All Obituaries

Henry Hunter Shepherd, Jr. Obituary July 8, 1938 – April 18, 2024 Henry Hunter Shepherd, Jr., of Needham, MA, passed away on April 18, 2024. He is survived by Joyce Shepherd, his loving wife of 58 years, and by his children, Julie (Matthew) Emery and Andrew (Kari) Shepherd. He is also survived by five grandchildren and one great granddaughter. He was preceded in death by his brother, Richard. Shep was born on July 8, 1938, to Henry and Marjorie Shepherd, in Evanston, Illinois. He...

Dr. Donald Gerry Kennedy, of Newton died peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at age 87, surrounded by his beloved family. Born in Concord, MA, on February 23, 1936, the son of Malcolm and Dorothea, Donald grew up on Peaks Island, ME, with his family and graduated from Portland High School in 1954. He married his sweetheart Jean Ann Merrill of South Portland, ME, in 1959, and they shared 64 wonderful years together.  Donald received degrees from Colby College (BA 1958),...

Mary “Maureen” (Foley) Leonard graced us with her last smile on Sunday, April 7, 2024.  She passed away peacefully at the age of 85 after a long battle with dementia and she treasured her time with family through her final days. Maureen was born in Boston on Jan. 3, 1939, as the oldest of 3 children to Irish immigrants.  She attended the Holy Trinity Schools in Boston and after graduation she began working at the New England Telephone Co.  She later married, had 2...

Reinhold A. Carlson, of Newtonville formerly of Waban passed away on April 25, 2024. He was 98. Reinhold was the devoted husband for 52 years of the late Eleanor F. Carlson and the beloved father of Dr. Eric R. Carlson of Knoxville, Tennessee and the late Linda Goodrich. He is also survived by five grandchildren, Katie, Kristen, Ursula, Serena, and Noah. Visitation at the Eaton & Mackay Funeral Home 465 Centre Street Newton Corner on Tuesday May 7, 2024 from 5 – 7 pm....

It was a cold day; March 31st, 1933 and to excited parents, Albert & Stella Rossi their 1st child; a son was born and they named him, Albert Hugo Rossi.  Albert  & Stella's family grew.  Leah Amelia then Kenneth were the three beautiful children of Stella & Albert Rossi. Albert Hugo Rossi graduated from Needham and attended Cushing Academy in Asburnham, MA.  Albert loved being at Cushing Academy and later volunteered for the Army.  He was a great...

Joyce Pierson Shepherd Obituary November 17, 1939 – April 30, 2024 Joyce Pierson Shepherd, of Needham, MA, passed away on April 30, 2024. She was recently preceded in death by her loving husband of 58 years, Henry Shepherd. She was also preceded in death by her brother, John Pierson. She is survived by her children, Julie (Matthew) Emery and Andrew (Kari) Shepherd, and her sister, Gale (Doug) McNish. She is also survived by five grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Joyce was...

Anthony L. “Tony” Penzo of Plymouth, formerly of Newton and Quincy, passed away suddenly on April 28, 2024.  He was the son of the late Mickele and Rose Penzo, brother of Vincent Penzo and his spouse Mary, sisters Mary Torchetti and Roseanne Plath and her spouse Tom. He was predeceased by brothers Louis (Anna), Frank (Debbie), and sister Grace (Walter) Boyne.  He was the beloved husband of 57 years of Mary J (Kerr), devoted father of Michael A. and spouse Jeanine,...

I am deeply saddened to announce the death of my father Paul Gregory White, 81, of Walpole on April 16th 2024.  He was the beloved husband of the late Judith G (Nixon) White, with whom he shared 23 years of marriage before her passing in 1997. Born in Walpole, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Raymond and Margaret (Flaherty) White.  My father was a natural born athlete growing up, playing Football, Baseball, and Basketball at Walpole High School.  That talent allowed...

Louise Penhallow Crane, a longtime resident of Dover, MA passed away peacefully on January 25, 2024 at 99 years of age with her loving family by her side. She was the daughter of Charles Sherburne Penhallow, Jr. and Josephine Roth Penhallow of Waban, MA.  Louise attended the Miss Carroll School in Newton, MA and Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, MA graduating with the class of 1942. At the end of WWII, while volunteering at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Louise...

Elizabeth Duhig (86), known to friends and family as “Buffy”, died peacefully at home, surrounded by loving friends on Friday, February 9, 2024, from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Her gracious acceptance of the inevitableness of this illness was remarkable. She was a resident of Needham from 1950, when her family moved from Cambridge, and was the caretaker in their later years of her parents, the late Ruth (Howlett) and Charles Duhig.  She is survived by her brother...