Wakefield Obituaries

Devoted wife, mother

Published in the September 14, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — Dorothy M. Falite, 85, of Wakefield died peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family on Monday Sept. 12, in the home she had lived in for over 60 years.

Born in Everett, on Sept. 15, 1930 she was the daughter of…

Lifelong Wakefield resident, WHS Class of 1960

Published in the September 14, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — Stephen L. Putnam, 74, of Wakefield passed away Saturday, Sept. 10 at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.

He was born in Plymouth on March 2, 1942 and was the son of the late Eleanor Putnam.

Stephen was a lifelong Wakefield resident…

Published in the September 13, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Lawrence J. McLaughlin, 96, a retired lieutenant colonel, U.S. Army, and former longtime Wakefield resident, died August 7 in Colorado.

He was born on January 7, 1920 and was the son of the late William and Bridget (Murray) McLaughlin. He was raised in Somerville and was…

Published in the September 13, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Barry Innerfield, 83, longtime Wakefield resident and owner of LBJ Honda/Acura repair shop in Melrose, died at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on September 7 after a brief illness.

He is survived by his wife of thirty-six years, Liuda Dovydenas; daughters Randi Leach of Centralia, WA and Gail Tremblay…

Published in the September 12, 2016 edition.

DANVERS — Arnold Levine of Danvers, beloved husband of Shirley Horovitz Levine, died at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers on Sept. 9. He was 82.
Mr. Levine was born in Wakefield in 1933, the son of the late Louis and Marion Levine.
He attended Lincoln School and graduated…

Published in the September 9, 2016 edition.

WOODSTOCK, Conn. — Mary (Walsh) O’Leary, 75, of Senexet Village Road, died Monday, Sept. 5, in her home.

She was the loving wife of Brian L. O’Leary.

Born in Salem, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Sophie (Karzmarek) Walsh.

Mrs. O’Leary graduated from St. James…

Published in the September 8, 2016 edition.

READING — Carol M. Moore, 79, of Reading died on Tuesday, Sept. 6 at her residence.

Born in Medford on Nov. 19, 1936, she was the daughter of the late George L. and Pauline R. (Doran) Elliott.

Mrs. Moore had been a resident of Reading for the past…

Former Wakefield man was a Chelsea firefighter

Published in the September 7, 2016 edition

TOWNSEND — Peter F. Kannler, 37, of Townsend, a Chelsea firefighter and former Wakefield resident, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 3, at the Merrimack Valley Hospice in Haverhill after a courageous battle with cancer.

Born in Melrose and raised in Wakefield…

Published in the September 7, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — A. Yvonne Scott, 84, of Wakefield and formerly of Lynn, died Thursday, Sept. 1, at Winchester Hospital after a long illness.
She was born on May 30, 1932 and was raised in Lynn. She was the devoted wife of James M. Scott of Wakefield, whom she…

Published in the September 6, 2016 edition.

LYNN — Rita M. (Alexander) Wladkowski, 92, of Lynn, died Saturday, Sept. 3, at Life Care Center of the North Shore, following a brief illness.
She was wife of the late Edward J. Wladkowski, and the daughter of the late William and Laura (Carroll) Alexander.
Born and raised…

Published in the September 2, 2016 edition.

NORTH READING — Francis A. “Frank” White III, 59, of North Reading, formerly of Wakefield and Cape Cod, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016 after battling Multiple Myeloma for eight years.

Frank was the son of Frank White Jr. of Woburn and the late Martha (Flavin) White…

Published in the September 2, 2016 edition.

DANVERS — Arlene Elizabeth Carpenter passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, Aug. 30 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers.

Arlene was born on July 13, 1926 in Everett, the youngest of nine children of the late Mary and Frederick Fowler. She grew up in…