Local Obituaries
Howard Crossman
Feb 3, 2020
Howard W. Crossman, a resident of Dedham, passed away on February 3, 2020 at the age of 80. Born in Cambridge, MA the son of Howard L. Crossman and Florence E. Wakelam. Growing up in Milton, MA and graduating from Milton High School, Class of 1959, he then went on to attend Suffolk University. In 1960 Howard and his...
Roger E. Carlson
Jan 30, 2020
Roger Ernest Carlson, a resident of Westwood, died Thursday, January 30, 2020 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Brighton. He was 73. Roger was born April 7, 1946 in Norwood, Massachusetts, a son of Arthur Edward and Mildred Marie (Rosen) Carlson. He graduated from Walpole High School and earned his Associate degree from Wentworth Institute in Boston and his Bachelor...
David A. Sr. Wong
Jan 28, 2020
David Allan Wong Sr, a resident of Norwood, died Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Needham. He was 88. David was born April 6, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the three children of Samuel K. and Faith Lillian (Chin) Wong, immigrants from China. David was a proud veteran of the Korean War,...
Joan E. Holst
Jan 28, 2020
Joan Elizabeth Holst, a resident of the Scandinavian Living Center in Newton, and formerly of Roslindale, died Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at the Scandinavian Living Center. She was 87. Joan was born September 8, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts the only daughter of George William Sr., and Gunhild Marie (Andreassen) Holst. She graduated from Roslindale High School and worked as...
Elizabeth Gray
Jan 27, 2020
August 13, 1929 – January 27, 2020
Elizabeth “Bettina” Gray, of Dedham, Massachusetts, 90, passed away quietly on Monday, January 27th, at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Needham, Massachusetts, in the company of her children, Elizabeth T. (“Liz”) Gray, Jr. and Francis C. (“Sam”) Gray III.
Bettina was born in New York City in...
Vijay Joshua
Jan 26, 2020
Vijay K. Joshua, 82 of Norwood, MA. Passed away peacefully on January 26, 2020. Devoted Husband to Lata (who pre-deceased him by 7 years), caring brother to Pushpalata, uncle to Ajay, Lalita, Ranjana and David; Also survived by cousins in Indiana and India. Additionally pre-deceased by one brother and two sisters in India. Vijay earned his MBA at the...
Jean E. Decatur
Jan 26, 2020
Jean Edith (Stuntzner) Decatur, a resident of New Pond Village in Walpole, and formerly of Westwood, died Sunday, January 26, 2020 at Harbor House at New Pond Village. She was 94. Jean was born May 4, 1925 in Taunton, Massachusetts, the only daughter of Louis Karl and Edith (Rice) Stuntzner. She graduated from Needham High School as the Valedictorian...
Ronald A. Arntz
Jan 23, 2020
Ronald Allen Arntz, a longtime resident of Westwood, died Thursday, January 23, 2020 at the Norwood Hospital in Norwood, MA. He was 81. Ron was born March 16, 1938 in Boston, MA, a son of Royal B. and Rose Marie (Palermo) Arntz. He attended Wentworth Institute for a year before enlisting in the US Army for three years. Ron...
Robert W. Glover
Jan 22, 2020
Robert Wilson Glover, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at the Norwood Hospital in Norwood. He was 65. Robert was born November 11, 1954 in Needham, Massachusetts, one of the five children of Charles Herbert and Margaret Camilla (Conway) Glover. He worked for the TSA at Logan Airport. Bob enjoyed fishing, including ice fishing, and...
Helen M. Darcy
Jan 13, 2020
Helen Marie (McDonough) Darcy, a resident of Dedham, passed away on January 13, 2020 at the age of 84. Born in South Boston, she was the daughter of Walter and Julia McDonough. An avid Bingo player, Thursday night bingo with her friends was never missed. She was the beloved wife of the late Morgan J. Darcy, Sr. and the...
