Obituaries

Kristen L. Grossman

Nov 21, 2023

Kristen Louise Grossman

July 31, 1974 – November 21, 2023

Kristen L. (Blasberg) Grossman of Hingham, MA, passed from this world on November 21, 2023, after a courageous battle with colon cancer. She was 49. 

Beloved wife of Joshua S. Grossman of Hingham. Devoted mother to Theo W. Grossman and Tessa L. Grossman both of Hingham. Cherished daughter of...

Janice R. (Smith) Golden

Nov 20, 2023

Janice R. (Smith) Golden, of Rockland, passed away on November 20, 2023. She was 74.

Loving mother of Neil M. Golden of Watertown.

Sister of Daniel Smith of Baltimore, MD.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to greet the family during the visitation on Saturday, December 16th, from 1-3PM in the McDonald Keohane Funeral Home SOUTH WEYMOUTH at 809...

J Cischke

Nov 19, 2023

Cischke, J (f/k/a Barb) of Hingham, passed away on November 19, 2023, after a long battle with breast cancer.  He was 75.

J was born into poverty as Barbara Jean in Michigan in 1948.  As the oldest of six, J cared for his younger siblings while his mom worked until he left home at age 15.  J went on to...

Robert C. Lecomte

Nov 19, 2023

Robert C. Lecomte (1952-2023)

Robert Lecomte (aged 71) passed away peacefully at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, MA on November 19, 2023 surrounded by his loving family.

Robert loved spending time with his family and friends.  He loved the outdoors, fishing, biking, gardening, hiking in Acadia National Park, and long walks with his wife. He enjoyed a good bottle of...

Helen K. Doran

Nov 19, 2023

Doran, Helen K. (Brazel) of Hingham, formerly of Quincy and Braintree, died surrounded by her family on November 19, 2023.

Helen was a strong and independent woman who was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada and moved to Boston by herself as a young adult. There she met her beloved husband, Joe, and started their  family. She was a caring...

Edmund James Babcock

Nov 19, 2023

Edmund James Babcock, Sr., 66, of Hull, passed away peacefully in the presence of family and loved ones, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston on Sunday November 19th, 2023 at 4:57pm, as a result of complications from an ongoing heart condition. 

Edmund “Eddy”, was a lifelong Hull resident, where he spent most of his days among family and...

Nancy Ruth Carroll

Nov 19, 2023

Nancy Ruth Carroll of Weymouth, MA, but forever a force from South Boston, moved on to eternal peace on November 19, 2023 after 82 years of defying the odds and spreading such a zest for life to those who were blessed to be in her path that she will be welcomed with open arms into the kingdom of heaven to...

June E. Holmes

Nov 18, 2023

June E. Holmes went home to be with the Lord on November 18, 2023.  She was born in South Boston, MA and then became a resident of Quincy, MA. June was married to Walter Holmes for 75 years and together had 6 children. She cherished her children and grandchildren to the fullest.   

During World War II, June took a...

Edward L. Sparda

Nov 18, 2023

Edward L. Sparda, of Weymouth, passed away peacefully at his daughter Robin’s home surrounded by his loving family on November 18, 2023. He was 81 years old.

Born in 1942 in Weymouth, he was the son of the late Balfiore and Isis Eleanor (Tonnesen) Sparda. He was the grandson of the late Tommaso Sparda and the late Concetta Mattarochia. Ed...

Brian P. Mahoney Sr.

Nov 18, 2023

Brian P. Mahoney Sr., of Marshfield, nearly a lifelong resident of Quincy, passed away on Saturday, November 18, 2023.  He was 82.

He was born in Winchester to Bridget (Linehan) and Daniel J. Mahoney. At a very young age, Brian and family moved to Quincy where he would spend the remainder of most of his life.  He graduated from...

Ronald Leo Gasper

Nov 18, 2023

Ronald Leo Gasper, of Hingham, formerly of Bellingham, passed away on Saturday, November 18, 2023, after a long and valiant battle against cancer.  He was 80 years old.

