Obituaries

Apr 16, 2023

Mafalda "Muffy" Gerarda (DelGaudio) Risti, 92, of Medford, MA, passed away peacefully on April 16, 2023.

She was predeceased by Giacinto "Gino" Risti, her husband of 64 years, as well as sisters; Netta Inzirillo, Lucy Lauria, Delores DiNush and brother Sammy DelGaudio.

She is survived by her sister Gloria Prince, with whom she was able...

Apr 16, 2023

CONNERTY Edward J., Sr. of Norwell, Sunday, April 16, at the age of 81. Beloved Husband of Alice (Murphy) Connerty. Devoted Father of Edward Connerty, Jr. and his wife Colleen of Norwell, Mark Connerty of Norwell, Kara Connerty of Norwell, and Brian Connerty and his wife Kendall of Hanover. Loving Grandfather of Catherine, Grace, and Allison of Norwell, Matthew,...

Apr 10, 2023

Laurel M. (Laidlaw) Shaw, age 70, of Pembroke, passed away peacefully on April 10th, 2023, after a prolonged battle with Dementia. Born in Weymouth on March 26, 1953, she was the youngest daughter of Shirley (Cripps) Laidlaw and Kenneth Laidlaw.

Laurel spent the first few years of her life in Weymouth before the family moved to the...

Apr 8, 2023

Barret C. Rappold, age 40, of Cohasset and Scituate, passed away on April 8, 2023. Loving husband of Ashley L. (Kosterman) Rappold and adoring father of James C. Rappold. Son of Robert Rappold and wife Mary of Scituate and the late Joan (Fitzgibbons). Loving brother of Krista Sommers and husband Timothy, Michael Infusino, and Nicholas Infusino and wife Maggie....

Apr 7, 2023

Marilyn A. (Sweeney) Gibbons, age 91, passed away on April 7, 2023 surrounded by family. Marilyn was born in West Roxbury, to parents Harold and Hilda Sweeney. Marilyn was predeceased by her loving husband, Edward F Gibbons.

Marilyn is survived by her four children and six grandchildren. Edward Gibbons of Cohasset and his wife Trisha and their...

Mar 28, 2023

Jeffry M. Morrison of Cohasset passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 28. Born and raised in Quincy, Jeff was a devoted husband of 30 years to his beloved wife, Betty. A loving father to Cole and Charlotte, Jeff is survived by his brother Lyle D. Morrison III and sister-in-law Andrea Serpa Morrison of West Yarmouth, sister Brenda Morrison and...

Mar 27, 2023

Helen M. (Clune) Kelly, 97, of Cohasset, MA, passed away on March 27, 2023, surrounded by her children. She was the loving wife of the late Leo M. Kelly, with whom she shared 45 years of marriage.  They raised their children in North Quincy, MA. Born on August 10, 1925, in Dorchester, MA, she was the daughter of the...

Mar 26, 2023

James F. Bayley of Norwell, age 70, died on March 26, 2023, of cancer. A lifelong Norwell resident, he was the son of the late Charles W. and Marion D. Bayley. Briefly married to the late Jane Wilson, originally from Texas, he is survived by sisters Cynthia A. (Norwell) and Barbara J. (San Francisco, CA).

A 1970...

Mar 21, 2023

Priscilla Leach passed away at home, surrounded by family, on March 21, 2023 at age 102.  Born Priscilla Karle on Groundhog Day in 1921, Priscilla came into the world in Worcester, Massachusetts, the youngest of the three children of Sadie and Charlie Karle. She grew up in a house next to the WPI campus. Priscilla completed her education at...

Mar 16, 2023

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...

Mar 13, 2023

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,...

Mar 1, 2023

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...

Feb 28, 2023

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)...

Feb 24, 2023

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...

Feb 23, 2023

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...

Feb 15, 2023

Cal O'Callaghan

A resident of Cohasset, MA and Hobe Sound, FL, Cal was born on October 23, 1962 in New Rochelle, NY. He passed away February 15, 2023 at the age of 60 after a long heroic and inspiring battle with cancer. Cal married his college sweetheart, Catherine, on Nantucket Island in the summer of 1988. Cal...

Feb 14, 2023

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...

Feb 13, 2023

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...

Feb 13, 2023

On Monday, February 13, 2023, Michael F. Anderson, loving husband to wife Nancy Anderson, father to Michelle Sheerin and grandson Michael Sheerin and beloved son Erik Anderson passed away in his home at the age of 79.

Michael was born on April 17, 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts to Virginia and Frank Anderson. Michael was the second oldest...

Feb 9, 2023

Frank Dennis Pietroski passed away on February 9, 2023, in the home he adored surrounded by the people he loved.  He was 85 years old.

Frank was born and raised in Dorchester and took great pride in both his Irish heritage and his Maine Yankee roots.  He knew the city of Boston inside and out and enjoyed...