John B. "Jack" O'Callaghan
Sep 28, 2026
John B. “Jack” O’Callaghan, age 55, of Andover and formerly of Winchester, passed away on September 28, 2026. Jack was the beloved husband of Katie O’Callaghan and the loving father of Julia O’Callaghan.
Born in Cambridge, he was the son of Mary Ann (Gibson) O’Callaghan and the late John F. O’Callaghan. He was raised in Winchester, graduated from Winchester High School...
Anthony M. "Moose" Bellino
Sep 27, 2026
Anthony Michael “Moose” Bellino, age 92, a lifelong resident of Winchester, passed away peacefully at home on September 27, 2026, lovingly surrounded by his family. He was the beloved husband of Joan (Ashton) Bellino for 30 years.
Born, raised and educated in Winchester, he was the son of the late Michele and Sarah (Corabi) Bellino. He graduated Winchester High in 1954...
Joseph V. Campo
Sep 25, 2026
Joseph V. Campo, age 97, a long-time resident of Winchester, passed away on September 25, lovingly surrounded by his family. He was the devoted husband of Lucille (Sinowsky) Campo for 30 years until her death in 1985.
Born in Somerville, Joe was the son of the late Antonio and Lucia (Civiello) Campo. He was raised and educated in Somerville and attended...
Claudine R. Lavers
Sep 20, 2026
Claudine Lavers, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away surrounded by the love of the family she adored. Born on November 25, 1946, in Medford, Massachusetts, Claudine was raised in Winchester and spent her life collecting stories, making people laugh, offering wisdom, and loving her family fiercely.
She was predeceased by her parents, Mary Rogers (née Nolan) and Thomas Rogers....
Janice A. Sarno
Sep 20, 2026
Janice A. (Menino) Sarno, of Lexington and Gloucester, where she had spent many wonderful summers and was at her happiest, died on Sept. 20, 2026, after a lengthy illness, with her husband Jack and twin sister Janet at her bedside.
Best known by family and friends as “Jackie”, she was the twin daughter of the late Joseph and Josephine Menino of...
Jeanne M. Ellis
Sep 17, 2026
Jeanne M. (Reddy) Ellis, age 96, a 65-year resident of Winchester, passed away on September 17, 2026. She was the beloved wife for 56 years of John R. “Jack” Ellis, until his death in 2009.
Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Mary (Toland) Reddy.
Jeanne was raised and educated in Woburn, graduating from Woburn High School...
Diane E. Crowley
Sep 9, 2026
Diane E. (Rae) Crowley, age 75, a longtime resident of Winchester, passed away on September 9, 2026, lovingly surrounded by her family, after a 50-year battle with multiple sclerosis and several bouts of cancer. She was the beloved wife for 55 years of Larry Crowley.
Born in Woburn, MA, Diane was the daughter of the late James R. and Norma G....
Ann C. Enochs
Aug 24, 2026
Ann C. (Nahigian) Enochs, of Arlington, died at her home on Monday August 24, 2026. She was 91 years old. Ann was the beloved wife of John Enochs and dear mother of Laura Lavoie and Carol Munroe. She was the grandmother of Caine Windham-Steele, Melissa Munroe, Renée Lavoie and Jack Lavoie. Also survived by her brothers, Thomas and Richard Nahigian.
Relatives...
Marta Maria Franz
Aug 23, 2026
Marta Maria (Bernady) Franz passed away peacefully on August 23, 2026, at the age of 89. Marta was born in Kozienice, Poland on January 13, 1937. She lost her mother to pneumonia at the age of four and spent her childhood surviving six years of WWII and many more years of post-war deprivations in central Poland. A brilliant, gifted student,...
Ain Laats
Aug 17, 2026
Ain Laats was born on October 6, 1935, in Tapa, Estonia. Driven from home by World War II, he spent his early years as a refugee in Germany from 1945 to 1951 before immigrating to the United States through Ellis Island in 1951, settling initially in Bath, New York before moving with his family to New York City, where he...
