Melrose Obituaries

Educator was also a lobsterman

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — John J. “Fitz” Fitzgerald, 67, of Bonita Springs, Fla., passed away suddenly at his home on Sept. 6.

John was born in Cambridge on July 29, 1947 to the late John and Anna (Burns) Fitzgerald. He was raised in Cambridge and graduated from Matignon High…

Lifelong resident worked at St. Mary’s

MELROSE — Mary Christine O’Brien, 61, passed away suddenly at her home in Melrose, on Friday, Sept. 12.

Mary was born in Melrose on Nov. 8, 1952, was raised in Melrose and graduated from St. Mary Grammar School. She also attended Melrose High School. She has been a lifelong…

MELROSE — John J. Giannotte Jr., 66, of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Sept. 11, at EPOCH of Melrose.

John was born on Aug. 13, 1948 in Framingham, one of three children of the late John J. and Evelyn (McNamara) Giannotte. He was raised in Lynn and Saugus and graduated from Saugus High School…

MELROSE — Virginia H. (Grover) Morgan, 85, of Melrose, died at her home on Sept. 10.

Virginia was born and raised in Everett and attended Everett schools. She was a homemaker and resided in Everett until 1949, Melrose for 14 years, West Peabody for 16 years, returned to Everett for 29 years and Melrose for…

SCITUATE — Robert Uriah “Bob” Skane, 76, of Scituate and formerly of Melrose, died at his home on Sept. 16.

Bob was born and raised in Everett and attended Everett schools. He resided in Everett until 1956, Melrose for 27 years and the past 11 years in Scituate.

Bob was an ironworker for the Local…

Graduated from Melrose High

HARWICH — Marjorie (Smith) “Marge” Tomer, 83, a longtime resident of Harwich and formerly of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 3, at Cape Cod Hospital.

Marge was born in Stoneham, one of three children of the late William J. Smith and Nita (Barchard) Smith. She was raised in…

World War II veteran was longshoreman, realtor

PEABODY — Edward J. Crowley, 87, of Peabody passed away at Salem Hospital on August 27.

Ed was born in South Boston on August 5, 1927 to the late James and Lillian (Turner) Crowley. Mr. Crowley was raised in Southie, attended South Boston High School before joining…

MELROSE — Barbara A. (Falvey) Csicsek, 81, passed away peacefully at her home in Melrose on September 1.
Barbara was born in Everett on March 5, 1933 to the late Francis & Gladys (Harris) Falvey, was raised in Everett and graduated from Everett High School, Class of 1951.
After marrying her husband Zolton in 1958…