Local Obituaries
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...
Violet Phillips
Oct 2, 2012
Violet P. (Perkins) Phillips, a resident of West Roxbury, died on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at the age of 89. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of William and Ethel (Stillman) Perkins. Violet lived in Dorchester for over 50 years before moving to West Roxbury. She worked at the Federal Reserve, John Hancock, and Wayside Press, where she...
Thomas R. Prest
Oct 1, 2012
Thomas Roy Prest, also known as “Big T”, a long time resident of Hyde Park and formerly of Brighton, died Monday, October 1, 2012. He was 90. Mr. Prest was born in Boston, the son of Charles H. and Cassie M. (McDonald) Prest. He joined the United States Army in 1942 and was discharged as a sergeant in 1946....
Richard V. Cullen
Sep 30, 2012
Richard Vincent “Dick” Cullen, a resident of Melvin Village, New Hampshire for the past 10 years, and formerly of Norwood, Massachusetts, died Sunday, September 30, 2012 at St. Ann’s Hospital in Fall River. He was 80. Dick was born April 17, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the three children of Arthur V. and Helen (Walsh) Cullen. He graduated...
Dana C. Lipp
Sep 25, 2012
Dana Corbett Lipp, a resident of Braintree for 25 years, died Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 at his home in Braintree. He was 59. Dana was born November 2, 1953 in Needham, Massachusetts, the son of the late Stanley and Blanche (Bourque) Lipp. He graduated from Dedham High School, earned his bachelors degree in chemistry from Bridgewater State University, and...
Joseph N. Baker
Sep 23, 2012
Joseph N. Baker, Jr., a resident of Medfield for the past eight years, and formerly of Westwood (for almost fifty years) and of Great Barrington, died Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 at his home in Medfield. He was 87. Joseph was born November 19, 1924 in New York City, New York, the son of Joseph N. and Mary (Gallagher) Baker. ...
Constance Dirusso
Sep 21, 2012
Constance Mary DiRusso, a longtime resident of Hyde Park, died Friday, September 21, 2012 at the Milton Healthcare Facility in Milton, Massachusetts. She was 97. Constance was born December 14, 1914 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the four children of Raymond and Josephine Mary (Cafferalla) DiRusso. She graduated from Hyde Park High School and worked at Cutten and Betney...
George Henault
Sep 20, 2012
George Joseph Henault, III, a resident of Dedham for 49 years, died Thursday, September 20, 2012 at the Norwood Hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. He was 74. George was born September 28, 1937 in Franklin, Massachusetts, the only child of Alberina (Geromini) and George Joseph Henault Jr. He graduated from Franklin High School and started his working career at the...
Paul E. Hanlon
Sep 15, 2012
Paul Edward Hanlon, a resident of Readville for 45 years, and formerly of Dedham, died Saturday, September 15, 2012 at the West Roxbury VA Medical Center. He was 70. Paul was born June 1, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Thomas F. and Anna J. (MacDonald) Hanlon. He attended Boston Trade High School and Dedham High School and...
Rachel M. “Sapphire” Randlov
Sep 9, 2012
Rachel Marie Randlov, a resident of Norwood for over 5 years, and formerly a resident of Dedham, died suddenly Sunday, September 9, 2012. She was 32. Rachel was known to many family and friends by her Pagan name “Sapphire Moon”. Rachel was born in Boston, the loving daughter of Virginia M. “Gin” (Tenters) and Paul C. Randlov of Dedham. ...
Marion L. Towne
Sep 6, 2012
Marion Lorraine Towne, a Westwood resident for over 80 years, died Thursday, September 6, 2012 at Harrington House in Walpole. She was 93 years old. She was born in Southwest Harbor, Maine, the daughter of the late Arnold W. and Bernice (Warren) Weed. Marion graduated from Dedham High School. She was a foster mother for the Home for Little...
Warren F. Greim
Aug 28, 2012
Warren Frederick Greim, a resident of Dedham since 1959, died Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at Sunrise of Norwood Assisted Living Center. He was 90. Warren was born July 5, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts the son of Robert J. and Wilena F. (Love) Greim. He served in the US Navy during World War Two as an electrician’s mate on the...
