Rosemary Orsi Holland, 82, of Mashpee, MA, died peacefully at home on Easter Sunday morning, April 5, 2026, after a long and remarkable life, one that ended with the same grace and strength she carried throughout, following a journey with ovarian cancer. She is the beloved wife of Clinton Holland with whom she shared 59 wonderful years together.

Obituary information for Rosemary Holland

Rosemary was born November 5, 1943, the daughter of William E. Orsi, Sr., and Catherine L. (Fitzsimmons) Orsi, in Fall River, MA. She grew up in Taunton, MA, and attended St. Mary’s High School. Her life was shaped early by both loss and love. After losing her father at age seven, she was raised by her mother within a close-knit circle of family, friends, and church; a foundation that shaped her lifelong devotion to caring for others. After graduating, she answered her call to become a nurse and caregiver. Rosemary attended nursing school in Boston and blossomed into a career that perfectly matched her spirit. From emergency room night shifts to GI outpatient care, and later as a parish nurse, Rosemary did not simply treat patients; she cared for people. Her career spanned several states and specialties including pediatrics, ER, and GI nursing. She was deeply admired and lauded by her patients and her fellow nurses and physicians.

It was during her time as a student nurse that she met her husband, Clint Holland, then a college student and her patient; a meeting that grew into a 60-year love story defined by compassion, humor, and a lifelong partnership. Rosemary’s life took her and her family to Wellesley in 1984.  She built many special connections with co-workers and patients as a Newton-Wellesley Hospital GI Nurse. After retirement, Rosemary and Clint settled in Mashpee on Cape Cod near family in Cotuit, where she found a deep sense of peace and belonging.

Rosemary remained deeply involved in her community. She volunteered her time in many ways, including as a nurse supporting runners at both the Boston Marathon and the Falmouth Road Race for many years, continuing her commitment to helping others in every way she could. She supported Cotuit Library fundraisers as an active member of their book club, was a passionate bridge player involved in several local groups and was a devoted member of Christ the King Parish in Mashpee. Her faith guided her to lead the parish nursing program, where she continued caring for others in a meaningful, lasting way.

She was known for being both a remarkable nurse and an unforgettable presence, equally at home, offering care in a hospital room, or lighting up a gathering with stories and laughter. She was a loyal friend, generous beyond measure, and someone who treated strangers with the same warmth she gave to family. If you complimented her on something she was wearing, there was a real chance she would take it off and hand it to you, insisting it now belonged to you.

The light of every room, Rosemary was full of laughter, conversation, and possessed a legendary gift of storytelling that made everyone feel special. She was truly an everyday angel whose kindness touched more lives than we will ever know. She had a rare ability to put people at ease, offering comfort through a story and a smile, even in the most difficult moments.

Rosemary will be remembered as an angel, a storyteller, a caregiver, and a friend, someone who showed, every day, what it meant to live a life of giving.

At the center of everything was her family. Rosemary is survived by her beloved husband, Clinton Holland; her sons, Jeffrey Holland, and Peter Holland and his wife Laura Holland; her cherished granddaughters, Jules Holland and Jenna Holland; and her brother, William Orsi, Jr.

Rosemary once answered the question, “What is your definition of perfect happiness?” by saying, “My idea of perfect happiness is to be in good health, have a job that I love, be married to a wonderful husband, be blessed with children and grandchildren that we are proud of, and have enough resources to travel and maintain our home until it is time to go to Heaven. I have it all—but I haven’t experienced Heaven yet.” Her faith in God was strong, and she looked forward to Heaven and her funeral with peace and grace.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at 11:00 AM at Christ the King Church, 5 Job’s Fishing Rd., in Mashpee. For those unable to attend the mass, livestreaming will be available by visiting www.christthekingparish.com/live-streaming.

Burial will take place at St. Joseph Cemetery, in Taunton, MA at a later date where Rosemary will be laid to rest alongside her mother, father, and other family members.

In lieu of flowers, Rosemary requested donations to the Matthew 25 Fund at her church. Gifts will support the charitable works of Christ the King Parish. Gifts can be made by sending to Christ the King Parish, PO Box 1800, Mashpee MA 02649, or online at www.christthekingparish.com/online-giving.

Obituary also published at the Chapman Funeral Home website.

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Ann Carter Jameson (AKA Ann Carter) of Wellesley, 69, passed away peacefully at home on March 23, 2026, after a courageous battle with cancer. Ann was the beloved wife of Philip, devoted mother of Alexandra and Elizabeth (husband Brian Civale), best friends to her twin brother Edward, sister Emilee (husband Stephen) Crowell, and sister Susan (husband Scott) Mega, and idolized aunt to ten nieces and nephews, six grandnephews, and two grandnieces. She was predeceased by her parents, Dora (Dischino) and Paul Carter, who were the major influences in her life.

