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A Funeral Home Service will be held in the MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home, Watertown on Thursday December 1, 2016 at 11 a.m. for Frances Loretta (DiGiacomandrea) DeSantis. Mrs. DeSantis passed away on Sunday morning in the Briarwood Care, Needham, after a period of declining health. She was 92. Born in Watertown, she was a lifelong resident. She attended Watertown schools.
Former Watertown State Representative Salvatore J. Ciccarelli passed away on Nov. 18, 2016 at the age of 75. The 1959 Watertown High School graduate was a founding member of the Watertown High School Sports Hall of Fame. He also served on the Town Council for 10 years. Funeral by Stanton Funeral Home 786 Mt.
Eleanor L. (Allers) Nixon of Watertown passed away at the age of 92 after a courageous battle with cancer on Friday, November 18, 2016. She was surrounded by her loving family. Born in Watertown in 1924, she was a graduate of Watertown High School, Class of 1942. Widow of the late Samuel B. Nixon (former Captain Watertown Fire Department). Mother of Judi Nixon Holmberg of Watertown and Scott D. Nixon (former Call Captain, Avon Fire Department) and his wife Suzanne of Raynham.
A funeral service for James L. “Jimmy” McCarthy will be held on Tuesday November 22, 2016 at the MacDonald Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home, Watertown at 11 a.m.
Jimmy was the only son of the late Francis L. and Mary E. (Wrenn) McCarthy. Jimmy passed away suddenly Friday November 18, 2016. He was 75. Beloved husband of 44 years to Mary Ann (Mastrangelo) McCarthy. Brother-in- law of Joseph Mastrangelo of Winthrop & Thomas Mastrangelo of Danvers.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the Church of St. Patrick, Watertown on Wednesday, Nov, 9, 2016 for Eileen M. (Glennon) Brescia at 9 a.m.
Mrs. Brescia, a daughter of the late William and Madeline (Loewen) Glennon passed away in the Katherine Daniels Nursing Facility in Framingham on Wednesday morning. She was 91. Born in Boston, she grew up in Jamaica Plain, graduating from high school in Boston. She married Len in 1948, moved to Watertown and was married for 58 years.
Jack Brady of Watertown passed away unexpectedly from natural causes, at his residence on Oct. 28. Jack was the son of John Brady and Bernice Comeau Brady and the brother of Charles Brady of Waterbury Center, Vt., Donna Brady Rollo of Nashville, Tenn., and the late Robert Brady. He also leaves behind two nephews and two nieces (James Brady Thacker of Nashville, Tenn.; Sean Oakes of Seabrook, N.H.; Kate Cosgriff of Minneapolis and Heather Cosgriff of Piermont, N.Y. – his beloved aunts and uncles Norbert Comeau, Lorraine Lawn, and Muriel Chapman of Marshfield – all of his Harrington and Comeau cousins and special long-time friends Richard and Marie Volleman and their daughters Lee, Rachel, and Michelle. Jack attended St.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday October 11, 2016 in St. Patrick Church, Watertown at 9 a.m. for Mary C. (O’Connell) Bloomer. Mrs. Bloomer, a daughter of the late Thomas and Catherine (McGovern) O’Connell was born in Boston. She passed away in her home surrounded by her loving family on Thursday October 6, 2016, at the age of 83. Mary was the loving wife of the late Harold J. Bloomer, who passed away at an early age of 54 in 1980.
Dr. Marvin Mitchell, 94, of Watertown died at home on Friday, Sept. 29. A respected scientist who loved oil painting, vegetable gardening, and running, he was down to earth, interested in others, and more likely to arrive at work in sneakers and a hoodie than a white coat.
He continued to publish scientific papers into his last year, and was still at his lab just two weeks before his death. He was loved by all those who knew him, family, friends, and co-workers. Mitchell was born in 1922 in Toledo Ohio. His parents and older sister Shirley (who had a successful career as a radio and TV actress) were immigrants from Poland, Jews escaping the Russian Civil War.