Local Obituaries
Alma K. Shagoury
Dec 10, 2011
Alma Anne (Koujian) Shagoury, a longtime resident of Norwood, died, Saturday, December 10, 2011 at her home in Norwood. She was 87. Alma was born February 20, 1924 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a daughter of Armenian immigrants John and Mary (Kevorkian) Kouyoumjian. She graduated from Cambridge Ringe and Latin High School and worked briefly as a secretary at the Massachusetts...
John A. Libby
Dec 5, 2011
John Arthur Libby, a resident of West Roxbury, died Monday, December 5, 2011 at the Harborlights Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in South Boston. He as 73. John was born February 118, 1938 in Boston, Massachusets, the son of George and Barbara E. (Gorham) Libby. He worked as an electrician for Griffin Electric and MacKinlay Electric Companies. John was the...
Eunice I. Hansen
Nov 30, 2011
Eunice Irene (Thelander) Hansen, of Norwood, formerly a resident of Westwood for over 40 years, died Wednesday, November 30, 2011, at Sunrise Assisted Living in Nowood, after a long illness. She was 81. Eunice was the daughter of the late Ole and Christine (Knutson) Thelander. She was born and grew up in Cokato, Minnesota. Eunice received her BA in...
John L. Sr. Magee
Nov 28, 2011
John L. Magee, Sr., a resident of Westwood, died on November 28, 2011 with his family by his side. He was 85. Born in Boston to the late John and Laura (Goess) Magee. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Navy Seabees. Mr. Magee was a sergeant with the Boston Police Department for 33 years,...
Robert W. Roehr
Nov 26, 2011
Robert William Roehr, a resident of Norwood for many years, died Saturday, November 26, 2011 at the Deutsches Altenheim in West Roxbury after a long illness. He was 82. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of the late Chester H. and Margaret (Roach) Roehr. Robert graduated from Washington University College in St. Louis. After graduation he...
Cynthia Estes
Nov 24, 2011
Cynthia Estes, a resident of Westwood for over 40 years, died Thursday, November 24, 2011, at the New England Sinai Hospital in Stoughton. She was 81. Mrs. Estes was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late George T. and Marguerite (Rathmell) Waggoner. She graduated from Williamsport High School and American University in Washington, DC. Mrs. Estes worked ...
Carol Y. Tryon
Nov 24, 2011
Carol Y. (Conover) Tryon, a resident of Norwood, Massachusetts died on November 24, 2011 at the age of 82. Carol was born in Highland Park, Michigan to the late Clifford E. and Elizabeth (Daniels) Conover. She grew up in New York, living in Brownsville, Watertown, and Utica before moving to Norwood, Massachusetts. Mrs. Tryon was an accomplished artist and...
Brown Mary Jane Shreve
Nov 19, 2011
Mary Jane “Jayne” (Agee) Shreve Brown, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and formerly a longtime resident of Dedham, Massachusetts, died Saturday, November 19, 2011 at her daughter’s home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. She was 92. Jayne was born September 26, 1919 in Lima, Ohio, a daughter of John and Gertrude (Franks) Agee. She graduated from Dedham High School with the Class...
Virginia A. Gustafson
Nov 15, 2011
Virginia Anna (Gray) Gustafson, a resident of Dedham for 62 years, died Tuesday, November 15, 2011. She was 88. Virginia was born November 25, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from Boston University in 1942, Virginia (Jeannie) ventured to England for two years where she worked in a lab to support the war effort and upon her return to the...
Diogenes C. Flores
Nov 13, 2011
Diogenes C. Flores, a resident of Dedham, died on November 13, 2011 at the age of 78. Born in Sampaloc, Manila Philippines, he was the son of the late Emmanuel Flores and Consuelo (Concepcion). Mr. Flores was a graduate of St. Joseph’s College and received his degree in teaching. During his life in the Philippines he taught elementary school. He...
Helen C. Healy
Nov 4, 2011
Helen Celeste (Carey) Healy, a resident of Hyannis for the past five years, and formerly a resident of West Roxbury and Dedham, died Friday, November 4, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Brighton. She was 75. Helen was born December 1, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of Patrick and Nora (Shea) Carey. She graduated from St. Mary’s High...
Mary E. Richmond
Nov 3, 2011
Marie (Mary) E Richmond (Sullivan) born August 15th 1922 to John and Mary Sullivan (Parlon). Was raised with her sister Josephine O’Donnell (Sullivan)on Walkhill St. in Jamaica Plain, Ma. Her mother Mary passed away suddenly in 1930, causing her to spend most of her younger years with her aunt Nellie Parlon. Who was employed as a cook for upper...
George V. Weaver
Oct 28, 2011
George Vincent Weaver, a resident of Panama City Beach, Florida, formerly of Dedham, died Friday October 28, 2011, at home after a long battle with cancer. He was 60. George was born in Middletown, New York. He was the son of the late Kenneth Weaver and the late Virginia M. (Shoulders) Petruski. George joined the Marine Corp. during the...
David L. Parsons
Oct 28, 2011
David L. Parsons, a resident of Stoughton, died on October 28, 2011 at the age of 53 after a courageous battle with cancer. David was born in Norwood, MA and was a graduate of Norwood High School, Class of 1975. He attended Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY and graduated from Boston University in 1980 with a B.B.A. He was...
Bernice M. Khouri
Oct 24, 2011
Bernice Mary (Yesukevich) Khouri, a resident of Roslindale for over 50 years, died Monday, October 24, 2011 at the Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center in Boston after a brief illness. She was 92. Bernice was born January 7, 1919 in Grafton, Massachusetts, one of the seven children of Frank and Ursula Essex (Acharicule) Yesukevich, immigrants from Lithuania. Bernice graduated from...
Lynne M. Cabot
Oct 23, 2011
Lynne Marie (O’Berry) Cabot, age 72, known as Terry to her friends, died on October 23, 2011, surrounded by her family. She is survived by her sons, Chilton Lyons “Toby” Cabot, and his wife, Victoria Thaler Cabot, of Dedham and Christopher Shepard Cabot and his wife, Brooke Wight Cabot, also of Dedham: her six grandchildren, Jackson, Victoria, Camilla, Katharine,...
Harry J. Kubick
Oct 23, 2011
Harry Joseph Kubick Jr., a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Sunday October 23, 2011 at his home in Dedham. He was 82. Harry, or “Kook” as he was known to friends and family, was born August 11, 1929 in Norwood, Massachusetts, the only child of Harry Joseph Sr., and Jayne (Beach) Kubick. Harry graduated from Dedham High School with...
Judith G. “Judy” Craffey
Oct 22, 2011
Judith Grace Craffey, a long time resident of Dedham, died Saturday, October 22, 2011, at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston, after a long illness. She was 41 years old. She was lovingly known as Judy to her family and friends. Judy was born in Boston and was a devoted daughter to the late Gerald and Maureen J. (Wessels) Craffey. ...
M. Mildred Ketola
Oct 21, 2011
Maila Mildred Waltanen Ketola, 85, a resident of Greenwood, South Carolina, widow of William Andero Ketola, died October 21, 2011 at the Wesley Commons.
Born August 28, 1926 in Westminster, MA, she was the daughter of the late Henry and H. Maria Lamminen Waltanen. She was a retired secretary of the Grass Instrument Medical Supply Company in...
Jack Mcdermott
Oct 18, 2011
John James “Jack” McDermott, Jr., a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood. He was 85. Jack was born May 4, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only son of John James Sr. and Emily (DeCoste) McDermott. Jack grew up in Dedham and graduated from Dedham High School. He served his...