Ann’s most cherished possession in life was the love of her family and friends. The love she shared and received back was overflowing. She also enjoyed her jewelry, handbags, and shoes as accessories to her stylish clothes, which she wore with a creative flair that seldom went unnoticed (“it was on sale!”). That creativity spilled over to her painting on canvas as well as through decorating shells as gifts, making floral arrangements, and sharing new recipes.

Professionally, she was known as Ann Carter, consultant for years with Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications, and more recently she built her own business as AC Communication Partners. Her clients benefitted from her wisdom, insight, judgment, creative problem-solving, and understanding of people and how they work together. She had a real talent for helping organizations distill their values and share their message clearly to the outside world.

Her dedicated nonprofit and Board trustee work highlighted her selfless, caring nature – always thinking of others. Her life made a real difference. As a successful woman in business and working mother, her success achieved with humility and grace, she set a shining example and was celebrated as a mentor by many colleagues and others with whom she crossed paths. The outpouring of love and admiration for Ann both personally and professionally during this difficult time has been overwhelming, and her family is beyond grateful.

Visiting hours will be held on Sunday, March 29th, from 2-6pm at George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 477 Washington Street (Route 16), Wellesley, MA. Her funeral Mass will be held on Monday, March 30th, at 11am at St. Paul Catholic Church, 502 Washington Street, Wellesley. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Ann’s memory to William James College or Conservatory Lab Charter School. And always feel free to put on that piece that’s been sitting in your closet, that you haven’t found the right time to wear!

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Beth McGinty, 94, of Duxbury and Wellesley, Massachusetts, died peacefully at home with her family on March 23, 2026. Intelligent, witty and kind, Beth’s strength, curiosity, integrity and humor have been a delight to those who knew her. Always invested in others, Beth managed life’s joys and challenges by focusing her extraordinary talent on those she loved, both her large family and the countless children she taught in her long career.

Beth loved her family first, especially her children, Kathy Griffin and her husband Rob, Ellen Grieco and her husband Bill, and John McGinty and his wife Ingrid, her grandchildren, Ellen Callahan and her husband Jeff and Sarah Ducas and her husband Matt, Matthew and Emily Grieco, and Christy Brantley and her husband Geoff, Caitlin, Shannon and Anna McGinty, and her great grandchildren, Jack and Dorothy Callahan and Griffin, Natalie and Theo Ducas and Knox and Hunter Brantley.

Born in Worcester, Beth grew up and lived primarily in Massachusetts near her much loved Boston and in the heart of New England – the best, maybe the only, place to live. The daughter of Thomas and Hester Dignan, she treasured her beloved brother Thomas Dignan Jr. and his wife Mary Anne, who have survived her, her sisters, the late Joan Fuller, Hester Curtis, Ellen Dignan, and Marian Drury, and her many nieces and nephews.

A graduate of Abbot Academy and Boston University, Beth was a public school teacher for over 50 years, first in Boston, and later in the field of special education in Wellesley, teaching thousands of children to be curious, kind and confident and to love themselves whatever their abilities or challenges. She loved children and understood them in an extraordinary way, entering their world with joy, enthusiasm and no judgment. With her special appeal for young children, she communicated effortlessly, almost magically with them throughout her life. Beth’s many different grandchildren and great grandchildren all loved her as a kindred spirit.

We love her. Beth was charming and uplifting as a field of daffodils on a Spring morning, she had a curious and discerning intellect and a warm and kind heart, and she was a truly extraordinary mother.

The family plans a private burial and celebration of life.

Cheryl Ann Colbert, known affectionately as “Pookie,” age 77, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, died on March 3, 2026, from dementia. She bravely survived breast cancer twice and persevered through heart failure resulting from her chemotherapy treatments.

Cheryl was born to Phyllis and Joseph Livernois in Southbridge, Massachusetts. A graduate of Woodstock Academy and Peter Bent Brigham Nursing School, Cheryl was a registered nurse and a nurse practitioner. She held a Bachelor of Science degree from Emmanuel College and a Master’s degree in nursing from Marymount University. She worked at Faulkner Hospital, Lahey Hospital, Olsen Home Care, Riverside Community Care and eventually founded Senior Care Alternatives, a geriatric care management service in Wellesley, with Frances Kerchner (the job in which she had the most joy).

Additionally, she co-founded the Wellesley Cancer Prevention Project, was President and involved with the Wellesley Garden Study Club, and joined the health and healing task force at Wellesley Village Church (where she was a dedicated member for 37 years).

She is survived by her daughters, Samantha (Todd), Sarah (Jonathan), Natalie, and her son John (Jill); her grandchildren, Tyler, Mason, Madelyn, Sophie, Jack, and Jane; her brothers, Lawrence and Jay; as well as numerous nieces, cousins, and dear friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, John R. Colbert, Jr, her brother Charles “Chuckie”, and her parents, Phyllis and Joe.

