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Richard Gates

Richard Gates

Jul 21, 2024

Richard Tucker Gates, Born April 14, 1946, passed away on July 21st, 2024 at the Fitchburg Wellness Center in Fitchburg MA of complications due to diabetes and dementia. He was known to friends & family as Ricky. Son of William Gates and Sylvia Gillespie Gates, he grew up in Dedham with his father Bill, his sister Elizabeth Gates and...

Wilber M. Blair

Wilber M. Blair

Jul 21, 2024

Wilber Maynard Blair, a resident of Walpole, died unexpectedly Sunday, July 21, 2024 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical enter in Needham. He was 71. Wilber was born September 26, 1952 in Albany, New York, the son of George Maynard and Elsa Louise (Robinson) Blair. He earned his Master’s Degree in Fine Arts and worked as a professional artist....

Edwina E. Caci

Edwina E. Caci

Jul 16, 2024

Edwina Elizabeth (Taylor) Caci, a resident of Norwood, Massachusetts died Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at the Victoria Haven Nursing Home in Norwood. She was 94. Edwina was born January 14, 1930 in London, England, the daughter of Sidney and Dorothy (Jenkins) Taylor. Edwina moved to the United States in 1952. She studied Art and was a Professional Portraits Artist....

Gerard E. Moore

Gerard E. Moore

Jul 11, 2024

Gerard Ezio Moore, a longtime resident of Westwood, died Thursday, July 11, 2024 at his home in Westwood after a brief illness. He was 52. Gerry was born Jan 11, 1972 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Gerard Joseph and Dina Franca (Rossi) Moore. He graduated from Westwood High School and earned his Bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University. Gerry...

Lucinda Lee

Lucinda Lee

Jul 5, 2024

Lucinda Lee (née Mary Lucinda Hopkins) died peacefully at the age of 80 on July 5, 2024, with her husband and three children nearby. She was a proud and dignified, self-described Yankee and Anglophile, who fought a valiant battle in the last fourteen months of her life against lymphoma and all manner of accompanying ailments. She inspired scores of...

Julia L. Pond

Julia L. Pond

Jun 22, 2024

Julia Lena (Pasquine) Pond, a resident of Norwood for 50 years, died unexpectedly on June 22, 2024 in Washington D.C. She was 77. Julia was born December 3, 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Francis and Julia (Cataldo) Pasquine. She grew up in Hyde Park and earned her Associates degree from the Boston Business School. Julia joined the...

Barbara “Bobby” Jorgensen

Barbara “Bobby” Jorgensen

Jun 15, 2024

Barbara ‘Bobby’ (née Errickson) Jorgensen passed away peacefully in her sleep on June 15 th after a lengthy battle with dementia. Her loving family was by her side at the end.

Born May 6, 1933, Bobby grew up in Freehold, New Jersey where her father was a prominent local dentist and civic leader. A bright student, her...

Shirley A. Mosher

Shirley A. Mosher

Jun 14, 2024

Shirley A. Mosher, a long time resident of Hyde Park, passed away on June 14, 2024, at the age of 78. Born in Boston on February 25, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Oresto and Philomena (Montisano) Colello. Shirley was the dear wife of the late William H. Mosher, the loving mother of William D. Mosher and...

Joy S. Carozza

Joy S. Carozza

Jun 12, 2024

Joy S. Carozza, 81, of Ocean View, DE, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on June 12, 2024, after a short hospital stay.  She was born on March 14, 1943, in Dobbs Ferry, NY, daughter of the late John Pardy Sr. and Elizabeth (Storm) Pardy.

After growing up and graduating from Ardsley High...

Gay P. Lord

Gay P. Lord

Jun 7, 2024

Gay Patterson Lord, art historian, teacher, cat lover, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, godmother, friend and expert giver of nicknames died on June 7, 2024, at her home in Westwood, MA. She died of natural causes, and a general disdain for living with Alzheimer’s. In her last week, she was surrounded by her children and many beloved, new-found friends....

