Obituaries

Joan M. Delaney

Jul 31, 2022

Joan M. (Coughlin) Delaney of South Weymouth, died July 31, 2022 at the age of 87.

Joan was a devoted grammar school teacher for Weymouth Public Schools for many years. She enjoyed spending summers in Falmouth.

She was the wife of the late Arthur R. Delaney. Sister of the late Jeremiah C. “Tiny” Coughlin and the late Margaret Bowers. Loving...

Ottavio Cerullo

Jul 31, 2022

Cerullo, Ottavio of Boston, died July 31, 2022. 

Mr. Cerullo attended East Boston High School and was a lifelong resident of East Boston.  Ottavio entered the Army when he was 18 years old.  He was stationed over in Japan during WWII.  During his time in the Army he earned a number of medals, and he was a double Purple...

George W. Riccio

Jul 31, 2022

George W. Riccio passed away after a day surrounded by his loved ones on Sunday, July 31, 2022, while holding his wife’s hand. He was 71 years old. 

He was born in Cambridge to Helena (DeVasto) and Arthur T. Riccio and raised in Somerville before his family moved to Hull in 1962 where he later graduated from Hull High...

Mark D. Arnold

Jul 30, 2022

Arnold, Mark D. of Weymouth, passed away unexpectedly on July 30, 2022. He was 56 years old.

Mark was born and raised in Weymouth to the late Charles and Setsu Arnold. Mark attended Weymouth Schools and graduated from Weymouth South High School in 1984. After graduation, Mark joined his family’s land surveying and engineering business, C.F. Arnold Associates, Inc. Mark...

Christine Rose (Knoll) Walsh

Jul 30, 2022

Christine Rose (Knoll) Walsh, born in 1927 in Jersey City, New Jersey to Ida and Edmund Knoll.

She moved to Chelsea as a young girl and there she attended elementary school. During the summers, her family would move to Great Brewster Island in Boston harbor where her father worked as a lobster fisherman. She would often reminisce about playing on...

Mary A. (Wallace) Joyce

Jul 29, 2022

Mary A. (Wallace) Joyce, of Quincy, formerly of South Boston, died peacefully on Friday, July 29, 2022, at Hancock Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Quincy. She was 85.  

Born in Boston on April 14, 1937, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Flaherty) Wallace. Mary was raised in South Boston and graduated from Gate of...

Christopher D. Willis

Jul 28, 2022

Christopher D. Willis of Hingham, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, July 28, 2022. He was 78.

Born in Quincy to Barbara L. (Johnson) and Russell Langdon Willis, Sr. and raised in Squantum. Christopher attended North Quincy High School. Shortly after graduating, he enlisted in the Coast Guard and served during the Vietnam War. He served for 20 years and achieved...

Nancy E. Macdonald

Jul 27, 2022

Nancy E. MacDonald, Age 57, of Quincy, MA passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, surrounded by her loving family and dear friends.

Nancy found joy through fitness and loved to wake up early for long runs. She found her love for running during her school years on the track team and carried that forward throughout her life, completing...

Ronald J. Frado

Jul 27, 2022

Mr. Ronald J. Frado, of Weymouth, passed away on July 27, 2022.

Born in Cambridge, a son of the late Edward and Ruth (Coash) Frado, Ron worked for many years as a salesman for Summit Motor Products and Market America. He spent his younger days very active, playing football, skiing and was in the Navy Reserves. He coached his daughters...

Ruth A. Boyle

Jul 26, 2022

Mrs. Ruth A. (DeViller) Boyle, of North Weymouth, passed away peacefully at the age of 93, surrounded by her loving family on July 26, 2022.  

Beloved wife of the late Peter E. Boyle. She was the proud mother of Janet L. Killinger and her husband James of Rockland, Peter M. Boyle and his wife Lily of Florida, Diane Chebator...

Margaret “Geri” (O’Keefe) Sheehan

Jul 25, 2022

Margaret “Geri” (O’Keefe) Sheehan of Weymouth passed peacefully on July 25, 2022. She was the beloved wife of the late John “Jack” Sheehan. 

The daughter of the late John and Margaret O’Keefe, Geri was born in Boston and raised in Roxbury, eventually moving to Braintree.  The oldest of nine children, she loved growing up in a busy, happy...

Mary Agnes Jordan

Jul 25, 2022

Mary Agnes Jordan of Quincy passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Monday, July 25, 2022. She was 95.

Mary was born in South Boston to Harriet (Macomber) and George Gallagher and raised in South Boston and Dorchester. She attended Girls’ High School in Roxbury and graduated in the class of 1944. She was lucky enough to grow...

Sandra E. Donnellan

Jul 25, 2022

Sandra E. (Gomez) Donnellan of Weymouth, died at home with her family by her side on July 25, 2022 at the age of 76.

Sandra was born and raised in Quincy and graduated from Quincy High School. She worked as a healthcare coordinator for South Shore VNA for many years. Her family was the focus of her life. She...

Frank P. Milano

Jul 25, 2022

Frank Paul Milano, of Quincy, formerly of Dorchester, passed away on July 25, 2022, surrounded by his loving family.  Frank was 90 years old and lived life to the fullest.  

Born in Boston on February 23, 1932, he was the son of the late Benny and Nancy (Falcetta) Milano. Frank grew up in Dorchester.  He was a devout Catholic...

Michael James Nally

Jul 24, 2022

Michael James Nally of Hingham died July 24, 2022 peacefully at home after a brief struggle with Cancer surrounded by his family with the salt air and the sound of the ocean in the background. He was 61 years old.

Michael was born on February 6, 1961 in Salem, MA to parents Joseph A. Nally and Margaret (Bane) Nally. He...

Richard Alan “Dickie” Melanson

Jul 23, 2022

Richard Alan “Dickie” Melanson of Kingston, formerly of Hingham, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, July 23, 2022.

He was born in Weymouth to Lillian (Winecoff) and John Melanson and raised in Hingham.  He met the love of his life, Carol (LaRocco) in their junior year at Hingham High School.  A few years after graduating, they were...

James C. White

Jul 23, 2022

James C. White “Jim” , of Quincy, formerly of Kenova, WV, died peacefully at home with his family on Saturday, July 23,2022. He was 91.

Born in Huntington, WV, February 7, 1931, he was the son of the late Clyde and Anne  White (Treadwell) and brother to the late Jack White and late Jean Bailey.  Jim was raised in WV...

John “Jack” Coash

Jul 22, 2022

John “Jack” Coash, of South Daytona, Florida, formerly of Port Orange, Florida and Hull, Massachusetts, died peacefully on Friday, July 22, 2022. He was 84. 

Born in Boston on March 6, 1938, he was the son of the late William Henry and Thelma Gertrude (Brown) Coash. Jack was raised in Weymouth and Hull, attended local schools, and graduated from...

Catherine Casna

Jul 22, 2022

Catherine Casna, age 88, of Braintree passed away peacefully on July 22nd.

Catherine was one of ten children born to the late John and Gladys Flaherty originally of Boston.

Catherine was a graduate of Mission Hill High School in Roxbury, class of 1950.  Catherine began her long  bookkeeping career at Footjoy Company in Brockton and later finished her career until...

Stephanie Ocko

Jul 22, 2022

Born in Newport, RI on 6/11/1936, Stephanie passed away on 7/22/2022, in Quincy, MA. An alumna of Simmons College, Boston University and the Harvard Extension School, she worked with the Foreign Service in the African Congo during the 1960’s, before settling in Boston.  A life-long researcher, writer, traveler and voracious learner, Stephanie was the author of two environmental books, five...