Anne B. Hilliard
Aug 17, 2026
Anne B. (Brown) Hilliard, age 97, a lifelong resident of Winchester, passed away on August 17, 2026. She was the beloved wife of the late Albert N. Hilliard (1918-1957). She tells the story of meeting Al one Friday evening when he was going out with her roommates. Anne was lounging on the couch with a stack of books at her...
Douglas P. Pierson
Aug 12, 2026
Douglas P. Pierson, age 75, of Winchester, Mass., passed away after a brief illness on August 12, 2026. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he spent his formative years in Oakbrook, Ill., and Greenwich, Conn. After a year at Notre Dame, Doug enlisted in the Marine Corps and served as a Corporal during the Vietnam era. He completed a B.S. degree...
Richard A. Farley
Aug 8, 2026
Richard A. Farley, age 67, of Burlington, formerly of Winchester, passed away on August 8, 2026. He was the beloved son of the late Francis P. and Elizabeth V. (Maher) Farley.
The youngest of 5 children, Richard is lovingly survived by his siblings: James Farley and his wife Rosemary of Chelmsford, John Farley of Virginia, Frances Faulcon of Portugal, and Robert...
Joan T. Steinberg
Aug 3, 2026
Joan Steinberg was a lifelong contrarian whose vantage point unwittingly put her at the forefront of many trends, from settling in Northern Maine in 1973 and opening what one newspaper heralded as the first macrobiotic restaurant in the state, to moving to Peaks Island decades before it became a millionaires’ Mecca. She died Monday, August 3, 2026,at the age of...
Marie T. Ambessi
Aug 3, 2026
Marie T. Ambessi, a longtime resident of Winchester, passed away peacefully and lovingly surrounded by her family on August 3, 2026.
Born in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Giuseppe and Nazzarena (Molina) Ambessi. She was raised and educated in New Jersey, ultimately moving to Winchester with her family.
Marie worked for many years as an accountant and...
Jessica Lynne Schoffel
Jul 17, 2026
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Jessica Lynne Schoffel, 44, of Acton MA, on July 17, 2026. Her death was sudden from natural causes.
Jess was born in Lewisburg, PA, October 8, 1981, to Linda and Rob Schoffel. She grew up in Trumansburg, NY where she graduated from Charles O. Dickerson High School in 1999. She...
Helen Hatch
Jul 15, 2026
Helen A. Hatch, age 66, a lifelong resident of Woburn, passed away on July 15, 2026. She was the beloved daughter of the late Robert L. and Angelina H. (Tortolano) Hatch and the cherished sister of Elizabeth A. "Liz" Hatch of Woburn.
Born, raised, and educated in Woburn, Helen graduated from Woburn Memorial High School with the class of 1978. As...
Kathleen A. Forester
Jul 8, 2026
Kathleen A. (Gill) Forester, age 79, a longtime resident of Winchester, passed away on July 8, 2026. She was the beloved wife for 60 years of Joseph L. Forester.
Born in Winchester, Kathleen was the daughter of Joseph P. and Dorothy A. (Shea) Gill. She was raised and educated in Woburn where she attended St. Charles School and was a graduate...
Peggy Fong
Jul 3, 2026
Peggy Fong, age 77, of Winchester, Massachusetts, passed away on July 3, 2026, at Beth Israel Lahey Hospital, in Burlington, Massachusetts, where she died while fighting to recover from injuries sustained during an unfortunate accident at her home.
Born on April 19, 1949, in Chengdu, China, she was the daughter of Ray and Colleen Fong.
Peggy was truly one of a kind....
Sherrell "Sherry" Bingham Downes
Jul 1, 2026
Sherrell “Sherry” Bingham Downes, a woman of profound intellectual strength, elegant grace, and unwavering devotion to her family, passed away leaving a legacy of warmth, laughter, and sharp wit.
Born in New York City on April Fools’ Day in 1941 to Jonathan and June Bingham, Sherry’s early life was shaped by the dynamic world of politics. Because of her father’s political...
