Wakefield Obituaries

Published in the December 11, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Elizabeth M. “Bette” Volpe, 92, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, Dec. 8.

Bette was born in Melrose on Aug. 15, 1923, one of two daughters of the late Angelo and Florence (Salipante) Volpe. Raised in Melrose, Bette graduated…

Published in the December 11, 2015 edition.

NOKOMIS, Fla. — Earl H. Christopher, 84, of Nokomis Fla., formerly of Lynnfield and Wakefield, passed away on Dec. 4, 2015 at his home in Nokomis.

Born in Wakefield on June 15, 1931 he was the son of Vito and Ruth Christopher.

Earl was raised in Wakefield with…

Published in the December 10, 2015 edition.

LYNNFIELD — Dorothea Marie (McCausland) Welling, formerly of Wakefield, died on Dec. 8 at the age of 98.

Dottie was born on Nov. 22, 1917 to a charismatic pharmaceutical salesman, Carl Enders and his beautiful Irish lass, Mamie Cahill. She spent her early years in Buffalo, N.Y. under…

Long-time member of St. Joseph Parish

Published in the December 9, 2015 edition

NAPLES, Fla. — Richard J. “Dick” Warchol, formerly of Wakefield, died peacefully at his Naples, Fla. home on Saturday, Dec. 5, at the age of 85. Born on Sept. 14, 1930, Dick leaves behind the love of his life, Barbara A. (Lynch…

Published in the December 8, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Virginia R. (Leear) DiPietro, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully at Genesis Wakefield Center on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, at age 80.

One of five children, Virginia was born in Boston on Nov. 1, 1935. She was the daughter of the late John E…

Published in the December 7, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD — John Michael Egan, 34, died peacefully on Dec. 4 after valiantly battling cancer.  John was born on Jan. 21, 1981 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital to his parents Paul F. and Patricia A. (Palmerino) Egan.

John was raised in Wakefield and graduated from Wakefield Memorial High School in…

Published in the December 7, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Josephine J. Zanotti, 92, a lifelong resident of Wakefield died Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. Born in Wakefield, she was the daughter of the late Corrado and Anita (Accolla) Mauceri.

Josephine was a graduate of Wakefield High School, class of 1942. She was also…

Published in the December 4, 2015 edition.

MEDFORD — Muriel Mavis Kane, a longtime resident of Wakefield died on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford.

Mrs. Kane had been a resident of the Courtyard Nursing Care Center in Medford for the past three years. She was married to Walter H. Kane…

Published in the December 1, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Allan G. “Dukie” Calderwood, 72, was called home to Heaven on Nov. 30 after a brief illness. Allen was born in Boston on June 27, 1943 to his beloved parents Allan and Catherine (Clark) Calderwood.

Despite being born developmentally disabled and against the odds, Allan lived…

Published in the November 30, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Lena J. (Muise) Brooks, 87, a longtime resident of Wakefield, entered into eternal life on Thursday, Nov. 26, at the Glen Ridge Nursing Care Center in Medford following an extended illness.

Lena was born in Wakefield on Sept. 7, 1928, a daughter of the late William…

Published in the November 30, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Anne E. (Boncek) Roberts, known as “Babchi Anne,” died on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 in Wakefield.

Anne was born April 24, 1916 in Greenfield, the daughter of John Boncek and Bolestava Murzn Boncek (Polish immigrants), settling in Greenfield. John was one of the co-founders and builder…

Held engineering positions in electronics industry

Published in the November 24, 2015 edition

NORTH READING — Larry A. Arena North Reading passed peacefully on November 21, 2015 after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. Born on September 11, 1932, he was the oldest of three children of John Arena and Rose Pietrafitta, both immigrants from Messina…