Ron was born in Port Washington, Wisconsin on September 10, 1943, and was the son of the late Leo Michael and Lucille Anne (Krier) Gasper. Ron grew up on the family farm...

Andrzej Lipinski

Nov 18, 2023

Andrzej Lipinski, age 50, sadly passed away on November 18, 2023. Originally from Rybalty, Poland, Andrzej came to Boston in 1993. In 1994, he married Agnieszka (Szwejkus), who he met in Poland before he moved to USA. Him and Agnieszka had Martina, their only child in 1996. Andrzej and his family moved to Braintree in the early 2000s and have...

Leo Ward

Nov 18, 2023

Mr. Leo Ward, of Weymouth, passed away in his home on November 18, 2023. He was 95. Born and raised in Weymouth, a son of the late Edmund and Margaret (Smith) Ward, Leo was a lifelong resident of Weymouth. 

He worked for South Chrysler in Braintree for many years as an auto mechanic.

Leo was the brother of the...

Marie (Maria) Monterosso Bak

Nov 17, 2023

Marie (Maria) Monterosso Bak, 97, of Hingham passed away on November 17, 2023, after a short stay at the Pat Roche Hospice.  Marie was born in New Britain, CT, the daughter of Sicilian immigrants Angelina (Arangio) and Francesco Monterosso, and the younger sister of the late Anthony Monterosso, Esq.

Marie leaves her daughter, Marcia Buccitelli, a long-time local attorney, and...

Sarah A. “Sally” Herzig

Nov 17, 2023

Sarah A. “Sally” (Tosney) Herzig, age 82, of Hingham passed away peacefully at home on November 17, 2023.

She was predeceased by her husband of 51 years, Frederick J. Herzig Jr. and her sister Christine (Tosney) Clingan.  Sally is survived by her daughter Kathleen “Katie” Herzig, Ph.D. and her partner Levi Braslow, her grandpup Max, her sister Margaret “Peggy” (Tosney)...

William Hugh Mcginness

Nov 17, 2023

William Hugh McGinness, of Quincy, died peacefully on Friday, November 17, 2023, at the Royal Braintree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 88.

William was born in Cambridge on March 12, 1935 and was the son of the late William H. McGinness and Anne (Maytum) McGinness.

Bill was raised in Cambridge and was a proud graduate of Rindge Tech. He...

Brian Ernest Jones

Nov 17, 2023

Renowned organist and choir director Brian E. Jones, whose tenure as Music Director of Trinity Church in the City of Boston spanned two decades, passed away peacefully on November 17, 2023 at Hospice House, in Lincoln. He was 80.

A native of Duxbury, Massachusetts, with New England family roots extending back to the seventeenth century, Brian’s larger-than-life personality and outsized...

Louis P. Gangi

Nov 17, 2023

Mr. Louis P. Gangi, (85) of Weymouth, passed away suddenly on November 17, 2023.

Louis was an owner and operator of Pete’s Bar and Grille in Quincy for 65 years starting at the young age of 19.

Growing up in Quincy, he enjoyed and had fond memories of being a Boy Scout.  A 1957 graduate of Archbishop William High School...

Kenneth Knudsen

Nov 16, 2023

Knudsen, Kenneth “Kenny” of Rockland, passed away unexpectedly on November 16, 2023 after a short illness, at the age of 74 with loved ones by his side.

Kenny was the first baby born on New Year’s Day in 1949 in the town of Weymouth to Robert and Barbara (James) Knudsen. He is preceded in death by his parents, as well...

Anna M. (Gentile) Orsie

Nov 16, 2023

Orsie, Anna M. (Gentile) of Braintree, formerly of S. Boston, passed away on November 16, 2023 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was 87 years old.

Born in Carbondale, PA to Italian immigrants, Anna was one of eight children to the late Dominic and Teresa (Zaccone) Gentile.

Anna was known to her family has being the matriarch of the...