Wakefield Obituaries

WAKEFIELD — Jeanne M. Penney of Wakefield, died on Wednesday, June 10 in North Reading.

Born in Philadelphia, Pa. on Aug. 4, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Charlotte (Bardi) Wallace.

Ms. Penney had been a Wakefield resident since 1967. She was a retired hair dresser and was a member of…

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — John Erwin Stevens, 91, of Falls Church, Va., died on May 28 at Virginia Hospital Center after a short illness.

John was born in Camillus, N.Y., on Jan. 28, 1924, the only child of the late Gertrude Showalter Stevens and Erwin Archibald Stevens.

He received his undergraduate and master’s degrees in…

Engineer served in Navy during WWII

GARLAND, Maine — Winfred Thomas Hocking, 88, died on Friday, May 22, at home.

Tom was born Sept. 14, 1926, in Rockland, Maine, a son of Winfred and Katheryn (Andrews) Hocking.

He graduated from Wakefield High School in the Class of 1944 and served in the U.S. Navy during…

WAKEFIELD — Kevin D. Whitaker, 57, of Wakefield died suddenly June 5.

He was born in Arlington on May 29, 1958 and was the son of the late Lewis A. Whitaker Jr. and Denise A. (Sullivan) Cullen.

Mr. Whitaker was raised in Medford and attended Medford High School. He had been a Wakefield resident for…

WAKEFIELD — Margaret M. Connors, 85, of Wakefield died on Sunday, June 7, at the EPOCH of Melrose.

Born in Malden on April 26, 1930, she was the daughter of the late William S. and Marguerite (Moynihan) Sullivan.

Mrs. Connors was a graduate of Malden High School, Class of 1948. She had been a Wakefield…

DANVERS — Robert E. Kelly, 89, of Danvers, loving husband of Margaret M. (Rodden) Kelly, died on Monday, June 1, at the Lahey Medical Center in Burlington.

Mr. Kelly was born in Woburn on March 7, 1926 son of James J. and Mildred R. (Burns) Kelly. In 1943, he enlisted into the U.S. Navy and…

STONEHAM — Alice M. Conley, 92, of Stoneham died Sunday, June 7, in Melrose.

She was born in Wakefield on Sept. 29, 1922 and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Frances (Krzewicka) Kupiec. Mrs. Conley was raised in Wakefield and was a graduate of Wakefield High School, Class of 1940.

She later enlisted…

WAKEFIELD — Helen L. Murray, 87 of Wakefield died Sunday, June 7, in Peabody.

Mrs. Murray was born in Wakefield on June 28, 1927 and was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary A (Muise) Dulong. She had been a lifelong Wakefield resident and was a graduate of Wakefield High School, Class of 1945…

WAKEFIELD — Ronald Jude Martin, 70, of Wakefield died suddenly June 3.

Born in Somerville on Dec. 26, 1944, he was the son of the late Amanul F. and Grayce A. (Daniels) Martin.

Ronald was raised in Medford and was a graduate of Medford High School. He later graduated from the former Calvin Coolidge College…

TOPSFIELD — Virginia (Lund) Carisella Upton of Topsfield and formerly of Wakefield departed this world on Friday, May 1.

Born in Portland, Maine, Ginny was born to Ruth and Victor Lund on Sept. 8, 1928 in Portland, Maine. Mother Ruth passed when Ginny was 5 years old. Victor remarried and moved with wife Elizabeth and…

WESTON — Jane M. (Maher) Shores of Weston, formerly of Wakefield, passed away on June 2, 2015.

While raising a family of five, Jane went on to attain an associate’s degree in liberal arts with high honors from Mass. Bay Community College and a bachelor of arts summa cum laude from Framingham State College. She…

Possibly longest-tenured member of Wakefield Garden Club

MELROSE — Ann H. Cassidy, 103, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully at the age of 103 on Saturday, May 30 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.

Ann was born on September 21, 1911 in Lowell, the oldest of six children born to the late William and Ann (Maguire…