Obituaries

Nov 11, 2012

Helen L. Single, a longtime resident of West Roxbury, died Sunday, November 11, 2012 in her 102nd year at the Colonial Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Weymouth.  Helen was born December 22, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of Louis and Christina (Epplert) Single.  Helen worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts until her retirement in 1972. Helen...

Nov 10, 2012

Lifelong Dedham resident William J. “Bill” Laskey died on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at the Golden Living Center in Dedham surrounded by his loved ones in the hours preceding his death. He was 86.  Bill lived a life of caring for, and about, people, and was loved and cared for until his end.

Both Bill and his...

Nov 10, 2012

Arra Anita (Stewart) Barrier Noris, a resident of Pinellas Park, Florida for over 30 year, died Saturday, November 10, 2012 at  Highgate Manor Nursing Home in Dedham. She was 88.  Anita was born July 6, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of John Irving and Christena (Robinson) Stewart.  She graduated from Roslindale High School.  She was the wife of...

Nov 9, 2012

Gloria A. (Hundiak) Hassey, a resident of Dedham for 38 years, died Friday, November 9, 2012 at her home in Dedham.  She was 83.  Gloria was born March 1, 1929 in Canton, Massachusetts.  Gloria worked as a housekeeper for private individuals.  She was the wife of the late Francis William “Bozo” Hassey and is survived by her two daughter,...

Nov 9, 2012

Erskine Christine (Alexander) Andrus, a resident of Westwood for over 50 years, died Friday, November 9, 2012 at her home in Westwood.  She was 86.  Christine was born December 28, 1925 in Waterbury, Connecticut, the daughter of Ross Eugene and Martha (Nickels) Alexander.  She was a master gardner and a member of the Westwood Garden Club.  Christine was the...

Nov 7, 2012

James Henry Rooney Jr., a resident of Norwood for the past 15 years, and formerly of Hyde Park, died Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at the Milton Hospital in Milton with his family by his side.  He was 81.  James was born July 26, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of James H. Sr. and Rose (Curra) Rooney. ...

Nov 4, 2012

Audrey M.  Altobello, a resident of Dedham for over 50 years, died Sunday, November 4, 2012 after a long illness.  She was 76.  Mrs. Altobello was born in Jamiaca Plain.  She was the daughter of the late Norville & Luella (Snodgrass) Bovaird.  Audrey loved to bake and be with her family.  She was predeceased by her husband Charles P....

Oct 16, 2012

Louise Ann (Ioannilli) Petrucci passed away on October 16, 2012 at the age of 81.  She was born on August 26, 1931 in Dedham, MA to Italian immigrants, Luigi and Madellenna (Nascenzi) Ioannilli.  Louise was the youngest of seven children and the only daughter of her parents.  Growing up on Washington Street in Dedham, she helped her mother take...

Oct 15, 2012

Catherine A. Barbuto passed away on October 15, 2012 at the Rehabilitative Resources, Inc. in Foxboro, MA.  She was 84.  Miss Barbuto was the beloved daughter of James and Constance (Sica) Barbuto.  She was born in Dedham, MA and was predeceased by her siblings, Angela Green, Mary DiMartino, James, Rose and Theresa Barbuto.  She is survived by her nieces...

Oct 15, 2012

Bertha Ellen Emmott, a life long resident of Dedham, died Monday, October 15, 2012 at Highgate Manor in Dedham.  She was 94 years old. Mrs. Emmott was born at her family home in Dedham.  She was the daughter of the late Goldie E.  (Swett) and William W.  Garlick.  Bertha graduated from Dedham High School, Class of 1936. She managed...

Oct 11, 2012

Harold Robert Gleason, of Millis, formerly of Dedham, died Thursday, October 11, 2012 at the Brockton Veterans Administration Hospital in Brockton, Massachusetts after a long illness.  He was 79.  Harold was born August 21, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Thomas F. and Gertrude (LeBline) Gleason.  He graduated from Dedham High School with the class of 1951 and...

Oct 10, 2012

Maureen Margaret (Carey) MacAleese, a resident of Stoughton, and formerly of Dedham for 60 years, died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton, Massachusetts.  She was 80.  Maureen was born November 26, 1931 in Northampton, Massachusetts, one of the 13 children of Michael Dennis, and Elizabeth (Dole) Carey.  She ran the Bingo games at O’Neil...

Oct 10, 2012

David W. Moore, an almost lifelong resident of Dedham, died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at his home in Dedham.  He was 73.  David was born March 18, 1939 in Boston, the son of Thomas W. and Evelyn E. (Grant) Moore.  He retired from the Army National Guard and worked in construction for LJ Reardon Company of Norwood before working...

Oct 8, 2012

Evelyn (Scanlon) Harms, a resident of Roslindale for over 50 years, died Monday, October 8, 2012 at her daughter’s home in Roslindale.  She was 81.  Evelyn was born January 13, 1931 in Queens, New York, the daughter of William and Sophia (Beaury) Scanlon. She was the wife of the late Robert J. Harms and the last surviving of the...

Oct 2, 2012

Violet P. (Perkins) Phillips, a resident of West Roxbury, died on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at the age of 89.  Born in Boston, she was the daughter of William and Ethel (Stillman) Perkins.  Violet lived in Dorchester for over 50 years before moving to West Roxbury.  She worked at the Federal Reserve, John Hancock, and Wayside Press, where she...

Oct 1, 2012

Thomas Roy Prest,  also known as “Big T”, a long time resident of Hyde Park and formerly of Brighton, died Monday, October 1, 2012.  He was 90. Mr. Prest was born in Boston, the son of Charles H. and Cassie M. (McDonald) Prest. He joined the United States Army in 1942 and was discharged as a sergeant in 1946....

Sep 30, 2012

Richard Vincent “Dick” Cullen, a resident of Melvin Village, New Hampshire for the past 10 years, and formerly of Norwood, Massachusetts, died Sunday, September 30, 2012 at St. Ann’s Hospital in Fall River.  He was 80.  Dick was born April 17, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the three children of Arthur V. and Helen (Walsh) Cullen.  He graduated...

Sep 25, 2012

Dana Corbett Lipp, a resident of Braintree for 25 years, died Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 at his home in Braintree.  He was 59.  Dana was born November 2, 1953 in Needham, Massachusetts, the son of the late Stanley and Blanche (Bourque) Lipp.  He graduated from Dedham High School, earned his bachelors degree in chemistry from Bridgewater State University, and...

Sep 23, 2012

Joseph N. Baker, Jr., a resident of Medfield for the past eight years, and formerly of Westwood (for almost fifty years) and of Great Barrington, died Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 at his home in Medfield.  He was 87.  Joseph was born November 19, 1924 in New York City, New York, the son of Joseph N. and Mary (Gallagher) Baker. ...

Sep 21, 2012

Constance Mary DiRusso, a longtime resident of Hyde Park, died Friday, September 21, 2012 at the Milton Healthcare Facility in Milton, Massachusetts.  She was 97.  Constance was born December 14, 1914 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the four children of Raymond and Josephine Mary (Cafferalla) DiRusso.  She graduated from Hyde Park High School and worked at Cutten and Betney...