgro, former resident of Westwood and Medfield, died Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood. He was 98. Harold was born May 19, 1914 in Stoneham, Massachusetts, one of the four children of Joseph H. and Estelle G. (Lent) Cosgro, and grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1929 his family moved to...
James M. Kiklis
Dec 20, 2012
James Michael Kiklis, a resident of Quincy, died suddenly Thursday, December 20, 2012. He was 46 years old. Jim was born in Boston. He was the son of Harry J. Kiklis and the late Sandra (MacDonald) Ramoska. Jim worked for the City of Boston, Department of Public Works, for 4 years as a truck driver, street cleaner and plowing...
Robert H. Allen
Dec 15, 2012
Robert Hall Allen, a lifelong resident of Roslindale, died Saturday December 15, 2012, at Wingate at Needham Nursing Facility in Needham, Massachusetts after a long illness. He was 67 years old. Bob joined the United States Army in November of 1966 and was honorably discharged in June of 1967 during the Vietnam War. He was a graduate of Wichita...
Juan L. Rosado
Dec 14, 2012
Juan L. Rosado, a resident of Walpole for 20 years and formerly of Dedham for well over 40, died Friday, December 14, 2012, at the Tippett House in Needham, after a long illness. He was 83. Juan was born in Boston. He was the son of the late Dominick and Agnes V. (Mealy) Rosado. They lived in Roslindale until...
None Velta Blumbergs
Dec 11, 2012
Velta Blumbergs, a resident of Brockton for many years, died Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at the Southeast Rehabilitation Home of Easton, after a long illness. She was 89 years old. Velta was born in Riga, Latvia. She was the daughter of the late Alfred and Zelma (Putnergle) Blumbergs. She is survived by her cousins Edgar Berzins of North Attleboro...
Natalie G. Bobbitt
Dec 9, 2012
Natalie Grace (Belyea) Bobbitt, a longtime resident of Dedham, and formerly of Westwood, died Sunday, December 9, 2012 at her home in Dedham after a long illness. She was 92. Natalie was born May 3, 1920 in Malden, Massachusetts to Percy H. and Ethel May (Holman) Belyea. She worked for five years in Inventory Control for Jordan Marsh Company...
