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J. David Macari, a resident of Foxboro for over 20 years, and formerly of Norwood, died Saturday, January 30, 2010 at the Caritas Norwood Hospital. He was 71.  David was born in Norwood, Massachusetts, a son of the late Celso and Annie (Govoni) Macari. He graduated from Norwood High School with the class of 1956. He joined the United States Navy in March of 1956 and was discharged in May of 1958. David was a former member of the Mansfield Elks Lodge and was a cook for the Sharon Country Club for 8 years until he retired. He is survived by his children Roxanne Y.  Allen, and her husband William , of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, James “Jim” D. Macari of Braintree, and Michelle L. Mucciaccio, and her husband Thomas, of Mansfield; his sister Maryann Maire, and her husband Joseph, of Haymarket, Virginia;  and his grandchildren Jennifer Barger and Lindsay Barger. He is also survived by his great grandson Nathaniel Silva and many loving nieces and nephews. Visiting hours will be held Tuesday, February 2nd from 4-8 pm at Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High Street, Westwood. Funeral services Wednesday February 3rd at the First Baptist Church of Westwood, 808 High Street, Westwood. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to  Disabled American Veterans, Department of Massachusetts, Room 546 State House, Boston, MA. 02133-1042.

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Dorothy E. “Betty” Beers (McSeveney), a longtime resident of Dedham died on January 26 at the age of 83. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late William McSeveney and Rachel (Martin). Mrs. Beers was a graduate of Dedham High School, Class of 1944. She was a previous employee of the Eastwood Nursing Home in Dedham, (now known as The Golden Living Center) for 9 years as a certified nursing assistant. The beloved wife of the late Frank L. Beers and loving mother of Susan A. Guptill of Tampa, FL. Dear grandmother of Charles “Skipper” and his wife Stacey DiStefano, as well as Dori and her husband Jamie Maloney. Also survived by 3 greatgrandchildren, Tyler Maloney, Owen Maloney and Dylan DiStefano. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral service on Friday at 11:00 am at the Folsom Funeral Home, 87 Milton St.,Dedham. Burial will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Boston. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday from 5 to 9PM.

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Vitold Carl Skarinka, a resident of Westwood for 55 years, died suddenly Sunday, January 24, 2010 at the Mass General Hospital in Boston.  He was 89.  Vitold was born December 10, 1920 in Brockton, Massachusetts, one of the two children of Lithuanian immigrants Caroline (Rubinskas) and Adam Skarinka.  He grew up in Brockton and graduated from Brockton High School with the Class of 1938 where he was a member of the championship Brockton High School football team. He enrolled at St. Louis University, attending briefly, until he enlisted in the Naval Air Corps.  After his military service he attended and graduated from Wentworth Institute in Boston.  Mr Skarinka worked at the Mitre Corporation in Burlington and at the Foxboro Company.  He was a parishioner of St. Denis Church in Westwood, a member of the Knights of Columbus and a coach of Westwood little League.  He leaves his wife of 58 years, Helen V. (Oberlander) Skarinka; his daughter, Karen P. Raymond, and her husband Ron, of Dover; his son, Rick C. Skarinka, and his wife Peggy, of Concord, New Hampshire; and his grandchildren, Jeff, Kristen, Kaitlin, Christopher and Billy.  Vitold was the brother of the late Adam Skarinka and the brother-in-law of Jean Kent, and her husband John of Easton, Joy Oberlander of Dedham, and the late Barbara and George Winbourne.  He is survived by many nieces and nephews including his goddaughter Cherylann (Winbourne) Sheehan of Dedham.  Visiting hours will be held Thursday from 3:30 to 7:30 PM at the Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High Street (Route 109), Westwood. Relatives and friends will gather at the funeral home Friday at 9 AM and proceed to St. Denis Church, 157 Washington Street (Route 1A) in the Islington section of Westwood for his Mass of Christian Burial at 10 o clock.  Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in Vitold’s memory to the MGH Cancer Center, 165 Cambridge St., Boston, MA 02114.

