Wakefield Obituaries

Will be missed, celebrated and remembered

SANDOWN, NH — Mary Elizabeth Steele, passed away peacefully in her home in Sandown, NH on Sunday morning, February 9 with her wife Alison and her sister in law Ellen by her side. She had many visits with family and friends during her end of life. She was 72…

Enjoyed fishing and hunting

MELROSE — John C. “Nick” Manganaro, a longtime resident of Melrose passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 8 at age 91.

Nick was born in Chelsea on October 20, 1933, son of the late John and Caroline (Dinardi) Manganaro. Raised and educated in Melrose, Nick met fellow Melrose native Barbara Gentile…

Loved writing

WAKEFIELD — Elizabeth Knudsen, age 88 of Wakefield passed away on Wednesday, February 4 at the CareOne Nursing Center in Wilmington.

She was born in New York City on January 13, 1937 and was the daughter of the late Edmund and Ruth (Nickerson) Greacen. She grew up in a family of artists her…

Loved family, sports and travel

WAKEFIELD — John B. Shevlin, Jr. of Wakefield passed away peacefully at his residence surrounded by his family on February 1. He was 79 years old.

John was born in New London, CT on October 23, 1945 and was the son of the late John B. “Jack” Shevlin and the late…

Avid reader who loved the Patriots and playing Bingo

WAKEFIELD — Eleanor “Joyce” Oates, 99, a longtime resident of Wakefield died unexpectedly at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Monday, February 3.

Born in Saugus, January 27, 1926, she was the daughter of the late John F. and Helen (Hibbett) Donahue. Joyce was a graduate of Saugus…

US Army veteran

WAKEFIELD — Thomas H. Collins, 90, of Wakefield passed away peacefully on February 3. Born on December 13, 1934 in Wakefield, Tom was the son of the late Jacob and Elizabeth (White) Collins. He was one of 14 children all of whom predeceased him.

Tom attended Melrose High School and went on…

Extremely loving, compassionate and caring

WAKEFIELD — Elizabeth Ann (Smith) Cassier, age 81 of Wakefield passed away peacefully and surrounded by loved ones on January 20.
She was born in Melrose on November 6, 1943 and was the daughter of the late Leonard P. and Elizabeth (Emro) Smith. Elizabeth “Beth” was raised in Middleton and graduated…

Avid golfer

WAKEFIELD — Anne R. Filoramo, age 91 of Wakefield died January 30 in Winchester. She was born in Wakefield on October 2,1933 and was the daughter of the late Nunzio and Liberta (Radocchio) Luciano. She was graduate of Wakefield High School, Class of 1951.

She was a career banker and had worked for…

Loved Irish music and fixing things

WAKEFIELD — Peter A. Sullivan, age 85 of Wakefield passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, January 15 at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.

Peter was born in Malden on May 5, 1939 and was the son of the late Peter and Elizabeth (Dennehy) Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan was raised…

WHS graduate coached hockey and belonged to Bear Hill

STONEHAM — Billie MacKay, age 94, of Stoneham, a former long-time Wakefield resident, passed away peacefully at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on January 25.

He was born in Winchester on March 17, 1930 and was the son of the late Frank and Margaret (McMahon) MacKay.

Billie was…

Wakefield resident graduated from Melrose High

WAKEFIELD — Thomas Lamson of Wakefield died January 25th, 2025 at Winchester Hospital.  He was 65 years old.

Tom was born in Malden, July 22, 1959. He was the son of Harold Owen and Genevieve (Quill).

Raised in Melrose, he was a graduate of Melrose High School, class of…