Melrose Obituaries

MELROSE — Catherine E. (Doherty) Sellon, 73, a resident of Melrose and formerly longtime of Somerville, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, November 22.

Catherine was born in Charlestown on May 25, 1941, one of three children of the late Bernard J. and Catherine E. (Gorry) Doherty. Raised in Charlestown, she called Somerville home where…

Lived in Melrose most of her life

MELROSE — Gloria R. (Perrotta) Petti, 86, of Melrose, died at the Peabody Glenn Health Care Center in Peabody on Nov. 12.

Gloria was born and raised in Everett and a graduate of Everett High School, Class of 1945. She was a homemaker and resided in Melrose for…

Korean War veteran, Tewksbury business owner

MELROSE — William F. Tracy, 85, of Melrose, died at the Massachusetts General Hospital on Nov. 10.

Bill was born and raised in Cambridge and attended Cambridge schools. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

After returning from the war, he worked as…

Was City Treasurer here for 31 years

MELROSE — Jean Sylvia (Hatch) MacDonnell, 82, of Melrose, died at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Nov. 14.

Jean was born in Howland, Maine, a graduate of Malden High School and went on to secretarial school. She worked as the City Treasurer for the City of Melrose for…

WWII veteran worked at Monsanto

MELROSE — Stanley D. Staskawicz, 90, passed away at Bear Hill Nursing Center in Wakefield, on Nov. 14.

Stanley was born in Poland on Jan. 15, 1924, to the late Julius and Anna (Chrepowicz) Staskawicz, he was raised in Boston and attended Boston schools. He entered the U.S. Army…

WWII veteran was a renowned architect

BOSTON — Richard Wills, 88, a longtime resident of Boston and renowned architect and principal of Royal Barry Wills Associates, Inc. passed away peacefully in Boston on Saturday, Nov. 8.

Richard Wills was born in Melrose on April 22, 1926, one of two sons of the late Royal…

Lifelong resident, Vietnam War veteran

MELROSE — Kevin J. Hurley, 68, passed away at his home in Melrose on Nov. 4.

Kevin was born in Melrose on Oct. 21, 1946, to the late Charles J. and Katherine M. (Twomey) Hurley. He was raised in Melrose and graduated from Melrose High School where he played…

Decorated World War II veteran ran hot topping company

MELROSE — Joseph E. Costanza, 96, passed away at his home in Melrose on Nov. 7, surrounded by his loving family.

Joseph was born in Malden on June 19, 1918 to the late Nicholas and Mary (Durante) Costanza.

He was raised in Malden, attended Malden…

Word War II veteran was a postal supervisor

MELROSE — Alfonso M. Giangrande, 89, of Melrose, died at The Atrium in Danvers on Nov. 9.

Alfonso was born in East Boston, raised in Somerville, was a graduate of Boston English High School with honors and went on to attend Boston University. He served his country…

Devoted wife, mother belonged to Incarnation Church

MELROSE — Claire M. (McCarthy) Polcari, a 50-year resident of Melrose, and former 24-year resident of Lynn, entered into eternal life on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Winchester Hospital. She was 86 years old.

Claire was born in Chicago, Ill. on Dec. 26, 1927, a daughter of the late…

Wonderful cook was a longtime Melrose resident

MELROSE — Marie “Mary” (Dinati) DiCarlo, 101, passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Nov. 4.

Mary was born in Melrose on Sept. 27, 1913 to the late Ionnetta and Rosina (Pascucia) Dinati. She was raised in Melrose, attended Melrose schools and was a resident of Melrose until…

WWII veteran, local jeweler, alderman

STONEHAM — Philip L. Wadland Sr., 93, of Stoneham, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, November 9.

Philip was born in Melrose on August 22, 1921, one of three children of the late Henry J. S. Wadland and Elsie D. (Verry) Wadland. Raised in Melrose, Philip graduated with…