Local Obituaries
Rita M. Hagan
Dec 28, 2011
Rita M. (Chartier) Hagan, a longtime resident of Roslindale, died on December 28 surrounded by her family. She was 93. Rita was born in Tupper Lake, New York to George and Juliette (Auclair) Chartier. Mrs. Hagan was a veteran of WWII,serving as a corporal in the Army of the United States. A member of St. John Chrysostom Church, she...
Edward C. O’Brien
Dec 26, 2011
Edward C. O’Brien, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Monday, December 26, 2011 at the Highgate Manor Nursing Home in Dedham. He was 79. Edward was born January 23, 1932 in Dedham, Massachusetts, one of the seven children of Walter and Josephine (Webster) O’Brien. He worked as a welder for Westinghouse at their Sturtevant Division in Hyde Park. He...
Beverly J. Mehlinger
Dec 25, 2011
Beverly Jean (DesRoches) Mehlinger, a resident of Dedham since 1984, died Sunday, December 25, 2011 at the Norwood Hospital. She was 64. Beverly was born April 14, 1947 in Norwood, Massachusetts, a daughter of Royden and Mabel (Jemison) Des Roches. She grew up in Wrentham and Norwood. Beverly worked as a secretary for Ethos of Jamaica Plain for 15...
Charles P. Altobello
Dec 16, 2011
Charles Paul Altobello Sr., a lifelong resident of Dedham, died suddenly Friday, December 16, 2011 at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston. He was 79. Charles was born December 30, 1931 in Dedham, the son of Anthony and Lucy (Etzdorf) Altobello. He graduated from Dedham High School and attended Wentworth University in Boston. Charles worked for Esselt Meto Company of...
Paul B. Wilson
Dec 14, 2011
Paul Brest Wilson of Foxhill Village, 10 Longwood Drive, Westwood, Massachusetts died at home on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, just five days short of his 96th birthday. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Ruth Diehl Wilson; his daughter, Judith L. Caruso, of Westwood, Massachusetts and her husband, Richard; his son, Hon. Geoffrey A. Wilson, of Bernardston,...
Carl A. Hultman
Dec 11, 2011
Carl Arvid Hultman, a lifelong resident of Norwood, died Sunday, December 11, 2011. He was 77. Carl was born December 9, 1934 in Norwood, Massachusetts, the only child of Arvid Gay and Agnes (Osterlund) Hultman. He graduated from Norwood High School with the Class of 1952 and studied for a year at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Carl...
Alma K. Shagoury
Dec 10, 2011
Alma Anne (Koujian) Shagoury, a longtime resident of Norwood, died, Saturday, December 10, 2011 at her home in Norwood. She was 87. Alma was born February 20, 1924 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a daughter of Armenian immigrants John and Mary (Kevorkian) Kouyoumjian. She graduated from Cambridge Ringe and Latin High School and worked briefly as a secretary at the Massachusetts...
John A. Libby
Dec 5, 2011
John Arthur Libby, a resident of West Roxbury, died Monday, December 5, 2011 at the Harborlights Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in South Boston. He as 73. John was born February 118, 1938 in Boston, Massachusets, the son of George and Barbara E. (Gorham) Libby. He worked as an electrician for Griffin Electric and MacKinlay Electric Companies. John was the...
Eunice I. Hansen
Nov 30, 2011
Eunice Irene (Thelander) Hansen, of Norwood, formerly a resident of Westwood for over 40 years, died Wednesday, November 30, 2011, at Sunrise Assisted Living in Nowood, after a long illness. She was 81. Eunice was the daughter of the late Ole and Christine (Knutson) Thelander. She was born and grew up in Cokato, Minnesota. Eunice received her BA in...
John L. Sr. Magee
Nov 28, 2011
John L. Magee, Sr., a resident of Westwood, died on November 28, 2011 with his family by his side. He was 85. Born in Boston to the late John and Laura (Goess) Magee. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Navy Seabees. Mr. Magee was a sergeant with the Boston Police Department for 33 years,...
