Local Obituaries
Robert C. Foley
May 5, 2011
Robert C. Foley, a resident of Dedham, formerly of Jamaica Plain died on May 5, 2011 at the age of 78. Born in Boston to the late Daniel J., Sr. and Dorothy M. (Meroth) Foley. A graduate of Hyde Park High, Class of 1951. Mr. Foley is a WWII veteran, he served in the United States Army during the...
Robert J. Kinsella
May 4, 2011
Robert James Kinsella, known in Dedham as “Bob the Barber”, died Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 at the Norwood Hospital. He was 82. Kinsey was a lifelong Dedham resident having been born in the house that he has lived in all his life. He graduated from Dedham High School with the classof 1948 and served in the US Army from...
H. Sheldon Smith
Apr 23, 2011
H. Sheldon Smith passed away on April 23, 2011 at the age of 101. He was born in Taunton, MA to the late Harry N. Smith and Jessie (Etter). Mr. Smith was a veteran of World War II serving in the United States Army. He was the beloved husband of the late Harriet Fellowes (Bent). Together they had 2...
Gertrude F. Samuels
Apr 23, 2011
Gertrude F. Samuels, a resident of Westwood for over 75 years, died Saturday, April 23, 2011, at the Clark house in Westwood. She was 103 years old. Mrs. Samuels was born in Charlestown in 1907 and was the daughter of the late William H. & Annie M. (Mont) Osgood. She graduated from Everett High School. She worked as Treasurer...
Elaine L. (Hevener) Taylor
Apr 21, 2011
Elaine L. (Hevener) Taylor died April 21st, 2011, in Dedham, MA. Born on October 20, 1927, Elaine grew up with her parents, Osborn and Hazel, in Maplewood, NJ and spent summers with her Aunt Maude and Uncle Sheldon at the Brownson farm in Shelton, Connecticut. She graduated from Columbia High School in Maplewood in 1945 and Wellesley College in...
Jill R. Cole
Apr 18, 2011
Jill R. Cole (Warrington), a resident of Dedham, died on April 18, 2011 at the age of 56. She was born in Miami, Florida to Charlotte Warrington (Stoddard) of Beverly and the late Donald Sinclair Warrington. Loving longtime companion of Robert C. Smith, Jr. of Dedham. Mother of Stacey A. Warrington of Leominster, Amanda Wilkins of Buxton, Maine, and...
Louise M. Lomas
Apr 15, 2011
Louise May (Anastos) Lomas, a longtime resident of West Roxbury, died Friday, April 15th, 2011 at the Armenian Nursing Home in Jamaica Plain after a long illness. She was 89. Louise was born May 11, 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the two daughters of Joseph and Hattie Louisa (Bartlett) Anastos. She graduated from Jamaica Plain High School and...
Annunziato J. Apone
Apr 14, 2011
Annunziato Joseph Apone, a resident of Dedham for over 60 years, died Thursday, April 14, 2011 at home surrounded by his family. He was 87. Mr. Apone was born in East Boston. He was the son of the late Michael and Adelina (Malzone) Apone. Annunziato is well known as the Cobbler of Oakdale Square. He started his business in...
Linda K. Hanlon
Apr 7, 2011
Linda Kristin Hanlon, died Thursday April 7, 2011, at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston, after a long illness. She was 31 years old. She was born in Boston. Linda attended Boston College Campus School and the South Shore Day Hab of Weymouth for many years. She is cherished and survived by her parents Lynne V. Mazza of Hyde Park...
Izetta (Nicholson) Reis
Apr 6, 2011
Dover’s oldest citizen, Izetta M. (Nicholson) Reis passed away suddenly in Walpole April 6, 2011 at the age of 101. Born on October 26,1909 of largely Scottish heritage, she grew up outside the village of Coldstream, New Brunswick, the eldest daughter and one of seven children of George A. and Susan Estabrooks Nicholson. Helping...
Ronald Watt
Apr 1, 2011
Ronald Watt, a resident of Norwood, died on April 1, 2011, at the age of 89. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, his parents were the late David and Jessie Watt. At the age of 15, Mr. Watt joined the Royal British Navy and served for 14 years, something he was extremely proud of. While in Scotland he played soccer. He...
John Bremer
Mar 31, 2011
John Bremer, a resident of Norwood since 1955, died Thursday March 31, 2011 at Harrington House in Walpole. He was 94. John was b orn January 21st, 1917 in Chicago, IL, the son of the late Aris and Martha (Speyer) Bremer. He was the b eloved husband for 54 years of Mae L. (Johnson)...
Erick Johnson
Mar 28, 2011
Erick Arthur Warren Johnson, a lifelong resident of Jamaica Plain, died Monday, March 28th, 2011 at the Armenian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jamaica Plain. He was 95. Arthur was born November 7, 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Karl Oskar and Anna (Lundgren) Johanson, emmigrants from Sweden. He graduated from Mechanic Arts High School and from Northeastern...
Maureen R. Dugan
Mar 27, 2011
Maureen R. Dugan a resident of Dedham for over 30 years died Sunday, March 27, 2011, after a long illness. She was 61. Mrs. Dugan was born in Boston. She was the daughter of the late Joseph G. Sr. and the late Rita E. Morris McManus. Maureen grew up and graduated from Hyde Park High School. She retired in...
Edith Spence
Mar 21, 2011
Edith (Smith) Spence, a resident of New Pond Village in Walpole for the last 8 years, and formerly of Dedham for over 50 years, died Monday, March 21, 2011 at Briarwood Healthcare Center in Needham. She was 97. Edith was born April 29, 1913 in Fall River, Massachusetts, one of the three children of George C. and Mary B....
Jean E. Blum
Mar 16, 2011
Jean Elizabeth (McCulloch) Blum, the wife of the late Joseph Bonner Blum, Jr., died Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Roslindale. She was 78. Jean was born April 8, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only daughter of William and Margaret (Smith) McCullouch. She worked for 15 years as a laundry woman at the Glover Hospital...
Roy A. Johnson
Mar 16, 2011
Roy August Johnson, a lifelong resident of Norwood, died Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 at the Sunrise Assisted Living Center in Norwood. He was 91. Roy was born January 1, 1920 in Norwood, Massachusetts, the son of August T. and Gunhild (Carlson) Johnson, emmi- grants from Sweden. He served in the US Army Air Force from 1941 to 1945 during...
David Stranahan
Mar 16, 2011
David Kennedy Warren Stranahan, a resident of Westwood for 45 years, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at the Norwood Hospital in Norwood after a brief illness. He was 83. David was born December 8, 1927 in Brookline, Massachusetts, a son of Samuel and Jane (Campbell) Stranahan. He graduated from Brookline High School before being inducted in to the US...
William J. Anderson
Mar 15, 2011
William John Anderson, of Walpole, died Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 at the Maples Nursing Home in Wrentham. He was 77. William was born November 11, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the four sons of Herbert and Hilda (Rodenhizer) Anderson. He graduated from Roslindale High School and served from 1955 to 1957 in the United States Navy. William then worked...
Paul Hayward
Mar 14, 2011
Paul Hayward, a resident of Dedham for 57 years, died Monday, March 14th, 2011 at the West Roxbury VA Hospital in Boston after a short illness. He was 87. Paul was born November 30, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the six children of Henry and Catherine (Casey) Hayward. He served in the US Navy from 1943 to 1946...
