All Obituaries

Michael McEvoy, age 71, passed peacefully with family by his side on September 18th, 2022. Michael was born on August 23, 1951. He grew up in Quincy, MA, where he attended Quincy Vocational Technical High School before matriculating to “every college on the Fenway,” as he famously put it, as a student of engineering at the Wentworth Institute of Technology and Northeastern University.   Michael was the loving son of the late Rose and Maurice McEvoy of Hyannis. He was so...

Richard “Chip” Dow Muncey of Abington, passed away on September 16th, 2022 after a period of failing health. Born in Boston on February 20, 1968 to loving parents Mary K Muncey ( Bacigalupo) and John D Muncey. Chip grew up in Cohasset and attended Cohasset High School,  Class of 86’. He immediately went to work for the Cohasset Water Department where he remained for 9 years. Chip worked for other municipal water departments including Pembroke and Hanson. He retired as...

Samuel Wiley Wakeman passed away peacefully in his home early on the morning of August 5, 2022 surrounded by family, watching one last sunrise over Minot’s Light. Sam was born in Boston in 1943 to Frances McElwain Wakeman and Samuel Wiley Wakeman Sr. He grew up in Hingham and later made his home in Cohasset, which was where he learned to mess about on boats, as one would be inclined to do in with a family of sailors and shipbuilders. He was an engineer like his father and grandfather...

M. David Kelleher, MD    Mark David Kelleher (David) was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on August 5th, 1936. He led a fulfilling and accomplished life until he passed away peacefully on September 7th in Boston, MA.    David shared his childhood with his twin sister Sandra and his revered older sister, Pat. He had many stories of boyhood adventures in Winchester and Haverhill, making the most mundane tasks fun and creating things as often as he could. Christmas was a...

John F. “Jack” O’Brien of Scituate died on the afternoon of September 6 surrounded by his family. He would have turned 95 on December 5 of this year.   Jack is predeceased by his beloved wife Barbara and his beloved daughter Susan. He will be lovingly remembered by his sons John and his wife Carol, Michael and his wife Janice, Steven, and daughter Kathy and her husband Erik. “Papa” will also be greatly missed by his grandchildren: Brendan, Elizabeth,...

Florence Valeta Perdigao, 90, passed away on September 6 2022. She was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, the eighth of 11 children born to Hugh and Maggie MacDonald. As a young adult she moved to Boston where she met her future husband Manny, at a dance club. They were married for 54 years until his death in 2009. Valeta took pride in being a homemaker and mother of four children. She lived most of her life in Verona, NJ and Cohasset, MA. Always generous with her time she was involved in her...

Richard W Farrell, Jr, Born March 17, 1948 - August 31, 2022 (age 74)   Richard W Farrell, Jr of Scituate passed away peacefully in the late afternoon of August 31, 2022 surrounded by his loving family.   Rick was born in Boston in 1948 to Richard W Farrell, Sr and Margaret Mary Farrell (Gardner). Rick was brought up on Boston’s South Shore town of Scituate by a family that was involved in marine contracting. While in high school and later at college, Rick did deck and...

Sandra Anne Dillon passed away on August 4 in London, England at age 62. The daughter of Edward James Dillon (deceased 2000) and Barbara Louise Dillon (Sampson), she was born May 19, 1960 in Cohasset, MA. A singer, songwriter and musician, Sandy was a gifted pianist with a unique voice and incredible passion for her art. Starting at age 7, when she first began piano lessons, music was a part of Sandy’s life. She played through her time at Cohasset high school, where she graduated...

Richard Allen Green, known as Rick or Ricky, passed away peacefully at home at the age of 65 on August 30, 2022, having fought cancer for several years. Rick was a larger-than-life figure in his lifelong home of Cohasset, and will be remembered fondly from his years as a chef in local restaurants, a friendly face behind the counter at Tedeschi’s, and his decades in the antiques business, most recently as the proprietor and visionary behind Patina Antiques on Route 3A. Anyone who knew...

Jacqueline Hazel (Batty) Perrone, 78 of Ashland, Massachusetts passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 3, 2022.      Jackie was born as an only child to Gilbert and Ruby Batty of Bradford, England on July 28, 1944. She immigrated from England at the age of 19 to the U.S. where she met her husband, Frank Perrone of Worcester, marrying in 1967 and settling in Holliston. In the 1970’s,  Jackie began her career in banking. While working full time and raising...