Obituaries

Dorchester, MA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Dorchester, Suffolk County & Surrounding Areas

Nilsa Linette Ortiz

Nilsa Linette Ortiz

Dec 13, 2019

Obituary not available.

Loreatha Slater

Loreatha Slater

Dec 10, 2019

Loreatha Slater was born in Statesboro, Georgia on October 11, 1951 and passed away on December 10, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was predeceased by her parents, Willie Slater, Sr. and Emma Young Slater. Visitation and Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday, December 21, 2019. Viewing - 10:00 am Service - 11:00 am Rehoboth Bethel Church 20...

Patrice Jacobs

Patrice Jacobs

Dec 10, 2019

Obituary not available.

Jose H Firmino

Jose H Firmino

Dec 9, 2019

This week we lost a giant. Though we all knew this day was soon coming, we are still at a loss for how to fill the gap.  It’s still difficult to accept that that he’s no longer around to make jokes that are sure to inspire us to laugh and be in the present with him. 

Though our memories of the...

Gladys L. Alexander

Gladys L. Alexander

Dec 8, 2019

Obituary not available.

Mark A. Williams

Mark A. Williams

Dec 6, 2019

Obituary not available.

Fred Edward Moody, Jr

Fred Edward Moody, Jr

Dec 2, 2019

Obituary not available.

Otto Sanders

Otto Sanders

Nov 30, 2019

Obituary not available.

Bradford Elliott Wright

Bradford Elliott Wright

Nov 30, 2019

Obituary not available.

A. Claire Carter-Marsh

A. Claire Carter-Marsh

Nov 28, 2019

Claire Carter-Marsh, daughter of John Sr. and Claire Carter, was born July 17, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts. She attended Boston Public Schools, Girls High School and graduated from Wilfred’s Academy in Boston to become a very successful cosmetologist, ultimately retiring from Especially Hair in Mattapan. 

Mom, Mum, Mommy, Gran, GG, Auntie Claire quietly departed this life on Thursday, November 28, 2019,...

Nathaniel Williams

Nathaniel Williams

Nov 27, 2019

Obituary not available.

Rafael Lopes

Rafael Lopes

Nov 23, 2019

1 O SENHOR É O MEU PASTOR;

NADA ME FALTARÁ.

2 DEITAR-ME FAZ EM PASTOS VERDEJANTES;

GUIA-ME MANSAMENTE

A ÁGUAS TRANQÜILAS.

3 REFRIGERA A MINHA ALMA;

GUIA-ME PELAS VEREDAS DA JUSTIÇA POR

AMOR DO SEU NOME.

4 AINDA QUE EU ANDASSE PELO

VALE DA SOMBRA DA MORTE,

NÃO TEMERIA MAL ALGUM,

PORQUE TU ESTÁS COMIGO;

A TUA VARA E O TEU CAJADO ME CONSOLAM.

5 PREPARAS UMA MESA PERANTE

MIM NA PRESENÇA DOS MEUS INIMIGOS;

UNGES...

Ana Felicia Hernandez

Ana Felicia Hernandez

Nov 17, 2019

Obituary not available.

Mary Louise Pridgett

Mary Louise Pridgett

Nov 15, 2019

Obituary not available.

Elbert Paige

Elbert Paige

Nov 10, 2019

Obituary not available.

Vera Lavornia King

Vera Lavornia King

Nov 9, 2019

Vera Lavornia (pronounced LA VONE YAH) Lee was born in Blakely, Georgia on July 23, 1936 to the late Greagus Lee, Sr. and the late Gertrude Tucker.  Her mother told her "I named you Lavornia" after a friend, but her Aunt Vera misinformed the midwife who filled out the birth record. 

Lavornia was raised mostly by her father, as her parents divorced...

Mildred Geneva Taylor

Mildred Geneva Taylor

Oct 26, 2019

Mildred Geneva Taylor was born June 21,1928, in Boston, Ma, to the late Gertrude Stokes Reed and to the late George M. Reed. From that Union was born five girls, of which Sister Taylor was the eldest. In June of 1949, Sister Taylor married Paul H. Taylor, and from that union eight girls and five sons were born. Sister Taylor was...

Courtland Mcclaren Roberts

Courtland Mcclaren Roberts

Oct 26, 2019

"I was born and raised in Cambridge. My mother raised me, my brother and my sister. I was the baby. My sister was 10 years older than me. Then my brother. He just died four months ago. He was 78. We grew up between the Port area, which is near MIT, and the Coast which is near Harvard. It was...

Saleh Brian Campbell

Saleh Brian Campbell

Oct 19, 2019

Saleh was born in Boston, Massachusetts on July 25, 1954, to  Laurlene (Campbell) Hardy and raised by her and her husband James C. Hardy, Sr.

Saleh knew how to enjoy the "finer" foods like...eggs, heavy on the mayonnaise, cold pasta sauce and a good ole fashion bean pie.  See a muslim, buy a bean pie.

During Saleh’s formative years, he attended the Boston Public...