Wakefield Obituaries

Published in the January 14, 2016 edition.

PEABODY — Stella Rose (Knoff) Doucette, 85, of Peabody, died on Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Sawtelle Family Hospice House in Reading.

Born in Rockville, Conn., she was a graduate of Rockville High School in Connecticut and had been a Peabody resident since 1973. Mrs. Doucette enjoyed arts…

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Published in the January 13, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — Louise C. (Cancian) Bucci, 83, of Wakefield, formerly of East Boston, passed away on Monday, Jan. 11, at Lahey Hospital and Medical Clinic in Burlington, after a brief illness.
She was the cherished daughter of the late Charles and Edith…

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Published in the January 13, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — Lillian V. Olstinski, 91, a lifelong Wakefield resident, died Monday, Jan. 11, at her home.
Born in Hampton, Conn. on April 23, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Mary (Lesniewski) Olstinski.
Lillian was a graduate of Wakefield High…

Published in the January 12, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — David J. Bachelder, 80, of Wakefield passed away at his home on Monday, Jan. 11.

He was born in Everett on March 29, 1935, and was the son of the late Walter and Violet (Hann) Bachelder.

David was a graduate of Everett Vocational High School and…

Published in the January 12, 2016 edition.

ERLANGER, Ky. — Edward Kevin O’Connor, 85, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday, Dec. 18, in Erlanger, Ky.

He was born on April 2, 1930 in Wakefield to D. Frank and B. Gertrude O’Connor.

A proud graduate of Boston University and a Coast Guardsman during the…

Published in the January 11, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Arthur L. Ring, 97, of Wakefield died on Thursday, Jan. 7 at the Bear Hill Nursing Center in Wakefield.

Born in Newport, N.H. on Aug. 8, 1918, he was the son of the late Harold and Laura (Pinto) Ring.

Mr. Ring was raised in Wakefield and…

Published in the January 11, 2016 edition.

HAVERHILL — Amelia A. (Karambelas) Rizos, 92, a longtime resident of Haverhill, passed away on Jan. 7 at Wingate of Haverhill.

She was born in Haverhill on Sept. 9, 1923, daughter of the late Anastasios A. and Ioanna C. (Kiriazis) Karambelas.

Amelia graduated from Haverhill High School with…

Published in the January 11, 2016 edition.

DANVERS — Dorothy “Ann” (Joyce) Kelly of Danvers died on Dec. 31, 2015, at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers with her loved ones present.

She was the wife of the late Martin Michael Kelly.

She was born on Oct. 2, 1927, in Boston. She was the…

Published in the January 8, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Jean Mary Clark, 74, of Wakefield and formerly of Reading, died on Thursday, Jan. 7 at her residence.

Born in Somerville on Aug. 30, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Cosmo and Rose E. (Camelio) Fustolo.

Mrs. Clark was a graduate of Somerville High…

Published in the January 7, 2016 edition.

STONEHAM — Judy Ledonne passed away peacefully at her condo in Stoneham, Jan. 2, 2016. She was 78 years old. She was a graduated of Lynn Classical High school, class of 1955.

Judy was one of those people who did everything well. She received a nursing scholarship from Salem…

Published in the January 7, 2016 edition.

AMHERST, N.H. — Robert J. Green, 70, of Amherst, formerly of Hollis, N.H. and Melrose, passed peacefully at St. Joseph Hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 30 with his wife and family at his side.

He was born in Melrose on Jan. 19, 1945 and was the son of the…

Published in the January 7, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Anna Duffy-Murphy, 92, of Wakefield died on Jan. 3. She was the loving wife of the late Robert E. Murphy of Wakefield. She was the daughter of the late Peter and Delia (Geary) Duffy of South Boston. She was the sister of the late Rose (Joyce…