Wakefield Obituaries

Published in the July 18, 2016 edition.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Bernice “Bernie” Plaza, 93, of Manchester, N.H., passed away at Mount Carmel Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on Friday, July 15.

She was born in Somerville on Dec. 3, 1922, the daughter of Hans and Bernice (Schofield) Wackrow. She had been a New Hampshire resident since…

Published in the July 18, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — James A. Roberto, 65, of Wakefield and Florida, died accidentally on Wednesday, July 13.

Born in Melrose on Oct. 31, 1950, he was the son of the late James and Florence (Delviso) Roberto.

James was a graduate of Wakefield Memorial High School, Class of 1968. He…

Published in the July 18, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — James A. Adamczyk, 91, of Wakefield, died Thursday, July 14, at the Winchester Hospital.

Born in Tewksbury on July 23, 1924 he was the son of the late John J. and Grace (Goodsnider) Adamczyk.

Mr. Adamczyk was raised in Boston and later enlisted in the Merchant…

Published in the July 14, 2016 edition.

MELROSE — Alice (Baumgart) Artzberger, 90, died Tuesday July 12 at Oosterman’s Rest Home in Melrose.

Alice was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa. and was also a former longtime resident of Greenville, Pa., Framingham and Ft. Myers, Fla.

She was the beloved wife of the late Louis…

Published in the July 13, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Irma (Tobin) Widomski, 69, a resident of Wakefield for more than 45 years, died at Tufts Medical Center, Boston on Monday morning.
Born and raised in Malden and graduate of Malden High Class of 1965, Mrs. Widomski operated Widomski Court Reporting Services for many years.
She…

Published in the July 8, 2016 edition.

 WAKEFIELD — Warren J. Bowen, 85, of Wakefield, formerly of Reading, Tewksbury and Arlington, died Wednesday, July 6.

Born in Medford on Nov. 27, 1930, he was the son of the late John and Margaret (Condon) Bowen.

Warren was born and raised in Arlington, where he was a…

Philanthropist active was a longtime Wakefield resident

Published in the July 5, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — Robert W. Cerretani of Wakefield passed away June 28 in Wakefield at the age of 77.
He was born on March 14, 1939 and was the son of the late Orlando and Marion (Steeves) Cerretani.
Robert was a graduate…

Devoted mother of two daughters

Published in the July 5, 2016 edition

BILLERICA — Suzanne C. Grenier, a woman who was devoted to her two daughters, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Saturday morning, July 2. She was 42 years old.
Suzanne was born in Newton. She was raised and educated in Burlington and…

Published in the July 1, 2016 edition.

WOBURN — Albert A. “Allie” Brown, 70, of Woburn died on Monday, June 18, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Mr. Brown was the beloved friend of Tammy Sheehan, and the loving father of Denise Bennett and the grandfather of Christopher Brown and Ashley LaPlante, all of Lowell…

Korean War veteran was principal of high school

Published in the June 29, 2016 edition

PEABODY — Raymond U. “Ray” Osborne, 87, of Brooksby Village in Peabody, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, June 21.
Ray is survived by his loving wife Esther (Cornwell). They recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary, but their lifelong…

Published in the June 28, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Marjorie J. “Margie” McGuire, 92, a lifelong Wakefield resident, died Thursday, June 23, at the Bear Hill Nursing Home.

Born in Wakefield on Oct. 22, 1923, she was the daughter of late Arthur and Mary R. (Doucette) McGuire.

Margie was both raised and educated in Wakefield…

Published in the June 27, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Daniel G. Flynn, 60, of Wakefield and formerly of Revere, died at Whidden Memorial Hospital in Everett on Thursday, June 23.

Born in Boston, Mr. Flynn was a graduate of Revere High School.

Daniel was a Master Electrician and owned and operated Flynn Electric Inc. for…