June 22, 2017 Obituaries
Donald F. Anderson
Waltham, MA
Mr. Donald F. Anderson, of Waltham, died Sunday, June 11, 2017 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 81. Don was born in Boston on December 16, 1935, a son of the late Charles and Catherine (Moore) Anderson, and was a graduate of Wentworth Institute in Boston. Until his...
James J. Basl
Richmond, VA
James Joseph Basl, 67 of Midlothian, VA , passed away Tuesday June 6, 2017. Born and raised in Petersburg, VA, Jim Basl graduated from the University of Virginia in 1971, and later earned his MBA at VCU. With his family, he moved to Waltham, MA, in 1981. There he was active in...
Lawrence D. Clough
Waltham, MA
Mr. Lawrence D. 'Larry' Clough, of Waltham, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 in Newton|Wellesley Hospital after being stricken ill. He was 61. He was born on July 11, 1955 in Waltham a son of Jane H. (Ziemba) Clough and the late David E. Clough. Raised and educated...
Jerome J. Collett
Waltham, MA
Jerome J. (Jay) Collett, in Florida formerly of Waltham passed away April 29, 2017 unexpectedly from complications following surgery. He was 68 years old and a Navy Veteran of the Vietnam Era. Beloved son of the late Helen M. & Paul J. Collett of Waltham. Survivors include his...
Barbara A. Drakos
Auburndale, MA
Mrs. Barbara A. (Harris) Drakos, of Auburndale, died Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at Maristhill Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 92. Barbara was born in Hyannis on December 8, 1924, a daughter of the late Richard and Helen (Henderson) Harris. She graduated from Barnstable High...
Joseph I. Griggs
Waltham, MA
Mr. Joseph I. Griggs, of Waltham, died Monday, June 5, 2017 at his home. He was 83. Known affectionately as 'Irv' to family and friends, he was born in Waltham on August 16, 1933, a son of the late Doris Jordan Griggs Meek and Joseph Griggs, and was a lifelong resident. For...
Patrick J. O'Connell Jr.
Waltham, MA
Mr. Patrick J. Buddy OConnell, Jr., of Waltham, died on Sunday, June 11th 2017 in the E.N. Rogers Veterans Hospital in Bedford. He was 90. Buddy was born in Waltham on September 7, 1926, the son of the late Patrick J. and Margaret Josephine (Walsh) OConnell. After serving in...
Peter A. Vereker
West Newton, MA
Mr. Peter A. Vereker, of West Newton, formerly of Waltham, died Thursday, June 8, 2017. He was 54. Peter was born in Waltham on March 6, 1963, a son of the late Lawrence M. and Frances P. (Skerritt) Vereker, and had been a lifelong resident before moving to West Newton eight...
June 15, 2017 Obituaries
Bernard L. Barden
Waltham, MA
Mr. Bernard L. Barden, formerly of Waltham and Humarock, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. He was 89. Bernie was born in Waltham on September 3, 1927, the youngest of seven sons of the late James and Edna (Dagle) Barden. After high school he served with the...
Joseph L. DiLorenzo
Waltham, MA
Mr. Joseph L. DiLorenzo, of Waltham, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. He was 78. Born on January 8, 1939 in Waltham he was a son of the late Michael and Teresa (Puma) DiLorenzo. He graduated from Waltham High School and honorably served his country in the Vietnam...
Edna L. Dolber
Waltham, MA
Edna Louise Dolber died peacefully in her sleep Tuesday May 9, 2017 after a brief illness. She was 95. Edna was born in Waltham on April 6, 1922, daughter of the late Raymond and Harriett (Starr) Dolber. After graduation from Waltham High School in 1939, she attended...
Elizabeth F. Gallagher
Waltham, MA
Mrs. Elizabeth F. (Murphy) Gallagher, of Waltham, died Monday, May 29, 2017 at the Parlin Hospice Residence in Wayland. She was the beloved wife of the late Robert H. Gallagher and the daughter of the late Delia (Kearney) and Thomas Murphy. She was pre-deceased by her brothers...
