Obituary Listing

Mar 27, 2017

RYAN, Nora A. (O'Brien) Of Watertown, formerly of Lexington, March 27, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Robert M. Ryan. Loving mother of Joseph G. and his significant other Bern'Nadette Knight of Troy, VA and Elaine F. Bowe and her husband Timothy of Boston. Cherished grandmother of Becca Bowe of Brookline. Born and raised in Somerville, Nora entered the religious...

Mar 24, 2017

BRIERE, Joseph C. of Somerville in Lexington March 24, 2017. Beloved husband of Rosemary A. (Paratore) Briere. Loving father of Rodney C. and his wife Mara of Bedford and Kevin J. and his wife Laura of Lincoln, NH and the late Jerome A. Briere. Cherished grandfather of Chauntè, Mikayla, Andreeà and Erika Briere. Dear brother of Gilberta Laliberte of Manville,...

Mar 24, 2017

SKINNER Joseph C. of Lexington March 24, 2017 Beloved Husband of Carole A (Siriani) Skinner. Father of Atty John Skinner of Billerica, Brian Skinner of Cape Cod and his Stepdaughter Cheryl Findlay of Lexington. Also survived by 3 Grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Visiting hours at The Douglass Funeral Home 51 Worthen Road Lexington on Tuesday March 28th from...

Mar 24, 2017

Giuseppe "Joe" Albanese, 81, went gently into the Lord's Arms on March 24, 2017 , after a courageous battle.  Giuseppe passed away in his home with his beloved wife, Virginia (Bumbaca) and his children by his side.  Giuseppe came to the United States from Italy in 1960 at the age of 24, where he raised a family...

Mar 23, 2017

BELCIK, Marjorie P. (Dupont) Of Lexington March 23, 2017. Beloved wife of the late John C. Belcik. Loving mother of Patricia A. Belcik of Bartlett NH, Michael J. Belcik and his wife Claire of New Zealand, Kathleen M. Belcik of Bartlett NH, Jean A. Phelan and her husband Timothy of Dunstable and Suzanne M. DeCarlo and her husband Joseph of...

Mar 22, 2017

BETTACCHI, Karen Z. (Zahniser) of Lexington, MA, Bakers Mills, NY and Nantucket, MA was born April 16, 1943 in Hyattsville, MD and died March 22, 2017 of complications from Alzheimer's disease.

Beloved wife of Robert J. Bettacchi. Loving mother of Gabrielle Rogers of Marblehead and Andrea Urban...

Mar 20, 2017

TORCI, Domenick L. of Lexington March 20, 2017, at home with his family after a brief illness, aged 90 years. Dom was born December 4, 1926 in Boston, son of the late John and Pierina (Castano) Torci of Italy. Loving Husband of the Late Roselyn M. Torci (Maccini). Father of David R. Torci and his Partner Glenda Cresto, Stephen D....

Mar 19, 2017

HANSON, Drusilla (Cupp) of Lexington March 19, 2017. Beloved wife of Ralph E. Hanson. Loving daughter of Stephen Cupp of Lexington and the late Frances E. (Taylor) Cupp. Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church 1580 Mass Ave Lexington on Thursday March 23rd at 11AM. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours at...

Mar 18, 2017

In loving memory of Joseph J. Hansen who passed away on March 18, 2017 at age 83. Beloved husband of Elizabeth Hansen.  Loving father of Margaret Hansen, Julie Hansen Balerna, and Eric Hansen, and father-in-law of Noha Tohamy Hansen and George Balerna.  Cherished grandfather of Alexandra and Michael Balerna, Naveen and Ela Jain, and Zane Hansen.

Raised...

Mar 18, 2017

HAROULES, Sylvia R. (Ripley) of Concord, former of Lexington March 18, 2017. Beloved wife of George G. Haroules. Loving mother of Dianne H. Tarabelli and her husband Joseph of New Seabury, Gabrielle H. Fecteau and her husband Douglas A. of South Hamilton, Mark G. and his wife Alice of Westford, Bryan J. and his wife Karen of Freedom, N.H. Stephen...

