Wilfredo A. Benitez, 60, Chelsea bakery worker and FC Barcelona faithful
He mixed dough for commercial bakeries and raised six children in Chelsea. Wilfredo A. Benitez was 60.
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Charles B. Rogers, 91, of Everett and Chelsea, retired Everett cemetery department worker
He worked for the Everett cemetery department and split his life between Everett and Chelsea. Charles B. Rogers was 91.
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Olivera Peulic, 66, Court Clerk in Yugoslavia Who Made a Home in Chelsea
She worked as a clerk and typist in the court system in Yugoslavia, came to Chelsea 24 years ago, and became a…
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Kenneth S. Foulds Sr., 73, Chelsea Yacht Club’s “Captain Ken”
He sailed a boat called the Glass Onion out of the Chelsea Yacht Club, where he served as past vice-commodore. Kenneth S.…
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Joseph Arsenault, 79, Built the MBTA’s Green Line Type 7 Cars
One of twelve children raised in Chelsea, he delivered the MBTA's Type 7 Green Line trolleys as a master mechanic and later…
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John J. “Jack” Connors Jr., 88, Member of the Chelsea Board of Registrars
He sat on the Chelsea Board of Registrars, played bocce at the Senior Center, and held court over morning coffee at Market…
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John T. O’Driscoll Jr., 76, Retired Chelsea Fire Captain of Arson Investigation
He joined the Chelsea Fire Department in 1973 and retired in 2007 as Captain of Arson Investigation, after more than three decades.…
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Antonio Carvalho Brito, 91, Cabo Verdean Fisherman, 29 Years in Chelsea
Born in Brava, Cabo Verde, he fished off Cabo Verde and Angola, raised twelve children, and spent his last 29 years in…
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Roberta E. Monkiewicz, 87, Born in Chelsea, Worked at Kayem Foods
She was born in Chelsea in 1939, worked at Kayem Foods here, and was known to her grandchildren as Queen Babci. She…
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Maria Elena Portillo de Pena, 67, Mother of Eight and Grandmother of Eleven
Born in La Palma, Chalatenango, she raised eight children and had eleven grandchildren. She faced cancer from 2019 onward. She was 67.
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