Melrose Obituaries

WOBURN — Joan L. (Manning) Tufts, 77, a longtime resident of Woburn, passed away peacefully at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Thursday, March 19.

Joan was born on April 1, 1937 in Melrose, one of three daughters of the late Joseph and Ruth (Connolly) Manning. She was raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School, Class of…

MELROSE — Robert Allen Craven, 83, of Melrose, and formerly a long-time resident of Malden, passed away on Monday, March 2, in the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Born in Melrose on May 15, 1931, he was the son of the late Michael T. and Ruth E. Craven. Bob was raised and educated in…

MELROSE — Paulette (Keaveny) Galvin, 66, passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on March 22, 2015.

Paulette was born in Medford on November 5, 1948 to the late Thomas & Betty (Murray) Keaveny. She was raised in Medford and graduated from Medford High School, Class of 1966 and has been a resident of Melrose since 1973…

MELROSE — Joanne M. Lambert, 64, of Melrose died peacefully on February 11 after a brave five year battle with cancer.

Ms. Lambert was born in Williamstown to Helen O’Connell Lambert and Clovis M. Lambert, both of whom are deceased as is her only sibling, a brother, Michael. A graduate of Boston Bouve College at…

WINCHESTER — Loretta J. (Connolly) Sullivan RN, 91, a resident of Wakefield for over 50 years, entered into eternal life on Saturday, March 21 at Aberjona Nursing Center in Winchester following an extended illness.

Loretta was born in Malden on December 31, 1923, a daughter of the late Michael J. Connolly and Mary (Walsh) Connolly…

MELROSE — Mary Elizabeth Dorn passed away at Wingate at Reading on March 10.

Mary was born in Everett, raised in Salem, graduated from St. Mary Grammar School, Salem High School, Emmanuel College and received her master’s degree in Education from Harvard University.

She also received the Fulbright Scholarship to Columbia University in 1958…

MELROSE — Margaret A. “Peg” (Cassell) Berube, 79, of Melrose, died at home on March 15.

Peg was born and raised in Malden and a graduate of the Cheverus High School in Malden, Class of 1953. She resided in Melrose for 57 years and was a lifelong member of St. Mary Church in Melrose…

MELROSE — Helen C. (McCarte) Lambert, 95, of Melrose and formerly of Everett, died at the Winchester Hospital on March 14.

Helen was born and raised in Everett and was a graduate of Everett High School, Class of 1937.

She was a homemaker and resided in Everett until 1967 and for the past 48…

NORTH BRANFORD, CT — Margaret R. (Turner) Kezer, 93, of North Branford, CT, and formerly a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 14.

Margaret was born in Malden, one of two children of the late Wendell P. Turner and Margaret R. (Thompson) Turner. Raised in Malden, Margaret graduated from Malden…

MELROSE — Marion J. (Celani) Gianino, 84, passed away in Melrose on March 16 after suffering from cancer.

She was born on March 19, 1930, the daughter of Frank and Josephine (Genovese) Celani.

Her early childhood was spent in Malden. Then when she was nine years old her family moved to Melrose where she…

MELROSE — John D. Galiano, 63, passed away suddenly at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Monday, March 16.

John was born in Melrose on June 4, 1951 to the late Russell and Mary (Morrissey) Galiano. He was raised in Melrose, graduated from Essex Agricultural School and was a lifelong resident.

John worked for the City of…

MELROSE — Mary (Barron) Hogan, 85, of Melrose, passed away on March 16.

Mary was born in Boston on May 31, 1929. She graduated from Gate of Heaven High School and Middlesex Community College. In the late 1950s she moved to Washington, D.C. and worked as a decoding clerk for the Central Intelligence Agency…