Wakefield Obituaries

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Published December 16, 2020

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Alan C. Nichols, 81, of West Palm Beach, Fla., died on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, of COVID-related illness.

Alan was a longtime Boston resident living in the Beacon Hill and South End neighborhoods for many years.

He was the son of…

Published in the December 14, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Ålice Medeiros, 63, passed away suddenly at home in Wakefield on Dec. 6, 2020.

Our beloved Alice was born in Cambridge, grew up in Somerville and lived in Reading and Wakefield. A graduate of Bentley University (accounting) and Somerville High School. Alice worked at Lucia’s Restaurant…

Published in the December 14, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Marilyn J. (Jacquard) Reynolds passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at 84 years young.

Born to Mary E. and Nelson J. Jacquard from Quinan, Nova Scotia, Canada, she was raised in Wakefield along with nine brothers and sisters. She married her loving husband Harold B…

Published in the December 11, 2020 edition.

NORTH ANDOVER — Judy A. Chinn, 60, died unexpectedly on Monday, December 7 at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Born in Melrose on September 15, 1960, she was the daughter of Jacquelyn (White) Muise and the late Irving Muise.

Judy was raised in Wakefield and was…

Published in the December 10, 2020 edition.

LOWELL — Richard R. Sprowl, resident of Lowell, passed away from complications of COVID-19 on Friday, December 4, 2020 at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington. He was 69.

Born in Lynn on September 6, 1951, Richard is one of three children of the late Richard A…

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Published December 9, 2020

WAKEFIELD — Judith M. (Patten) Humphreys, 80, of Wakefield passed away on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, after a brief illness.

Judy, the only daughter of Robert A. and Elizabeth G. (Doyle) Patten, was born in Medford on May 12, 1940. She was a graduate of…

Published in the December 3, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Christine M. McGrail, a lifelong Wakefield resident, died on November 27, 2020.

She was the devoted wife to Richard J. McGrail until his death in 1995 and the loving mother to Attorney Brian McGrail and his wife Melissa of Wakefield, Christine Marshall and her husband Laurence…

Published in the December 3, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Melissa “Mel” DelRossi — chocolate lover, rescue and shelter dog and cat collector, goofball, photographer, master of the ‘Carlton Dance’ — passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 25, 2020.

She was born in Winchester, Massachusetts to William (Bill) Sullivan and the late Maureen (Moe) Keating on…

Published in the November 30, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — William B. “Bill” Lang, 76, of Wakefield passed away on Tuesday November 17, 2020 at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

Born in Malden on March 8, 1944, Bill was one of six children of the late Bertil G and Annie E. (Hamilton) Lang. He grew up in Dorchester…

Published in the November 30, 2020 edition.

BRADENTON, FL — Stanislaw “Stanley” Rossa, age 97, of Bradenton, FL, and  formerly of Wakefield, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday, November 27 after a brief illness.

Born in Poznan, Poland on November 13, 1923, he was the son of the late Jan and Anna (Kulchinski…

Published in the November 23, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Elizabeth “Betty” N. (Norton) Callahan, 90, of Wakefield, died on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, at her home.

Elizabeth was born in Waltham on Sept. 1930 and was the daughter of the late James E. and Catherine C. (Horgan) Norton.

Elizabeth was raised in Medford and was…

Published in the November 23, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Marjorie Anne (Walsh) Harrington, 93, of Wakefield, passed away on Friday, November 20, 2020. 

Marjorie was born in Malden in 1927 during the Roaring Twenties, but was shaped by her childhood during the Great Depression era that followed.

She grew up in a large household, loved…