John Priestley, Jr. Architect, Decorated Veteran, Former Beacon Hill Resident John W. Priestley, Jr. of Bourne, a former 30 year resident of Beacon Hill,ت died on March 11. He was a graduate of Milton High School and the Rhode Island School of Design.ت A proud World War II Air Force veteran who served as First...
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Obituaries 02-05-2013
Nicandra ʺNikkiʺ Louise Nassar Attorney and Volunteer, Of Boston, formerly of North Andover Nicandra ʺNikkiʺ Louise Nassar of Boston, formerly of North Andover, died peacefully on January 26, 2013 after a courageous and long battle with breast cancer. She was born in Lawrence on August 26, 1955, daughter of Beverly (DeCesare) and James J....
Obituaries 12-04-2012
Rogina Louisa Haase Jeffries Active volunteer in neighborhood Rogina Louisa Haase Jeffries of Boston, loving wife since 1989 of Stephen Benjamin Jeffries and mother of Julia Preston Faulkner Jeffries, age 12, and Philip John Roosevelt Jeffries, age 10, passed away on Nov. 11, after a long illness. Mrs. Jeffries was devoted to her immediate...
Obituaries 09-11-2012
Katherine Duggan Brookline Resident Katherine (Marcellino) Duggan of Brookline, formerly of Milton, died on September 7. She was the loving mother of Amy M. Duggan of Brookline, devoted grandmother of Maeve K. Laslie of Brookline, sister of Donna Marcellino of Olympia, WA, Lora Sheptyck of Eastham, Samuel Marcellino of Ohio, Thomas Marcellino of New...
Obituaries 08-07-2012
William Franklin Yates William Franklin Yates of Boston and Little Compton, RI, died on Friday, July 27 surrounded by his family. He was 79 years old. Born September 1, 1932 in Berlin, NH to James Andrew Yates and Harriet Hall Yates Tyson, he was raised in Sherborn, Massachusetts, graduated from Nobles and Greenough in...
Obituaries 05-22-2012
Joan ‘Marilyn’ Fenn Beacon Hill Resident Joan “Marilyn” M. (Egan), Fenn of Boston’s Beacon Hill, formerly of Winchester and Chatham, died on Saturday, May 12. Born in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of the late Mary (Caldwell) and Joseph Egan, she was the loving wife of Donald E. Fenn, beloved mother of Roger Fenn and...
Obituaries 10-25-2011
Barbara Livingston Hally Contributing writer for Beacon Hill Times Barbara Livingston Hally of Boston died on October 18. She was 93 years old. Born to Mary Bolles Livingston and Harry Angus Livingston in Jamaica Plain, she was the loving widow of the late John R. Hally, Esquire. Mrs. Hally was a graduate of Holyoke High...
Obituaries 03-29-2011
Beatrice Lombardi Coyne Longtime West End resident Longtime West End resident Beatrice Lombardi Coyne died in Brighton on March 11. She was 89. Born on Nov. 4, 1921, Mrs. Coyne was raised in the Orient Heights section of East Boston. She married the late James F. Coyne in 1950. Four years later, the couple...
Obituaries 01-25-2011
Jean Abrams Roberts Of Belmont, formerly of Boston Jean Abrams Roberts of Belmont, formerly of Boston, died on Dec. 30, 2010, after a long illness. She was 91 years old. Mrs. Roberts was born in Bradford, Pa., in 1919 and graduated from Skidmore College in 1940 with an English major. She subsequently moved to...
Obituaries 11-15-2010
Disque D. Deane Innovative financier and developer of Starrett City Disque D. Deane died in Boston on Nov. 8. He was 89. Mr. Deane was one of the most innovative and creative financiers on Wall Street. One of his more prestigious accomplishments was his revolutionary approach to sale-leaseback transactions. He was a senior partner...