All Obituaries

PISANO, William C. of Belmont, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.  He was 83 years old.  Born in Santa Clara, California, Bill lived in Belmont for many years. A graduate of Harvard University with a PhD, Bill was a Civil and Environmental Engineer. He was a Board member of Woodwell Climate Research Center and was an active member of Research Gate.  He was the beloved husband of Rosemary Hoey-Pisano for over 54 years; dear and devoted father of Liam...

MORRISON, Nancy J. of Cambridge entered into rest unexpectedly, Saturday, March 23, 2024 in the Mt. Auburn Hospital.  She was 78 years old.  Born in Medford, Nancy lived in Cambridge for many years.  She was a graduate of Lasell University and was a Registered Nurse by profession retiring from the New England Deaconess Hospital after 35 plus years of caring and comforting her many patients through her dedicated years of healthcare.  Nancy was the beloved daughter of the...

BORN, Dirck Ten Broeck of Cambridge, March 14, 2024.  Beloved husband of Emelie (Sullivan) for over 50 years.  Son of the late G. Donald and Katharine (Walker) Brigham. Brother of the late Donald Walker Born.  He is also survived by 3 nephews and 1 niece.  Dirck was a graduate of Phillips Academy, Andover. Amherst College and he also received his MBA from Harvard Business School. lieu of flowers, contributions in Dirck’s memory to the Addison Gallery of American...

AVENI, Helen M. (Mailhiot) of Mashpee, formerly of Belmont, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, January 28, 2024.  She was 97 years old.  Born in Cambridge, Helen lived in Belmont for many years before settling in Mashpee.    Beloved wife of the late Joseph F. Aveni.  Dear and devoted mother of Josephine Markey and her husband, Ernest of Lynnfield, Maria Boelens and her husband, Peter of Naples, FL, Helen G. Aveni and Charles J. Aveni of Mashpee.  Sister of the...

  Joseph Edward Cummings “Joe” died peacefully at home in Arlington, MA on January 23, 2024 at the age of 94. Joe was born in Cambridge, MA on December 1, 1929, the son of the late Marie (Harrity) and Howard J. Cummings. He graduated from Belmont High School in 1946.  He attended Northeastern University before serving in the US Navy for two years. Joe and his beloved wife of 50 years, Margaret (Heavey) Cummings, loved to travel, entertain, spend time with family and...

HUANG, Brian of Belmont, died peacefully on December 31, 2023 in the Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.  He was 72 years old.  Brian was born in Yong Ning, Guang Xi, China and lived in Belmont for many years.  While in China, his first occupation was a soldier for 8  years.  Following that, he immigrated to the United States and became a Social Worker at Tufts Medical Center and worked there for over 30 years.  He was the beloved husband of Susan...

DELANDIS, Dorothy (Ocnos) of Brookline, entered into rest on Friday, December 22, 2023 at home surrounded by her loving and caring family,at 101 years.  Beloved wife of the late John Harold Delandis.  Dear and devoted mother of Barbara Rinn and her husband, William of Winchester and Beverly Herlihy and her husband, John of Ridgewood, NJ.  Sister of the late Charles Ocnos and George Ocnos and his surviving wife Dorothea..  Loving grandmother of Alexa Rinn, Colleen Doyle,...

Daunt, Charles Arthur, Jr. of Belmont, entered into eternal rest at home surrounded by his partner, Will for over 35 years.  He was 93 years old.  Charlie was born in Boston and was a lifelong resident of Belmont.  He worked in banking and was retired from Brookline Trust as a Senior Vice President. Charlie also served int the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict and was honorably discharged as a First Lieutenant.  Charlie and Will enjoyed their time...

Antoinette Marie Tesoniero Verdier was born on November 28, 1938 in Pittsfield, MA.  She died peacefully of heart failure on December 16, 2023.  She and her husband of 58 years, Robin F. Verdier, lived in Belmont, MA.  She is also survived by her sons Benjamin, of Seattle, WA, and Christopher and his wife Liudmyla and her son Maksym, of Alexandria, VA. Toni attended Middlebury College in Vermont, where she majored in English, was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society,...

Sigurdur Helgason, 96, of Belmont, Massachusetts, passed away on December 3, 2023.  He was born in Akureyri in 1927, the largest town in northern Iceland with a population of 3100.  During his life, he traveled and lived in many parts of the world, but he remained a “boy from Akureyri”.   From a very early age, Sigurdur was enthralled with mathematics.  As a child, he enjoyed measuring circular objects around his home to calculate Pi.  In 1940,...