Melrose Obituaries

Published in the April 28, 2017 edition

WINTHROP — Howard J. “Howie” Oliver, 86, of Winthrop and a former resident of Melrose and Malden, passed away on April 20.

Howie proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, then worked as a skilled machinist most of his life before retiring.

He…

Skilled machinist was also Korean War veteran

Published in the April 28, 2017 edition

WINTHROP — Howard J. “Howie” Oliver, 86, of Winthrop and a former resident of Melrose and Malden, passed away on April 20.
Howie proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, then worked as a skilled machinist…

Worked at GE’s Lynn plant for many years

Published in the April 28, 2017 edition

MELROSE — Mary Elizabeth “Liz” (Bourque) Saulnier, 99, passed away at the Fitch Home in Melrose on April 20.
Liz was born in Reading on May, 30, 1917, she was raised in Nova Scotia, lived in Chelsea for over 60…

Musician, actor graduated from Melrose High

Published in the April 28, 2017 edition

MELROSE — Joseph Jafo Carriere, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away at his Melrose home on Saturday, April 22, after several lengthy illnesses.
Joe was born and lived in Melrose. He attended the Horace Mann and St. Mary’s schools in Melrose…

Meat cutter was an avid sports fan

Published in the April 28, 2017 edition

WOBURN — George DiMambro, 84, of Woburn and formerly a longtime resident of Medford, passed away on Thursday, April 20, at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.
George was born in Medford on February 23, 1933, one of four children of the late Domenic and…

Worked in dry cleaning industry

Published in the April 28, 2017 edition

MELROSE — Elizabeth F. (Coviello) Mitchell, 98, passed away April 24, 2017.
Betty, as know to family and friends, was born in Wakefield on December 10, 1918 to the late Anthony and Louise (Gavagno) Coviello, where she lived growing up and graduated Wakefield…

Published in the April 28, 2017 edition

KEENE, N.H. — Virgilio “Richard” Moscaritolo, 85, passed away at the Keene Center Genesis Eldercare in Keene, NH on April 20, 2017.

Mr. Moscaritolo was born in East Boston on March 23, 1932 to the late Pasquale and Emmanuella (DiFronzo) Moscaritolo. He was raised in East Boston and…

Published in the April 21, 2017 edition

MELROSE — Catherine E. “Sissy” (Meehan) Dunn, 84, a lifelong resident of Melrose, passed away on April 13, 2017.

She was born on July 3, 1932 to Warren and Catherine (Doherty) Meehan. Sissy was raised in Melrose and graduated from St. Mary’s High School. In 1953, she married…

Published in the April 21, 2017 edition

MELROSE — Raffaella “Lina” (Bianco) Penta, 90, of Melrose died peacefully surrounded by family on April 17, 2017.

Lina was born on May 30, 1926 in Fontanarosa (Avellino), Italy to Carlo and Antonietta (Vernillo) Bianco. She was raised in Italy and met her future husband, Edward Penta of…

Published in the April 21, 2017 edition

MELROSE — Elizabeth S. “Betty” (Tyminski) Flanagan, 75, a registered nurse for over 55 years, entered into eternal life on Monday, April 17, 2017 at her home following a courageous battle with cancer.

Betty was born in Syracuse, New York on October 25, 1941, a daughter of the…

Published in the April 21, 2017 edition

WAKEFIELD — Joseph W. Clarke, 73, a Wakefield resident, and formerly longtime of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 14, 2017 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.

Joe was born in Boston on October 1, 1943, and was the son of Bernice (Flynn) Shay and the late Harold E. Clarke…

Published in the April 14, 2017 edition

MELROSE — Mary L. (Harris) Healey, 86, passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Wednesday, April 5.

Mary was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, on May 11, 1930 to the late Alfred and Nora (Phillips) Harris, was raised in Mt. Clemens and graduated from Mt. Clemens High School.

Mrs…