Melrose Obituaries

Published in the November 18, 2016 edition

SAUGUS — L. Frances (Neal) Stickney, 93, a resident of Saugus, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Nov. 10.

Frances was born in Saugus on Jan. 17, 1923, one of five children of the late Charles and Ada (Hooper) Neal.

Raised in Saugus, Frances graduated from Saugus High School…

Published in the November 18, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — Anne N. Hubbard, 86, a longtime resident of Medford, passed away peacefully at Genesis at Wakefield on Thursday, Nov. 10.

Anne was born in Boston on June 3, 1930, daughter of the late Thomas J. and Rosemary (Malone) Hubbard. A Somerville native, Anne graduated from Somerville…

Published in the November 18, 2016 edition

MELROSE — Theresa (Muraco) Nappa, 97, of Melrose, died at the Sunny Acres Nursing Home in Chelmsford on Nov. 10.

Theresa was born and raised in Winchester and was a graduate of Winchester High School. She resided in Melrose for over 65 years and worked in Catalog Phone…

Published in the November 18, 2016 edition

MELROSE — Jean E. Blake, 85, a resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully at Wingate of Melrose on Friday, Nov. 11.

Born on Dec. 27, 1930 in Malden, she was one of nine children of the late Arthur and Helen (Maguire) Blake. Jean was raised in Malden where…

Published in the November 18, 2016 edition

ROCKLAND — Kevin M. Charbonier, 44, a resident of Rockland and formerly lifelong resident of Melrose, passed away unexpectedly at home on Saturday, Nov. 12.

Kevin was born in Malden, one of two children of the late Alfred P.  and Elaine D. (McLaughlin) Charbonier. He was raised in…

Published in the November 18, 2016 edition

MELROSE — John G. Desmond, 77, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away at Spaulding Rehabilitation Center in Cambridge on Monday, Nov. 14.

John was born in Somerville on Dec. 29, 1938, and was one of three children of the late John and Catherine (Murray) Desmond.

Raised in…

Published in the November 18, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — Helen T. (Truslow) Potter, 93, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, Nov. 9.

Helen was born in Waynesboro, Va. on July 3, 1923, one of 10 children of the late Samuel and Myrtle (Hicks) Truslow. Raised and educated in Waynesboro…

Published in the November 18, 2016 edition

MELROSE — William O. Wass, 89, of Melrose died on Monday, Nov. 14 at the Woodbriar Health Center in Wilmington.

Born in Newton on March 17, 1927, he was the son of the late William and Ethel (Tynan) Wass.

Mr. Wass was raised and educated in Wakefield and…

Published in the November 18, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — Captain Carl E. Spinney, of Wakefield died Monday, Nov. 14 at the Bear Hill Nursing Center. He was born in Lower Argyle, Nova Scotia on Oct. 11, 1922.

At the age of 14, he and his mother and younger sister came to America to join his…

Korean War veteran, longtime Melrose alderman

Published in the November 11, 2016 edition

MELROSE — Paul J. “PJ” Spencer, 86, passed away at the VA Hospital in Bedford on Monday morning, Nov. 7

Mr. Spencer was born in Melrose on March 20, 1930 to the late Thomas and Gertrude (Keenan) Spencer. He was raised in…

Published in the November 11, 2016 edition

MELROSE — Kenneth Douglass Crowell, 80, passed away at home in Melrose on Nov. 6.

Ken was born in Malden on Nov. 30, 1935 to the late Kenneth J. and Edyth (Lewis) Crowell. He was raised in Malden and Melrose, attended Riverside Military Academy in Georgia and then…

Published in the November 11, 2016 edition

STONEHAM — Joseph J. Orsino, 85, of Stoneham and formerly of Melrose, died peacefully on Nov. 4.

Joseph was born on April 6, 1931 to John and Camella (Bromante) Orsino in the West End of Boston. He was raised in the West End and graduated from Boston Latin…