Local Obituaries
Daniel L. Mcnamara
May 18, 2014
Daniel Leo McNamara, a resident of Westwood for the past 50 years, and formerly of Roslindale, died Sunday, May 18, 2014 at the Norwood Hospital after a brief illness. He was 95. Daniel was born July 28, 1918 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Lawrence Joseph and Rose E. (Deveney) McNamara. He was a graduate of Jamaica Plain High...
Corrine B. Leavitt
May 16, 2014
Corrine B. Leavitt (Zorn) of Dedham, passed away on May 16, 2014 at the age of 88. She was the beloved wife of John O. Leavitt and the loving mother of John Leavitt, III and his wife Roberta of Warner, NH, Stephen Leavitt of England, Carol Flaherty and her husband Thomas of Norwood and the late Bruce Leavitt and...
Doris R. Toneatti
May 8, 2014
Doris R. (Dietzel) Toneatti, formerly of Doggett Circle in Dedham, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014 at the Harrington House in Walpole at the age of 88. Doris was born on January 19, 1926 in Dedham, Massachusetts, one of the four children of George and Laura (Miller) Dietzel. She grew up in Dedham, and was employed at Scholastic Jewlers in...
Eva V. Morley
Apr 28, 2014
Eva Virginia (Williamson) Morley, a longtime resident of Westwood, died Monday, April 28, 2014 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She was 94. Eva was born February 9, 1920 in Roslindale, Massachusetts, the only daughter of Sven and Anna Josephine (Edvinson) Williamson, immigrants from Sweden. She graduated from the Hickok Secretarial School and spent four years...
Ann Marie Cobb
Apr 26, 2014
Ann Marie (deDoming) Cobb, a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Hospital in Roslindale after a long illness. She was 66. Ann Marie was born November 10, 1947 in Newton, Massachusetts, the only daughter of Herbert and Josephine (Capilo) deDoming. She graduated from Dedham High School with the Class of 1965 and...
Thomas J. Clancy
Apr 25, 2014
Thomas James Clancy, a resident of Dedham for 19 years, died Friday, April 25, 2014 at the Miriam Boyd Parlin Hospice Home in Wayland after a long ilness. He was 61. Tom was born December 19, 1952 in Boston, Masachusetts, one of the five children of Thomas R. and Margaret (Goggin) Clancy. He grew up in Roslindale and was...
Dorothy V. Hoeckel
Apr 24, 2014
Dorothy Virginia Hoeckel, a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Thursday, April 24, 2014 at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood, MA. She died on her 91st birthday. Dorothy was born April 23, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only child of Otto and Lillian Ida (Jameson) Sweet. She was a graduate of Dedham High School and worked as a switchboard...
Esther E. Morris
Apr 23, 2014
Esther Elizabeth (Paul) Morris, a longtime resident of Westwood, died Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at her home in Westwood. She was 98. Esther was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Willard I. and Bertha I. (Hogan) Paul. She grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She graduated from Bentley College and worked for 35 years for Poloroid Corporation, initially as...
Thelma I. Loring
Apr 22, 2014
Thelma Irene (Russell) Loring, a resident of Norwood since 1947, died Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at the Norwood Hospital. She was 93. Thelma was born April 7, 1921 in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, the oldest daughter of Allen and Hilda (Russell) Russell. She graduated from Canton High School with the Class of 1939, On August 17, 1947 she married...
Richard S. Coleman
Apr 21, 2014
Richard Sterling Coleman, a resident of New Pond Village in Walpole, and formerly a resident of Westwood, died Monday, April 21, 2014 at the Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital In Braintree. He was 87. Dick was born April 5, 1927 in Springfield, Massachusetts, the only son of Harold Burr and Marion Helen (Pease) Coleman. He graduated from Technical High School in...
Giovanna Sardella
Apr 18, 2014
Giovanna (D’Andrea) Sardella, passed away peacefully on her 92nd birthday, April 18, 2014. She was born in Messina, Sicily on April 18, 1922. One of five sisters, she worked as a skilled seamstress to help support her family. Giovanna married Anthony Trifiro and emigrated to the United States in the early 1950s. She shortly thereafter became US citizen ,...
Peggy Babcock
Apr 17, 2014
Margaret Elizabeth “Peggy” (Nickerson) Babcock, a longtime resident of West Roxbury, died Thursday, April 17, 2014 at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston. She was 89. Peggy was born December 31, 1924 in Watertown, Massachusetts, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Howard) Nickerson. She graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Brookline and worked briefly for AT & T and...
Seta Masse
Apr 14, 2014
Seta (Jelalian) Masse, a resident of the Armenian Home in Jamaica Plain, and formerly a resident of Lexington and Westwood, died Monday, April 14, 2014 at the Golden Living Center of Lexington. She was 89. Seta was born December 26, 1924 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the only child of Hapit and Catherine (Zaregian) Jelalian. She graduated from Boston Latin High...
Margaret T. Apone
Apr 14, 2014
Margaret Theresa Apone (Palie), passed away on April 14, 2014. She was born in Grey, PA on October 25, 1925 and was one of 12 children from Italian immigrant parents. The family relocated to Massachusetts in the 30’s to offer their children a better life. Margaret met her future husband Annunziato whom she married on July 4, 1951. They...
Robert M. Humphrey
Apr 10, 2014
Robert Merle Humphrey Jr., a longtime resident of Dedham, died Thursday, April 10, 2014 at the Norwood Hospital. He was 71. Robert was born October 5, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the three sons of Robert M. Sr., and Eva (Colby) Humphrey. He was a graduate of Dedham High School and served in the US Navy from 1960...
Dorothy M. Mackillop
Mar 31, 2014
Dorothy May MacKillop, resident of Plymouth for 12 years, and formerly of Quincy and Scituate, died Monday, March 31, 2014 at the South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. She was 85. Dorothy was born September 28, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the three children of Duncan and Sarah A. (MacDonald) MacKillop, immigrants from Nova Scotia, Canada. She was a...
Charlotte G. Macleod
Mar 28, 2014
Charlotte Gertrude (Pierce) MacLeod, a resident of Belmont, died Friday, March 28, 2014 at her son’s home in Belmont in her 100th year. Charlotte was born November 28, 1914 in Albany, New York, one of the five children of Charles Henry and Gertrude Ethel (Strong) Pierce. She grew up in Melrose before moving to Washington, DC. After earning her...
Doris L. Johnson
Mar 26, 2014
Doris Louise Johnson, born on December 31, 1934 in Boston, MA, passed away on March 26, 2014 in Norwood. She was the daughter of Clarence and Elin (Johnson) Johnson. Doris graduated from Roslindale High School in 1951; Simmons College 1955; Boston University, School of Education in 1979; and did graduate work in microbiology at U Mass Amherst. Shortly after...
Dominic C. Laquidara
Mar 25, 2014
Dominic Charles Laquidara, a resident of Dedham for over 50 years, and a very generous man who was devoted to his family, died Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston. He was 92. Dominic was born November 28, 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the five children of Antonino and Carmela (Munifo) Laquidara, immigrants from Italy. ...
Barbara Carlson
Mar 24, 2014
Barbara Carlson (Moseley), a resident of Dedham, passed away on March 24, 2014 at the age of 78. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and was the daughter of Hardwick and Elizabeth (Proctor) Moseley. She is survived by her daughter Susan Carlson Kirk, and her husband John P. of Needham, and her two grandchildren, Jackson Moseley and Katherine Frances. ...
