Local Obituaries
Jon M. Depalma
Jan 10, 2025
Jon-Michael DePalma., a resident of Worcester, died Friday, January 10, 2025 as a result of an automobile accident in Worcester. He was 71. Jon-Michael was born January 20, 1953 in Brockton, Massachusetts, the only son of Michael John and Jeanne A (Arbaugh) DePalma. He grew up in Randolph and earned his associate degree from Blue Hills Community College, and...
Tara M. Maughn
Jan 8, 2025
Tara Marie Maughn, age 57, peacefully passed away on January 8th, 2025, surrounded by her beloved family. Tara was a wife, devoted mother, friend, and nurse, whose heart touched everyone she met.
Born on June 15th, 1967, Tara worked as a registered nurse for over 30 years, touching the lives of countless patients and colleagues. She was...
Phyllis M. Watson
Jan 2, 2025
Phyllis Marie (Pace) Watson, a resident of Dedham, died Thursday, January 2, 2025 at her home in Dedham. She was 87. Phyllis was born February 8, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the five children of Anthony and Frances (Ciulla) Pace. She graduated from Notre Dame Academy in Boston and worked as a manager for the payroll servicing company...
Mabel L. Badger
Dec 30, 2024
Mabel Louise (Packard) Badger, formerly of Mansfield, Attleboro and Westwood, died Monday, December 30, 2024 at the Southeast Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Facility in North Easton. She was 95. Mabel was born October 10, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts the daughter of Ernest Francis and Dorothy Vaughan (West) Packard. She graduated from Westwood High School with the Class of 1946....
Robert F. Lee
Dec 29, 2024
Robert Fon Lee (Bob), a longtime resident of West Roxbury, passed away peacefully on December 29, 2024 at his home. He was 90. Bob was born January 26, 1934 in Guangzhou (Canton), China, one of the two sons of Kwong and Lim (Shee) Lee. He immigrated to the United States in 1951 when he was 17 years old and graduated from Newman Preparatory High School...
Paula M. Morton
Dec 27, 2024
Paula Michele (Voega) Morton, a resident of Westwood for 47 years, died Friday, December 27, 2024 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She was 79. Paula was born November 5, 1945 in Middletown, New York, the daughter of Alfred Vincent and Florence Elizabeth (Kruser) Voega. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Boston Teacher’s College in 1969...
Thomas A. Bayer
Dec 25, 2024
Thomas Albert Bayer, a resident of Newark, Delaware, and formerly of Norwood, died Christmas Day, 2024 at the Christiana Care Hospital in Newark, Delaware. He was 69. Thomas was born October 13, 1955 in Mineola, New York, the youngest of the three sons of Joseph Frank and Grace Edith (Meyenberg) Bayer. Tom retired from the Foxboro Company after 27...
Gunta Hirsch
Dec 19, 2024
Gunta (Lapins) Hirsch, a resident of Canton, died Thursday, December 19, 2024 at her home in Canton. She was 83. Gunta was born May 21, 1941 in Ventspils, Latvia, the only child of Zanis and Olga (Burlins) Lapins. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree from Boston University School of Nursing and her Master of Science in Nursing from the...
Fridel G. Byrnes
Dec 15, 2024
Fridel Gretel (Mann) Byrnes, a resident of Westwood, and formerly of Hyde Park, died Sunday, December 15, 2024 at her son’s home in Walpole. She was 89. Fridel was born June 29, 1935 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, the daughter of Franz Friedrick and Frida (Ruthe) Mann. She worked as a Governess and a children’s nurse at Children’s Hospital in Germany....
Susan A. Crump
Dec 12, 2024
Susan Ann (Turiano) Crump, a resident of Norwood for the past nearly 4 years, and formerly of Walpole, Ocean Springs MS, Wayland, Newton Centre, Boston’s South End, and earlier places, died Thursday, December 12, 2024, at age 78. Susan was born June 22, 1946, in Rochester, New York, the daughter of Vincent Salvatore and Dorothy Jeanne Turiano. A sweet...
