Melrose Obituaries

MERRIMACK, N.H. — Diane M. (Harkins) “DiDi” Keefe, 57, of Merrimack, N.H. and formerly of Tewksbury, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 1, at Lahey Medical Center in Burlington.

Diane was born in Chelsea on March 20, 1958, one of four children of the late James and June (Wonson) Fitzgerald. She was raised and educated…

MELROSE — Eloise B. Wellington, 84, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away suddenly at home on Good Friday, April 3, as she wished.

Eloise was born in Medford, the daughter of the late Clarence C. and Eloise (Ogden) Wellington. She was raised in Melrose and graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 1948. She…

LYNNFIELD — Mary V. (Pesce) Tecce of Lynnfield passed away on April 3 surrounded by her loving family.

She was the beloved mother of Beverlee Tecce of Lynnfield and Virginia (Ginger) Garrett and her husband Wayne Garrett of Lynnfield. She was the former wife of the late Leo B. Tecce.

Mary was born in Everett…

MELROSE — Bette R. Holloway, 84, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Monday, March 23.

Bette was born in Hebron, Md. and was one of four children of the late Marion and Ruth (Rector) Holloway. Bette graduated from nursing school at the Peninsula General Hospital in Salisbury, Md…

MELROSE — Priscilla E. (Sears) “Cis” Gray, 93, a lifelong Melrose resident, passed away peacefully at EPOCH Senior Healthcare of Melrose on Friday, March 27.

Priscilla was born in Melrose and was one of four children of the late Lewis and Harriett E. (Elliott) Sears. She was raised in Melrose and graduated from Melrose…

MELROSE — George Lunn, 74, of Melrose, passed away on March 27 at his home surrounded by family.

George was born to Arthur J. and Edith (Toland) Lunn on Nov. 26, 1940. He was raised in Dorchester and attended Jamaica Plain High School. While in high school, George studied agriculture. His parents came from…

MELROSE — James L. Diozzi, 74, of Saugus, died at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on March 30.

Jim was born and raised in Somerville and graduated from Somerville High School, Class of 1958. He resided in Somerville, Malden and Medford for several years, and the past 37 years in Saugus. Jimmy worked and was very…

SAUGUS — Walter J. O’Brien, 83, of Saugus and formerly of Melrose, passed away surrounded by his family on March 26.

Walter was born on July 19, 1931 in Somerville to Walter J. and Lillian M. (Potterton) O’Brien. He was raised in Everett and graduated from Everett High School. In 1950, Walter enlisted in…

MELROSE — Jean Yeung Hong, 80, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 29 at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Jean was born in China, a daughter of the late Fung Chun Yeung and Woon Ho (Cheung) Yeung. She came to the United States in 1955 and settled in Melrose with her…

WAKEFIELD — Ken Walker, 90, a resident of Wakefield and formerly of Melrose and Dover, N.H. passed away with honor and dignity, peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, March 24.

Ken was born on May 25, 1924 in Haverhill, and was one of two children of the late Nathaniel K. and Marguerite E…

PEABODY — Stephen Varney, 49, passed away suddenly at Lahey Medical Center in Peabody on Tuesday, March 17.

Stephen was born in Cambridge on Oct. 21,1965 to Robert E. and Ellen A. (Laskey) Varney. He was raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School Class of 1983, attended SMU and graduated from East Coast Aero…

MELROSE — Joan E. (Cox) McKechnie, 71, a 48-year resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, March 19.

Joan was born in Boston on July 6, 1943, one of two children of the late Arthur and Elizabeth (Gallagher) Cox. She was raised in Natick where she graduated from Natick…