Melrose Obituaries

LYNNFIELD — Debra L. (Colclough) Ford, 60, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 18.

“Deb,” born on Nov. 13, 1954, was raised in Arlington and graduated from Arlington High School, class of 1972. She was the beloved wife of Christopher T. Ford and the loving mother of Ashley and Casey Ford of Lynnfield. She was the…

SAUGUS — Ann Baumann, 60, a longtime resident of Picariello Drive in Saugus, passed away on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015.

She was employed for over 20 years at EMARC and American Training, most recently working as a receptionist where she loved to greet visitors. Ann enjoyed a great many activities including going to dances, hard…

MELROSE — Abigail “Abby” Keren Novit Kehoe, 14, of Melrose entered eternal rest Jan. 2 at home with her loving family, after a three-and-a-half year struggle with cancer.

Abby was a sweet, kind, gentle and shy but social girl, with a great sense of humor and a big laugh. She loved being creative and making…

MELROSE — Cynthia A. “Cindy” (Hughes) Jencks, 78, a lifelong Melrose resident, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Friday, Jan. 9.

Lovingly known as Cindy, she was born in Stoneham, one of three daughters of the late George and Doris E. (Donnelly) Hughes. Raised in Melrose, she graduated from Melrose High School…

MELROSE — Martha L. (Martel) “Marty” Ashman, 89, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 8.

Martha was born in Chelsea on May 21, 1925, one of four children of the late Albin and Sylvia (Cuskey) Martel. Raised in Melrose, she graduated from Melrose High School and was a…

STONEHAM — Loring K. Crossman, OFS, of Stoneham, a retired jazz drummer, died at his home on January 12.

Born in Boston, Mr. Crossman was raised in Melrose. He graduated from Melrose High School in 1954 and attended Middlesex Community College and Berkeley School of Music.

Mr. Crossman spent over 15 years playing drums for…

MELROSE — Cary H. Noyes, 73, of Melrose, died at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers.

Cary was born in Boston, raised in Dedham and attended Dedham schools. He served his country in the Army Reserves and resided on Beacon Hill in Boston for many years and Melrose for the past 23 years.

Cary…

MELROSE — Daniel P. Rotunno, 52, of Melrose, died at home unexpectedly on Jan. 6.

Dan was born and raised in Melrose and was a graduate of Melrose High School, Class of 1981. He was a lifelong Melrose resident and worked as a machinist for Victor Microwave in Wakefield for several years and also as…

WAKEFIELD — Kenneth C. Mulrenan, 79, passed away at Genesis at Wakefield Nursing Center on Tuesday, January 6.

Ken was raised in Melrose, graduated from Malden Catholic High School, where he was a very talented hockey player. He attended Boston College and was a lifelong resident of Melrose before moving to Wakefield 10 years ago…

MELROSE — Geraldine Bodi, 76, of Melrose, died at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Jan. 2.

Geri was born and raised in Roxbury, was a graduate of Jamaica Plain High School and went on to attend business school. Geri worked as an executive secretary for Furman Lumber in Billerica for 40 years before her retirement.

She…

MELROSE — Edna K. Harding, 83, a longtime resident of Malden, passed away peacefully at EPOCH of Melrose on Saturday, Dec. 20.

Edna was born on Aug. 2, 1931 in Malden, daughter of the late Charles I. and Edna M. (McGrath) Harding. Raised and educated in Malden, Edna lived in Malden most of her life…

BEVERLY — Jean A. (Morehead) Glynn, 86, of Beverly and formerly of Melrose, died at the Beverly Hospital on Dec. 25.

Jean was born and raised in Malden and attended Malden High School. She resided in Malden until 1961, Melrose until 1982 and Beverly for the past 32 years.

Jean was a homemaker, artist and…