Obituaries

Jan 1, 2024

Jeffrey Moy, age 69, of Milton, MA, passed away peacefully at his home on January 1, 2024 after a lengthy battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Born on April 22, 1954 in Fall River, Massachusetts, Jeffrey was the son of Frank Q. Moy, Sr. and Flora Moy. He is survived by his mother Flora Moy of Dedham, MA, his brothers...

Dec 31, 2023

Patrick M. Tynan, 66, of Dedham, died suddenly on December 31 surrounded by his family.  He is survived by many friends, his wife Mary Ann, his daughter Emily, his daughter Cate and son-in-law Brendan O’Dwyer, his grandson, Ellis, his sister Marion, and his brothers Thomas, Michael and Timothy, and his mother-in-law, Veronica Mollek of Westwood. In recent years, he...

Dec 29, 2023

Laura Ellen Schmatzler, of Norwood, formerly of Westwood, age 65, passed away on December 29, 2023 surrounded by loving family, beloved ones, and dear friends. Born in 1958 with Down Syndrome, her family was told to bring her home and love her, but she was not expected to live very long. In an era in which little was expected...

Dec 28, 2023

Larry Robert Taeger, a longtime resident of Norwood, died Thursday, December 28, 2023 at his home in Norwood. He was 92. Bob was born November 17, 1931 in Trout Creek, Michigan, a son of Aili H. (Piirto) and Larry Arnold Taeger. After high school he attended classes at Boston University before being inducted into the Air Force during the...

Dec 28, 2023

James Matthew Lester, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Thursday, December 28, 2023 at his home in Dedham. He was 94. James was born October 28, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts a son of James Joseph and Agnes (Gavin) Lester, immigrants from Ireland. He graduated from Cathedral High School in Boston and worked for 42 years as a butcher for...

Dec 28, 2023

Dorothy Ann (Grant) Hann, a longtime resident of Hyde Park, died Sunday, December 28th at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood.  She was 89.  Dorothy was born January 30, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only daughter of Russell and Florence (Kingston) Grant.  She graduated from Hyde Park High School and worked as a welder at the Quincy Shipyard during...

Dec 28, 2023

Ella “Marie”(March) Davis, a resident of Kingston, formerly of Norwood, died on December 28 after a long illness with her family by her side.  She was 92. Mrs. Davis was born in Boston to the late John H. March and Ella B. (Pearl).  She worked as a medical secretary at the Norwood Hospital several years ago.  She was a...

Dec 26, 2023

Phyllis Guiliano of Jamaica Plain, MA, passed away on December 26, 2023, after a long bout with thyroid cancer.  She was 72 years old.  After growing up in New Jersey, Phyllis earned a BA degree from Wheelock College.  Phyllis utilized her many organizational and administrative skills in a variety of positions including those at the Patricia Seybold Group, Collegia,...

Dec 25, 2023

Lorraine L. Sarnie, 94 of Norwood, Massachusetts died Monday, Dec. 25, 2023 at Mount St. Rita Health Centre in Cumberland, RI.  The daughter of the late Andrew and Mary (McGilvray) Solari, she was born in East Boston, Feb. 28, 1929.  She was raised and educated in Boston and was a graduate of Framingham State University.

Wife of...

Dec 25, 2023

Harry Clayton Barr, a resident of Fox Hill Village in Westwood, and formerly of Boston, and Little Compton, RI, passed away peacefully Dec 25 th surrounded by his loving family.  He endured a long battle with cancer and also lived with type I diabetes for 62 years. A graduate of BB&N, Wesleyan University, and Harvard Business School,...

Dec 23, 2023

John Podger, a world traveler and consummate storyteller, died of natural causes in his home in Fox Hill Village, Westwood, Mass., on Dec. 23, 2023. He was 102 years old.

Mr. Podger was born on Nov. 22, 1921, in Hazaribagh, India, where his father, Reginald Owen Podger, owned a mica mine. He was raised, with his sister...

Dec 19, 2023

Elliott P. Moses of Milton, Massachusetts (formerly of Westwood) was born on May 1, 1934 in Winchester, MA. He died on December 19, 2023 after a brief illness at the age of eighty-nine. Elliott was the beloved husband of Ruth I. Moses (Chapman). They would have celebrated 67 years of marriage together on December 29, 2023. Elliott was the...

Dec 19, 2023

Alkiviadis Stampoulis, a resident of Jamaica Plain, formerly of Springhill Florida, died on December 19 at the age of 64.  He was born in Katerini, Greece to the late  Xenophon Stamboulis and Fevronia (Pavlidis).  Mr. Stampoulis was self-employed as a Sports Promoter for the boxing arena. He was the beloved husband of Patricia (Carberry) and the dear father of...

Dec 18, 2023

Barbara Marie (Conley) Conley, a resident of Quincy, and formerly of Dedham, died Monday, December 18, 2023 at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. She was 86. Barbara was born June 21, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of John Joseph and Catherine Frances (Flaherty) Conley. She worked as a cafeteria server for Canteen Corporation of Needham. She was...

Dec 17, 2023

Maureen Agnes (Monahan) Chludzinski, a long time resident of Hyde Park, passed away on December 17, 2023. She was 89 years old. Maureen was born on March 29, 1934 in Boston, and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Helen (Burns) Monahan. She grew up in Hyde Park and graduated from Hyde Park High School. She was the...

Dec 17, 2023

Rosalie A. Carlson of Readville, age 83, passed away peacefully on December 17 with her family by her side. She was the beloved wife of the late Kenneth H. Carlson. Rosalie is survived by her sons, David K. Carlson and his wife Lynn of Norton and Douglas J. Carlson of Readville, her sister Regina Putnam of Dedham and 5...

Dec 12, 2023

Joseph C. Grace, a resident of West Roxbury, died on December 12 at the age of 72.  Born in Boston to the late Chandler and Mary (Hess) Grace.  Mr. Grace was a graduate of Boston State College and then  went on to receive his Masters Degree in teaching.  He started his teaching career in 1966 at the Thomas J....

Dec 11, 2023

Donna Neville, age 90, of Dover, MA passed away on Monday, December 11, 2023 after a wonderful and full life.  Raised in Oakwood, Ohio she pursued her education at Trinity College, Washington, DC with a degree in English and the Tobe-Colburn School for fashion in New York City.

Donna was a very active traveler and shared this...

Dec 11, 2023

Sabra Oulton, a resident of West Roxbury, and formerly of Dedham,  died Thursday, December 11th,  at the Deutsches Altenheim.  She was 88.  She is survived by her sister Ruth Crawford of OR, her longtime friend Mary Coffey of Dedham, and many nieces and nephews.  Sabra was a much loved surrogate aunt of the late John J. Coffey.   Funeral arrangements...

Dec 10, 2023

Lucille J. Timmons, a resident of Needham passed away December 10th at the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Needham, she was 69.  Beloved mother of Cynthia Aprea and her husband George of Whitman.  Dear sister of Richard A. Columbo of Milton, and Gloria Primeau of Dedham.  Beloved grandmother of Errin Davis and her husband Todd, and great grandmother of...