Kiet Ngo

Kiet Ngo

Jun 5, 2024

Kiệt Thế Ngô, a resident of Westwood, died Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at the age of 70. Kiệt was born April 22, 1954, in Bắc Ninh, Việt Nam, the son of Phát Thế Ngô and Hồi Thị Hồ. Kiet was a pharmacist who loved birds and plants. His favorite quote: “Một cây làm chẳng nên non…Ba cây chụm lại...

Lucy Fowler

Lucy Fowler

May 28, 2024

Fowler, Lucy Landers of Westwood, MA, died peacefully at her home at Fox Hill Village on May 28, 2024. She was born in 1934 and raised in Indianapolis, IN. She graduated in 1952 from Miss Porter’s School, in Farmington, CT, and subsequently went on to matriculate from Smith College. Lucy was an accomplished calligrapher and worked as a bookkeeper...

Smith Pauline

Smith Pauline

May 20, 2024

Pauline Ann “Polly” Smith, of Westwood, passed away peacefully on May 20, 2024. She was born on January 19, 1935, the daughter of Pauline (Knight) Brown and Thomas F. Brown. Pauline was born in Newton, and lived in Brighton until eventually moving to Westwood. Shortly after moving to Westwood, Pauline met the love of her life, Robert Smith. Pauline...

Evangeline Ellis

Evangeline Ellis

May 15, 2024

Evangeline “Lynn” Ellis, a longtime resident of Westwood, and formerly of San Francisco, and Milton, died Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Roslindale. She was 95. Lynn was born June 4, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Arthur Clinton and Agnes (MacLeod) Ellis, immigrants from Nova Scotia. Lynn grew up in Milton and graduated...

Pauline E. Scott

Pauline E. Scott

May 14, 2024

Pauline Eleanor Scott, a longtime resident of Norwood, died Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at the Maples Nursing Home in Wrentham. She was 88. Pauline was born November 13, 1935 in Brighton, Massachusetts, a daughter of Anselm and Victoria (Martin) Lopez, immigrants from Gibraltar. She worked as an accounts payable clerk for Filene’s in Boston until her retirement in 1990....

Judith Ann Mclaughlin

Judith Ann Mclaughlin

May 12, 2024

Judith “Judy” A. (Mutlow) McLaughlin of Sharon, MA, formerly of Norwood and Hyde Park, passed away from Alzheimer’s disease on Sunday, May 12, 2024 at the age of 77.

Born in Boston and raised in Jamaica Plain, Judy graduated from Jamaica Plain High School with honors in 1964, Boston Business School with honors as a certified Bookkeeper...

Blanche B. Zak

Blanche B. Zak

May 7, 2024

Blanche B. (Sabina) Zak of Hyde Park, age 94 died at home, on May 7, 2024 after courageous battles with breast cancer and multiple myeloma. She was the wife of the late Edward W. Zak. They were married for 61 years before his passing in 2010. Mother of Michael B. Zak and his wife Barbara of Inman, S.C. and...

Margaret C. Kienzle

Margaret C. Kienzle

May 3, 2024

Margaret Clare Kienzle , born on 1 February 1957 in Red Bank, NJ, passed away unexpectedly in her Boston apartment on 3 May 2024. Margaret moved with her family to Bowie, MD in 1962 and lived there until 1966, when her family moved to Brazos Heights in the Panama Canal Zone. She graduated from Cristobal High School...

Carolann Reaves

Carolann Reaves

May 2, 2024

Carolann Reaves, a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Thursday, may 2, 2024 at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington after aa brief illness. She was 86. Carolann was born October 18, 1937 in Dedham, the only child of Donald Scott and Florence J. (Bemis) Reaves. She graduated from Dedham High School and worked as a nursing instructor. Private interment was...

Ronald A. Depalma

Ronald A. Depalma

May 2, 2024

Ronald A. Depalma – Of Walpole, passed away on May 2, 2024 at the Brockton VA. He was 90 years old. Born in Boston on January 26, 1934, he was the beloved son of the late Anthony DePalma and Eleanor Zuccola, and the dear stepson of the late Anthony Zuccola. Ronald is survived by his loving sister Eleanor Zuccola,...

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