All Obituaries

Edward Francis Mosher II of Norwell, MA died peacefully at  his Norwell, MA home on October 16, 2018.   Ed was born on March 10, 1933, in Rockland, ME to Carl F. Mosher and Frances Hall Mosher.   He spent his youth in the tight-knit community of Rockland, ME, playing baseball and basketball and fishing off the Rockland pier.  A hard worker from the start Ed’s many teenage jobs included caddying at the Samoset Resort, canning sardines at Holmes Packing Co. and...

Please Note a change in venue for the Celebration of Life Service.  James E. Curtin Jr., 52, of Norwell and Las Vegas, NV passed away on August 18, 2018.  He was the beloved son of James Sr. and Patricia Curtin; brother to Austin and Laura Curtin and William and Michele Curtin. He was the proud uncle of Samantha, Grace, Natalie, Tyler, Alexa and Nathan.  He was the beloved nephew of Austin (Bud) and Linda Curtin and Christine O’Connell. James worked for many years in...

Sara Ellen SaintOurs, age 76, passed away suddenly Sunday, November 4, 2018 at her home in Hingham, Mass. Sara was born in Portland, Ore. to the late Blaise Marcellus Stephanus and the late Muriel (Cohen) Bulmer. A former resident of Seattle, Wash. and San Francisco, Calif., Sara was a longtime resident of Norwell, Mass. She worked for the Town of Norwell and Mohawk Rubber Sales of NE before earning a BS in Management from Lesley College. After receiving her degree, Sara headed a computer...

Roger S. Whitley, Of Hingham, MA, formerly of Cohasset, died October 4, 2018 at Linden Ponds. He was born in Boston, March 8, 1926, the son of Bertram F. and Florence (Stern) Whitley. A graduate of Quincy High School and M.I.T. (1950), he was a World War II U.S. Army veteran in the 87th Infantry Division, 347th Regiment. He had a long career as an architect, first with Griswold, Boyden, Wylde and Ames, and later his own practice in Cohasset. He served in the Peace Corps in Fiji in 1984-1986....

Lorraine Mae (Donahue) Galler was born on May 11, 1932 in Worcester, Massachusetts into an Irish/Swedish household headed by parents John Francis Donahue and Signey Amelia Quist and joining two sisters, Barbara Donahue and Marjorie Donahue Gallagher where she grew up in a predominately Swedish neighborhood, surrounded by aunts, uncles and cousins.     After graduating from Worcester South High School in June of 1950, she chose the unconventional path of music and singing against...

John T. (Jack) McMahon, Age 77, of Pompano Beach FL, formerly of Dorchester MA, passed away peacefully on November 8, 2018 at North Broward County Medical Center. He was the son of the late John E. and Elizabeth (Treacy) McMahon of Marshfield.  He was predeceased by his Sister, Elizabeth R. Donovan of Scituate. He is survived by several nieces and nephews and his dear friend Robert of Pompano Beach, Florida.   Jack was born in Quincy, MA and attended Quincy Public Schools. He was...

William “Bill” Joseph Chisholm, 82, of Cohasset, son of the late Terence and Esther (Reardon) Chisholm, passed away peacefully on November 5, 2018. He was predeceased by his son, William R. Chisholm; brother, John Chisholm; sister, Marie Hudder; and former wife, Joan Chisholm. He is survived by his wife, Gina Sardano-Chisholm and her children, Michael, Nicholas, and John Sardano; sister, Judy Chisholm; son, Robert J. Chisholm and wife Priscilla of Plymouth, MA; daughters, Carol...

Ruth E. McCarthy passed away peacefully in her Sunrise of Cohasset MA Residence on October 14, 2018. Ruth, the daughter of the late Harriet (Sainsbury) and Patrick T. Halton, the sister of the late Ellen Reardon and Marion Stanhope, was born in Riverside R.I. on August 21, 1919. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Francis X. “Pete” McCarthy, daughter Ellen McCarthy, and grandson Robert Hultz. Mrs. McCarthy graduated from East Providence High School in 1937, Rhode Island...

G. Kenneth Hartwell, age 89, a 47 year resident of Scituate, passed away on October 31, 2018 after a brief illness. Beloved husband of Clarice "Claire" M. (Coscia) and devoted father of Kevin Hartwell and wife Meg of Ashland, Paul Hartwell of Scituate, and Tim Hartwell of Scituate. Loving grandfather of Jaimie Hartwell, Eric Hartwell and Tyler Hartwell.    Ken was a parishioner of St. Anthony Church in Cohasset and worked for over 43 years in the International Division...

DUXBURY - Joanne A. Wakefield, loving mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on September 13, 2018, surrounded by her loving dog and family.  Joanne was born to Swedish descendants, Regina and Wesley Ahlgren, of Brockton, MA and Osterville, MA.  Always one to strive for continuing education, Joanne graduated from Brockton High School, completed a post graduate year at Walnut Hill School and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Wheaton College.  She later...