Local Obituaries
Marla J. Williams
Mar 11, 2011
Marla J. Williams, a resident of Roslindale for over 3 years, died Friday, March 11, 2011, peacefully at home, surrounded by her sons and family. She was born in Tokyo, Japan and was the daughter of the late Russell R. & Lois A. (Davis) Simpson. Marla received her PH D in Spanish Literature at Indiana University. She lived in...
Quinn Laura A. Dluzynski
Mar 8, 2011
Laura A. Dluzynski Quinn, a resident of Dedham, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011 after a long illness. She was 45. Laura was born in Cleveland, Ohio and moved to Medina, Ohio in 1974. She graduated as Valedictorian of Cloverleaf High School, Lodi Ohio, in 1984. She received her BA in English from Hiram College, Summa Cum Laude,...
Gulli Borg
Mar 6, 2011
Gulli Linnea (Lind) Borg, a resident of Dedham since 1938, died Sunday, March 6, 2011 at the North Hill Skilled Nursing Facility in Needham after several years of declining health. She was 101. Gulli was born July 19, 1909 in Karlshamn, Sweden, one of the four daughters of Olaf and Emma (Melin) Lind. She emmigrated from Sweden to the...
Margery Parsons
Mar 6, 2011
Margery Jane (Lyons) Parsons, a resident of Dedham for 82 years, died Sunday, March 6, 2011 at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston after a brief illness. She was 88. Margery was born April 30, 1922 in Portland, Maine, the only child of Owen P. and Ceciel (Sisson) Lyons. She grew up in Dedham, graduating from Dedham High School with...
William M. “Willie” Watts
Mar 5, 2011
William Martin Watts, a longtime resident of Roslindale, died peacefully Saturday, March 5, 2011 with his grandson Gareth W. Watts and his friends by his side at the Stanley Tippett House in Needham. He was 86. Mr. Watts was born in County Galway, Ireland and was the son of the late William and Mary (Burke) Watts. He worked as...
Florence E. Allen
Mar 3, 2011
Florence E. Allen, a resident of Roslindale for over 50 years, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, after a long illness. She was 90 years old. Mrs. Allen was born in Boston. She was the daughter of the late Hans C. and Nicoline (Toft) Hall. Mrs. Allen joined the United States Army and was a veteran of World War II,...
Marjorie G. Lloyd
Feb 28, 2011
Marjorie G. Lloyd, a resident of Sunrise Assisted Living community in Norwood and Littlejohn Island, Yarmouth, Maine, died Monday, February 28, 2011, after a long illness. She was 93. Mrs. Lloyd was born in Quincy, Massachusetts and was the daughter of the late Harold and Queda (Kay) Hill. She graduated from North Quincy High School,loved playing cards and belonged...
Naomi Duncan
Feb 26, 2011
Naomi (Burroughs) Duncan, 84, of Walpole and formerly of Dedham, died Saturday, February 26, 2011, at Tippett Home in Needham. She was born February 22, 1927 in Boston and graduated from the Dorchester High School for Girls in 1943. After high school, she worked for several years at the Radiation Lab at MIT. She married the late David A....
Zelma Alksnitis
Feb 24, 2011
Zelma Alksn ī tis, (nee Vēzis), Jan. 31, 1917- Feb. 24, 2011. Born in Rybinsk, Russia during WWI to Latvian refugee parents Eda and Pēteris Vēzis, Zelma was a young child when the family returned to Ventspils, Latvia, after years of crossing and recrossing Siberia. She grew up in Ventspils, where she...
Edward Carro
Feb 22, 2011
Edward Carro, a resident of Westwoood for 50 years, died Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 at the Norwood Hospital. He was 85. Edward was born June 13, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the five children of Joseph and Sarah (Solomon) Carro. He graduated from Dorchester High School for Boys and joined the Marines during World War Two. Edward was...
