Melrose Obituaries

Enjoyed cooking for her large family

MELROSE — Ruth E. (O’Donnell) Smith, 89, of Melrose, died at home on Nov. 28.

Ruth was born in Boston, raised in Malden and was a graduate of Girls Catholic High School in Malden. She was a homemaker and resided in Melrose since 1954.

Ruth was a devoted mother…

Melrose High School graduate enjoyed helping others

MELROSE — Marissa F. Eppoliti, 69, of Melrose, died at the Wilmington Healthcare on Nov. 27.

Marissa was born in Danbury, Conn., raised in Melrose and Malden and was a graduate of Melrose High School, Class of 1962, who went on to attend Lowell University.

She was always…

Worked as Malden election official

MALDEN — Jean (Fowler) Neale, 83, of Malden, died at home on Nov. 27.

Jean was born and raised in Medford, was a graduate of Medford High School, Class of 1949, and went on to attend Bridgewater State College.

She was a homemaker and longtime warden election official for the…

MHS graduate had a passion for film

MELROSE — David M. Kendricken, 25, passed away suddenly, by accident, on Sunday, November 23.

David was born in Boston, raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School, Class of 2007, and from Fitchburg State University, Class of 2012, with a degree in Communication, Film Production and a…

MELROSE — Catherine E. (Doherty) Sellon, 73, a resident of Melrose and formerly longtime of Somerville, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, November 22.

Catherine was born in Charlestown on May 25, 1941, one of three children of the late Bernard J. and Catherine E. (Gorry) Doherty. Raised in Charlestown, she called Somerville home where…

Lived in Melrose most of her life

MELROSE — Gloria R. (Perrotta) Petti, 86, of Melrose, died at the Peabody Glenn Health Care Center in Peabody on Nov. 12.

Gloria was born and raised in Everett and a graduate of Everett High School, Class of 1945. She was a homemaker and resided in Melrose for…

Korean War veteran, Tewksbury business owner

MELROSE — William F. Tracy, 85, of Melrose, died at the Massachusetts General Hospital on Nov. 10.

Bill was born and raised in Cambridge and attended Cambridge schools. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

After returning from the war, he worked as…

Was City Treasurer here for 31 years

MELROSE — Jean Sylvia (Hatch) MacDonnell, 82, of Melrose, died at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Nov. 14.

Jean was born in Howland, Maine, a graduate of Malden High School and went on to secretarial school. She worked as the City Treasurer for the City of Melrose for…

WWII veteran worked at Monsanto

MELROSE — Stanley D. Staskawicz, 90, passed away at Bear Hill Nursing Center in Wakefield, on Nov. 14.

Stanley was born in Poland on Jan. 15, 1924, to the late Julius and Anna (Chrepowicz) Staskawicz, he was raised in Boston and attended Boston schools. He entered the U.S. Army…

WWII veteran was a renowned architect

BOSTON — Richard Wills, 88, a longtime resident of Boston and renowned architect and principal of Royal Barry Wills Associates, Inc. passed away peacefully in Boston on Saturday, Nov. 8.

Richard Wills was born in Melrose on April 22, 1926, one of two sons of the late Royal…

Lifelong resident, Vietnam War veteran

MELROSE — Kevin J. Hurley, 68, passed away at his home in Melrose on Nov. 4.

Kevin was born in Melrose on Oct. 21, 1946, to the late Charles J. and Katherine M. (Twomey) Hurley. He was raised in Melrose and graduated from Melrose High School where he played…

Decorated World War II veteran ran hot topping company

MELROSE — Joseph E. Costanza, 96, passed away at his home in Melrose on Nov. 7, surrounded by his loving family.

Joseph was born in Malden on June 19, 1918 to the late Nicholas and Mary (Durante) Costanza.

He was raised in Malden, attended Malden…