Obituaries

Riva Marchione of Pescara, Italy, Revere, and in her later years Framingham, Massachusetts, passed away Monday, August 8, 2022 at St. Patrick’s Manor in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Daughter of the late Pasquale Belmonte and Vincenzina (Speziale) Belmonte, loving wife of the late Aldo Marchione, dear mother of Paula Nigro, Marisa Cohen and her husband Jeffrey, Valentino Marchione, and Carla Morss and her husband Warren. Grandmother of John Nigro, Ariel Cohen, Gregory Cohen, Amanda Morss Stein, Tyler Morss, Christian Marchione and Gabriella Marchione. Great-grandmother of Hunter and Jack Nigro and Lucille Marchione. Riva leaves behind a family of relatives in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

Services and Entombment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Riva’s memory to St. Patrick’s Manor, 863 Central St., Framingham, MA 01701.

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Steffi Lewin Shapiro, age 87, of Roslindale, formerly of Brookline, West Roxbury and Newton. Longtime yoga teacher, social worker, and graduate of Simmons College. Born in Berlin, Germany; grew up in Lima, Peru and Brookline, Massachusetts. Loving mother of Sharon Kamowitz and her husband Marvin Getman, Michelle Glickman and her husband Norman Glickman, and Joel Shapiro and his wife Carol Lethaby. Devoted grandmother of Joshua and Becky Kamowitz, Gabriella Glickman, Amanda Glickman, Abby Getman, and Emily and Jon Balbarin. Proud great-grandmother of Caleb, Anton, and Wiley.  Graveside service at Imas-Roxbury Lodge, 776 Baker St., West Roxbury on August 10, 2022, at 1:00 pm.  Shiva at the home of Sharon Kamowitz and Marvin Getman on August 10 from 7-9 pm, and on August 11 from 2-4pm. Shiva will continue at the home of Michelle and Norman Glickman on August 11 from 7-9pm.   In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Pan Mass Challenge or the charity of your choice.

Claire Shapiro, 90, of Framingham, formerly of Hopkinton, Ashland and Natick, died on August 5, 2022 at The Branches of Framingham. She leaves her son, Daniel Shapiro, and his wife Carol of Framingham; her sister Barbara Patashnik of Worcester; her two granddaughters, Alissa Carberry (spouse Clancy) of Burlington, VT, and Andrea Quinn (spouse Mark) of Philadelphia; her son-in-law James Carberry of Nashville; and other dear family members and friends. She was predeceased by her husband Henry, her daughter Marjorie Carberry, and her brother-in-law, Sanford Patashnik.

Claire grew up in Worcester and graduated from Classical High School and Becker College with a major in Journalism. She worked as a guidance office secretary in the Framingham Public Schools for over thirty years.  She loved her family, golf,  summers spent on the Cape, ice cream, and was an avid fan of the Cotuit Kettleers and, of course, the Red Sox.  She had a great passion for music – she played the piano and sang  – and after retirement she devoted herself to music. She traveled around the Natick-Framingham area with her keyboard entertaining at many of the local nursing homes and bringing joy to the residents. She was loved by all who knew her and will be dearly missed by everyone whose lives she touched.

Services will be held in the Sharon Memorial Park Chapel, 40 Dedham St., Sharon, at 1 pm on Monday, August 8, 2022.  Following the service, the memorial observance will be held at Daniel and Carol’s home until 6 pm.  Contributions in her memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association of MA, 309 Waverley Oaks Road, Waltham, MA 02452 (alz.org), Death with Dignity, P.O. Box 2009, Portland OR 97208 (deathwithdignity.org) or a charity of your choice.

Special thanks to everyone at Fairview Estates in Hopkinton and at The Branches in Framingham for their extraordinary caring and compassion for Claire and her family.

