Local Obituaries
Walter Johnson
Dec 4, 2009
Walter Hjalmar Johnson, a resident of Westwood, and formerly of Dedham, died Friday, December 4th, 2009 at the Caritas Norwood Hospital in Norwood after a brief illness. He was 89. Walter was born July 28, 1920 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the only son of Hjalmar K. and Alfreda (Bjorkman) Johnson, immigrants from Norway. He was a graduate of the Boston...
Diana Joy Long
Nov 30, 2009
Diana Joy (Nickerson) Long, a resident of Dover since 1973, died Monday, November 30th, 2009 at her home in Dover, of lung cancer. She was 67. Joy was born June 18, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late Henry G., and Laetitia (Orlandini) Nickerson. She grew up in Dedham and...
Phillip A. Albert
Nov 27, 2009
Phillip Allen Albert, a resident of Roslindale for 50 years, died Friday, November 27th, 2009 at his home in Roslindale. He was 76. Phillip was born July 9, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Philip J. and Louise M. (MacKay) Albert. He graduated from the old Boston Trade School with the Class of 1951 and served in the...
Richard F. Conroy
Nov 27, 2009
Richard Francis Conroy, a 23 year resident of Norwood, died suddenly on Friday November 27, 2009 at the Caritas Norwood Hospital. He was 70. He was born in Boston and was the son of the late John L and Marjorie A. (Richard) Conroy. Richard lived in Jamaica Plain for 22 years. He worked with the Environmental Services Department for...
Franklin B. Thompson
Nov 24, 2009
Franklin Burton Thompson, a resident of Westwood since 1966, and formerly of West Quincy and Wollaston, died Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Roslindale. He died on the day before his 81st birthday. Frank was born November 25, 1928 in Braintree, Massachusetts, the youngest son of Frank and Eileen (MacNamara) Thompson. He graduated from Braintree...
Ethel M. Beurman
Nov 24, 2009
Ethel Marie (Ward) Beurman, a resident of Dedham since 1960, and formerly of Dorchester, died Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at her home in Dedham after a long illness. She was 76. Ethel was born in Boston on December 3, 1932, a daughter of Matthew and Mary (Albright) Ward. She attended St. Matthew Elementary School in Boston and graduated from...
Thomas Stone
Nov 17, 2009
Thomas Edward Stone, a resident of Traditions in Dedham, died Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at his brother’s home in Braintree after a long illness. He was 77. Tom was born July 27, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Carl P., and Helen (Murray) Stone. Tom worked for 45 years as a maintenance man for General Motors in Westwood. ...
Gene Ramoska
Nov 15, 2009
Gene C. Ramoska, a resident of Roslindale for 25 years, died Sunday, November 15th, 2009 at his home in Roslindale unexpectedly. He was 64. Gene was born August 7, 1945 in Norwood, MA. He graduated from Norwood High School with the Class of 1963 and entered the US Navy in September of that year and served a two year...
Minnie A. Doeg
Nov 12, 2009
Minnie Alberta Doeg, a resident of Emerald Bay Manor in Cumberland Rhode Island for a few years, died peacefully there on Thurday, November 12, 2009. Mrs. Doeg was born in Billtown, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1923 to the late Fred and Marie (Morton) Margeson. She was a graduate of Somerville High School, Class of 1941. Mrs. Doeg lived in...
Stewart Robertson
Nov 11, 2009
Stewart Struan Robertson, a Dedham resident since 1935, died Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at his home in Dedham. He was 87. Mr Robertson was born January 11, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only son of Stewart R., and Martha W. (Mayer) Robertson. He graduated from the Dedham High School Class of 1939 and attended Northeastern University for two years,...
Richard H. Mcneill
Nov 11, 2009
Richard “Dick” Heustis McNeill, a resident of Roslindale for 87 years, died Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Brighton. He was 90. Dick was born March 12, 1919 in Medford, Massachusetts, the only child of Stanley Heustis and Hattie Elizabeth (Tucker) McNeill. Richard served in the US Army during World War Two. He earned his bachelor...
Raffael Civitarese
Nov 10, 2009
Raffael “Ray” Civitarese, a resident of Dedham since 1955, died Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at his home in Dedham. He was 91. Ray was born March 3, 1918 in Boston, one of the twelve children of Alphonce and Rita (Marinucci) Civitarese, immigrants from Italy. He graduated from Hyde Park High School with the Class of 1936 and joined the...
Marjorie A. Denekamp
Oct 29, 2009
Marjorie Ann Denekamp, a resident of Westwood, formerly of Sharon for over 47 years, died Thursday October 29, 2009 at the Charlwell House in Norwood. She was 86. Mrs. Denekamp was born in Boston and was the daughter of the late George and Margaret (Sternberg) Madison. She graduated from Roslindale High School and was a homemaker. She is survived...
Jacqueline Poor
Oct 27, 2009
Jacqueline Lucille (Giguere) Poor, a resident of Norwood since 1997, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009 peacefully at her home in Norwood, surrounded by her friends and family, after a three year battle with ovarian cancer. She was 61. Jackie was born March 15, 1948 in Worcester, Massachusetts, a daughter of Albert and Lucille (Gonyea) Giguere. She was a native...
George A. Borgman
Oct 26, 2009
George Allan Borgman, a resident of Westwood since 1985, died Monday, October 26th, 2009 at the Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Needham after a brief illness. He was 81. George was born January 22, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, the only child of Herman Francis and Martha Vivien (Wecker) Borgman. He grew up in St. Louis and attended the...
E. Milton Regier
Oct 11, 2009
Earl Milton Regier, a resident of Westwood since 1956, died Sunday, October 11, 2009 at his home in Westwood after a brief illness. He was 100. Milton was born May 7, 1909 in Moundridge, Kansas, the only child of Peter Paul and Olive Edna (Smith) Regier. He graduated from Moundridge High School and earned his Bachelor of Science degree...
E. Louise Weafer
Oct 10, 2009
Eva Louise Weafer, 88, passed away peacefully in her sleep on October 10, 2009 at Traditions of Dedham. She was born in Gardner, Kansas on December 2, 1920, the daughter of Edgar and Mary (Parker) White, and was raised in Olathe, Kansas. Mrs. Weafer graduated from Olathe High School in 1938. She met Lt. Donald Weafer when he was...
Ruth L. Blake
Oct 9, 2009
Ruth Lillian Blake, a resiednt of West Roxbury, and Pompano Beach, Florida, and formerly of Oak Bluffs, died Friday, October 9th, 2009 at the Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Westborough. She was 85. Ruth was born in Boston July 24, 1924, the daughter of the late Alfred E and Henrietta W. (Anderson) Johnson. She graduated...
John Robart
Oct 7, 2009
John Otto Robart, a resident of Roslindale for the past four years, and formerly a resident of West Roxbury for 62 years, died Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 at his apartment at the Sophia Snow House. He was 98. John was born June 20, 1911 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the youngest of the six children of Leonard and Anne (Ramsey) Robart. ...
Rose Ayan
Oct 1, 2009
Rose (DiModica) Ayan, a resident of Roslindale since 1929, died Thursday, October 1st, 2009 at the Golden Living Center in Dedham. She was 89. Rose was born April 14, 1920 in Boston, a daughter of Charles and Emma (Spada) DiModica, immigrants from Italy. She graduated from Roslindale High School with the Class of 1938. She worked as a bookkeeper...