Mar 17, 2017

MORLEY, Lorna J. of Lexington, passed away peacefully after a brief illness on March 17, 2017.  Loving mother of Caroline (Chris) I. Kluchman and her husband David.  Cherished grandmother to Collin, Alex and Caleb. Wise older sister of Anthony of Minneapolis and predeceased by her sister Christina Borden, and brother Woodbridge. Also survived by many loving grand nieces and nephews. ...

Mar 14, 2017

HAYDEN, Agnes C. (Sheridan) of Lexington March 14th, 2017. Beloved wife of the late John F. Hayden. Loving mother of John J. and his wife Pamella Ford of Lexington, Moira K. Sheffield of Bedford and Seana E. Hayden and her husband Dan Weisbach of Seattle Washington. Cherished grandmother of Kayla and James Sheffield, Caitlyn Hayden and Ben Weisbach. Dear sister...

Mar 14, 2017

WEERTS, Joseph A. of Lexington March 14, 2017. Joseph Alfred Weerts was born September 17, 1918 in Gulpen in the providence of Limburg, the Netherlands. The son of the late Nicolaas and Marie Weerts. As a teenager he surreptitiously joined The Royal Dutch Marines and spent 17 years in service during World War 2. He immigrated to the United...

Mar 12, 2017

PIANTEDOSI, Gertrude M. (Auld) of Lexington March 12, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Albert R. Piantedosi. Loving mother of Raymond R. and his wife Marcy of Shelburn IN, Janice E. Lefebvre and her late husband Alcid of Gilford, NH. and Cindy M. Adams and her husband Donald of Westford. Cherished grandmother of 4 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Dear...

Mar 8, 2017

CAMPBELL, Lorraine (Bernier) Of Lexington, formerly of Rockport, March 8, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Paul J. Campbell. Loving mother of Scott J. and his wife Cathy of Rockport. Cherished grandmother of Tristyn Campbell of Lindenhurst, NY and Braden Campbell of Hoboken, NJ. Dear sister of Arthur Bernier of Burlington, VT, Jeanne LaPlace of Chicago, IL, Dianne Vultaggio of...

Mar 7, 2017

Please note, the Funeral Mass has been rescheduled.  Please details below. Callahan Paul L. Jr of Winchester formerly of Lexington March 7, 2017. Beloved husband of Marie P. (Whalen) Callahan. Loving father of Paul L. III and his wife Lisa of Billerica, Kevin F and his wife Sharon of Billerica, and Mark G. of Manchester, N.H. Son...

Mar 7, 2017

HARPER, Sister Irene, SGM of Lexington, March 7, 2017. Daughter of the late Alexander and Lillian (Bail) Harper. Survived by cousin's  Virginia Humel of Chicopee, MA and Lorraine Authier of Three Rivers, MA and many friends. Sister Irene was a dietitian and worked in the kitchen at several of the Grey Nuns institutions in NH, Ohio and MA for some...

Mar 2, 2017

Katharine G Sillin, known to all as Kit, 71, of Lexington, Massachusetts died on March 2, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of the late John P. "Bud" and the late Sue (Sugatt) Shevenell.

Kit was born March 18, 1945, in Dover, New Hampshire and spent her childhood in nearby Durham, near where...

Mar 1, 2017

Chapman, Dorothy G. (Graney) of Lexington entered into rest at the age of 101 on March 1, 2017. Wife of the late W. Neil Chapman. Loving mother of Richard N. Chapman and his wife Katherine of Rochester NY, Trudy C. Antonelli and her husband Roy of Sudbury, Martha C. McAndrew and her husband Richard of Bedford, Jonathan D. Chapman and...

Feb 24, 2017

O'CONNELL, Declan Joseph After ten years of making the world a better and more loving place, Declan Joseph O'Connell was called Home on February 24, 2017. He was and will always be the truest love of his father, Thomas, his mother, Lara, his wonderful sister Maeve, and his happily uncontrollable brothers Keegan and Aedan. They brought each other the mutual...