Thursday, January 31, 2013
Buttner, a Somerville native, was a longtime parishioner at Saint Joseph's Church in Union Square.
On Tuesday, we posted a story about the death of Theodore Buttner, 87, who died after a pedestrian accident in Peabody on Sunday. Buttner was raised in Somerville and spent nearly 50 years living on Walnut Street, according to his daughter, Patricia Caton, who lives in Peabody. Caton described her father as being active in the Somerville community, particularly at Saint Joseph Church in Union Square, where he served as an ecumenical minister and was a parishioner for decades. He spent 35 years working for the MBTA, and he was involved in a local organizations, including the Medford Auxiliary Fire Department, Caton said. He "gave a lot of time and energy freely" and never asked for recognition, she said of her father, whom she called a "…
Monday, December 10, 2012
Somerville named the corner of Gussie Terrace and Porter Street after Invernizzi in October. He was 84 when he passed away.
Robert E. Invernizzi, who saw action in the Pacific in the years immediately following World War II—he enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 in September of 1945—and who lost an eye in the Korean War, passed away on Dec. 4 at the age of 84, according to an email from his family and Rogers Funeral Home. In October, Somerville dedicated the corner of Gussie Terrace and Porter Street as Radarman Second Class Robert E. Invernizzi Square. He was a lifelong Somerville resident and one of the city's most decorated veterans. After the wars, Invernizzi, a draftsman, helped design guidance systems at MIT and aircraft enigines at General Electric. Invernezzi was married to Claire (Breen) Invernizzi, who passed away before he did. The two of them are …
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
David Tagliaferro handed out newspapers at Davis Square's Red Line station for six years. He was known for handing out dog biscuits, too. He died on Sept. 29.
David Tagliaferro, for six years a familiar and friendly face to Davis Square Red Line commuters, died on Saturday, and this week there's been an outpouring of condolences from the straphangers he interacted with every work day. Tagliaferro was a promoter for the Metro Boston newspaper, and every Monday through Friday he handed out the free daily publication to T riders at Davis Square Station. "He was quite well liked in the area" and he "lit up commuters' lives every morning," said Walt Zorkers, distribution manager at Metro Boston. "He touched a lot of lives positively," Zorkers said. "The Metro family sorely misses him." Zorkers said Tagliaferro passed away Saturday night at his home. He was 66 years old. Although the cause of death …
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