Obituaries

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Oct 26, 2024

Jenot Warner Shipley, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, died peacefully, surrounded by family, on Saturday, October 26, 2024 of complications from lymphoma.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 12, 1942, to Whitney Warner, Jr. and Elizabeth Alvira White Warner, Jensie is survived by her husband of 61 years, William Upjohn Shipley, MD. Jensie attended Mount Holyoke...

Oct 23, 2024

John “Jack” Nelson Corish, Sr., a resident of Dedham since 1960, died Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston after a long illness. He was 87. Jack was born June 29, 1937 in Norwood, Massachusetts the son of John William and Irene Florence (Smith) Corish. He earned his associate degree from Northeastern University in Boston. Jack...

Oct 22, 2024

We are heartbroken by the loss of our father, Sivarama Krishnamurti Gummuluru.  We are honored to reflect on his life with you today.  He lived for 91 years, 61 of which were with his wife Usha: a life that was filled with love, happiness, and joy.

Our father / Nannagaru/ Mavaigaru / Tata is remembered very fondly...