Local Obituaries
Margeory M. (Driscoll) Dicesare
Apr 14, 2013
Margeory M. (Driscoll) DiCesare, a resident of North Easton for many years and formerly of Dedham, died Sunday, April 14, 2013. She was 86 years old. She was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Ethel M. (Lewis) Driscoll. Margeory was born in Boston, grew up in Dedham and attended Dedham High School. She worked in Quality Control at...
Alice Sutton
Apr 7, 2013
Alice Wilhelmina (Lindsay) Sutton, a resident of Westwood for 40 years, passed away peacefully at the Maples Nursing Home in Wrentham, Sunday, April 7, 2013, after a long illness. She was 88. Alice was born January 23, 1925 in Lucknow India to Christian missionaries Reverend Alexander and Wilhelmina (Lockhart) Lindsay. She graduated from Drury High School in North Adams,...
Andrew T. Platais
Apr 6, 2013
Andrew Talavs Platais, a resident of West Roxbury for over 60 years, died peacefully at home April 6, 2013. He was 78 years old. Andrew was born in Jelgava, Latvia and came to Boston in 1949. He was the son of the late Voldemaris and Alma (Shenveters) Platais. He graduated from Boston Technical High School in 1951 and joined...
Harlan Robert Pinkham
Apr 2, 2013
Harlan Robert Pinkham, of Dedham, died on April 2, 2013 at home, with his family, after a battle with brain cancer. He was 79. He was born on February 19, 1934 in Framingham, the son of Thomas A. Pinkham, Jr. and Elizabeth R. (Moon) Pinkham. He grew up in West Roxbury and attended Boston Latin School and Roslindale High...
Barbara J. Springston
Apr 2, 2013
Barbara Jean (Ollis) Springston, a resident of Bellingham for 42 years, died Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at the Milford Hospital in Milford, Massachusetts. She was 68. Barbara was born February 4, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the three daughters of Mathias I. and Ruth M. Creed) Ollis. She grew up in Roslindale, graduated from Roslindale High School, and...
Joyce E. (Gardner) Carpenter
Mar 31, 2013
Joyce Evelyn (Gardner) Carpenter, a resident of Westwood for over 35 years, died Sunday, March 31, 2013 at the Milton Hospital in Milton. She was 84. Joyce was born December 14, 1928 in Northampton, England, the daughter of Sidney and Isabelle (Buthee) Gardner. She immigrated to the United States in 1965 and worked for over 35 years until her...
Robert D. Wrenn
Mar 31, 2013
Robert Duffield Wrenn, a life-long resident of Dedham and Needham, died on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013, at the age of 86 years old. Robert was born in Boston, the son of George Lawson and Mary Trotter Goodman Wrenn. He graduated from the Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts (class of 1944), Harvard College (class of 1948) and the Harvard...
Jeanne L. Gleason
Mar 29, 2013
Jeanne L. Gleason (Corbett), a resident of Millis, MA died peacefully on March 29, 2013 at the age of 77. Born in Tewksbury, MA she was the daughter of Thomas A. and Lillian (Morton) Corbett. Mrs. Gleason was the beloved wife of the late Harold R. Gleason, who passed away in October of 2012. She is described by her...
Helen M. (Donnelly) Packard Scolnick
Mar 28, 2013
Helen M. (Packard) Scolnick, a lifelong resident of Roslindale, died Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Golden Living Center in Dedham. She was 97 years old. Helen was the daughter of the late William and Helen M. (MacLachlan) Donnelly. She graduated from high school and Boston Clerical School in Jamaica Plain. Helen worked as a secretary for McGraw-Hill Publishing in...
Alexander L. Jr. Gucker
Mar 20, 2013
Alexander Lowery Gucker, Jr., a resident of Groton, Massachusetts, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at his niece’s home in Dedham. He was 73. Alex was born September 21, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Alexander Lowery and Ellen Hewson (Douglas) Gucker. He was a graduate of The Loomis School in Connecticut and an alumnus of of Haverford College. ...
