All Obituaries

Donald J. Parece, born March 09, 1928, died peacefully with his family by his side on Tuesday morning, November 30, 2021.  Beloved husband of the late Maureen Bailey Parece.  Loving father of Daniel Parece, Marilyn Parece, Gary Parece, Lesley & Peter Winn, Joanne & Dan Lonergan, Neal & Rosemary Parece.   Born in Medford, son of the late Manuel and Ruth Parece of Somerville, Don grew up in Arlington and Somerville.  He met his forever love, Maureen, in...

Sylvia E. Perella (Whynot) of Belmont Nov. 29, 2021. Beloved wife of the late Dominic Perella. Complete notice to follow.

Walter Engels of Cambridge Nov. 29, 2021. Beloved husband of the late Ursula (Hemje) Engels. Complete notice to follow.

Arthur “Drummy” Gray of Malden, formerly of Cambridge, Nov. 22, 2021. Son of Arthur D. Gray, Sr., and Helen (Haley) Gray.  Brother of Roselyn L. Gray of NorthReading, Jocelyn G. Dever and her late husband Edward T. of Cambridge, and the late Richard W. Gray. Uncle of Jennifer Dever Wood and her husband Geoff of Cambridge. Great uncle of Griffin E. Wood.  Kindly cared for by David Sheehan and Kim Goodman.       ...

Joanne (Perry) MacKenzie of Walpole Nov. 21, 2021. Beloved mother of Gail MacKenzie-Antin and husband Michael, Glenn Perry MacKenzie and wife Karen, Gregory Rooth MacKenzie, Sister Gail Perry Marshall, Her beloved late partner John C Spittel 1925-2002.  Also survived by many Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren and Nieces. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Donations may be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society, the American...

Xiuhong Shelley Li of Belmont, MA passed away suddenly at MGH after an extended illness.  She is survived by her mother, Wang Yuzhen, father Li Zongbai, husband Qi  Zhu, son Mark Zhu, daughter Kathleen Zhu, and nephews Jeff and Jimmy Gao.  Shelley was born in Guangdong, China and attended Guiyang Medical University  before receiving a WHO fellowship to conduct research at the Australian Army  Malaria Research Unit with the Army First Field Hospital. She was invited...

  Joseph L. Hansis Jr. of Cambridge passed away peacefully on November 14, 2021 at the age of 71.  He was the beloved son of the late Joseph L. Hansis Sr. and the late Grace Donnelly Hansis of Cambridge.  He was the loving brother of William Hansis of Cambridge, Gary Hansis and his wife Kathleen of Malden and Elaine Kneeland and her husband William of Sudbury.  He was the uncle...

Michael S. Mayzel of Cambridge Nov 14, 2021. Beloved husband of the late Dorothy (Amrich) Mayzel. Complete notice to follow. Late U.S. Navy Veteran W.W.II.

Ann Foote (Webster) of Belmont Nov. 11, 2021. At the family's request her funeral services will be private.

Chris  “C” McMackin is a loving brother, son, nephew, great nephew and cousin. Chris brought joy to everyone he met and never missed an opportunity to crack a ridiculous joke. Chris attended Belmont High  and graduated in 2004. His close friends are his friends from Belmont. Chris attended Virginia Tech and is a proud Hokie.  Chris graduated from Hurricane Island Outward Bound School. He was commissioned in the Massachusetts Army National Guard and...

Catherine A. “Kate” (Sullivan) Lynch of Arlington, formerly of Cambridge, November 8, 2021. Beloved wife of the late James J. Lynch Jr.  Loving mother of Catherine Serrano of Belmont, James J. Lynch III of Arlington, Edward and his wife Arleen of West Yarmouth and Eileen Bradley and her husband Paul of Canton. Devoted grandmother of Jimmy, Marina and her husband Alec, Timmy, Maggie, Katie, Kelly and Casey and great grandmother of Enza. Sister of the late Jean Savery,...

