Local Obituaries
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...
Lois I. Watson
Apr 16, 2010
Lois Irene Watson, a resident of Stoughton, and formerly of Norwood, died Friday, April 16, 2010 at her brother’s home in East Brodgewater after a difficult battle with ovarian cancer. She was 60. Lois was born July 18, 1949 in Norwood, Massachusetts, the daughter of Howard G., and Alice R. (Colmer) Watson. She grew up in Norwood, graduated from...
Faith A. Snow
Apr 12, 2010
Faith Ann Snow, a resident of Westwood since 1953 and a teacher in Westwood for 30 years, died Monday, April 12, 2010 at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood after a long illness. Faith was born on Groundhog Day, February 2, 1925 in Springfield, Massachusetts, a daughter of Henry Nicholas, and Helen (Farwell) Snow. She attended elementary school in...
Donald R. Taylor
Apr 6, 2010
Donald Robert Taylor, a longtime resident of Dedham and formerly of Florida, died Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at his home in Brookline. He was 78. Donald was born February 24, 1932 in Winthrop, Massachusetts, a son of Chester and Helen (McLaughlin) Taylor. He attended Revere High School and served in the US Army during the Korean War. Donald worked...
Albert F. Jr. Aylward
Apr 3, 2010
Albert F. “Bert” Aylward Jr., the owner and operator of Bert’s Service Center in Dedham, died Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 at Sunrise of Cohasset in Cohassset, Massachusetts. He was 86. Mr. Aylward was born September 19, 1923 in Boston, the son of Albert F. Sr., and Edith M. (Smythe) Aylward. He graduated from Dedham High School with the Class...
David J. Abdou
Apr 2, 2010
David John Abdou Sr., a resident of Foxboro for 10 years, and formerly a longtime resident of West Roxbury, died Friday, April 2nd, 2010 at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood after a long illness. He was 82. David was born Feb 24, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest child of Joseph and Edna (Mather) Abdou, immigrants...
Arline C. Fischer
Apr 1, 2010
Arline Claire Fischer, a resident of Townsend, and formerly of Norwood for many years, died Thursday, April 1, 2010 after a brief illness. She was 80. Known to many as Grandma, she was born in Quincy to her parents John and Catherine (Ellis) Marini. Mrs Fischer worked for over 25 years in both the Norwood High School and Junior...
Joan Manson
Mar 27, 2010
Joan Frances Manson, a resident of Roslindale since 1963, and formerly of Dorchester, died Saturday, March 27, 2010 at her home in Roslindale. She was 70. Joan was born Aug 27, 1939, one of the three daughters of John Robert and Frances (O’Rourke) Manson. Joan worked in the Policy Services Dept of New England Life Insurance Company in Boston...
Herbert S. Sturgis
Mar 23, 2010
Herbert Sinclair Sturgis Jr., a resident of Westwood for 56 years, died Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 at the Golden Living Center in Norwood after a long illness. He was 85. Herb was born February 10, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the nine children of Herbert S. Sr., and Rachel (Montgomery) Sturgis. He joined the US Navy...
Photis G. Theodorou
Mar 16, 2010
Photis G. Theodorou, a resident of Amesbury, and formerly a resident of Roslindale, died Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at his home in Amesbury. He was 81. Photis was the son of late Nicholas and Dimitra Theodorou, and is survived by his wife, Sofia (Mihalakis); his children, Nicholas Theodorou of Kentucky, Jimmy Theodorou of New Hampshire, and Elizabeth Theodorou of...
