Local Obituaries

Natalie G. Bobbitt
Dec 9, 2012
Natalie Grace (Belyea) Bobbitt, a longtime resident of Dedham, and formerly of Westwood, died Sunday, December 9, 2012 at her home in Dedham after a long illness. She was 92. Natalie was born May 3, 1920 in Malden, Massachusetts to Percy H. and Ethel May (Holman) Belyea. She worked for five years in Inventory Control for Jordan Marsh Company...

Dorothy M. (Moll) Rogers
Dec 6, 2012
Dorothy Moll Rogers passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2012 due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was born in Alton, Illinois on February 20, 1921. She was the daughter John Emanuel Moll and Catherine Pearl Mutz. She attended Alton High School, Monticello College and then University of Iowa where she received her degree in Chemistry with a Minor...

Catherine I. “Betty” Jones
Nov 30, 2012
Catherine Isabelle “Betty” (Orr) Jones, a resident of Westwood for 52 years, died Friday, November 30, 2012 at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood. She was 96. Betty was born June 12, 1916 in Roslindale, Massachusetts, the only child of Henry and Isabelle (Harrison) Orr. She graduated from Girls Latin High School in Boston and took many classes at...

Edna B. Reyenger
Nov 28, 2012
Edna B. (Kamradt) Reyenger, a longtime resident of Westwood, died Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at Avery Manor in Needham. She was 91. Edna was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the only daughter of Henry and Josephine Kamradt, immigrants from Poland. She attended secretarial school after high school and worked as a secretary for Civitarese Construction Company for many years. Edna...
William C. Sr. Brobst
Nov 23, 2012
William Charles Brobst Sr., a longtime resident of Dedham, died Friday, November 23rd, 2012 at his home in Dedham. He was 90. William was born September 20, 1922 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, a son of Charles and Elizabeth (Reifsynder) Brobst. He served in the Army Air Corp during World War 2. William worked for almost 40 years as a window...

William L. Favreau
Nov 22, 2012
William Louis Favreau, a resident of Westwood for the past 37 years, died Thursday, November 22, 2012 at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston after a brief illness. He was 84. Bill was born June 17, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Edward and Elizabeth (Shaughnessy) Favreau. He served in the US Army from 1946 to 1948...
Helen Single
Nov 11, 2012
Helen L. Single, a longtime resident of West Roxbury, died Sunday, November 11, 2012 in her 102nd year at the Colonial Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Weymouth. Helen was born December 22, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of Louis and Christina (Epplert) Single. Helen worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts until her retirement in 1972. Helen...
William J. Laskey
Nov 10, 2012
Lifelong Dedham resident William J. “Bill” Laskey died on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at the Golden Living Center in Dedham surrounded by his loved ones in the hours preceding his death. He was 86. Bill lived a life of caring for, and about, people, and was loved and cared for until his end.
Both Bill and his...

A. Anita Noris
Nov 10, 2012
Arra Anita (Stewart) Barrier Noris, a resident of Pinellas Park, Florida for over 30 year, died Saturday, November 10, 2012 at Highgate Manor Nursing Home in Dedham. She was 88. Anita was born July 6, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of John Irving and Christena (Robinson) Stewart. She graduated from Roslindale High School. She was the wife of...

Gloria A. (Hundiak) Hassey
Nov 9, 2012
Gloria A. (Hundiak) Hassey, a resident of Dedham for 38 years, died Friday, November 9, 2012 at her home in Dedham. She was 83. Gloria was born March 1, 1929 in Canton, Massachusetts. Gloria worked as a housekeeper for private individuals. She was the wife of the late Francis William “Bozo” Hassey and is survived by her two daughter,...

E. Christine Andrus
Nov 9, 2012
Erskine Christine (Alexander) Andrus, a resident of Westwood for over 50 years, died Friday, November 9, 2012 at her home in Westwood. She was 86. Christine was born December 28, 1925 in Waterbury, Connecticut, the daughter of Ross Eugene and Martha (Nickels) Alexander. She was a master gardner and a member of the Westwood Garden Club. Christine was the...
James H. Jr. Rooney
Nov 7, 2012
James Henry Rooney Jr., a resident of Norwood for the past 15 years, and formerly of Hyde Park, died Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at the Milton Hospital in Milton with his family by his side. He was 81. James was born July 26, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of James H. Sr. and Rose (Curra) Rooney. ...
Audrey M. Altobello
Nov 4, 2012
Audrey M. Altobello, a resident of Dedham for over 50 years, died Sunday, November 4, 2012 after a long illness. She was 76. Mrs. Altobello was born in Jamiaca Plain. She was the daughter of the late Norville & Luella (Snodgrass) Bovaird. Audrey loved to bake and be with her family. She was predeceased by her husband Charles P....
Louise A. Petrucci
Oct 16, 2012
Louise Ann (Ioannilli) Petrucci passed away on October 16, 2012 at the age of 81. She was born on August 26, 1931 in Dedham, MA to Italian immigrants, Luigi and Madellenna (Nascenzi) Ioannilli. Louise was the youngest of seven children and the only daughter of her parents. Growing up on Washington Street in Dedham, she helped her mother take...

Catherine A. Barbuto
Oct 15, 2012
Catherine A. Barbuto passed away on October 15, 2012 at the Rehabilitative Resources, Inc. in Foxboro, MA. She was 84. Miss Barbuto was the beloved daughter of James and Constance (Sica) Barbuto. She was born in Dedham, MA and was predeceased by her siblings, Angela Green, Mary DiMartino, James, Rose and Theresa Barbuto. She is survived by her nieces...
Bertha E. Emmott
Oct 15, 2012
Bertha Ellen Emmott, a life long resident of Dedham, died Monday, October 15, 2012 at Highgate Manor in Dedham. She was 94 years old. Mrs. Emmott was born at her family home in Dedham. She was the daughter of the late Goldie E. (Swett) and William W. Garlick. Bertha graduated from Dedham High School, Class of 1936. She managed...

Harold R. Gleason
Oct 11, 2012
Harold Robert Gleason, of Millis, formerly of Dedham, died Thursday, October 11, 2012 at the Brockton Veterans Administration Hospital in Brockton, Massachusetts after a long illness. He was 79. Harold was born August 21, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Thomas F. and Gertrude (LeBline) Gleason. He graduated from Dedham High School with the class of 1951 and...
Maureen Macaleese
Oct 10, 2012
Maureen Margaret (Carey) MacAleese, a resident of Stoughton, and formerly of Dedham for 60 years, died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton, Massachusetts. She was 80. Maureen was born November 26, 1931 in Northampton, Massachusetts, one of the 13 children of Michael Dennis, and Elizabeth (Dole) Carey. She ran the Bingo games at O’Neil...
David W. Moore
Oct 10, 2012
David W. Moore, an almost lifelong resident of Dedham, died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at his home in Dedham. He was 73. David was born March 18, 1939 in Boston, the son of Thomas W. and Evelyn E. (Grant) Moore. He retired from the Army National Guard and worked in construction for LJ Reardon Company of Norwood before working...
Evelyn Harms
Oct 8, 2012
Evelyn (Scanlon) Harms, a resident of Roslindale for over 50 years, died Monday, October 8, 2012 at her daughter’s home in Roslindale. She was 81. Evelyn was born January 13, 1931 in Queens, New York, the daughter of William and Sophia (Beaury) Scanlon. She was the wife of the late Robert J. Harms and the last surviving of the...