Wakefield Obituaries

Published in the July 1, 2016 edition.

WOBURN — Albert A. “Allie” Brown, 70, of Woburn died on Monday, June 18, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Mr. Brown was the beloved friend of Tammy Sheehan, and the loving father of Denise Bennett and the grandfather of Christopher Brown and Ashley LaPlante, all of Lowell…

Korean War veteran was principal of high school

Published in the June 29, 2016 edition

PEABODY — Raymond U. “Ray” Osborne, 87, of Brooksby Village in Peabody, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, June 21.
Ray is survived by his loving wife Esther (Cornwell). They recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary, but their lifelong…

Published in the June 28, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Marjorie J. “Margie” McGuire, 92, a lifelong Wakefield resident, died Thursday, June 23, at the Bear Hill Nursing Home.

Born in Wakefield on Oct. 22, 1923, she was the daughter of late Arthur and Mary R. (Doucette) McGuire.

Margie was both raised and educated in Wakefield…

Published in the June 27, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Daniel G. Flynn, 60, of Wakefield and formerly of Revere, died at Whidden Memorial Hospital in Everett on Thursday, June 23.

Born in Boston, Mr. Flynn was a graduate of Revere High School.

Daniel was a Master Electrician and owned and operated Flynn Electric Inc. for…

Published in the June 27, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — John J. Sheehy, 82, of Wakefield, died Friday, June 24 at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Born in Cambridge on Nov. 9, 1933, he was the son of the late Mago J. and Mary A. (Curran) Sheehy.

Mr. Sheehy was raised in Somerville and…

Published in the June 27, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Peter David Dolan Sr., 75, of Wakefield died Friday, June 24, at the Care One Nursing Home in Lexington.

Born in Stamford, Conn. on July 13, 1940, he was the son of the late Francis and Petronella (Purdy) Dolan.

Mr. Dolan was raised in Stamford, Conn…

Published in the June 27, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Michael “Mike” Giannattasio, 92, of Malden and Wakefield, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 24.

He was born on Oct. 29, 1923 to Antonio and Angelina Giannattasio in East Boston.

He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Antonia (Marinelli) and his children: son Michael…

Published in the June 27, 2016 edition.

MIDDLETON — Joan C. Peters, 77, of Middleton passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her family on Thursday, June 23, six years after a diagnosis of cancer.

Born Joan Catherine Anderson on Dec. 27, 1938, she was the third child of Mary lrene (McDougall) and Edwin…

Published in the June 23, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Catherine L. Ogar, 91, of Wakefield died on Tuesday, June 21, at the Sawtelle Hospice House in Reading.

Born in Lynn on May, 15, 1925, she was the daughter of the late John and Eleanor (Harney) Lemmon.

Mrs. Ogar was a graduate of St. Mary’s High…

Crossing guard, bus driver, ‘corps’ mother

Published in the June 22, 2016 edition

MELROSE — Mary Ann (Francis) Dillon, 86, of Melrose and formerly of Wakefield, died at the Tufts Medical Center in Boston on June 20.
Mary was born and raised in Cambridge and was a graduate of Cambridge Latin, Class of 1947. She…

Published in the June 21, 2016 edition.

DANVERS — Sandra R. (Murray) O’Keeffe, 72, avid golfer and longtime resident of Wakefield and current resident of Danvers, passed away after a long illness on Monday, June 20.

She was born to the late Lloyd and Ruth (Christopher) Murray.

She is survived by her husband of 48…

Published in the June 21, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Eleanor L. Hodson, 90, formerly of Wakefield, died in Lancaster on Sunday, June 12, after a brief illness.
She was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Franklin E. Hodson, who died in 2006.
Eleanor was born in Stoneham, to Harold and Mary (Cash) Ruggles, and…