Samantha Lee Chase of Watertown, passed away suddenly on March 12, 2021 at the age of 32.   Sam was the loving daughter of David A. Chase & Lisa L. (Yankowski) Chase of Watertown.   Born in Cambridge, she grew up and was raised in Watertown. Samantha spent 12 years in the Watertown Public School system, graduating from Watertown High School on 2006.  After high school she obtained her degree in massage therapy.  She worked as an office manager at Chase & Tolan...

June M. Donna age 68 of Pittsfield died peacefully on March 12, 2021 at Tufts Medical Center from COPD and pulmonary hypertension. A 1970 graduate of Pittsfield High School, June worked for 40 years as a Senior Engineering Technician at General Dynamics. Her hobbies included working with stained glass, oil painting, and quilling. June volunteered at Sonsini Animal Shelter.   She was the daughter of the late James F. Donna and Helen Pagerey Donna. She is survived by her brother James...

NORTON, David Macy of Watertown, March 7, 2021 age 68.  Loving son of the late Raymond M. & Lillian Ruth (Studley) Norton.  Dear brother of the late Ruth Ann Gentile & her husband Loreto of Framingham and the late Nancy J. Ferdinand & her late husband James.  Devoted uncle of James P. Ferdinand, Jr., Miriam R. Gentile, & Rachel L. Gentile. Caring great-uncle of 4.   Visiting hours will be held in the MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home, 270...

HABLANIAN, Marsbed of Needham, March 2, 2021. Age 96. Beloved husband of the late Alice L. (Topjian) Hablanian. Loving father of Jeanne M. Hablanian & her husband Charles Tyler of Sherborn & David Hablanian & his wife Cheryl of Natick. Dear brother of Gina Hablanian of Watertown & the late Goriun Hablanian. Also survived by his Habosian cousins.   Born and raised in the Ukraine, Mr. Hablanian spent his youth in the school systems of Stalin’s USSR. When he was...

Rosemary Cancian, 96, died on February 24 at Neville Center, Cambridge Massachusetts. Born Rosemary Sacco in Braintree MA, she attended Girls Latin School and Radcliffe, graduating in 1945. In 1949 she married John Cancian (Harvard 1942, Harvard Law school 1949), whom she had known since childhood. They settled in Belmont, where she raised their five children.  Active in the Belmont community where they had many friends, she and John were founding members of the Belmont Hill Club. After...

Rose A. (Composto) Casale passed away in her Waltham home on Wednesday February 24, 2021. Rose was 99.     Mrs. Casale was born in Newton, and was a self employed dress designer.     Rose was the loving wife of the late Joseph A. Casale.  Loving mother of Joseph A. Casale Jr. and Armand J. Casale.  Devoted grandmother of Jeffrey, Jimmy, Naomi and the late Jodi and eight great-grandchildren. Also survived by many nieces & nephews.   A private...

Gallagher, Mary T. (Gildea) of Newton February 23, 2021. Age 94. Beloved wife of the late Charles J. Gallagher.  Loving mother of Charles V. Gallagher of Newton, Mary K. Gallagher of Mashpee and Sheila M. Gallagher of Canada. Dear sister of Joanne Jaeger of NJ and sister in-law Terry Fitzpatrick of Watertown. A private service & burial in the family lot, St. Patrick Cemetery was held. Memorials in Mary’s memory may be made to The Price Center, 27 Christina St., Suite 201,...

Donald L. Pentleton of Watertown passed away on Thursday February 11, 2021, he was 84 years of age.   Don was born in Boston and raised in Watertown to the late Lawrence & Ruth Pentleton.  He was a proud veteran of the Army National Guard, serving from 1958 to 1964. While in the service, he earned the rank of SP4 and played drums in the Army Band.   Donald’s greatest passions in life were his love for his family and love for music.  He was a wonderful...

DUFFY, Robert Leo, 83, of Weston and Hyannis, formerly of Brookline and Watertown, passed away on February 2, 2021. Beloved husband of Natalie Stanley Duffy for 62 years. Born in Watertown to the late Peter D. Duffy & Florence H. (McNally). Devoted father to Robert L. Duffy, Jr., and his wife Tara H. Duffy of Wayland; Peter D. Duffy and his Fiancée Susan Lewis of Sherborn; and William J. Duffy and his wife Nichole C. Duffy of Wayland. Grandfather to seven grandchildren Robert L....

A private funeral service and interment at Mount Feake Cemetery in Waltham will be held for Yva A. Petit   Ms. Petit passed away on January 28, 2021 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital after a brief illness. Yva was 64.   Yva was born in Saint-Louis-du-Sud, Haiti to Rene and Luce (Henry) Petit and lived in Waltham. She worked as a home health aid.    She was the beloved daughter of the late Rene and Luce (Henry) Petit. Loving sister of Jean M....