Melrose Obituaries

Published in the May 13, 2016 edition

MELROSE — Amale (Talhouk) Daher, 67,of Melrose passed away peacefully on May 5 surrounded by family.
Amale was born in Beirut, Lebanon on April 16, 1949 and was the daughter of the late Said Talhouk and is survived by her mother Yvonne. She immigrated to the U.S. in…

Shipper for H.K. Porter

Published in the May 13, 2016 edition

MELROSE — Frederick N. Kirkland, 85, of Melrose, died at the Merrimack Valley Hospice on May 7.
Fred was born and raised in Cambridge and was a graduate of Cambridge Rindge High School. He resided in Cambridge until 1966, Somerville for five years and…

Manager at Brooks Pharmacy

Published in the May 13, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — Emilia (DiFilippo) Caraglia, 77, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 9, at the Sawtelle Family Hospice House in Reading.
Emilia was born in Chelsea on March 12, 1939, one of three children of the late Louis and…

Medford native

Published in the May 13, 2016 edition

MALDEN — Margaret S. “Peggy” (Deady) Looney of Malden died on May 7 surrounded by her family.
Peggy was born in Medford on Feb. 12, 1943 to Walter and Anna (Gilmartin) Deady. She was born and raised in Medford and attended Medford schools.
Peggy raised her…

Melrose High graduate

Published in the May 13, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — Nancy A. LeClair, 67 of Wakefield and formerly of Melrose, died Saturday May 7 in Danvers.
She was born in Melrose on May 19, 1948 and was the daughter of the late Oscar and Eva (Welch) Larson.
Mrs. LeClair was raised in Melrose…

U.S. Army veteran worked for Polaroid

Published in the May 13, 2016 edition

CHELSEA — James L. Morris, 83, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 4, at the Chelsea Soldiers Home.
Born in Malden on Sept. 5, 1932, he was one of two children of the late Charles and Rita…

Published in the May 6, 2016 edition

MERRIMACK, N.H. — Debra A. (Yee) “Deb-e” Martinage of Merrimack, N.H. passed away unexpectedly at home on Friday, April 22, 2016, at age 58.

Debra Yee was born in Beverly on June 5, 1957 and raised in Burlington where she graduated from Burlington High School. She attended Middlesex…

Published in the May 6, 2016 edition

MELROSE — On May 2, in her home of 52 years in Melrose and surrounded by family, at the age of 86, Barbara Ann Mahoney passed away peacefully.

Barbara, a loving and devoted mother, is survived by her son and his wife, John L. and Christine M. Mahoney…

Published in the May 6, 2016 edition

STONEHAM — Denise (Coakley) Fitzgerald, 64, of Stoneham, died on May 2 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers.

Denise was born in Boston, raised in Roslindale and was a graduate of Roslindale High School, Class of 1969. She went on Boston Business School and also attended…

Published in the May 6, 2016 edition

MELROSE — Rene M. (Durso) Brophy of Melrose died April 27.

Rene was born in Malden on Jan. 27, 1923 to Peter A. and Elsie (Paladino) Durso. She was raised in Malden and graduated from Malden High School in 1942.

Rene was a Melrose resident for 23 years…

Published in the May 6, 2016 edition

MELROSE — Eva (Corso) Consolo, 93, of Melrose and formerly of Boston’s West End, died April 27.

Eva was born in Boston on Oct. 18, 1922 to Augustino and Cosima (DiBlasi) Corso. She was raised in the West End of Boston and attended Boston Public Schools.

She was…

Published in the April 29, 2016 edition

WOBURN — James E. Barr, 88, a longtime resident of Woburn, passed away peacefully at the E.N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford on Tuesday, April 19.

James Barr was born in Worcester on May 21, 1927, one of three children of the late Thornton E. and Linda…