O. Gloria Molander
Feb 18, 2011
Olga Gloria (Olson) Molander, a resident of the Scandinavian Living Center in West Newton for the past year, and formerly of Dedham for 43 years, died Friday, February 18th, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Brighton after a brief illness. She was 86. Gloria was born August 18, 1924 in Everett, Massachusetts, the only daughter of Anders and Olga...
Ruth V. Lemieux
Feb 16, 2011
Ruth Valerie (Furkart) Lemieux, a resident of Westwood for over 30 years, and formerly of Jamaica Plain, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at the Golden View Nursing Home in Meredith New Hampshire after a brief illness. She was 94. Ruth was born August 12, 1916 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the four children of Alfred and Fannie (Blake) Furkart. ...
Mary E. Mikulski
Feb 13, 2011
Mary Elizabeth Mikulski, a resident of Dedham for over 40 years, died Sunday, February 13, 2011, at Sunrise Assisted Living in Norwood. She was 86. Mrs. Mikulski was born in Boston. She was the daughter of the late Daniel F. and Elizabeth J. (Norton) Minehan. Mary graduated from the Dorchester School for Girls and was a clerk for the...
Christina T. Wilson
Feb 12, 2011
Christina Thompson Wilson, a resident of Walpole for 10 years and formerly of Dedham for 80 years, died Saturday, February 12, 2011 after a long illness. She was 94. Mrs. Wilson was born in Dedham. She was the daughter of the late David and Christina Thompson Cook Shewan. She was a graduate of Dedham High School and worked as...
Ruth F. Southworth
Feb 2, 2011
Ruth Frances Southworth, a resident of Pocasset, formerly of West Roxbury and Manchester, New Hampshire, died Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at the Cape Cod Hospital after a long illness. She was 86. She was born in Quincy and was the daughter of Dr. John P. and Hazel J. (Alexander) Montague. Ruth graduated from Roslindale High School. She worked for...
Ernest “Ernie” Pateras
Feb 2, 2011
Ernest Pateras, a resident of Jamaica Plain since 1985, died Wednesday, February 2, 2011 in Stoughton, after a long illness. He was 85. Ernie, as he was called by many, was born in Boston. He was the son of the late Harry and Garafalea (Botsekas) Peteras. He served briefly in the United States Army during the Korean War. Ernie...
Melvin A. Anderson
Feb 2, 2011
Melvin August Anderson, a resident of Plainville since 1989, but formerly of Norwood for 70 years, died Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011, at the Maples Nursing Home in Wrentham. He was 91. Melvin was born July 6, 1919 in Norwood, Massachusetts, one of the four children of John and Alina (Carlson) Anderson. He graduated from Norwood High School and spent...
Margarita Gonzalez
Jan 31, 2011
Margarita Gonzalez, a resident of Roslindale, died on January 31, 2011 surrounded by her family. She was 86. Mrs. Gonzalez was born in Santiago, Dominican Republic to the late Domingo Malmar and Oliva (Nunez) Diaz. She attended Sacred Heart Church and according to her family was deeply religious. This was something they were very proud of. She was an...
Mildred F. Calder
Jan 30, 2011
Mildred Frances (Kinsman) Calder, a resident of Westwood for almost 70 years, died Sunday, January 30th, 2011 at her home in Westwood. She was 90. Mildred was born March 24, 1920 in Needham, Massachusetts one of the three daughters of James Perkins and Lillian Lucinda (Cook) Kinsman. She grew up in Needham and was a graduate of Needham High...
Gertrude H. Swanson
Jan 29, 2011
Gertrude Hazel (Dwinell) Swanson, of Needham, and formerly of Jamaica Plain and Dracut, died peacefully January 29, 2011 at the Briarwood Healthcare Center in Needham with her daughters at her side. She was 89. Gertrude was born January 8, 1922 in Dracut, Massachusetts, the only daughter of Ira A. and Florence H. (Eklund) Dwinell. Gertrude grew up in Dracut...