William P. Davis of Cambridge Oct. 31, 2021. Husband of Anne (Murphy) Davis. Loving father of William P. Davis Jr. of Ashby,  Madelynn & Richard Courtois of Mansfield and Denise & John Sullivan of Cambridge. Cherished grandfather of John Jr. & Jessica Sullivan of Cambridge and Alissa Sullivan of Cambridge. Brother of the late Arliene Davis, Richard H. Davis Jr & Priscilla Cass. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.  William was a member of the Amicable...

Maureen F. (Kelley) Bruce of Belmont Oct 31, 2021. Beloved mother of James W. Bruce and his wife Jessica of Hopkinton. Cherished Nana of Alexis and Nathan Bruce.  Loving sister of Priscilla Beadle of Hull, Marilyn MacDonnell of Marlborough, Gail McDonald and her husband Bill of Maynard and Nancy Shea and her husband Kevin of Bolton. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.  Maureen’s fondest times were spent on summer days in Hull, surrounded by her family, friends, and...

Jazmine Diaz of Cambridge Oct 29, 2021. Beloved mother of P.J. Velez and Adrian Cruz both of Cambridge. Loving daughter of Emma Carballo of Chelsea and the late Louis Diaz. Visiting hours will be held in the Brown & Hickey Funeral Home 36 Trapelo Road Belmont on Sunday Nov 7th from 2:00 - 4:00 PM. A funeral mass will be celebrated in St Mary Church 134 Norfolk Street Cambridge on Monday at 10:00 Am. Relatives and friends invited. Interment Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge. In lieu of...

Paul E. Kelley of Chelmsford formerly of Belmont Oct 27, 2021. Beloved son of the late Edward P. and Jeanne A. (Gaw) Kelley. Loving brother of Nancy L. and her husband Gary Brustas of Centerville, Patricia A. and her husband Nicholas Sacca Jr. of Arlington, George E. and his wife Susan of Plymouth,  Mark F. and his wife Irene of Waltham and Kathleen Kelley of Woburn.  Also survived by many nieces, nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews. Dear friend of...

Pamela (Brown) Meehan of Arlington, MA, formerly of Belmont, MA, October 26, 2021, age 59. Beloved wife of her middle school sweetheart William Meehan of Arlington, MA for 36 years (44 all together). Daughter of the late Howard and Marilyn (Welch) Brown, formerly of Belmont, MA. Loving mother of Patrick and James Meehan of Arlington, MA. Dear sister to Brenda Brown of Weirs Beach, NH and her late brother Colin Brown, formerly of Belmont, MA. She is also survived by many cherished...

Yi Eh Huang of Belmont Oct 19, 2021. Beloved husband of Tse - Hsiao Chen. At the families request the funeral services will be private.

Brian F. Collins, of Bedford, Massachusetts passed away due to a long illness on Saturday, October 16th at the age of 64. Brian was born on May 29th, 1957 and raised in Lexington, Massachusetts and is the son to the late John F. Collins of North Conway, New Hampshire and is survived by his mother Jeanne R. Campbell of Jacksonville, Florida.  When in high school, Brian won the globe scholastic gold key award for a landscape watercolor painting in 1975. Following graduation from...

Mary A. (Dostoomian) Margosian 97 of Lexington. Passed away peacefully Thursday evening Oct. 14, 2021. "Dusty" as many of her family and friends called her loved the simple things in life which she enjoyed the most. Especially raising and being a devoted mother to her three children, Robert, Carol and Phil Margosian. She had such a distinct  passion for creativity and she enjoyed designing pillows, hand crafting jewelry and loved creating decor for her...

Joan Cunningham Doyle of Watertown formerly of Cambridge and Belmont Oct 13, 2021. Loving mother of  Robert (Bob) of Weymouth, Patricia (Patty) of Cambridge, Marie of Hudson, John(Jay) and his wife Suzanne of Georgetown, SC., Joan Rasmusson of Souix Falls, SD., Jane Crapulli and her husband Michael of Acton , William (Bill) and his partner Leah Rowe of Belmont and Kristen and her fiance Michael Cardoze of Northborough. Cherished grandmother to Keri, Katie, Michael, Danielle,...