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Sandra “Sandy” Hirsh Golding died August 1, 2022 of complications from congestive heart failure at her home at Fox Hill Village in Westwood. Sandy was born in North Adams, Massachusetts on November 18, 1930 to Samuel U. Hirsh and Rebecca C. Hirsh.  A popular and successful student, she was valedictorian of the class of 1948 at Drury High School. Heading down the Mohawk Trail over the Hoosac Range to Wellesley College, Sandy graduated with a degree in Sociology with the class of 1952, having served as President of Shafer Hall, her residence as an upperclassman. On January 7, 1950, Sandy accepted an invitation from a newly engaged classmate to join in a celebratory dinner as the date of Jordan L. Golding. Sandy originally had insisted that she would rather rearrange her sock drawer than go out on another blind date, but after sneaking a peek at Jordan in the Shafer Hall lobby by skulking down the back stairs, Sandy took a chance. Sandy and Jordan were married on March 15, 1953 in North Adams, following Sandy’s graduation and the conclusion of Jordan’s Navy service. Sandy began a long career in education, working with children with reading challenges. She earned a Master’s in Education from Boston University in 1958 and Master’s in Children’s Literature from Simmons in 1987. Sandy retired from the Brookline Schools in 1993.  Engaged not only in her own career, Sandy supported Jordan’s professional success, and saw to the care, feeding, education and carpooling of her three children, Larry (1955), Ellen (1957) and Matt (1962). Sandy enjoyed her home on the Cape, travel, sailing and singing, among other interests. Sandy triumphed in a battle with Stage 4 lung cancer in 1993, an ordeal which drew upon all of her strengths as a woman, and which honed the “seize the day” approach to life that had always been part of her character. This brief biographical note aside, Sandy will always be remembered for her generosity of spirit, her caring for others, and her concern lest any family member or guest not have enough to eat. A friend of ours once described Sandy to another friend about to meet her, “Mrs. Golding is a person who, after you have driven two hours to her house, will meet you in the driveway, ask how your trip was, and then offer that she had made a turkey, in case you were hungry.” Sandy was predeceased by Jordan, her husband of sixty-eight years.  She is survived by her children, Laurence (Cynthia), Ellen Rosenblatt, (David) and Matthew (Dawn). Her grandchildren, Eliot, Rebecca, Sam and Josh, step-grandchildren, Danny (Missy), Sarah, Aaron (Carly) and Sarah, and step-great grandchildren, Seth and Simon, were her pride and joy. Somewhat ironically, despite having lived a full 91 years, she was taken too soon. We love you, Mom!

Services will be held at Congregation B’Nai Tikvah, 1301 Washington St., Canton, MA on Sunday, August 7^th 2022 at 11 am. Interment to follow at Sharon Memorial Park, services will be live streamed, link can be found at the funeral home website. Memorial observance information will be shared at the funeral. Donations in Sandra’s memory may be made to Hebrew SeniorLife Hospice, c/o Hebrew SeniorLife Development Office, 1200 Centre St., Boston MA 02131, with Sandra Golding in the memo line, online at giving@HebrewSeniorLife.org, or to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Office of Philanthropy, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215, online at www.bidmc.org/giving.  Both organizations have been of great comfort and support to Sandy and the family.

Gracie Keezer-Of Brookline, on July 31, 2022.Beloved wife of the late Robert A.Keezer.Devoted mother of Candy Lechter and her late husband George, and Bill Keezer and his fiancé Laurie. Dear grandmother of Ali Shwartz and her husband Jared, Joshua Keezer and his wife Sarah, and Michael Lechner and his wife Jenny, and James Lechter. Cherished great-grandmother of Remi and Cooper Shwartz, and Lainey and Winnie Lechter. Devoted sister of Gloria Silver and Rita Cohen. Graveside services at Sharon Memorial Park on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at 11:45 am. Following the interment a memorial observance will be held at the residence of Bill Keezer, 210 Nahanton St., Newton till 7 Pm Wednesday. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Combined Jewish Philanthropies,126 High St., Boston, MA 02110

Rosalind F. Kaplan, age 82, of Wellesley passed away peacefully in the company of family on July 31 after a long and courageous battle with both cancer and kidney disease. Roz was born in Bennington, VT on April 25, 1940 to George and Nesbith (Perlman) Fienberg. She leaves behind her husband Mark Kaplan with whom she shared 60 years of marriage; her three children Sharyn Chabot of Foxboro, Allison Romantz of Sharon and Joel Kaplan of Chevy Chase,MD; her daughter-in-law Laura Cox Kaplan, her sister-in-law Adele Kaplan of Needham and her seven grandchildren –Jessica, Jordan and Ariana Chabot, Alex and Ellie Romantz, and Ben and Lane Kaplan: also many other relatives and good friends. Roz worked in various administrative capacities at Boston College Law School where she was the Manager of the Law Review Publications for many years. She also taught English as a Second Language at the Harvard School of Continuing Education, at Bunker Hill Community College and in Israel on several occasions. Roz was active in helping “refuseniks” escape from the Soviet Union and settle in the U.S. in the late 1980’s and throughout the 1990’s and served for many years on the Board of Action for Soviet Jewry (now Action for Post-Soviet Jewry).  Roz’s funeral will be held at Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 2:30 PM with burial to follow at Beit Olam Cemetery in Wayland. Shiva will be held at the home of Allison Romantz, 45 Horizons Road in Sharon on Wednesday from 7:00-9:00 PM and on Thursday, August 4 from 2:00-4:00 PM and 7:00-9:00 PM: also on Friday, August 5 from 2:00-4:00 PM at the home of Mark Kaplan, 75 Grove Street, Apt. 326 in Wellesley. In lieu of flowers, donations in Roz’s memory may be made to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, the Brigham &Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain and Action for Post-Soviet Jewry(1430 Main Street, Waltham MA 02451).

