Melrose Obituaries

Published June 7, 2019

SAUGUS — Jean Marie (Monahan) Conn, 83, passed away at her home in Saugus on Saturday June 1, 2019.

She was born in Medford on June 2, 1935 to the late Arthur and Arline (Berrigan) Monahan. Jean and her brother Richard grew up in Melrose. She graduated from St. Mary’s Elementary…

Published June 7, 2019

MELROSE — Roger A. Nadeau, 55, passed away at the Dexter House in Malden on May 26, 2019. Roger was born in Melrose on June 24, 1963 to John and Martha Nadeau.

He was raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School in 1981, and has been a lifelong resident of…

Published May 31, 2019

MELROSE — Martha R. Cusolito (Mallard), 85, longtime Melrose resident, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at The Residence at Melrose Station with her family by her side.

Born September 6, 1933, Martha is one of four children of the late Joseph and Ruth (MacPhee) Mallard. She grew up in…

Published May 31, 2019

MELROSE — Phyllis A. Newman, 94, died peacefully at her home in the Harvest Hill retirement community in Lebanon, New Hampshire on May 6, 2019 after a long illness.

Phyllis was born Phyllis Lacasse in Lowell, Mass. and spent her early years in Wakefield, until her family moved to Melrose, where…

Published May 31, 2019

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Barbara Ellen Zajac, 68, of Terre Haute, Indiana passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019. She was born November 26, 1950 to Walter J. Zajac and Jean E. (McNeill) Zajac.

Survivors include her brothers, Peter L. Zajac and his wife, Mal, of Gainesville, Ga. (and formerly of Tewksbury, Mass.),…

Published May 31, 2019

MALDEN — Stephen P. McMahon, 71, of Malden, died peacefully on May 21, 2019. He was born on October 26, 1947 to Walter and Louise (Berry) McMahon, was raised in Everett, and graduated from St. Rose High School in Chelsea.  

Stephen enlisted in the U.S. Air Force after high school. He…

Published May 31, 2019

MELROSE — Dana M. Jewell, 81, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully at Care One in Wilmington on Thursday, May 23, 2019.

Dana was born in Lawrence on March 16, 1938. Raised and educated in Brookline, Dana was a graduate of Brookline High School and settled in Melrose. Dana…

Published May 31, 2019

MELROSE — Belle (Nunley) Maxwell, 95, a resident of Melrose and formerly longtime resident of Marietta, Ga., passed away peacefully at Elmhurst Healthcare in Melrose on Saturday, May 25, 2019.

Belle was born at home on August 14, 1923 in rural Putnam County, Tennessee. Raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she was married…

Published May 31, 2019

WAKEFIELD — John C. Williams, 53, a resident of Wakefield, passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2019 at Winchester Hospital. 

John was born in Melrose on November 28, 1965, one of three children of William “Bill” Williams and Patricia R. (Ahearn) Mahoney. He grew up in Wakefield, and graduated from Wakefield…

Published May 31, 2019

MELROSE — Katherine Cremin, (Kappy) 74, beloved sister, aunt, godmother, cousin and friend, died suddenly, peacefully, and in the state of grace on May 25, 2019.

Katherine was born in Boston, grew up in Somerville, and spent the last 35 years in Melrose.

She attended St. Polycarp and public schools in…

Published May 24, 2019

MELROSE — Anna Murphy was born in the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Irish immigrant parents Michael Joseph Murphy and Jane McNamee Murphy, joining her brother Bob. While she was still a young child the family returned to Limerick, Ireland where her parents built a home in Corbally, Limerick. Sadly,…