All Obituaries
Anne Reilly Milton
Anne (Hanlon) Reilly of Milton, formerly of Newton, passed away on Jan 20, 2020.
Born in Dublin Ireland, she loved sports, time with friends and family, reading, and gardening. Anne came to the US in 1962 with her husband, Raymond Reilly, MD, and settled in the Boston area in 1964. Her passion for gardening led her to own and operate All Seasons Florist in Newton Center for several years in the 1980s. However, her true calling was being a wife, a mother, a friend, and a...
Anne (Hanlon) Reilly of Milton, formerly of Newton, passed away on Jan 20, 2020.
Born in Dublin Ireland, she loved sports, time with friends and family, reading, and gardening. Anne came to the...
Mary Jane Ferraro Wellesley Hills
Mary Jane Ferraro Ph.D. of Wellesley died on January 18, 2020, at the age of 72 after a prolonged illness. She was preceded in death by her father James P. Ferraro, her mother Evelyn Ferraro and her sister Evelyn Croughwell. Beloved wife of Robert C. Moellering Jr. M.D., who passed away in 2014, she leaves behind her cousin, Mary Louise Ferraro, her niece, Michaella Miller, her nephew, Christopher J. Croughwell, and her stepchildren, Anne E. Moellering of San Francisco, CA.,...
Mary Jane Ferraro Ph.D. of Wellesley died on January 18, 2020, at the age of 72 after a prolonged illness. She was preceded in death by her father James P. Ferraro, her mother Evelyn Ferraro...
Frederick Holloran Needham
Frederick V. “Ted” Holloran ,90, of Needham passed peacefully on January 17, 2020. Beloved husband of the late Elaine K. Holloran for 67 years. Loving father of Timothy and Mary Jo Holloran of Towson, MD and Laurie and Carl Tarabelli of Needham, MA, beloved grandfather of Sean, Kyle & Elyse, Kevin & Cathlene, Maura, Angela & Corey, Kate & James, and Victoria and proud great grandfather of Madison and Teddy. He is predeceased by his parents William and Anna, sister...
Frederick V. “Ted” Holloran ,90, of Needham passed peacefully on January 17, 2020. Beloved husband of the late Elaine K. Holloran for 67 years. Loving father of Timothy and Mary Jo...
Maria Volpe Needham
Maria (Cirignano) Volpe, age 103, wife of the late Leonardo Volpe, died on January 17, 2020. She was born on March 12, 1916 in Savignano, Italy. She has been a resident of Needham for the past 63 years.
She was the 4th of 5 children. Her mother died when she was young and her father remarried and had 4 more children. They were subsistence farmers and struggled to feed a family of 9. As was the custom during this time, children were parceled out to nearby families who could care for them and...
Maria (Cirignano) Volpe, age 103, wife of the late Leonardo Volpe, died on January 17, 2020. She was born on March 12, 1916 in Savignano, Italy. She has been a resident of Needham for the past 63...
James Santaniello Norwood
James Joseph Santaniello (Jim, Jimmy) passed away in Needham, on January 15th, 2020. Jimmy courageously battled Stage IV pancreatic cancer for four months. He was 58 years old.
Jimmy was born in Westerly, RI on March 19th, 1961 to parents Salvatore and Mary Santaniello. He has three sisters, Patricia Beffa-Negrini, Joanne Santaniello, and Karen Brender. Jimmy was raised in Mystic, CT.
Jimmy married his “Jersey Girl” Shelly Warman on August 16, 1986 in Basking Ridge, NJ. They...
James Joseph Santaniello (Jim, Jimmy) passed away in Needham, on January 15th, 2020. Jimmy courageously battled Stage IV pancreatic cancer for four months. He was 58 years old.
Jimmy was born in...
John Teachout West Harwich
John D. Teachout, of West Harwich, formerly of Needham, passed away on Tuesday January 14th. He was 78 years old. John was born and raised in Lydonville, VT, the youngest of 6 children. He served in the U.S. Air Force after high school, eventually becoming a sales engineer for several companies before founding his own business, Trans Tech International, located in Needham. He was active in the Needham community, and was a former member of the Needham Exchange...
John D. Teachout, of West Harwich, formerly of Needham, passed away on Tuesday January 14th. He was 78 years old. John was born and raised in Lydonville, VT, the youngest of 6...
Lena Piccioli Needham
Lena Rose (Paoletti) Piccioli, a lifelong resident of Needham, passed away Sunday, January 12th at the age of 93. She was born on November 23, 1926 and was the daughter of the late Serafino and Rosa (Repani) Paoletti. She is survived by her loving husband, Alfred, after 69 years of marriage, daughter, Linda Hardej and her husband, Richard, and son, David and his wife, Debra. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Lisa Hardej, Alexander and his wife, Amy, Michael and his wife, Rachael,...
Lena Rose (Paoletti) Piccioli, a lifelong resident of Needham, passed away Sunday, January 12th at the age of 93. She was born on November 23, 1926 and was the daughter of the late Serafino and...
James Dunne Needham
James L. Dunne, of Needham passed away on Friday, January 10th. He was 95 years old. Jim was born and raised in the Thompsonville neighborhood in Newton Centre and attended Newton schools. He served during WWII in the US Army, and was a driver for Gen. George Patton. Jim was wounded during his service and was awarded a Purple Heart. Jim worked as a truck driver for many years for Anchor Motor Freight, delivering cars from the General Motors plant in Framingham to locations in New...
James L. Dunne, of Needham passed away on Friday, January 10th. He was 95 years old. Jim was born and raised in the Thompsonville neighborhood in Newton Centre and attended Newton schools....
Mary Smith Needham
Mary E. (Callahan) Smith of Needham, formerly of Newton passed away on January 8, 2020 at the age of 86.
Beloved mother of Karen Wilson and her husband Richard Wilson, Beth Eagan and her husband Kevin Eagan, Brian Smith and his wife Karen Smith and also the late Joanne Smith. She also lives behind 7 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 10 AM at Saint Bartholomew’s Church, 1180...
Mary E. (Callahan) Smith of Needham, formerly of Newton passed away on January 8, 2020 at the age of 86.
Beloved mother of Karen Wilson and her husband Richard Wilson, Beth Eagan and her husband...
Catherine Cunningham Needham
Catherine J. Cunningham of Lakewood Ranch, Florida, wife of the late John J. Cunningham, died on January 7, 2020 just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. Raised in Newton, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late Timothy and Honora Donahue. She was the devoted mother of John J. Cunningham, Jr. and his wife Nancy and Carol D. Cunningham, the beloved grandmother of John J. Cunningham III and his wife Alexis, and the loving great grandmother of Emma all of Lakewood...
Catherine J. Cunningham of Lakewood Ranch, Florida, wife of the late John J. Cunningham, died on January 7, 2020 just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. Raised in Newton,...
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