Anthony A. Buglio of St. Petersburg, FL, 82 yrs, July 26, 2022 passed away. Son of the late Michael Buglio and Mirial (Siebel) Buglio. Devoted husband of the late Nita (Gay) Buglio. Father of Michelle Buglio and Mike Buglio, and their spouses Kerry Buglio and Wendy Buglio. Grandfather of Tony Buglio. Brother of Benjamin Buglio and his wife Carol Buglio.

Tony was a proud graduate of Emerson College, and was a devoted professor of speech communications at Northeastern University, among many other colleges and universities. He also helped many people improve their speaking through his business The Speech Consultancy, based in Newton, Massachusetts. Tony retired to Florida in 2004 and was very happy there until his recent decline in health.

Services will be private. Donations in his Memory may be made to the American Cancer Society 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.

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Frances Marion Tattelbaum Carver Budd has left us. She was born April 1929 in Boston, and married George Carver in 1948.  George passed in 1964.
Frances married Jerry Budd, a longtime family friend in 1975 who then adopted her two youngest children. They were married for almost 40 years.
Frances leaves her 3 loving children Richard and his wife Cathy, Beth and her husband Steve, and Sharon and her husband Richard, her grandchildren Julie, Lisa, Stephanie, Carolyn, Samantha, Samuel, and Alason, and 10 great grandchildren.  She also leaves her brother Rabbi Harvey and his wife Meryl, and her sister Selma and her husband Sid, In-Laws and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Frances not only was a loving mother and care giver, but she also had a very productive career as President and owner of the former National Plate Glass Co., and the current Hub Glass Services Co., which her children eventually took over and is now run by her youngest daughter Sharon.
Frances was a role model for her children, grandchildren, and many other family members.

Graveside service on Friday, July 29, at 12:45 pm is private. Shiva to follow from 2:45 to 4:45 outdoors at NewBridge on the Charles, 5000 Great Meadow Rd., Dedham. Family will be receiving visitors on Saturday, July 30 from 1-3 pm at the home of Sharon. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Joslin Diabetes, One Joslin Place, Boston, MA 02215 or JOSLIN.ORG/GIVE.

Jeffrey M. Wiesen, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on July 22, 2022. He was born on May 2, 1945 to Harold and Elsie (Witzling) Wiesen in Brooklyn, New York. After an early childhood of stickball and rooting for the Dodgers, his family moved to Norwalk, CT in 1957. It was there that he met Elaine Zabelle, a sixth grade classmate who would later become his high school sweetheart. They continued dating through college with Jeff hitchhiking from MIT to visit Elaine in upstate New York.  They were married in 1967 and recently celebrated their 55th anniversary. After graduation, Jeff attended Yale Law School.

After law school, and an interlude in Colorado serving in the Air National Guard, Jeff and Elaine settled in the Boston area, living in Lexington for almost 50 years.  Jeff started as an associate at Mintz Levin in 1971, rising to the role of Managing Partner in the mid-1990s. Early in his career, one of the partners needed someone who could “speak the language” of scientists starting companies and went to Jeff because he graduated from MIT.  This was the beginning of the biotechnology revolution and Jeff’s leadership role would span over 40 years. He advised companies from their founding through public offerings and commercialization of numerous life-saving products.

Jeff was a lover of fast sports cars, an enthusiastic dancer at his children’s weddings and grandchildren’s B’nai Mitzvahs, and an insatiable traveler. He and Elaine visited all seven continents, with trips to Africa, New Zealand, Australia, China, Vietnam, Antarctica, and many other places. His favorite trips were the ones taken with his children and grandchildren where he spent time with them building sand castles, traveling through Israel, and riding roller coasters. Closer to home, Jeff and Elaine spent many happy summers at their home on Cape Cod.

