All Obituaries

Lucy Rutherford Morris passed away peacefully on March 9, 2019 at Queen Anne Nursing Home in Hingham at the age of 100.  Former resident of Dunellen NJ, Wayne NJ, Wyckoff NJ and Scituate, MA.  Born on September 11, 1918 in Woodhaven, NY to Edwin James Rutherford and Irene Snyder Rutherford.  Beloved wife of the late John Barton Morris. Loving mother of Peter Apgar and wife Phyllis of Poulsbo, WA; Susan Sulc of Norwell, MA; Mary Gleason of Chatsworth, CA and the late Andrew...

Robert (Bob) Stull, 45 of Norwell, passed away unexpectedly, Monday, March 18, 2019. He is survived by his loving wife Kerri, and his four children Kyle, Reanne, Jacob and Lindsay, his parents Deb and Dan Traknis, his brother Brandon and his wife Kristen, his brother and sister in law, Jeanne and David, his brother in law, Chris DePari, his mother in law, Jan DePari and his nieces and nephew. Bob was the son in law of the late Greg DePari. Bob will also be forever remembered by extended...

Betty Jane (Cooper) Babcock, a longtime resident of Marshfield passed away on Thursday, March 14.  BJ was predeceased by her husband, Alfred (Fred) Babcock.  She is survived by her 3 daughters, Nancy Biller and her husband, Russ of Cheektowaga, NY, Betsy Babcock and her husband, Dan Cavicchio of Landaff, NH and Patricia Gilmore and her husband, Dan of Marshfield, MA   She is also survived by her 3 grandchildren, Ryan and Emily Murray of Marshfield and Matthew Cavicchio of...

John Joseph Draheim, 68, lifelong resident of Norwell, Massachusetts, passed away on March 1st, 2019. Born on December 16, 1950, he was the son of the late John P. Draheim and Denise Rose (Larochelle) Draheim of Norwell MA. He is survived by his Step Mother Mary (Levesque) Draheim of Mashpee, MA and his wife of almost 50 years Catherine (MacDonald) Draheim of Norwell. Beloved father of John J. Draheim Jr. and his wife Ami of San Antonio TX, daughter Doreen Draheim Grant and her husband...

William Alexander Johnston, Jr. 86, of Norwell, died March 17, 2019. He was born April 20, 1932 in Boston, MA, son of William “Bud” Johnston, Sr. and Eleanor Johnston of Randolph, MA. Bill served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War as a communications officer aboard the aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Antietam. He graduated from Boston University in the class of 1959. On April 20, 1962, he married Melissa Jane Hill in Malden, MA. He leaves his four sons, William A. Johnston, III of...

Mary E. (Doherty) Hickey, age 92, of Scituate, passed away peacefully at home on March 12, 2019. Loving wife of the late John J. Hickey, Sr. Loving mother of John J. Hickey, Jr and wife Jeanne of Pembroke. Adoring "Nanny" of Michael and Christina Hickey of Pembroke. Sister of Marjorie Donohue of Erie, PA and the late Joseph Doherty of Germany. Aunt of Jean Decker and Michael Donohue of Erie, PA and Kathleen Doherty and Maureen Doherty of Germany. Mary was a graduate of Simmons...

Theodore “Ted” Baldwin, 87, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family at Rose Court at Linden Ponds in Hingham on Friday, March 1, after a brief illness. Born and raised in Norwell, Ted lived on Central Street for 80 years of his life, until moving to Linden Ponds in 2011. He attended Norwell Public Schools and Weymouth Trade School. After enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1951, he served with the 20th AAA Gun Battalion in the Korean War. Before leaving for Korea, he met...

Janet (Filippis-Aiello) Cote', age 87, of Quincy, formerly of Providence, RI passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at South Shore Hospital after a brief illness. Beloved mother of Suzanne M. Hickey and loving grandmother of Brian A. Hickey and Sean M. Hickey. She was the sister of the late Lewis Phillips and Emma A. Colantonio. Born in Providence, RI, she was the daughter of the late Francesco and Francesca (Aiello) Filippis.  Janet is also survived by seven nieces;...

Don “Duke” Hermance, of Scituate, 91, died February 28th, after a brief illness. Don was born on October 9, 1927 to Lewis and Isabelle Hermance of Hingham, MA. He grew up in Nashua, NH, was a graduate of New Hampton School for Boys, class of 1946, and Duke University, class of 1951. He served briefly in the US Army. Don taught music in East Greenwich RI, and in Arlington Mass, from 1951-1958.  He taught music and was chair of the Music Department for Scituate Public...

Geraldine Pierre Scheide, passed away peacefully on February 27, 2019. Born on February 23, 1930, Geraldine (Pierre) Scheide grew up in West Hartford, CT. She married Richard Gilson Scheide in 1952. They shared their lives together until Richard’s passing in 2013.   Gerry was an athletic young lady and is a member of the athletic hall of fame of The Gills School in New Jersey. She was particularly good at field hockey and basketball. She was the first female paper carrier for...