Francis M. Jr. Egan
Jan 7, 2020
Francis Michael Egan Jr., a resident of Westwood, died Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at his home in Westwood. He was 70. Frank was born November 25, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only child of Francis Michael Sr., and Margaret (Heffernan) Egan. He worked as a Fiber Optic Technician for Verizon. He is survived by his cousin, Carolyn A. Reda,...
Paul F. Beatty
Jan 5, 2020
Paul Francis Beatty died suddenly on January 5th, 2020. He is survived by his wife Catherine Connolly Beatty; three daughters: Sarah Beatty Buller and husband Mark Buller of New York City; Catherine Beatty Flowers and husband Robert Flowers of Austin Texas; and Elizabeth Beatty Wichmann and husband Jeffrey Wichmann of Mount Kisco, New York; six grandchildren: Lizzie, Jacob, and...
Rhoda E. Bestwick
Dec 31, 2019
Rhoda Elizabeth Bestwick, a resident of Oak Point in Middleboro, and formerly of Hyde Park, Dedham and Falmouth, died Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at the All American Assisted Living Facility in Hanson. She was 89. Rhoda was born July 30, 1930 in Dedham, Massachusetts, a daughter of Roger O. and Ruth L. (Olsen) Bestwick. She graduated from Dedham High...
A. Celia Boone
Dec 30, 2019
A. Celia (Buono) Boone, a long life resident of Dedham, passed away on December 30, 2019 at the age of 82. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of John and Rose (Sperrazza) Buono. Mrs. Boone is remembered by her children as someone who always had to take care of everyone else before herself. She liked her scratch tickets,...
Gayle L. Deavila
Dec 28, 2019
Gayle Lorraine (Harling) DeAvila, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Saturday, December 28, 2019 at her home in Dedham. She was 74. Gayle was born in Norwood, Massachusetts on January 19, 1945, the only daughter of Albert and Lorraine (Klaes) Harling. She graduated from Dedham High School and pursued a career as a seamstress where she indulged in her...
Marjorie L. Civitarese
Dec 25, 2019
Marjorie Louise (Arnott) Civitarese, a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Wednesday, Christmas Day, 2019 at the Norwood Hospital in Norwood after a brief illness. She was 92. Marjorie was born July 23, 1927 in Dedham, Massachusetts, the last surviving child of the eight children of William Charles and Sadie May (Soulnier) Arnott. She graduated from Dedham High School and...
Thomas Mackenzie
Dec 17, 2019
Thomas Joseph MacKenzie, a resident of Walpole, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on December 17, 2019 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 64 years old. Tom was the loving father of Thomas MacKenzie and his partner Donna Lynch, Rachel MacKenzie and Kimerbly Knauber and her husband Robert. He is survived by his siblings Dorothy MacKenzie-Kelley,...
Nathan Goldhaber
Dec 17, 2019
Nathan Goldhaber, a resident of Newbridge on the Charles for the past four years, and formerly of New Jersey and New York City, died Tuesday, December 17th at his home. He was 92. Nathan was born October 19, 1921 in New York City, one of the three sons of Herman and Sadie (Reichstein) Goldhaber, immigrants from Austria. He graduated...
Joseph Kinan
Dec 14, 2019
Joseph Kaleel Kinan, a resident of Gastonia, North Carolina, and formerly of South Boston, Massachusetts. died Saturday, December 14, 2019 at the Levine and Dickson Hospice House in Charlotte North Carolina. He was 74. Joseph was born October 19, 1945, in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the eleven children of Kaleel and Rose Marie Kinan. He worked as a Postman...
Jonathan C. Carchia
Dec 14, 2019
Jonathan Copeland Carchia, a resident of Waltham, died Saturday, December 14, 2019 at the Sudbury Pines Nursing Home in Sudbury, MA. He was 73. Jonathan was born August 3, 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only son of Robert and Dorothy (Copeland) Carchia. He was the brother of the late Janet Lee Carchia. He is survived by his mother and...