Clare A. Gardiner
Dec 12, 2024
It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our dear and forever loved mother, Clare A. Gardiner of Dedham, Massachusetts on December 12, 2024.
Clare was born in 1940 to the late Chester Ward of Quincy, MA and Margarita Rogers of Pembroke, MA. She was the sister of Barbara Borghi of Sagamore, MA, Earlene...
Mark A. Hartshorn
Dec 5, 2024
Alifelong resident of Norwood, Mark passed away on December 5, 2024, at age 59 after a long illness. Mark was the loving son of the late Lewis Ellis and Vera Dorothy (Girling) Hartshorn, and brother of the late Jeanne L. Giondomenico. He is survived by his loving brother and sister-in-law Peter and Cristina Hartshorn of West Roxbury, and his...
Bonnie J. Cook
Dec 4, 2024
Bonnie J. (Haine) Cook, a resident of Hopedale, died Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. She was 72. Bonnie was born May 28, 1952 in Norwood, Massachusetts, the daughter of Carl and Margaret S. (Fottler) Freeman Haine. Bonnie worked in the seafood department at Star Market in West Roxbury. She is survived by...
Yvonne A. Fay
Dec 2, 2024
Yvonne Adelle Fay, a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Monday, December 2, 2024 at the AccentCare Hospice Home in Milton. She was 88. Yvonne was born September 13, 1936 in Dedham, Massachusetts the youngest of the five children of John William and Mary Ann Elizabeth (Rooney) Fay. She was a graduate of Dedham High School and worked as a...
Patricia Bartlett
Nov 28, 2024
Patricia (Boudreau) Bartlett, a resident of Hyde Park, died on Thursday, November 28, 2024 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton. She was 85. Patricia was born August 24, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the seven children of Charles and Catherine (Murphy) Boudreau. She was the wife of the late John Allen Bartlett and the mother of the...
John G. Albers
Nov 27, 2024
John G. Albers, a longtime resident of Westwood, died peacefully at home on November 27, 2024. He was 94 years old. John was born on January 9, 1930, in Pipestone, MN one of ten children born of Mary and George Albers (deceased), Villard, MN. John is survived by his wife of 73 years, Claire, his much loved daughters Linda...
Erika H. Wainwright
Nov 19, 2024
Erika Hedwig Wainwright of Westwood, passed away peacefully at the age 85 years old on November 19, 2024. Loving wife to Henry Wainwright (deceased), devoted mother to her sons Mark Wainwright and his wife Christina of Holbrook, David Wainwright and his wife Lauren of North Andover, and Brent Wainwright and his wife Melissa of Norfolk. She leaves behind grandchildren...
Maurice C. Jr. Burns
Nov 14, 2024
Maurice Conway Burns, Jr., a longtime resident of Dedham, passed away peacefully on November 14, 2024, at the Care Dimensions Hospice Home in Lincoln, MA. He was 78. Maurice was born August 21, 1946, in Boston, Massachusetts, the beloved son of Maurice C. Burns Sr. and Marian Patricia (Joyce) Doherty. He grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts but especially enjoyed...
Jane Brace
Oct 26, 2024
Jane (Gordon) Brace of Concord, MA and long-time resident of Dover, MA died peacefully with family by her side on October 26, 2024. She was 88 years old.
Born in Bridgeport, CT to Albert Benedict Gordon and Frances (Jennings) Gordon, Jane was the beloved wife of Richard G. Brace for 55 years, who predeceased her in 2018....
Donald G. Jr. Macleod
Oct 26, 2024
Donald Gordon MacLeod Jr., a resident of Dedham, died Saturday, October 26, 2024 at his home in Dedham. He was 80. Donald was born February 11, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Donald Gordon Sr., and Charlotte Gertrude (Pierce) MacLeod. He graduated from Dedham High School with the Class of 1961. Donald enlisted in the US Army in...
