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Nicola Luciani
Sep 1, 2017
Nicola Luciana 85 "A Good Man" On the evening of September 1, 2017, beloved Nicola Luciana passed on peacefully to the Kingdom of Heaven surrounded by his loving wife Giovanna, sons Lino and Nicki, daughter Rosanna husband Jack loving brother Alerto and grand children Rachel and Jennifer. Nicola Luciani was born June 24, 1932 in the village comuni of...
Joan "Bam" Risteen
Aug 29, 2017
Joan "Bam" Risteen passed away on August 29, 2017. She was 78 years old. Joan was a lifelong resident of Malden. She owned and operated Middlesex Coin and Stamp Hobby Shop in Melrose for many years and was a longtime parishioner of the First Baptist Church in Malden. Joan was the beloved wife of the late Richard R. Risteen....
Muriel B. (Mcqueen) Fresco
Aug 28, 2017
Muriel B. (McQueen) Fresco, a longtime resident of Malden, passed away peacefully on August 28, 2017. She was 100 years old. Muriel was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Fresco. She was the loving mother of Barbara Lane and her husband Donald of East Falmouth, Paul Fresco of Revere and Richard Fresco of Malden. Muriel was the sister...
Diane Lukas Duplissa
Aug 25, 2017
Diane Lukas Duplissa, age 61, of Malden, passed away on Friday, August 25, at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, after a brief illness. She was the beloved wife of Richard W. Duplissa of Malden. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Feodore and Lorraine (Wyman) Lukas. Diane worked as a laboratory technician in research...
James H. Carey
Aug 20, 2017
James "Jim" H. Carey, 86 of Malden passed away peacefully on August 20,2017. Jim was born in Malden on July 20, 1931, son of the late Joseph Francis Carey and Mary Dunn-Carey of Malden Mass. Jim is survived by five loving children: James H. Carey Jr of Cypress, TX and his wife Sylvie, Kevin M. Carey, his wife Sherrie...
Myreille Carrolus
Aug 19, 2017
Myreille Carrolus, a longtime resident of Malden, passed away peacefully at her home on August 19, 2017. She was 41 years old. Myreille was the beloved wife of Jean D. "Jimmy" Jean-Louis. She was the loving mother of Joshua, Jermiah, and Eli Jean-Louis. Myreille was the dear sister of Suzette Carrolus, Neliese Dorivan, and Lila Carrolus. The funeral will...
John W. "Jack" Laspina
Aug 11, 2017
John W. "Jack" LaSpina passed away on August 11, 2017. He was 83 years old. Jack was a lifelong resident of Malden and a United States Navy Veteran. He worked with his family operating William P. LaSpina and Sons Plastering for many years and also worked as an electronic technician for the Department of Defense for 40 years. Jack...
Lillian E. (Delconte) Malone
Aug 7, 2017
Lillian E. (DelConte) Malone, born and raised in Malden, passed away peacefully at the Bear Hill Nursing Center on August 7, 2017. She was 91 years old. Lillian was the beloved wife of George T. Malone. She was the devoted mother of Christine Thrower and her husband William of KS, Kathleen Pappo and her husband John of Malden, and...
Robert C. Larose
Aug 6, 2017
Robert C. LaRose passed away on August 6, 2017. He was 78 years old. Robert was a longtime resident of Somerville and a tradesman and carpenter for many years. He was United States Navy Veteran during the Vietnam Era and a past member of the American Legion Post 19 in Somerville. Robert was the beloved husband of Barbara M....
Dominic M. "Mike" Tamagna
Aug 3, 2017
Dominic M. "Mike" Tamagna passed away peacefully at home on August 3, 2017. He was 82 years old. Mike was a longtime resident of Malden and graduate of Malden High School, class of 1953, and owned and operated Tamagna Plumbing and Heating for over 20 years. He was a former coach for Malden Youth Hockey and Malden Little League,...
John W. Johnson
Aug 2, 2017
John Wesley Johnson, 68, of Malden, passed away peacefully at home on August 2, 2017. Son of the late Wesley and Alda Johnson, John is survived by three sons, John Jr. of Malden, Wesley Matthew, Kyle David, and daughter Jessica Claire, of Wasilla, Alaska, and step- son Michael Alden of Reading. Grandsons John and Ivan of Malden. He is...
Mary A. (Fishera) Marinella
Jul 31, 2017
Mary A. (Fishera) Marinella, of Malden passed away on July 31, 2017. She was 96 years old. Mary was a longtime employee for the City of Medford Traffic Division. She enjoyed family parties and gatherings and loved to crochet on Tuesday's with her crochet club. Mary was the beloved wife of the late Michael Marinella. She was the loving...
Joanne L. (Assetta) Iovino
Jul 30, 2017
Joanne L. (Assetta) Iovino passed away peacefully at home on July 30, 2017. She was 70 years old. Joanne was a longtime resident of Malden and a longtime public school educator for the Malden Public Schools. She was the past president and board member of the Malden Victorian Society, past board member of the Malden Historical Society, member of...
Frederick L. Kiley
Jul 23, 2017
Frederick L. Kiley, 74, of Malden, MA, died July 23, 2017 after a lengthy hard fought battle with Cancer. Fred was better known as Papa Kikki or the Big Guy. He was born and raised in Brockton, MA. He graduated from Brockton High School, Class of 1960. Where he played basketball, football and was on the swim and dive...
John R. Barletta
Jul 19, 2017
John R. Barletta passed away peacefully at home on July 19, 2017, surrounded by his loving family. He was 74 years old. John grew up in Medford and was a longtime resident of Everett and Malden. He was a member of the Sons of Italy in Medford and an avid poker player. John was the longtime partner of Barbara...
Louis R. Paolucci
Jul 18, 2017
Louis R. Paolucci passed away peacefully on July 18, 2017, at home surrounded by his loving family. He was 74 years old. Louis was a longtime resident of Medford. He was a United States Army Veteran and a longtime member of the Irish American Club of Malden. Louis was the beloved husband of Frances (Santaniello) Paolucci. He was the...
Mary E. (Lattanzio) Deavilla
Jul 15, 2017
Mary E. (Lattanzio) DeAvilla passed away peacefully on July 15, 2017. She was 94 years old. Mary was a resident at brooksby Village in Peabody and formerly a longtime resident of Malden and Cape Cod. Mary was the beloved wife of the late William F. DeAvilla. She was the loving sister of Alice Spadafora and her late husband Anthony,...
Evelyn J. Delgaudio
Jul 12, 2017
Evelyn J. DelGaudio passed away on July 12, 2017. She was 91 years old. Evelyn was a longtime resident of Malden and Hampton, NH, and a longtime member of Saint Peter's Parish Sodality in Malden. Evelyn was the sister of the late Margaret Casey and her husband Melvin. She was the devoted aunt to many nieces and nephews including...
Donna M. (Dorazio) Semon
Jul 12, 2017
Donna M. (Dorazio) Semon passed away peacefully on July 12, 2017, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was 64 years old. Donna was a longtime resident of Malden and Saugus. She was a graduate of Malden High School class of 1970, and worked for Omni Dentix for the past 24 years. Donna was the beloved wife of...
Roberta J. (Fenton) Lombard
Jul 11, 2017
Roberta J. (Fenton) Lombard, a lifelong resident of Malden, passed away peacefully on July 11, 2017 after a short illness. She was 80 years old. Roberta was the wife of the late James E. Lombard. She was the beloved mother of William J. Lombard of Lynn. Roberta was the cherished grandmother of Taylor Marie, James Lombard, and William Lombard....
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