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Mary Ringwalt Woodworth of Westwood, died Friday, Jan 22^nd at the Stanley

Tippett Home in Needham.  She was 90.  Mary was born Nov. 26, 1919 in Yonkers, N.Y.  the daughter of Joseph Garneau Ringwalt and Marguerite Stowitts Ringwalt.  Mary has lived in Dover, Dedham and Westwood since 1952.  She was predeceased by her husband Arthur Vernon Woodworth Jr. who died in 2006 after 58 years of marriage.  She is survived by four children she loved deeply; Margot Woodworth and her husband William Seefeld,  A. Vernon Woodworth and his wife Alyson Haley, Katie Woodworth and her husband George Kocur and Mary Woodworth Provosty and her husband Will Batstone. Mary also leaves behind the grandchildren and great grandchildren she treasured: Lindsey and Avery Seefeld, Jonathan Woodworth, Joseph, David and Daniel Houpt, and Amiel, Isabelle, and Nathalie Provosty and great granddaughters Elodie and Simone Provosty.  She was a graduate of The Dana Hall School and Sarah Lawrence College.  She volunteered for many organizations over her lifetime including the Officers Service Committee in NYC during World War II, WGBH and the Franklin Park Zoo. She was an accomplished water color artist  and showed her work in various Boston locations, as well as Utah and Maine.  She was a member of the Wellesley society of Artists and the Needham Art Association.  Mary was a loving and creative woman who was known for her radiant smile, watercolor paintings of the Maine coast, hand-knit sweaters, and intricate needlepoint.  Her friends, family and community will miss her strength, her compassion, and her empathy.  Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Memorial Service Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 11 AM at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 59 Court Street, Dedham, MA.  Private interment will be in Walnut Hills Cemetery in Brookline.  In lieu of flowers please honor her memory with a contribution to the Fund for Sarah Lawrence, Sarah Lawrence Colle, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY 10708.

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Hilda May (Matthews) Hubbard, a resident of Westwood since 1954, died Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood.  She was 96.  Hilda was born September 4, 1913 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a daughter of George Clarence and Edith May (Brassett) Matthews.  She spent the first few years of her life in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada before moving back to Cambridge where she graduated from Cambridge High and Latin High School.  She spent a year taking secretarial classes at Bentley College in Waltham before marrying her husband, the late James Nimmo Hubbard Jr.  She and her husband enjoyed travelling and visiting their family members around the country.   Hilda is survived by her son, James N. Hubbard III of Newport News, Virginia; her three daughters, Lee Seater of Ashland, Oregon, Virginia Rothwell of Columbia, Missouri, and Jane Hubbard of Portland, Oregon; as well as 12 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, and 4 great great grandchildren, and her sister-in-law May Waugh of East Greenwich, Rhode Island.  She was the sister of the late Warren Waugh, and the late Jessie Marshall.  Hilda will be buried in the Mount Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery in Charles City, Virginia with her husband.  A Memorial Service will be held in St. John’s Episcopal Church, in Westwood on Saturday, June 26th at 11 AM. In lieu of flowers donations to St. John’s Episcopal Church, 95 Deerfield Avenue, Westwood, MA 02090 or to the charity of your choice would be appreciated.

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Shawn Noel (McGregor) Sheehan, a resident of Norwood for the past 10 years, died Sunday, January 17th, 2010 at the Caritas Norwood Hospital in Norwood.  She was 40.  Shawn was born October 13, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana, a daughter of the late William and the late Leslie (Nelson) McGregor.  She graduated from Riverdale High School in Riverdale, Louisiana.  Shawn was the wife of Brian Anthony Sheehan and the mother of Bailey Allen, Brady Anthony, Anna Mackenzie and Kennedy Lorraine Sheehan.  She is also survived by her sister Corey McGregor of Louisiana.  Relatives and friends are invited to attend Shawn’s Memorial Service Saturday, January 23rd at 10 AM at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 24 Berwick Street, Norwood.  Interment will be private.

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Marcia Emma Gates, a resident of Brookline, New Hampshire, and a longtime resident of Dedham passed away January18th at the Community Hospice House in Merrimack, New Hampshire, she was 93.  Marcia was born on January 13, 1917, in the family home located at 144 Walnut Street, Dedham, to Dr. Raymond and Grace (Tucker) Gates.   Her parents owned the Gates Pharmacy, located in East Dedham, where Marcia and her two brother’s William and Raymond frequently helped out.  She graduated from Northfield Seminary of the Northfield School as part of the class of 1935, and went on the Secretarial School.  Upon her graduation, she accepted a job at the Hersey Sparling Company of Dedham, working as a secretary in their sales department.  In her spare time, she enjoyed gardening, reading and studying history.  She was a member of the Smithsonian Museum, and an avid antique collector.  In addition to her parents, Marcia is predeceased  by her brothers William O. Gates, and Raymond E. Gates, Jr.  She is survived by her nieces and nephews: Elizabeth Wilson Gates, Richard Tucker Gates, and William Jeremiah Gates.  She is also survived by her great-nephew Brett Robert Gates Wilson.  Her funeral service will be held FRIDAY, January 22nd at 12:00 at the Folsom Funeral Home, 87 Milton Street, DEDHAM.  Visitation will be Friday from 11:00-12:00.  Interment will follow at the Brookdale Cemetery in Dedham.  In lieu of flowers, donations to the Mass Audubon Society, 208 South Great Road, Lincoln, MA 01773 or the Animal Rescue League, 55 Anna’s Place, Dedham, MA 02026 would be appreciated.

