All Obituaries

Camille “Connie” Prescott Hudson, age 98, a Norwell resident for 60 years, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 13, 2023, at the Webster at Rye Assisted Living Community in Rye, NH, where she had resided since 2021. She was married for 68 years to Donald Sears Hudson, who predeceased her in 2017. Connie was born August 27, 1924, in Laconia, NH., the daughter of the late Oscar Coleman Prescott and Ruth Pearson Prescott. She grew up in Laconia, graduated from Laconia High...

Our dear mother Mary Volpe passed away Monday, February 13, 2023, at the age of 97 after a rich and full life. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be deeply missed.   Mary was born, Maria Paola Ribecca, in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on May 12, 1925.  She was one of five children. On September 6, 1952, she married Nicholas P. Volpe. After making Queens, New York their first home, they welcomed their eldest daughter, Irene.  The family...

Vernita W. Bryant Cohasset, MA - Vernita W. Bryant of Cohasset, MA, 93, passed away peacefully on March 1, 2023. She was born in Milledgeville, Georgia to Vernita (James) Williams and Thomas C. Williams. She grew up in Waycross Georgia and after graduating from Center High School, entered Fisk University where received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950. Following graduation, she moved to Chicago, IL and began working for U.S. Customs as a textile analyst. A year later, she enrolled in the...

Donald Ross “Mac” MacLeod, Jr. MacLeod, 76, of Cohasset, passed away at home peacefully on March 16, 2023, after a five-year courageous battle with Renal Cell Carcinoma. Born in Brockton on March 25, 1946, Mac was the cherished son of the late Margaret (McGarry) and Donald MacLeod, Sr. A graduate of Cardinal Spellman High School in Brockton, Mac earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston. Mac was the devoted husband of Virginia...

Marcia Larson Street (Marcy), devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, died on February 4, 2023.  She was 88.   Marcy is survived by her children, Jennifer Lynne Street (Kyle Erlandsen) of Newton, MA; Richard Larson Street (Mara) of Sandy Hook, CT; grandsons Erik, Alex and Jack Street, Anders and Lockwood Erlandsen; brothers A. William Larson (Judy) of Hingham, MA and Ronald W. Larson (Mary Lou) of Northbrook, IL; and sister-in-law Virginia Street Hanson (Roger) of Hyde...

Laura-Dean Kerans, of Scituate, MA, passed February 28th, 2023, in Scituate, MA. Laura attended Mary A. Burnham School , Northampton, Ma. She attended Mary Baldwin College Staunton, VA. She was President and CEO of CCI Management Inc. in Middleton, WI. Beloved wife of 50 years to Robert Kerans. Survived by her five children: Bruce(Emily) Kerans, Martin (Christine) Kerans,  Barry Brett White, Sean (Peggy) Kerans, and Shannon Geise. She was the caring grandmother to seven...

Joan (Cotter) Santoro, 79 of Norwell died February 24, surrounded by her loving family after a short illness. Beloved wife of the late Frederic Santoro, daughter of the late John and Sophie (Young) Cotter, sister of the late Susan and the late brother in law Ed Lukosius.   Joan graduated from Notre Dame Academy, Roxbury in 1961 and Boston College with a BSN in 1965. Joan rose to a sense of duty borne from her family’s tradition of military and medical service. She was a nurse...

Charles H. Balkam, Sr., age 82, passed away peacefully on February 23, 2023 in the home he loved surrounded by the people he loved. Chuck and his wife were longtime residents of Marshfield for 45 years. Chuck is survived by his loving and devoted wife Ethelyn of 59 years, his son Charles H. Balkam, Jr. of Wareham, daughter Susan Lajoie of Hubbardston, son James Balkam and wife Beth of Pembroke and son Stephen Balkam and wife Sarah of Marshfield. Grandfather to Zachary, Alexandria, Emily,...

Suzanne Berongis Joseph was born a few minutes after midnight on New Year's Day in 1945 and passed away a few minutes before midnight on January 6, 2023.  Suzanne passed away surrounded by family and her loving husband John after her 15-year battle with cancer.   The daughter of Edward Berongis and Leonisa Razonable Berongis, Suzanne was born in Honolulu Hawaii. She moved to California then Las Vegas before settling in Hanover Massachusetts.   Suzanne worked for the...

Petrea Ann Wessman Moriarty was born in 1941 to Ernest and Grace Wessman, and was raised in Norwell, Massachusetts.  She graduated from Norwell High School, where she played basketball and field hockey, won the Bausch and Lomb Science Award and the Babe Ruth Sports Award, and was voted Most Athletic by her senior class.  After graduating from the McLean Hospital School of Nursing in Belmont and becoming a Registered Nurse with a psychiatric specialization, she worked with...