Obituaries

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Jacqueline A. Trimper

Jacqueline A. Trimper “Jackie” 50, of Quincy, formerly of Sudbury, passed away peacefully, December 31, 2016, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was the loving mother of Matthew Trimper of Quincy, the daughter of Vilma and the…

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Silvio D’Arcangelo

Silvio James D’Arcangelo, age 82, of Holbrook, passed away December 19, 2016. Formerly of Mattapan, Silvio was the son of the late Carmela (Zingale) D’Arcangelo and Luciano D’Arcangelo. He is also predeceased by his siblings Isadore D’Arcangelo, Clelia Arata and…

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Patricia Ann Welch

Patricia Ann Welch, 63, of Salem lost her battle with cancer and passed peacefully on December 26, 2016 at Kaplan Hospice House in Danvers, surrounded by family. Born June 3, 1953 in Brighton, Mass., Patti was a lifelong resident of…

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Charles Malcolm Maag

Charles Malcolm Maag (Charlie), age 87, of Saugus, passed away peacefully at his home. Born in Lynn, Mass., he was the son of the late Charles William and Evelyn (Hadley) Maag and the brother of the late Doris Macedo. Charles…

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Gene Dunifon

Gene Russell Dunifon, born in Detroit, Michigan, died peacefully at the age of 92 surrounded by family and pastor. Gene proudly served in the Navy as a mechanical engineer based in the Aleutian Islands near Alaska and spent more than…

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Malcolm E. “Eddie” Skinner Jr.

Malcolm E. “Eddie” Skinner Jr. slipped away peacefully on December 17, 2016 at Merrimack Valley Hospice in Haverhill after a long illness. He was the beloved son of the late Mary Dobbie Skinner and Malcolm E. Skinner Sr. He was…

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Roberta Gittens

Roberta Ann (Burke) Gittens, 65, of Medford, died peacefully with her son and daughter by her side, on December 14, 2016 after a short intense battle with multiple cancers. Born and raised in Malden, she was predeceased by her parents…

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Donald Connors

Donald Connors passed away at home in Medford, Massachusetts, on 11/29/2016. Donald was known by many and loved by even more. He had a crazy funny personality that made everyone laugh. He had a big heart and will be missed…

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Carolyn Bryan Kirkpatrick

Carolyn Bryan Kirkpatrick, 96, died in peace as the super moon rose on November 13, 2016, in Newton, Massachusetts. She loved every minute of life and was she always interested and curious about everyone and everything that was happening around…

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Joan Barrieault

Joan Barrieault 59 of Fitchburg, Ma passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on November 17 2016. Joan was born in Fitchburg MA on March 21, 1959 to Joseph Belliveau and Louise De Barge, she leaves behind her daughter Megan…

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Allen Sweet

Allen Sweet of Wellesley, MA, formerly of Brookline MA, passed peacefully at the age of 87 on November 25, 2016 at Parmenter Hospice House in Wayland MA after a long and courageous battle with multiple cancers. He is survived by…

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Claire M. Dunn

Claire M. Dunn, 81, passed away on November 17, 2016. She was a life long resident of Malden and loved spending time with her grandchildren. She loved going to flea markets, and being around people. She was a very dedicated…

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George Newell Salie III

George Newell Salie III, 57, died peacefully on November 8, 2016. He was born and raised in Malden, Mass., but was a longtime resident of Hampstead, N.H. He was the son of George Salie and the late Joan Salie; brother…

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Robert C. Sheperd Sr.

Robert C. Sheperd Sr., 72, of Greenfield on November 13, 2016 died peacefully with his family around him. He was the husband of Karen Sheperd, father of Robert Jr., the late Jennifer McLoud Griffin, and Johanna Sheperd; grandfather of Robert…

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Robert “Bob” Conway

Robert “Bob” D. Conway, 73, died peacefully on November 4, 2016. He was a longtime resident of Everett and most recently of Wakefield. He was the brother of Sandra DiLeo of San Jose, CA and the late Larry Conway of…

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Phyllis Starbuck Hastings

  Phyllis Starbuck Hastings, age 90, of Amherst, MA, died peacefully on Nov. 6. Phyllis had recently been living at Springhouse in Jamaica Plain. Phyllis was born in Cambridge, MA, on Feb. 1, 1926, to Ruth (Carley) and Robert B….

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Arthur “Art” B. White Jr.

Arthur B. White, Jr., son of the late Arthur B. White, Sr. and Geraldine Dagle White, was born in Haverhill, MA on March 15, 1937. He passed away on Nov 8, 2016 at his home in Saugus, MA after fighting…

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Alfred “Fred” DiDonato

Alfred “Fred” DiDonato, died peacefully at Seaview Retreat in Rowley on November 6, 2016. He was 75 years old. Fred was born in Boston and raised in Revere. He worked with the Medford and Revere Police Departments before he started…

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Ernel “Ernie” D. Perry

Ernel D. Perry (“Ernie”) of Dorchester passed peacefully on October 30, 2016. Born in Jamaica, Ernie worked through a series of jobs in his home country and England to save enough money to achieve his life long dream of moving…

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Carol Ross

Carol Ross, long-time resident of Woburn, died unexpectedly on October 29, 2016. She was the loving mother of George Ross and LeeAnn Small and her husband, Alan; grandmother of five and great-grandmother of three. Carol loved gardening and helping other…

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