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Louise Anna (Goelz) Gray, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, died January 14th, 2010 at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston while visiting family in the Boston area.  She was 98.  Louise was born February 6, 1911 in West New York, New Jersey, a daughter of George Frederick and Johanna (Leeger) Goelz.  She grew up in Cliffside Park, New Jersey and graduated from the Englewood Hospital School of Nursing in Englewood, New Jersey.  She was a longtime resident of Teaneck, New Jersey.  Louise was the wife of the late Norman Nelson Gray and the sister of the late Charlotte Lind.  She is survived by her two sons, N. Cornell Gray of West Roxbury, and David A. Gray of Dillsburg, Pennsylvania; as well as 4 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.  A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 10 AM at the Second Reform Church of Hackensack, New Jersey, where she had been a lontime member.  In lieu of flowers donations to the Second Reform Church, 436 Union Street, Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601 would be appreciated.  Private interment will be in the George Washington Memorial Cemetery in Paramas, New Jersey.

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Oscar A. Nietzel, a resident of Walpole for 13 years, and formerly of Dedham, died Monday, January 11, 2010 at the Stanley Tippett Home in Needham after a long illness.  He was 82.  Oscar was born April 4, 1927 in Boston, the son of Oscar Alfred and Sophie (Kaiser) Nietzel.  He was raised in the Hyde Park section of Boston and graduated in 1951 from Boston College with a degree in chemistry.  Oscar served as a steward’s mate first class in the Coast Guard during World War Two aboard the US Cutter Northland #49 (later replaced by the Cutter Northland #904), in the naval reserve, and as a second lieutenant in the US Army during the Korean War.  He retired in 1986 from Texas Instruments in Attleboro after working for 29 years as the Manager for Manufacturing Engineering.  He was a member of Constellation Lodge AF & AM of Dedham, the American Legion and the Dedham VFW.  He was a former deacon at the Allin Congregational Church in Dedham where he was a longtime member.  Oscar was dedicated to the youth of Dedham, serving as a Boy Scout Leader for Troop One, and was active in Dedham DeMolay.  He had a passion for world travel, hiking, white water rafting, and a great appreciation for the Grand Canyon, our national parks, and nature.  Oscar is survived by his wife of 57 years, Dorothy M. (Dahlquist); his two sons, Steven T. Nietzel, and his wife Denise, and three “granddogs”, Midori, Ming, and Taiko, of Walpole, and Mark D. Nietzel, and his wife Karen, of Franklin; his two granddaughters, Nicole and Andrea Nietzel of Franklin; his two sisters, Barbara Payne of New Hampshire, and Helen Deatcher of Georgia; and many nieces and nephews.  Relatives and friends are invited to attend his Memorial Service Saturday, February 6th at 9:30 AM at the Allin Congregational Church, 683 High Street, Dedham, followed by his burial with full military honors in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Dorchester.  In lieu of flowers donations to the Allin Congregational Church, 683 High St., Dedham, MA 02026 or to the Stanley Tippett Home, 920 South Street, Needham, MA 02492 would be appreciated.

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Robert Ellsworth Cihak, a resident of Saugus, and formerly a longtime resident of Dedham, died Sunday, January 10th, 2010 at the Wakefield Care and Rehabilitation Center in Wakefield after a long illness.  He was 72.  Bob was born on April 26, 1937 in Cowden, Illinois, the son of Raymond E. and Winona Margaret (Torrence) Cihak.  He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Bentley College in Waltham, MA and worked at his own accounting firm in Dedham for many years.  Bob served in the National Guard and was a member and past president of the Dedham Rotary Club.  He is survived by his wife, Mary E. “Betsey” (Donnelly) Cihak; his three daughters, Kristin Ellis of California, Tracy Cihak of Waltham, and Karin Dooley of Medfield; three stepdaughters, Kristin McCarthy of Brookfield, Danielle Buckley of Beverly, and Amanda Johansson of Melrose; his sister, Norma Daniels of Falmouth; as well as seven grandchildren, a niece and a nephew.  Relatives and friends are invited to attend his graveside service Friday at 2 PM at Knollwood Memorial Park, High Street, Canton with the Reverend Michael Hodges of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Dedham officiating.  In lieu of flowers donations to the Alzheimer’s Association of Eastern Massachusetts, 311 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472 would be appreciated.

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