Rita LeBlanc
Waltham, MA
Rita and Germie LeBlanc grew up as neighbors in Belle Cote, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada in large French Catholic families. And on August 29, 1949 they married and for almost 68 years they remained each other's life companion. And while Alzheimer's disease made it...
June 1, 2017 Obituaries
John W. Gentile
Waltham, MA
John W. Gentile, of Waltham, died unexpectedly at home on Saturday, May 13, 2017. He was 31. John was born in Cambridge on June 6, 1985, the son of John and Kim (Roche) Gentile. He lived in Cambridge until the age of five before moving with his family to Waltham. He remained a...
Robert E. Lynch
Waltham, MA
Mr. Robert E. Lynch of Waltham, died Friday May 19, 2017. He was 71. Bob was born in Waltham on September 12, 1945, the son of the late Hazel C. (Bigham) and Robert G. Lynch, and had been a lifelong resident. H e was raised and educated in Waltham and graduated from Saint...
Carol A. Manganaro
Harvard, MA
Carol A. (Algeri) Manganaro, 66, of Harvard, died Thursday evening, May 18, in the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Carol was born in Waltham on May 12, 1951 a daughter of the late Carmello and Marion (Berry) Algeri and has resided in Harvard since 1993. She graduated...
Kathleen M. Wilck
Waltham, MA
Mrs. Kathleen M. (Hannah) Wilck of Waltham died Monday, May 15, 2017, in Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 92. Mrs. Wilck was born in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada on October 10, 1924, a daughter of the late Arthur Thompson and Maude Lucy (Webber) Hannah. She was...
May 25, 2017 Obituaries
Red Doherty
Waltham, MA
Red Doherty was one of the kinds of people you would always hope to know and call friend. And many did. He died peacefully on Sunday, May 14, 2017 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 88. Born on January 9, 1929 in Waltham, Bernard Joseph Doherty was a son of the late Bernard...
Joseph D. Goode
Needham, MA
Former Waltham City Councilor Joseph D. Goode died Monday, May 8, 2017 at Avita of Needham. He was 91. Joe was born in Waltham on April 3, 1926, a son of the late Dermott J. and Catherine (Gallivan) Goode. After graduating from Saint Mary's High School in Waltham in 1943 he...
Raymond C. Jahrling
Naples, MA
Raymond C. Jahrling died peacefully April 24, 2017 in Naples, Florida, formerly of Waltham at the age of 91. He was born February 13, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of the late Walter and Lillian (Schwinn) Jahrling. He leaves behind the love of his life, June (Dunker)...
Thomas F. Maron Jr.
Waltham, MA
Thomas F. Maron, Jr., 59 of Norton, passed peacefully Thursday afternoon May 11th, 2017 surrounded by loves ones in his home after a courageous battle with cancer at the age of 59. Born on August 17, 1957; Tom was raised in Waltham, Watertown and Marlborough and had lived for...
Mary Pignatelli
Waltham, MA
It is with great sadness and much love that we announce the recent passing of Mary (D'Antonio) Pignatelli on April 9th in Illinois where she resided near her daughters, Janet and Judy. Mary was predeceased by her beloved husband, Mario (Murph) Pignatelli, her younger sister,...
May 18, 2017 Obituaries
David M. Hall
Waltham, MA
Mr. David M. Hall, of Waltham, died Sunday, May 7, 2017 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 69. Born on December 1, 1947 in Wyandotte, Michigan he was a son of the late David J. and Rita (Sharpe) Hall. After graduating high school he earned an associate's degree from Bunker...
Charlie McCarthy
Waltham, MA
On the fifteenth of February, 1948 twenty-three year old Charlie McCarthy, a native of Ballyisland, Skibbereen, County Cork stepped aboard the SS Washington docked at the Port of Cobh, on Ireland's southern coast. He was Passenger No. 5. What awaited him on the other side of...
