Wakefield Obituaries

Published in the July 22, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Alfred J. Aucella, 91, of Wakefield, died Thursday, July 21, at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.

Born in Revere on Nov. 15, 1924, he was the son of the late John and Pasqualina (Quaratta) Aucella.

Mr. Aucella was raised in Revere and was a graduate of Revere High…

Longtime Wakefield resident was member of Most Blessed Sacrament Parish

Published in the July 21, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — Jean R. Falite, 88, of a longtime resident of Wakefield died on Tuesday, July 19 at the Lahey Hospital Medical Center in Burlington.
Born in Everett on April 14, 1928, she was the daughter of the…

Published in the July 19, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Jeannie M. (Hawkes) Stella, 65, of Wakefield died on Friday, July 15.

A direct descendant of John Quincy Adams, she was born in Lynn to her mother Grace M. (LaPointe) Hawkes and father Albert Otis Hawkes. Jeannie’s no-nonsense approach to finding the truth and solving life’s…

Published in the July 18, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — William J. McCarthy, a longtime resident of Wakefield, died at his home on Friday, July 15.

Born in Boston on June 1, 1927, he was the son of the late Joseph and Julia (Connelly) McCarthy.

Bill was a graduate of Wakefield High School, Class of 1945…

Published in the July 18, 2016 edition.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Bernice “Bernie” Plaza, 93, of Manchester, N.H., passed away at Mount Carmel Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on Friday, July 15.

She was born in Somerville on Dec. 3, 1922, the daughter of Hans and Bernice (Schofield) Wackrow. She had been a New Hampshire resident since…

Published in the July 18, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — James A. Roberto, 65, of Wakefield and Florida, died accidentally on Wednesday, July 13.

Born in Melrose on Oct. 31, 1950, he was the son of the late James and Florence (Delviso) Roberto.

James was a graduate of Wakefield Memorial High School, Class of 1968. He…

Published in the July 18, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — James A. Adamczyk, 91, of Wakefield, died Thursday, July 14, at the Winchester Hospital.

Born in Tewksbury on July 23, 1924 he was the son of the late John J. and Grace (Goodsnider) Adamczyk.

Mr. Adamczyk was raised in Boston and later enlisted in the Merchant…

Published in the July 14, 2016 edition.

MELROSE — Alice (Baumgart) Artzberger, 90, died Tuesday July 12 at Oosterman’s Rest Home in Melrose.

Alice was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa. and was also a former longtime resident of Greenville, Pa., Framingham and Ft. Myers, Fla.

She was the beloved wife of the late Louis…

Published in the July 13, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Irma (Tobin) Widomski, 69, a resident of Wakefield for more than 45 years, died at Tufts Medical Center, Boston on Monday morning.
Born and raised in Malden and graduate of Malden High Class of 1965, Mrs. Widomski operated Widomski Court Reporting Services for many years.
She…

Published in the July 8, 2016 edition.

 WAKEFIELD — Warren J. Bowen, 85, of Wakefield, formerly of Reading, Tewksbury and Arlington, died Wednesday, July 6.

Born in Medford on Nov. 27, 1930, he was the son of the late John and Margaret (Condon) Bowen.

Warren was born and raised in Arlington, where he was a…

Philanthropist active was a longtime Wakefield resident

Published in the July 5, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — Robert W. Cerretani of Wakefield passed away June 28 in Wakefield at the age of 77.
He was born on March 14, 1939 and was the son of the late Orlando and Marion (Steeves) Cerretani.
Robert was a graduate…

Devoted mother of two daughters

Published in the July 5, 2016 edition

BILLERICA — Suzanne C. Grenier, a woman who was devoted to her two daughters, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Saturday morning, July 2. She was 42 years old.
Suzanne was born in Newton. She was raised and educated in Burlington and…