Local Obituaries
W. Sylvia Fredriksen
Dec 29, 2008
W. Sylvia Fredriksen, a longtime resident of Westwood, and formerly of Roslindale, died Monday, December 29th, 2008 at the South Shore Hospital in Weymouth after a brief illness. She was 90. Sylvia was born in Boston on April 16, 1918, a daughter of the late Olaf Benjamin and Vendla (Matttson) Anderson. She was the wife of the late Karl...
Walter E. Oak
Dec 22, 2008
Walter Edson Oak, a resident of Hyde Park for the past 35 years, and formerly of Dorchester, died Monday, December 22nd, 2008 at the Parkwell Nursing Home in Hyde Park. He was 89. Walter was born October 18, 1919 in East Boston, the only child of Edson and Lillian (Whittendale) Oak. He graduated from East Boston High School and...
Richard F. Estano
Dec 13, 2008
Richard F. Estano, a resident of Quincy died Saturday December 13th, 2008 at Faulkner Hospital. He was 59. He was born in Boston, a son of the late Richard C. & Louise F. (Sullivan) Estano. He grew up in Weymouth and graduated from the Weymouth Vocational Technical High School. Rick entered into the Sheet Metal workers union and worked in...
Eaton R. “Tom” Thompson
Dec 12, 2008
Eaton Rees “Tom” Thompson, a resident of East Falmouth for 25 years, and formerly of Weymouth and Hanover, died Friday, December 12th, 2008 at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood. He was 82. Tom was born July 6, 1926 in Weymouth, a son of the late Porter W., and Ada Louise (Bower) Thompson. He worked as a handiman, and...
Helen Blakeney
Dec 12, 2008
Helen Frances (Nolan) Blakeney, of Dedham, died Friday, December 12th, 2008 at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton. She was 78. Helen was born December 31, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late John and Esther (Ashpont) Nolan. She worked as an Inspector for Polaroid Corporation, and was a member of the Mosose Lodge. She was the wife...
Karl Littleton
Dec 11, 2008
Karl Norman Littleton, of Dedham, died Thursday, December 11th, 2008 at the Clark House in Westwood. He was 89. Karl was born October 3, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of the late William H., and Ida (Hurlebaus) Littleton. He was a WW2 veteran who served in the Coast Guard. Mr Littleton worked for 36 years as a Parole...
Johanna Alberto
Dec 8, 2008
Johanna (Greenlaw) Alberto, of Norwood, died Monday, December 8th, 2008 at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood. She was two weeks shy of her 93rd birthday. Johanna was born December 19, 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late Harry and Mary (Jones) Greenlaw. She worked as a waitress at the Washington Gardens in Dedham, at Cornetta’s Iron...
Philip Gorman
Nov 25, 2008
Philip Francis Gorman, a resident of Westwood since 1963, died Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 at his home in Westwood. He was 73. Phil was born in Boston on June 8, 1935, a son of the late A. Charles and Margaret (Ford) Gorman. He graduated from Jamaica Plain High School and studied to become an electrician for Local 103 of...
Josephine Mcwhirk
Nov 22, 2008
Josephine V. (Peterson) McWhirk, a resident of West Roxbury for the past 35 years, but a “Southie” girl at heart, died Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 at Avery Manor Nursing Home in Needham after a long illness. She was 90. Josephine was the wife of the late Robert E. McWhirk and the mother of the late Joanne M. McWhirk. She...
Read Harding
Nov 21, 2008
Read Parker “Bones” Harding, a resident of Lincoln, Maine, died Friday, November 21st, 2008 at the Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was 65. Read was born October 3, 1943 in Boston, MA, a son of the late Francis Appleton and Caroline Goodwin (Read) Harding. He spent his younger years in Dedham and graduated from Kimball Union...
Jason Stearns
Nov 16, 2008
Jason Richard Stearns, a resident of Naples, Florida for the past 12 years, and formerly of DuBois, Pennsylvania, died Sunday, November 16th, 2008 at his daughter’s home in Norwood, Massachusetts after a brief illness. He was 79. Mr. Stearns was born in St. Albans, New York. He graduated from Dwight High School in New York City, New York and...
Kenneth Crowe
Nov 15, 2008
Kenneth Robert Crowe, of Lawrence, and formerly of Dedham, died Saturday, November 15th, 2008 at his daughter’s home in Brockton. He was 66. Kenneth was born in Dedham on December 16, 1941 a son of the late Simon Robert and Gladys Crowe. He worked as a senior field engineer for the Raytheon Corporaton. Kenneth is survived by his daughter,...
Peter Sarnie
Nov 14, 2008
Peter Walter Sarnie, a longtime resident of Norwood, died Friday, November 14th, 2008 at the Caritas Norwood Hospital after a brief illness. He was 87. Peter was born in Amston, Connecticut on March 24, 1921, the son of the late Peter E., and Ethel (Spognardi) Sarnie. He graduated from Boston Latin School in Boston and earned his bachelor’s degree...
Catherine Annese
Nov 11, 2008
Catherine Mary “Cathy” (Frye) Annese, of Norwood, and formerly of Dedham, died Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 at the Boston Medical Center in Boston. She was 48. Cathy was born in Boston, the daughter of Mary L. Frye of East Taunton, and the late George W. Frye. She is survived by her son Dominic Annese, and his wife Tiffany of...
Sheila Jarvis
Nov 11, 2008
Sheila Ann (Murphy) Jarvis, a resident of Dedham for 40 years, and formerly of Allston, died Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. Sheila was born and raised in Allston, MA, the daughter of the late John J. and Ann M. (Finn) Murphy. She worked for over 25 years as an Administrative Assistant in...
George Hubbard
Nov 11, 2008
George F. Hubbard, a lifelong resident of Roslindale, died Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 at his home in Roslindale. He was 87. George was born April 2, 1921, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of the late Harold and Ethel G. (Snellbaker) Hubbard. He graduated from Roslindale High School and worked as a supervisor for Radio Shack. George was a ham...
Frank W. Snow
Nov 9, 2008
Frank Wesley Snow, a resident of Dedham for 50 years, died Sunday, November 9th, 2008 at the Caritas Norwood Hospital. He was 89. Frank was born March 27, 1919 in Milton, Massachusetts, a son of the late Charles H., and Annie Dorothy (Harriman) Snow. He attended Milton High School and served in the US Navy during World War Two. ...
Margaret Shackford
Nov 8, 2008
Margaret Elsa “Greta” (Johnson) Shackford, a resident of Dedham for 62 years, and recently of Duxbury, died Saturday, November 8th, 2008 at her home in Duxbury. She was 98. Greta was born October 29, 1910 in Norwood, MA, the daughter of the late Axel E., and Elsa Maria (Svantesson) Johnson. She grew up in Norwod and was a graduate...
Brian F. Mcdonough
Nov 6, 2008
Brian Francis McDonough, a resident of Milford, and formerly of Jamaica Plain, died Thursday, November 6th, 2008 at the Whidden Memorial Hospital in Everett. He was 41. Brian was born September 15, 1967 in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Frank McDonald of Boston, and the late Barbara McDonough. He worked as a self-employed paving contractor. In addition to his...
Gwendolyn Cannon
Nov 4, 2008
Gwendolyn Josephine (Greek) Cannon, a resident of Dedham, died Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at the Charlwell Nursing Home in Norwood. She was 100. Gwendolyn was born October 7th, 1908 in Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada, a daughter of the late George and Emma (Wilniff) Greek. She was the wife of the late James Patrick Cannon; the mother of the late...
