Obituaries

OBIT: Paula MacDonald, 42, Watertown High Grad, Worked for Food Banks

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A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday December 14, 2015 for Paula Jean MacDonald at 9 a.m. in the Church of Saint Patrick, Watertown. Ms. MacDonald, a daughter of Walter F. MacDonald, Jr. and Irene H. (Tobio) MacDonald, passed away suddenly on Wednesday evening, Dec. 9, 2015 at the age of 42. Paula was a graduate of the Class of 1991, Watertown High School. She loved to play sports; softball and field hockey were he favorites.

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OBIT: William McCusker, 58, St. Pat’s Grad, Worked at Perkins School

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A Funeral Mass for William F. McCusker will be celebrated on Wednesday Dec. 2, 2015 in the Church of Saint Patrick, Watertown, at 9 a.m.

Mr. McCusker, a son of the late Joseph P., Sr. and Catherine M. (Skehan) McCusker died in his home in Acton on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. He was 58. Born in Boston, William was brought up in Watertown, graduating from Saint Patrick High School, Class of 1976. William has lived in Acton for the past 10 years.

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OBIT: Margaret ‘Terry’ Sallese, 93, Grew up in Belmont, Moved to Weston

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A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the Church of Saint Patrick, Watertown on Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, for Margaret T. “Terry” (Griffin) Sallese at 11 a.m.

Mrs. Sallese, a daughter of the late Timothy and Delia (Murphy) Griffin, passed away in the Mary Ann Morse Nursing & Rehab Center, Natick after a period of declining health. She was 93. Born in Waltham, she grew up in Belmont, graduating from Belmont High School, Class of 1940. She married her husband Tony and they moved to Weston.

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OBIT: Julia Phillips, 88, Former Supervisor of Elliot House at Harvard

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A Funeral Service will be held in the MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral home, Watertown on Monday November 23, 2015 for Julia k. (Broderick) Phillips at noon. Mrs. Phillips came to the U.S. from Ballinakell in County Galway, Ireland, in 1948. She passed away in the Bay Path of Duxbury Center on Thursday evening, November 19, 2015. A daughter of the late Thomas and Julia (Finnerty) Broderick. She was 88.

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OBIT: Patricia (Whitecross) Walsh, 89, Raised Six Children

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A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the Church of Saint Patrick, Watertown on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 for Patricia Mary (Whitecross) Walsh, at 9 a.m.

Mrs. Walsh, a daughter of the late Charles and Ellen (Reilly) Whitecross, passed away suddenly in Boston on November 24th. She was 89. Patricia was the beloved wife of Francis C. Walsh. The two of them were married many years and raised six wonderful children together. Devoted mother of Kevin Walsh of Boston, Deirdre A. Jefferson and husband Robert of Belmont, Tara M. Parshley and her husband Frederick of Fort Wayne, Ind., Morna MacGillivray and Charles of Wellesley, Meghan Reardon and her husband James of San Diego California, and Shane Walsh and his wife Pamela of West Roxbury.