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Winthrop Obituaries

It was disclosed on January 11th, 2018 that Claire Estelle Markowitz passed away in Poway, California.  Markowitz was 88 years old and was born in Winthrop, MA.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Claire Estelle's life.

It was noted by New Haven Register on January 1st, 2018 that Joan M Whitaker (Siedzik) perished in Hamden, Connecticut.  Ms. Whitaker was 79 years old and was born in Winthrop, MA.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Joan M's life.

It was noted by San Diego Union-Tribune on October 6th, 2017 that Stuart Duncan Clarke passed away in Vista, California.  Clarke was 78 years old and was born in Winthrop, MA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Stuart Duncan's life.

It was disclosed by The Villages Daily Sun on December 20th, 2016 that Lorna Casey (MacLean) died in The Villages, Florida.  Ms. Casey was 70 years old and was born in Winthrop, MA.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Lorna's life.

It was revealed on October 2nd, 2016 that Norton "Tony" McElroy perished in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Norton "Tony"'s life.

It was reported by The Herald on August 28th, 2016 that Joseph Thomas "Jo" Russo passed on in Lake Stevens, Washington.  Russo was 68 years old and was born in Winthrop, MA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Joseph Thomas "Jo"'s life.

It was disclosed by Sarasota Herald-Tribune on July 7th, 2016 that Carolyn Ann Lagasse passed on in Sarasota, Florida.  Lagasse was 89 years old and was born in Winthrop, MA.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Carolyn Ann's life.

It was reported on February 6th, 2016 that William I Jackson perished in Carrolton, Texas.  Jackson was 63 years old and was born in Winthrop, MA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor William I's life.

It was revealed by Arizona Republic on November 8th, 2015 that Lillian Marie Cassens (McEachern) died in Phoenix, Arizona.  Ms. Cassens was 103 years old and was born in Winthrop, MA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Lillian Marie's life.

It was disclosed by Sarasota Herald-Tribune on February 2nd, 2015 that George Triantos "Babe" Rodes passed on in Sarasota, Florida.  Rodes was 97 years old and was born in Winthrop, MA.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor George Triantos "Babe"'s life.

History

Executive power, largely ceremonial, resides in the Council President, who is popularly elected. It was officially incorporated in 1852 and named Winthrop after Deane Winthrop, the son of the first Governor of Massachusetts, John Winthrop, and is one of the four municipalities in Suffolk County (the others are the cities of Boston, Revere, Massachusetts and Chelsea, Massachusetts It is located on a peninsula, at the beginning of the North Shore, with seven miles of shoreline that provides views of the ocean to the east and of the Boston skyline to the west. On July 26, 2007, the 'Winthrop Sun Transcript' reported that a movement was beginning to abolish the Town Council and return to a Representative Town Meeting. In 2006, a new Town Charter, establishing a city form of government, was passed in a special election. In 1920, Winthrop was the second town in the Commonwealth to apply for and receive a Charter for a Representative Town Meeting, which continued to 2006.

The official website for the city of Winthrop is http://www.winchester.us/.