All Obituaries

Paula M. Hayes of Hyde Park, formerly Mattapan passed peacefully on March 23, 2020. Born to parents William D. Hayes and Josephine (Fila) Hayes in 1939 Paula was a true Boston girl. She was the treasured sister to Brenda Hayes Hussey and her late husband Donald A. of Hingham and Thomas J. Hayes and his wife Valerie of Quincy. She was the beloved aunt of Gregory Hayes and his wife Shannon of ME and Jennifer Golec and her husband John of CT and great aunt of Liam, Caili and Hale. Paula was a...

Johanson, John (Russ) of Hingham, MA beloved husband, father and friend passed away on March 18, 2020 at the age of 88. He is survived by his children Paul and Beth. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, March 21st at the High Street Cemetery, Hingham, MA at 10:30AM.

Marguerite (Peggy) McCauley-Peeler-Dailey, 93 born in Boston, MA 1926, died March, 16, 2020 surrounded in love by her family. She was predeceased by her parents, Arthur Cornelius McCauley and Madeline Audrey Sullivan-McCauley, her brother, Arthur McCauley, grandson Matthew Stephen McCauley, her 1st husband Roy Peeler, her 2nd husband Dr. Charles Dailey, her beloved son-in-law Dion Patrick DunLany, sisters-in-law Helen McCauley, Kathleen (Chickie) McCauley and life-long friend, Virginia...

Claire I. Duxbury, 89, a resident of Hingham for the past 62 years, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020 with her family by her side. She was the wife of the late John R. Duxbury.  Beloved mother of Cynthia Moore and John R. Duxbury, Jr.  Also survived by her grandchildren Nicole, Alexandra and William, her great grandson Cameron, her brother Donald R. Wood and his wife Alta, and many nieces and nephews. Sister of the late Warren E. Wood and Virginia W. Wood. Burial will be...

Mary Maud (Maines) Sullivan of Edgartown died on March 12, 2020 at South Shore Hospital, the day before her 83rd birthday. Born in Philadelphia in 1937 to Edmond Clair and Elizabeth Kenney Maines, Mary Maud attended Saint Collistus Grammar School of Philadelphia, PA Mont Saint Joseph Academy of Montgomery County, PA (Class of 1954); Chestnut Hill College of Philadelphia (1958); and earned her master’s degree in career planning and guidance at Northeastern University in Boston,...

Carol M. Meaney of Hingham, MA age 95 passed away March 6 in the Hospital after being under Hospice care at home for the last 6 months. Born Carol Robbins in Boston, daughter of Charlotte and George Robbins, sister of Georgia O'Neill (deceased) of Nevada and Kenneth Robins (deceased) of California. She is predeceased by her husband(s) ex Andrew Gaudette (deceased), Joseph Meaney (deceased) and George Casey (deceased).  She is survived by her daughter Andrea of Westboro, son, Mark...

Dr. Virginia Edwina Tay of Hingham, died suddenly at her historic Main Street home on Thursday, March 5, 2020.  She is survived by her beloved twin sister, Mary Anne Donaldson of Altadena, California.  Both were born to Ceil and Edwin Tay of Teaneck, New Jersey on June 13th, 1946. Virginia was a Clinical Psychologist and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with an active practice in both Cambridge and Hingham. She mostly recently served as Chair of the Hingham Historic Districts...

LEAHY, Anne M. of Hingham, died Tuesday, March 3, 2020 peacefully at home at the age of 72.  She was the daughter of Mary Edna and Francis W. Dorion (deceased) of South Boston. Anne leaves behind her beloved and devoted husband of 53 years, Edward W. Leahy. Anne was a loving mother and best friend to her three children, Jennifer Leahy of Cary, NC, Timothy Leahy and his partner Jessica Schrader of Bel Air, MD, and Andrew Leahy and his partner Desha Abe of Weymouth, MA. Adoring...

Henry Robert Laniewski of Weymouth, passed away peacefully on February 28, 2020 after a lengthy battle with cancer at the age of 77.  Born to parents Henry J. Laniewski and Lucy M. (Gryglik), Henry grew up in Weymouth and was a 1960 graduate of the Weymouth High School who proudly served in the United States Army upon graduation. Henry worked in the sheet metal industry for the Kennedy Sheet Metal Factory in his home town of Weymouth and was a lifelong member of the Weymouth...

  Shirley Anne Wehmeier was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 5th 1921, the only daughter of Dorothy and Hugo Wehmeier. Following completion of high school at the University of Chicago Laboratory School, she attended the University of Indiana where she received a BA in history and psychology. She enrolled in the Masters Program for Fine Arts at Northwestern, but put this on hold after her marriage to Richard Herman in 1947. Her only child came into her life in 1951. She became...