C. Edith Demery
Mar 12, 2013
Caroline Edith (Long) Demery, a resident of Dedham for over 65 years, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at the Victoria Haven Nursing Home in Norwood. She was 88. Edith was born September 29, 1924 in Waltham, Massachusetts, a daughter of Ormand R. and Caroline M. (Comey) Long. Edith worked as a Window Decorator for WT Grant in Needham for...
Trudy S. Thomas
Mar 10, 2013
Trudy Sue (Kirkpatrick) Thomas, a resident of Norwood for the past eight years, and formerly a longtime resident of Dedham, died Sunday, March 10, 2013 at the Miriam Boyd Parlin Residence in Wayland. She was 65. Trudy was born February 13, 1948 in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, the daughter of Vivan Wallace and Marjorie (Jordan) Kirkpatrick. She grew up in Dedham...
John H. Allen
Mar 9, 2013
John Henry Allen, a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Saturday March 9, 2013, at home with his family. He was 74. John was born May 11, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of the late Joseph H. and Helen M. (Lafferty) Allen. He grew up in Dedham and graduated with the Dedham High School Class of 1954. He worked...
Elinor Neilson
Mar 7, 2013
Elinor Neilson, a resident of Sharon, Massachusetts, died Thursday, March 7, 2013 at her home in Sharon. She was 57. Elinor was born April 18, 1955 in Winchester, Massachusetts, the daughter of Norman Edward “Steve” and Vida Esther (Harrison) Neilson. In addition to her father, who lives in Westwood, Elinor is survived by her two sisters, Karen Krug, and...
Gloria L. Primeau
Mar 6, 2013
Gloria Lucille Primeau, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Wednesday March 6, 2013, at Highgate Manor in Dedham with her loving family by her side. She was born in Boston and was the daughter of the late Arthur and Nicoletta G. (Matteria) Colombo. Gloria was predeceased by her husband James A. Primeau. She was a dedicated volunteer, Past President,...
Hilda J. Callihan
Feb 23, 2013
Hilda Jane Callihan, 95, beloved wife of the late James Callihan, died on February 23, 2013 in Brookline. She was born October 9, 1917 in Diamond Cove, Newfoundland the daughter of fishing Captain Martin Collier and Mary Elizabeth (Munden) Collier. Growing up in a large family of 13 children, she learned the skills that would serve her well during...
Thomas W. Ryan
Feb 21, 2013
Thomas W. Ryan, a 9 year resident of Westwood, and formerly of Needham for over 40 years, died Thursday, February 21, 2013 at his home. He was 97. Mr. Ryan was born and grew up in Quincy, the son of William and Aurora (Jacques) Ryan. He graduated from Quincy High School and Wentworth Institute and then enlisted in the...
John F. Murray
Feb 18, 2013
John Francis Murray, a lifelong resident of Westwood, died Monday, February 18th, 2013 at his home in Westwood after a long illness. He was 68. John was born December 9, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the five children of George Edward and Anna Gertrude (McElaney) Murray. He grew up in Westwood and attended Westwood High School. John enlisted...
Elizabeth J. Sturgis
Feb 14, 2013
Elizabeth J. “Jan” Heffernan-Sturgis, a resident of Westwood for the past 24 years, and formerly of Hyde Park, died unexpectedly at her home on Thursday, February 14, 2013. “Herb called her home to him on Valentine’s Day.” She was 78. Jan was born October 21, 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the ten children of Ross Landers and Catherine...
Mary Stanke
Feb 11, 2013
Mary Stanke, a resident of Walpole since 2003 and formerly of Mountainside, New Jersey for over 50 years, died Monday, February 11, 2013 at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood. She was 95. Mary was born June 28, 1917 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Russian immigrants Anani D. and Daria E. Movchan. She graduated from Newark Teachers College...
