Zhongping Huang of Belmont passed away on March 5, 2026 at the age of 66. He was the beloved husband of Yafang Lin. All services for Zhongping were held privately.    

A Mass of Christian Burial for Adolfo Cayetano “Al” Capone will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2026, at 10:00 AM in St. Patrick Church, Watertown. Adolfo was born in Argentina to the late Alberto and Annina (Caso) Capone.  He passed away after a brief illness on March 4, 2026 in Boston. He was 71. Adolfo spent his childhood in Argentina and moved to Watertown, MA as a teenager where he was an avid chess player and opened his first business.  He met his wife, ...

Jane Elizabeth (McCarthy) O’Connor, 79, of Watertown, passed away peacefully on February 28, 2026, surrounded by her loving family.   A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, March 6, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. at the Church of St. Patrick, 212 Main Street, Watertown. Visiting hours will be held in St. Patrick’s Church on Thursday from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. To view the livestream of the Mass on Friday please ...

A Funeral Service for Linda Jane (Craig) Connelly will be held on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at 4:00 PM at the MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home, 270 Main Street, Watertown. Visiting hours will be held prior to the service from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Mrs. Connelly passed away peacefully in Cambridge on February 24, 2026, following a period of declining health. She was 82. Born to the late Ralph and Marion (White) Craig, Linda lived a ...

Joan F. (O’Brien) LeBlanc LaValle of Watertown died peacefully at home on February 19th, 2026 at the age of 92. She was the wife of the late Robert A. LaValle, Sr. Joan loved to cook, go to the casino and early on her and her siblings and their spouse would get together to play cards once a month. She also liked going to Cape Cod and being with family. She was there for everyone and was a great person to be with.   Her children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren were her ...

Donald James “D.J.” Gillis, born on September 27, 1969, at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Brighton, Massachusetts, passed away on February 17, 2026, at the age of 56. D.J. spent much of his childhood living in Tennessee and traveling throughout the southern United States, while summers were devoted to Cape Breton Island, Canada. These experiences shaped his devotion to family and instilled in him a proud connection to both his Scottish heritage and his Southern roots. He ...

Maurits Grunberger, 98   A Funeral Service for Maurits Grunberger will be held at 12:00 noon on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at the MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home, 270 Main Street, Watertown. Visiting hours will be held prior to the service from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Interment will be private.   Mr. Grunberger passed away peacefully on February 11, 2026, at the age of 98.   Born in Medan, ...

A Mass of Christian Burial for Robert Joseph Gilmore of Watertown will be celebrated on Friday, February 13, 2026, at 10:00 AM in the Church of St. Luke, 132 Lexington Street, Belmont.   Robert was born in Boston to the late Joseph M. Gilmore and Margaret Mary (McCabe) Gilmore. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at the age of 77.   A graduate of Watertown High School in 1966 and later Boston College in 1972. ...

DESROSIERS, Robert Bruce. Beloved husband of Gertrude H. (McDonnell) Desrosiers, longtime resident of Belmont and Chatham, passed away February 3, 2026, at the age of 94.   Bruce was born the son of Grace E. Surette and Arthur C. Desrosiers on Feb. 23, 1931, in Revere, MA. Bruce attended the College of the Sacred Heart Boarding School, and after the early death of his mother returned home to attend Boston College High School, graduating in 1948. He then went on to Boston College, ...

A Funeral Service for Loretta (Breton) Odom will be held at 11 AM on Saturday February 7, 2026 in the MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home, Watertown.   Mrs. Odom, a daughter of the late Emile P. & Alice M. (Ferland) Breton passed away in Worcester on January 28, 2026 after a period of declining health.  Loretta was 80.    Loretta was the beloved wife of the late Daniel Bailey Odom.  Devoted mother of Christopher M. Odom of Salem & Scott W. ...