Local Obituaries
Robert Boari
Jul 28, 2010
Robert Donald “Bob” Boari, a resident of Westwood for 40 years, died Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at his home in Westwood after a long illness. He was 85. Bob was born October 23, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Italien immigrants Gabriel and Charlotte (Pozzi) Boari. He served in the US Navy from 1943 to 1946 during World...
Harold B. Williams
Jul 24, 2010
Harold Buckner Williams, a resident of Boston for over 20 years, died Saturday, July 24, 2010 at the Winchester Hospital in Winchester, MA after a brief illness. He was 61. Harold was born November 11, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee. After graduating from High School he enlisted in the US Army and served a three year term, with one year...
Mary E. Rines
Jul 7, 2010
Mary Elizabeth (Sanseverino) Rines, a resident of Westwood since 1953, died Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 in Barrington, Rhode Island after a short illness. She was 86. Mary was born August 22, 1926 in Lexington, Massachusetts to Italien immigrant parents Gennaro and Palmina (DeVenezio) Sanseverino. She graduated from Lexington High School and worked briefly until she married John Norman Rines. ...
Lempi I. Bliss
Jun 30, 2010
Lempi Irene (Wave) Bliss, a resident of Dedham, died Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at her home in Dedham. She was 93. Lempi was born April 28, 1917 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, a daughter of Willie and Anna (Pellinen) Wave, immigrants from Finland. After high school she worked at the Springfield Armory during World War Two, and after the war she...
Priscilla Call
Jun 28, 2010
Priscilla (Aitken) Call, a longtime resident of West Roxbury, died Monday, June 28, 2010 at the Newton Healthcare Center in Newton, Massachusetts after a long illness. She was 86. Priscilla was born October 22, 1923 in Boston, the only child of James Everett and Viola Louisa (Beal) Aitken. She was an active member of both the former West Roxbury...
Therese F. “Terry” Sheehan
Jun 24, 2010
Therese Frances Sheehan, lovingly known to all as “Terry”, died suddenly at her home on June 24, 2010 at the age of 81. She lived in Allston for over 22 years and was formerly of Brighton. Terry was born in Cambridge, the daughter of the late John J. and Helen I. (Mulcahy) Sheehan. She attended Regis College. She worked...
Norman P. Harvey
Jun 11, 2010
Norman P. Harvey, a resident of Readville for the past 20 years, and formerly of Lexington, died Friday, June 11, 2010 at the Mass General Hospital in Boston after a brief illness. He was 77. Norman was born July 30, 1932 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the five children of Horace and Helen (Fougere) Harvey. After high school he...
Edward A. Searles
Jun 9, 2010
Edward Archibald Searles, a 52 year resident of Dedham, formerly of Cambridge, died Wednesday June 9, 2010 at the West Roxbury VA Medical Center. He was 87. Edward was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of the late Joseph A. and Jennie J. (Richards) Searles. In 1942 Mr. Searles joined the United States Army, serving during World...
Patricia Ann Spicer
May 30, 2010
Patricia Ann (Corey) Spicer, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Sunday, May 30th, 2010 at her home in Dedham after a long illness. She was 71. Patricia was born March 10, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only daughter of Joseph and Ann (Connolly) Corey. She grew up in South Boston and, after high school, worked as a stitcher and...
Murdella Humphreys
May 25, 2010
Murdella Josephine (Dean) Humphreys, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at the Stanley Tippett Home in Needham after a long illness. She was 84. Murdella was born January 4, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from Northeastern University in Boston with her Bachelors degree in Business, and worked for several years in the Human Resources...
Robert E. Perkins
May 16, 2010
Robert Edward Perkins, a lifelong resident of Norwood, died Sunday, May 16, 2010 at the Harrington House in Walpole. He was 81. Robert was born October 31, 1928 in Norwood, Massachusetts, the only child of Louis and Mabel (Kent) Perkins. He graduated from Norwood High School with the Class of 1947, served for four years in the US Army...
Frederick T. Bowman
May 5, 2010
Frederick Theodore “Freddy” Bowman, a resident of Weymouth, and formerly of Jamaica Plain, died Wednesday,May 5, 2010, at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He was 84. Fred was born and raised in Jamaica Plain, the son of the late Frederick L. and Linda (Birkholz) Bowman. He was a graduate of Central Evening...
Sara M. Deangelis
May 4, 2010
Sara May “Tommie” (Thomas) DeAngelis, a resident of Westwood since 1950, died Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at her home in Westwood. She was 83. Sara was born May 8, 1926 in Keene, New Hampshire, a daughter of Max Crosley and Sarah Waples (Crosby) Thomas. She graduated from Peterborough High School and from the Mary Hitchcock School of Nursing in...
Donald H. Call
May 4, 2010
Donald Harriman Call, a resident of the Snow House in Roslindale, and formerly a longtime resident of West Roxbury, died Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at the Caritas Norwood Hospital in Norwood after a brief illness. He was 88. Don was born April 19, 1922 in Dorchester, Massachusetts , a son of Roy Chester and Edith May (Giles) Call. He...
James J. Elliott
Apr 29, 2010
James Joseph “Jim” Elliott, a resident of Norwood for 45 years, and formerly of West Roxbry, died Thursday, April 29, 2010 at the Caritas Norwood Hospital in Norwood after a brief illness. He was 83. Jim was born February 19, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Alexander J. and Florence J. (Kearney) Elliott. After High School he served...
Hilda L. Page
Apr 28, 2010
Hilda Louise Page, of Dedham for over 30 years, formerly of Roslindale, died Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at the Faulkner Hospital. She was 94. Mrs. Page was born in Boston and was the daughter of the late Henry and Emma (Reim) Schramm. She graduated from high school and was a homemaker. She was predeceased from her husbands James G....
Hope Jansen
Apr 25, 2010
Hope Slade Jansen, formerly of Dedham and Westport Harbor, Massachusetts, died on April 25, 2010, at her home in Westwood at the age of 101. She was born in Fall River on September 18, 1908, a daughter of Everett Nelson Slade and Asenath Borden Slade. She was educated at the B.M.C. Durfee High School, the Baldwin School, and at...
Mary R. “Whit” Soule
Apr 23, 2010
Mary “Whit” Soule, of Fox Hill Village in Westwood, died peacefully on April 23, 2010, at home surrounded by her family. She was a longtime resident of Dedham, and the beloved wife of her husband of over 60 years, the late Augustus W. Soule, Jr. She met her future husband in 1945 on a blind double date in Washington,...
Emma F. Lloyd
Apr 22, 2010
Emma Frances (Inman) Lloyd, a resident of Fox Hill Village in Westwood, formerly of Westerly, RI, died April 22, 2010 at her home in Fox Hill Village. She celebrated her 105 th birthday on April 10, 2010 with her extended family of 38 present. Emma was born on April 10, 1905 in...
Rita E. Mancinelli
Apr 21, 2010
Rita Elizabeth Mancinelli, a resident of Westwood for over 40 years, died Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at the Norwood Hospital. She was 80. Rita was born July 12, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of William and Cora (Daley) Doherty. She was the mother of Caryl Cochrane of Westwood, Lisa Mancinelli of Westwood, Mark A. Mancinelli, and his wife...