Jeff is survived by his wife Elaine; sister Eve (John) Coates, children Daryl (Kathleen Lenihan) and Rachel (Toby) Kahan; grandchildren Ben, Hannah, and Valerie Kahan and Maeve, Clare, and Michael Wiesen.

Funeral services will be held at 11 am, Monday July 25, at Temple Emunah in Lexington. In lieu of flowers gifts may be made to The Bridge Project at MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research in memory of Jeffrey Wiesen or your favorite charity.

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JoAnn Lee Edinburg Pinkowitz of Newton, MA and Manhattan, NY at 73 of GI cancer.  She was married to Richard A. Pinkowitz for 51 years; who adored her from the moment they met.  She is survived by her two loving sons, Andrew H. Pinkowitz and his wife Lisa Rondo Pinkowitz and their daughter Augusta Anya of Harrison, NY, and David E. Pinkowitz and his wife Randi Melton Pinkowitz and their child Chloe Emma, also of Harrison, NY, and Connor Joseph Pinkowitz and Allegra Grace Pinkowitz, both of Brooklyn, NY from a prior marriage.  She was the daughter of Joseph Mayer Edinburg and Dorothy Braude Edinburg of Chestnut Hill, MA.  She had two siblings, John David Edinburg of Brookline, MA and Hope Lynn Edinburg who predeceased her.

JoAnn was an energetic presence, passionate about her friends, her family and collecting art.   JoAnn easily connected with people.  She loved adventure, including self-guided trips to southeast Asia.   She connected to people with a projected warmth and friendliness beyond language.  In a trip to western China where foreigners were rare, JoAnn walked the street and would greet people with her big “Hello” and received smiles and “Ni haos,” in response.

She loved people and they reciprocated.  She maintained friends from pre-school, her boarding school at Walnut Hill School in Natick, MA, in college at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, and even those made yesterday.

After family, JoAnn’s passion for art and collecting prints was her next priority.  In the art world she was a scholar and a networker.  She put her energy into researching and collecting Mexican Modernist Prints, at the time a yet underappreciated niche which connected with other wood block print movements around the world.  In considering purchases she would network with the museum community to research significance and quality.  She would discuss a print with a museum curator and after an hour of discussing the print, other art topics and mutual connections, JoAnn would have also made another friend.  JoAnn networked within the museum community, built friendships and a museum quality collection of Mexican Modernist prints.

Her collection of Mexican Modernist print collection led to collecting Chinese Revolutionary prints from the Communist Revolution.  The Mexican print collection led to collecting Mexican silver jewelry, which lead to collecting Bakelite jewelry.  Jewelry naturally led to fashions, and JoAnn became an expert at finding vintage clothing in shops and yard sales. Each collection she carefully researched and measured with existing collections to assure that each piece was “museum quality.”

JoAnn was not only an art scholar, but she also loved adventure.  Whether it was skiing expert trails in the western US, sailing on the family boat Tantrum from New York City to Maine, or travelling, she was up for adventure.  She was an avid swimmer, in a pool or off the stern of Tantrum in the ocean.  Richard loved southeast Asia and they made many trips, one which they titled “30 caves in 30 days.” It was a trek along the Northern Silk Road from the western border of China to Beijing, by plane, train, taxi, and camel.  All on their own, without a guide.  JoAnn had great trust in Richard’s rudimentary Chinese.

JoAnn loved to learn and share her learning with others.  In her teens she was a volunteer in the Print and Drawings Department at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston.  In her later years she also volunteered in the Asian Art Department and the Asian Art Conservation department at the MFA, as well as in the Asian Art Department at the British Museum.

JoAnn’s multiple interests and desire for “museum quality” collections connected her with many departments at museums.  Her museum visits were packed with meetings in multiple departments.  Her breadth of collecting knowledge and cross-departmental interest enhanced her meetings with every department and curators appreciated her enthusiasm.

JoAnn was more than successful, as many friends and colleagues said, “she was the rare person who was successful and still nice.”

Donations can be made to MGH Diabetes Research Center, c/o David M. Nathan, MD, 50 Staniford St., Suite 340, Boston, MA 02114.

Funeral services are at Temple Israel, Riverway, Boston, on Wednesday, July 27 at 11 AM. To view the livestream please click here. The family will host Shiva Wednesday afternoon and evening.