All Obituaries

Jean P. (Ferrara) Bocchino of Braintree, formerly of the North End passed away unexpectedly on November 22, 2021 at the age of 86. Beloved wife for 65 years of Frank J. Bocchino; loving mother of Carole and her husband Ralph Petto of Saugus and Pamela and the late Dominic Calapa of Marshfield; daughter of the late Peter and Grace Ferrara of Boston; sister of the late Santo and Mary Ferrara of Medford. Also survived by her cherished grandchildren and great grandchild; Gregory and Gabrielle...

Isabel (O’Connell) Murray of Hingham passed away unexpectedly on November 27, 2021 at the age of 92. Born August 25, 1929, she was originally from Dorchester and lived in So Weymouth for 53 years before moving to Hingham in 2019. “Belle” was the wife of the late Francis Murray who predeceased her in 2014 after 53 years of marriage. She was the daughter of the late William and Isabel (McMahon) O’Connell of Boston. Belle was sister of the late William O'Connell,...

Carol Ann (McGrath) Kowalik of Weymouth, formerly of South Boston passed away on November 23rd, 2021 at the age of 67. She passed peacefully after an acute illness and a courageous 13-year fight with cancer. Carol’s greatest love was her family. A dedicated wife, daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, and friend. Carol will be missed deeply by all who were lucky to have known her. Carol was predeceased by her husband Thomas Kowalik II, and survived by her two children Thomas (Tommy)...

Phillip Hirtle of Braintree died peacefully in his sleep on November 22, 2021 at the age of 96. Phil was born in 1925 in Milton, the son of Dan and Annie Hirtle. He grew up in the Wollaston section of Quincy and graduated from North Quincy High School, class of 1942. He served in the Army during World War II, including combat in Europe, where he received a Purple Heart. Upon returning to the States, he graduated from Tufts University in the class of 1949. During his long professional career,...

Edward Ira Hunt, Jr. of Braintree, MA passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, November 13, 2021 at age 77.  He loved his wife, Miranova Hunt, unconditionally for over 57 years.  Son of the late Edward and Mary Hunt (née Tivnan). Devoted father of Eugene and his wife Janese of Braintree, Robert and his wife Karen of South Boston, and Malissa Northup and her husband David of Braintree. Loving Papa of grandchildren Porter, William, Lila, and Grady. A life-long resident of...

Jane Whittaker of Braintree passed away peacefully on November 3rd surrounded by family at South Shore Hospital at age 89. A loving and devoted wife to the late Leon J. Whittaker Jr. Daughter of the late Christine (Chisolm) and Earl Nash of Braintree. Loving mother of daughter Gail Moore of Riverside California, son Mark and his wife Betty Whittaker of Plymouth, of the late daughter Lee Ann Whittaker of Hull, and son Glenn Whittaker of Stoughton. Sister of the late Maureen Setterlund of...

Cynthia "Cindy" P. (Reeves) Keenan of Braintree passed away peacefully at Mass General Hospital surrounded by family on October 29, 2021, at the age of 63. Loving wife of Michael Keenan for 34 years. Daughter of the late Judith (Croke) and William Reeves. Devoted mother to Nicole (Keenan) Eckhardt and her husband Andrew of Cumberland, RI, Michael Keenan and his wife Kaitlyn of Williston, VT, and James Keenan and his wife Amy of Braintree, cherished sister of Pamela Reeves of...

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DURFEE, Mary I. (Hartmann) of Braintree, MA, formerly of Dorchester, passed away peacefully at Southwood Nursing & Rehabilitation Facility, Norwell, Mass. Beloved wife of the late William E. Durfee, Sr. Daughter of the late John and Robina Hartmann. Loving mother of William E. Durfee Jr. and his wife Karen of Braintree, Donna Monaghan Durfee of Weymouth, Kenneth Durfee and his wife Christine of Lydonville, VT, Debra Durfee of Braintree, Darren Durfee and partner Denise Merlino of South...

  Kenneth J. Williams, Jr., 67, passed away at home on Friday, October 1, 2021. Kenneth was born in Weymouth and raised in Braintree. He graduated from Braintree High School, where he was on the cross-county track team. He went on to study theology at Eastern Nazarene College. He worked as a cab driver for many years. He was a member of the Center Club of Boston where he volunteered much of his time. His hobbies included scrabble and coin collecting. Kenneth enjoyed working as a vendor...