All Obituaries

Claire J. Glynn, of Braintree, passed away peacefully on April 2, 2020 after an accident, at the age of 93. She was born on September 3, 1926 to the late Thomas and Josephine (Moran) Glynn.  Claire was born in Boston, MA where she was raised and educated.  After a short career at Blue Cross Blue Shield as a medical secretary she graduated from Boston College in 1959 with a degree in Education.  For the next 31 years Claire enriched the lives of many elementary school students...

  Mary I. "Honey" Prario of Braintree passed away March 29, 2020 peacefully at the age of 86. Born and raised in Braintree, Mary worked for many years at Standard service Bureau in Boston. Loving wife of the late Robert J. Prario.  She is survived by her brother Peter R. Canelli and his wife Donna of Braintree, sister Rita Sbrizzi and her late husband Joseph of Connecticut. Mary is the sister of the late Madeline Westover and her late husband Stanley, the late Joseph...

Rita J (O'Connnell) Knecht July 4, 1955 ~ March 25, 2020 Rita J (O'Connell) Knecht of Quincy died peacefully with her daughter by her side on March 25, 2020, at the age of 64. Rita was born and raised in South Boston and a resident of Braintree for over 20 years and recently a resident of Quincy for the past 3 1/2 years. Rita was the loving wife of the late George P. Knecht to whom she was married to for over 24 years. She is survived by her daughter Karen M Knecht and grandson...

  Emily Theresa (Naples) Calarese of Braintree, born October 3, 1930, loving wife of the late John Baptist Calarese Jr., passed away at home on Thursday, March 19, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. Emily was married to her husband, who passed in 2016, for 58 years. She is survived by her daughters, Ann Marie Yankun of Taunton, Dorothy T. Reynolds of Braintree and son William J. Calarese of Seattle, Washington; grandchildren, Jenna Yankun (McRorie) of Philadelphia PA, Christopher...

William A. Lynch Jr. age 70 of Braintree, passed away peacefully on Thursday March 5th surrounded by his family. He was the beloved husband of Paula C. (Brookes) Lynch, dear father of Catherine A. Johnson and her husband Matthew of Braintree, Alainna M. Lynch and her fiance Emmanuel Bibangamba of NY, William A. Lynch III and his wife Jessie of Reading, Maura E. Lynch and her husband Amin Shaikh of Braintree, Brighid T. Lynch and her husband Anand Boscha of Boston. Devoted brother of Thomas...

Francis (Frank) L. Chane of Kingston died peacefully surrounded by his family on February 20, 2020, at the age of 88 years old. Frank was born in Waltham and raised in Brighton and a resident of Braintree for over 50 years. He was the loving husband of the late Dolores (Martell) Chane married for over 63 years. He was the son of the late Charles and Rose (Sullivan) Chane. He was the brother of the late Charles Chane Jr, Rose (Chane) Picard and Agnes (Chane) Kolb. He is survived by his three...

Frances T. (Kirkell) (Nye) Humble, formerly of Marshfield, passed away peacefully at age 95 on February 16, 2020 after a brief illness.  Frances was the wife of the late John S. Humble and Algy C. Nye.  She was predeceased by her son, Richard A. Nye of Weymouth, and her siblings.  Frances was a devoted mother and grandmother.  She loved to dance and travel, enjoyed music, and was a talented decorator and homemaker. Frances will be missed by her three granddaughters, four...

Phyllis A. (Consalvi) (Dovell) Atkinson of Quincy formerly of Braintree, age 89, died  January 28, 2020. Wife of the late Frank Atkinson and Paul E. Dovell. She was the daughter of the late Inez & John Consalvi of Quincy. Sister of Frances Consalvi, John (Jack) Consalvi and his wife Nancy of Quincy and the late Eugene Consalvi of NV. She was the  beloved mother of Paul Dovell & his wife Gail of Pembroke, Deborah Bennett & her husband James of Milton, Stephen...

Robert L. Pistorino 80 of Braintree passed away January 23, 2020. Beloved husband of Joanne F. (Berry) to whom he was married to for 55 years. Loving father of Donna Peters and her husband Shane Frederick of NJ, Robert Pistorino (Lt BFD) and his wife Mary of Braintree and John Pistorino of Whitman. Brother of Josephine McGillicuddy of FL and the late Francis and Edward Pistorino. Dear grandfather of Melissa, Ryan, Brian, Paige, Brooke, Domenic, Frances, John, William and Joseph.   Born...

Dolores M. (Martell) Chane of Kingston died peacefully surrounded by her family on January 17, 2020, at the age of 85. Dolores was born and raised in South Boston and a resident of Braintree for over 50 years. Dolores was the loving wife of Frank Chane to whom she was married to for over 63 years. She was the daughter of the late Dominic and Concetta (Manetta) Martell. She was the sister of the late Joseph Martell. Dolores is survived by her three children Janice Sheldon of Pembroke, Carol...