Wakefield Obituaries

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Published July 7, 2021

WAKEFIELD — Kenneth “Kenny” Lyle Jr., age 77, passed away after a long illness on Friday June 18, 2021. Kenny will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 43 years, Bernadette.

Kenny was born on August 3, 1943, in Middletown, Connecticut, to Kenneth Lyle Sr…

Published in the July 6, 2021 edition.

Kathleen (Creedon) Cardillo “Kathy” of Reading, died peacefully on July 1, 2021, at the age of 86. Born on January 25, 1935, in Stoneham and raised in Wakefield; the daughter of the late Daniel (Chris) Creedon and Mary C. (Donegan) Creedon. 

Kathy graduated from Wakefield High School and…

Published in the July 5, 2021 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Constance “Elaine” Cook, age 83, of Wakefield passed away on June 27, 2021 surrounded by her loving family.

She was born in Boston on September 29, 1937 and was the daughter of the late David and Constance (Littlewood) Flanagan.

Elaine was a graduate of Brookline High…

Published in the June 29, 2021 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Lynn E. (Kopy) House, of Springfield, MA; Narragansett, RI; and Wakefield passed away peacefully at Lahey Burlington Medical Center after a sudden illness on June 24, 2021. She was 80 years old.

She was the daughter of the late Hazel [Healy] and Samuel Kopy. Born and…

Published in the June 29, 2021 edition.

DRACUT — Gail Helen (Goyette) Quigley, 64, of Dracut passed away on Friday, June 25, 2021. She was the beloved wife of David Charles Quigley.

She was born in Melrose on December 8, 1956, a daughter of the late Raymond and Adeline (Jay) Goyette. Gail grew up in…

Published in the June 25, 2021 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Richard Joseph Dumont, age 82, of Wakefield passed away Monday, June 21 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.

He was born in Andover, MA on April 3, 1939 and was the son of the late Louis and Yvonne (Fournier) Dumont. Richard was the fourth born of five children.

A…

Published in the June 25, 2021 edition.

LACONIA, NH — Philip “Phil” Spagnuolo, Jr., 53, of Laconia, NH, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 22, 2021.

The oldest of three children, Phil was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, on August 30, 1967, and relocated to the Lakes Region with his family in 1979. From his early years…

Published in the June 24, 2021 edition.

STONEHAM — Pasquale “Pat” C. Cambria, age 86, of Stoneham, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 21 at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

He was born in Boston on March 9, 1935 and was the son of the late Pasquale and Pasqualina (Martocchio) Cambria.

Pat was the…

Published in the June 22, 2021 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Virginia J. Jesse, longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away on Saturday, June 19, 2021. She was 90 years old.

Born in Medford on August 4, 1930, Virginia is one of three children of the late Garfield and Susan (neè Murley) Emberley. She grew up in Saugus…

Published in the June 18, 2021 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Susan Ann Robinson, 67, of Wakefield and formerly of Belmont, died on Tuesday, June 15 at her residence after a courageous battle with metastatic kidney cancer.

Born in Cambridge on January 31, 1954, she was the daughter of Dorothy (Arel) Smith of Medford and the late…