OBITUARIES
West Roxbury, MA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for West Roxbury, MA, Suffolk County & Surrounding Areas
Inez (Canale) Jackson
Aug 29, 2018
Inez "Chickie" Jackson, would like to let you know that her work here is done. She received a call, a type of offer you can't refuse, for an appointment that she will not be returning from. This assignment comes with a huge sign-on bonus, a reunion with family and friends she has not seen in a long time, and...
Mary Jane (Leonard) Hunter
Aug 28, 2018
Mary Jane (Leonard) Hunter, 90, of Holliston, MA died Aug, 28 2018 at Riverbend Nursing Facility in Natick, MA from breast cancer. Born in 1928 in Jamestown, NY, she had a long and eventful life. After raising her children, Sara, Martha, John, Jr. and Susan in Maplewood, New Jersey, along with her ex-husband John Hunter she lived in Iran...
Yuliya K Drugak
Aug 27, 2018
Yuliya Drugak Yuliya passed away on August 27th 2018at the age of 37 at Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston after a month of struggle following a very tragic event. She was born in Minsk, Belarus on October 26th 1980 and came to the United States at the age of 16. Yuliya graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor...
Julianne Mccabe
Aug 26, 2018
Julianne McCabe, Age 26, of Roslindale, passed away suddenly, in her home on Sunday, August 26, 2018. Beloved mother of Michael McCabe. Loving daughter of Michael McCabe of Roslindale. Devoted sister of Katelyn of Roslindale and Tracey of Bristol, RI. Julianne is also survived by her Nana Dorothy McCabe of West Roxbury, Aunts Janet O'Keefe of Millis, Karen Kelley...
Diane M. Dufault
Aug 24, 2018
In Loving Memory Diane Dufault 1954 - 2018 Filmmaker, Photographer, Artist Diane Dufault, an acclaimed artist, photographer and documentary filmmaker who worked on the award-winning PBS American Masters series, passed away at her home in Arlington, MA on Friday, August 24 after a brief illness. She was 63. A New York City resident for more than 30 years, Diane's...
Sam Cornish
Aug 20, 2018
Sam Cornish, Boston's first poet laureate, who championed the poetry " 'of where you are'--poems that touched readers physically and emotionally, politically and spiritually," died August 20, the Boston Globe reported. He was 82. During his tenure from 2008 to 2014, "he visited schoolchildren and senior centers, encouraging all he met to embrace the poems they were drawn to,...
William Walker
Aug 16, 2018
Walker, William T., 63, of Hyde Park, formerly of West Roxbury, died Thursday, August 16, 2018. William graduated with high honors from Roxbury Latin School in 1973 and attended Amherst College until he suffered a traumatic brain injury during a motor vehicle accident later that same year. For the past several years, William participated in MAB Community Services programs...
Gregorio Osorio
Aug 16, 2018
Gregorio (Greg) Osorio Malave aged 48, died on Wednesday August 15, 2018 12:59pm at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Greg was born on May 1, 1970 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico to Gregorio & Ana Osorio. Greg was oldest of four children, Luis, Manuel and Enrique. Greg was a loving father of Cindy Annie Osorio and wonderful grandfather of two...
Philip F. Minervino
Aug 13, 2018
Philip F. Minervino of Holliston (formerly of Weston and Cambridge) succumbed to cancer at his home August 13, 2018. A life long lover of things of beauty; he was a critically acclaimed architect, designer, antique toy collector and a builder of stone walls. Born in Brooklyn, NY to Georgia and Vincent Minervino in 1936. The first High School graduate...
Carolina (Caballero Castillo) Drummond
Aug 10, 2018
Carolina (Caballero Castillo) Drummond, of Bellingham, formerly ofBocas Del Toro, Panama, died August 10, 2018. Beloved wife of Edward N. Drummond. Funeral services private.
Frederic Mark Alper
Aug 9, 2018
Frederic M. Alper passed away on August 9 after a long illness. He was 79. Fred rose to prominence as the president and later chairman of Morris Alper, Inc., one of the largest food brokerage companies in the country. As the third generation of his family to lead the business founded by his grandfather, Fred presided over a period...
Mary Theresa (Rinn) Robbins
Aug 8, 2018
ROBBINS, Mary Theresa (Rinn). In Norfolk, formerly of Roslindale, died August 8, 2018. Beloved wife of the late Franklyn T. Robbins. Loving mother of Paul R. and his wife Danielle Robbins of Florida, Patricia A. and her husband William G. Fitzgerald of Norfolk, Terese M. Robinson of Quincy, and Diane R. and her husband Patrick Collins of Franklin. Sister...
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