Local Obituaries
William C. Chambers
Jul 12, 2022
William C. Chambers, 61 passed away July 12, 2022. He was a former resident of West Roxbury. Bill was born March 3rd, 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts. Bill was predeceased by his parents Gerald & Lillian Chambers. He leaves behind his sister who he loved so much, Cindy & Edward Lahey of South Grafton. Uncle Bill leaves behind 5 nieces,...
Vendla O. Margeson
Jul 12, 2022
Vendla Otilde (Fredriksen) Margeson, a longtime resident of Westwood, died Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Needham. She was 82. Vendla was born April 15, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, the oldest of the six children of Karl Johan and Wendela Sylvia (Anderson) Fredriksen. She graduated from Roslindale High School and worked as bookkeeper for...
O. Bruce Hadley
Jul 11, 2022
Osborne Bruce Hadley, a longtime resident of Norwood, died peacefully on July 11, 2022 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Needham after a period of declining health. He was 91. Bruce was born October 6, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Osbourne Mader and Sarah Jane (Rae) Hadley, immigrants from Nova Scotia, Canada. He enlisted in the...
Pauline Mckee
Jul 5, 2022
Pauline G. (DiMarzio), a resident of Readville, passed away peacefully on July 5th, 2022 with her family by her side.
She was the beloved Mother of Eileen McKee, June Smith, and Jim (Kathy) McKee; Grandma to Kristine and Brendan McKee, Lisa (Jesse) Weatherford, Bob (Mary Kate) McKee and Kim (Nate) Fraere, and Great-Grandma to Aaron and Avery...
Joseph C. Sr. Mellett
Jul 2, 2022
Joseph Coleman Mellett Sr., a longtime resident of Dedham, died Saturday, July 2, 2022 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He was 79. Joe was born May 22, 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Coleman Joseph and Nora Elizabeth (O’Malley) Mellett, immigrants from Ireland. After high school, Joe earned his associate degree from Newbury Junior...
Anne ‘Tina’ Mellett
Jun 27, 2022
April 20, 1944 – June 27, 2022
Anne ‘Tina’ M. (Mulkern) Mellett, a resident of Dedham, and formerly of Jamaica Plain and Dorchester, passed away on June 27, 2022 at the age of 78.
Tina was born in Boston on April 20th, 1944. She worked as an accountant for several insurance companies, and was...
Pauline M. Watson
Jun 23, 2022
Pauline Marion (Obernesser) Watson, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Thursday, June 23, 2022 at her apartment at Tradition in Dedham. She was 96. Pauline was born February 20, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of Paul Richard and Hedwig Marie (Stengal) Obernesser, immigrants from Germany. She was a graduate of Girls Latin High School in Boston and worked...
Barry Levine
Jun 14, 2022
Barry Levine passed peacefully on June 14, 2022 in the presence of his family. He was born in Brooklyn to Edith and Murray Levine. He graduated from James Madison Highschool and went on to earn a B.S. degree in biology from M.I.T. in 1971. He earned a degree from the New England School of Acupuncture and later earned a...
Joseph Hinton
Jun 9, 2022
July, 7, 1937 – June 9, 2022
Joseph L. Hinton, a resident of Norwood, passed away on June 9, 2022 at his home with his children by his side. He was 84 years old. Born in Dallas, Texas on July 7, 1937 to the late Claude A. and Mae Ollie (Wilson) Hinton, he was the youngest...
Joanna C. Stahl
Jun 6, 2022
Joanna Claudet (Slater) Stahl, a resident of Roslindale, and formerly of Bradenton, Florida and Dumont, New Jersey, died Monday, June 6, 2022 at her apartment in Roslindale. She was 85. Joanna was born October 10, 1936 in Jersey City, New Jersey, a daughter of John and Helen (Konczewski) Stahl. She worked for Shell Oil Company in New York City...
Marie Shea
Jun 4, 2022
Marie E. (McLaughlin) Shea, a resident of Westwood, MA, passed away on June 4, 2022 after a brief illness. She was the loving mother of seven children: Barbara Shea of Westwood, Maureen and her husband Rich Moynihan of Norwood, Rob and his wife Elaine of Medfield, Ted and his wife Yifei of Boston, Rich of Foxboro, Michael and his...
Joseph W. Fay
May 31, 2022
Joseph Wilfred Fay, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Tuesday, may 31, 2022 at his home in Dedham. He was 82. Joseph was born May 31, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the eleven children of William A. and Ruth C. (McMillan) Fay. He was a firefighter for the City of Boston stationed with Ladder 24, Engine 4. Joseph...
Kathleen A. Kirkpatrick
May 25, 2022
Kathleen Ann Kirkpatrick, a resident of the Allston-Brighton neighborhood in Boston, passed into her final reward on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at St. Elizabeth Hospital. She was 54. Her passing was sudden and unexpected.
Kathleen was born September 23, 1967 in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Jean K. (Donley) and Richard William Kirkpatrick. She attended Sacred Heart...
Thelma M. L. Bruno
May 23, 2022
Thelma Margaret Louise (Dixon) Bruno died peacefully at home in Dedham on May 23, 2022 at the age of 87. Thelma was born in Norwood, Massachusetts to the late Amos Trueman Dixon and Theo Avery Brown. She was predeceased by her older brother Amos T. Dixon Jr. and her twin brother Donald L. Dixon.
Thelma grew up...
Vincent Conley
May 19, 2022
Vincent Paul Conley, a resident of Hyannis, and formerly of Dedham, died Thursday, May 19, 2022 at the Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. He was 84. Vincent was born December 14, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of James Bradford and Virginia (Williams) Conley. He was a proud member of Iron Workers Union Local 7 and a retiree from...
R. Bruce Bobbitt
May 14, 2022
Richard Bruce Bobbitt, a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Saturday, May 14, 2022 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Needham after a brief illness. He was 70. Bruce was born June 11, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Richard Beverly and Natalie Grace (Belyea) Bobbitt. He is survived by two sisters, N. Susanne Bobbitt of Dedham,...
Florina Morelli
May 9, 2022
Florina M. (Parillo) Morelli, of Norwood, passed away on May 9, 2022 in Boston at the age of 94. She was born on July 7, 1927 in Dedham, MA, and was the daughter of the late Frank and Maria (Denegris) Parillo. Florina was the beloved wife of the late Albert C. Morelli and was the dear mother of Donna...
Mildred L. Haynes
May 7, 2022
Mildred L. (Brown) Haynes, a longtime resident of North Attleboro, died Saturday, May 7, 2022 at her daughter’s home in Mansfield. She was 92. Millie was born June 1, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Myron A. and Ruth E. (White) Brown. She retired in 1993 after twelve years as a clerk for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in...
John Nash
May 5, 2022
The Nash family is sad to announce that John died on May 5, 2022. He died peacefully in his sleep as he wished. John Nash was born in Boston Massachusetts on March 6, 1932. His father was Otis Cushing Nash; His mother was Theodora Roberts Nash John attended Proctor Academy in Andover New Hampshire. His years there had a...
Evelyn F. Hudson
Apr 25, 2022
Evelyn Frances (Wilson) Hudson, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Monday, April 25, 2022 at her home in Dedham. She was 76. Evelyn was born May 24, 1945 in Everett, Massachusetts, one of the four children of Robert Harvey and Mary Agnes (Keenan) Wilson. During the pre-computer age Evelyn worked as a filing clerk at Tufts Medical Center in...