Robert W. Roehr
Nov 26, 2011
Robert William Roehr, a resident of Norwood for many years, died Saturday, November 26, 2011 at the Deutsches Altenheim in West Roxbury after a long illness. He was 82. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of the late Chester H. and Margaret (Roach) Roehr. Robert graduated from Washington University College in St. Louis. After graduation he...
Cynthia Estes
Nov 24, 2011
Cynthia Estes, a resident of Westwood for over 40 years, died Thursday, November 24, 2011, at the New England Sinai Hospital in Stoughton. She was 81. Mrs. Estes was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late George T. and Marguerite (Rathmell) Waggoner. She graduated from Williamsport High School and American University in Washington, DC. Mrs. Estes worked ...
Carol Y. Tryon
Nov 24, 2011
Carol Y. (Conover) Tryon, a resident of Norwood, Massachusetts died on November 24, 2011 at the age of 82. Carol was born in Highland Park, Michigan to the late Clifford E. and Elizabeth (Daniels) Conover. She grew up in New York, living in Brownsville, Watertown, and Utica before moving to Norwood, Massachusetts. Mrs. Tryon was an accomplished artist and...
Brown Mary Jane Shreve
Nov 19, 2011
Mary Jane “Jayne” (Agee) Shreve Brown, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and formerly a longtime resident of Dedham, Massachusetts, died Saturday, November 19, 2011 at her daughter’s home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. She was 92. Jayne was born September 26, 1919 in Lima, Ohio, a daughter of John and Gertrude (Franks) Agee. She graduated from Dedham High School with the Class...
Virginia A. Gustafson
Nov 15, 2011
Virginia Anna (Gray) Gustafson, a resident of Dedham for 62 years, died Tuesday, November 15, 2011. She was 88. Virginia was born November 25, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from Boston University in 1942, Virginia (Jeannie) ventured to England for two years where she worked in a lab to support the war effort and upon her return to the...
Diogenes C. Flores
Nov 13, 2011
Diogenes C. Flores, a resident of Dedham, died on November 13, 2011 at the age of 78. Born in Sampaloc, Manila Philippines, he was the son of the late Emmanuel Flores and Consuelo (Concepcion). Mr. Flores was a graduate of St. Joseph’s College and received his degree in teaching. During his life in the Philippines he taught elementary school. He...
Helen C. Healy
Nov 4, 2011
Helen Celeste (Carey) Healy, a resident of Hyannis for the past five years, and formerly a resident of West Roxbury and Dedham, died Friday, November 4, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Brighton. She was 75. Helen was born December 1, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of Patrick and Nora (Shea) Carey. She graduated from St. Mary’s High...
Mary E. Richmond
Nov 3, 2011
Marie (Mary) E Richmond (Sullivan) born August 15th 1922 to John and Mary Sullivan (Parlon). Was raised with her sister Josephine O’Donnell (Sullivan)on Walkhill St. in Jamaica Plain, Ma. Her mother Mary passed away suddenly in 1930, causing her to spend most of her younger years with her aunt Nellie Parlon. Who was employed as a cook for upper...
George V. Weaver
Oct 28, 2011
George Vincent Weaver, a resident of Panama City Beach, Florida, formerly of Dedham, died Friday October 28, 2011, at home after a long battle with cancer. He was 60. George was born in Middletown, New York. He was the son of the late Kenneth Weaver and the late Virginia M. (Shoulders) Petruski. George joined the Marine Corp. during the...
David L. Parsons
Oct 28, 2011
David L. Parsons, a resident of Stoughton, died on October 28, 2011 at the age of 53 after a courageous battle with cancer. David was born in Norwood, MA and was a graduate of Norwood High School, Class of 1975. He attended Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY and graduated from Boston University in 1980 with a B.B.A. He was...