A celebration of life will be held on Friday, May 1, 2026, at 2:00 pm at the Wellesley Village Congregational Church, 2 Central St, Wellesley. In honor of Pookie’s passion for gardening, we invite guests to dress in Spring colors. Donations can be made in her honor to the church www.wellesleyvillagechurch.org and the Wellesley Garden Study Club www.gcfm.org/wellesleygardenstudyclub

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Priscilla M. (Mullins) Messing Of Wellesley, MA, aged 75 years, passed away this past Monday, March 2, 2026, from late-stage lung cancer.

Priscilla Messing was born in Germantown, PA to Helen Mullins (née Morley) and James Patrick Mullins. The youngest of four, her family moved around quite a bit when she was young. Her mother was a business owner in Dennisport, MA, running the Priscilla Cottages as a bed and breakfast. Priscilla attended Mount St. Joseph Academy and then Temple University in Philadelphia, making lifelong friends and excelling athletically.

Priscilla enjoyed traveling as a young adult before settling in the Boston area, where she worked as a bar manager and met her future husband. She married Robert “Bob” Messing in May 1979, in Wellesley, MA, later making the town their home.

She had a 25-plus year career as a project manager at Fidelity Investments and later at Blue Cross Blue shield; she enjoyed her work immensely. Over the years, she made time for her two children, Julia and Jim and dedicated endless hours to early morning hockey games, trips to Disneyland, the beaches of Cape Cod, baking and gardening.

She retired in 2017, making time to enjoy other interests: European river cruises, the take and leave area at the Wellesley recycling center, golf, going on walks and staying connected with friends and family.

She is survived by her children, Julia Messing of Boulder, CO and James Messing of South Boston; her grandson, Luca Nummy, also of Boulder, CO; and her brother, Chris Mullins of Philadelphia.

Visitation at George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 477 Washington St., Wellesley, on Tuesday, March 10, from 4-7pm. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Paul’s Church, 502 Washington St., Wellesley, on Wednesday, March 11, at 10am. Reception for friends and family will follow at Babson College, 1 Snyder Dr., in Wellesley.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Newton Wellesley Hospital.

For online guestbook, George F. Doherty & Sons Wellesley 781 235 4100

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Robert O. Valerio, MD passed away peacefully, on February 12, 2026, in Cambridge, MA. Born at the Boston Lying-In Hospital, now Brigham and Women’s Hospital, on July 29, 1946, to Manuel and Elisabeth (Oliveira) Valerio, Bob was raised in Cambridge and Boston, MA. He attended the former Agassiz Grade School in Cambridge and Boston Latin High School, and graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in the six-year medical program.

After graduation, Bob began an internship, working at the Emergency Room at Cooley Dickenson Hospital, Northampton, MA. Following his internship, Bob was drafted and served as a U.S. Air Force Flight Surgeon at the rank of Captain. For most of his two years’ active duty during the Viet Nam war, he was stationed at Westover AFB, Chicopee, MA; he served a 90-day deployment to Andersen AFB in Yigo, Guam with his squadron. As an officer, he remained on reserve status indefinitely, following his active duty. After his discharge from active duty, he worked for seven years at Cooley Dickinson, finding that he got along best with the radiologists, he became one. He completed his radiology training and Fellowship in Ultrasound at St. Raphael’s Hospital in New Haven, CT, where he met his wife, Jean Bruno. Bob became a board-certified radiologist and worked at five other Massachusetts hospitals: Goddard Memorial in Stoughton, Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, St. Elizabeth’s in Brighton, and St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester. He served for a while on a physicians’ disciplinary action committee as well.

He was an avid tennis player, dart thrower, golfer, car enthusiast, Red Sox fan, joke teller, poker player, and classical pianist. While at home or in his car, he enjoyed classical music, as long as it was composed before 1850. At parties, he would lead singalongs of show tunes at the piano. He thoroughly enjoyed his Maine adventures with his OES buddies. During the last 18 months, he enjoyed his new friends, the movies, and bingo at Brightview in Arlington, MA.

Bob was predeceased by his wife, Jean M. (Bruno) Valerio; and his daughter, Elise Valerio O’Hara. He leaves behind his daughter, Julie Cornell (Ed MacLean); son-in-law, Sean O’Hara; and grandchildren, Joseph, Gracie, and Michael; his sister, Nancy Elisabeth Davidson; nieces and nephews and his in-laws from the Bruno family; as well as many dear friends, including Edward L (Jay) von Stein, David Votto; and the remaining members of OES. Bob was one of the original founding members of the One Eyed Sunnies Fishing and Poker Society in 1982, becoming a huge part of his lifelong friendships over 40 years. The family is grateful for the assistance of family friend, Catherine Mesner during the last few years and a team of care providers.

Visiting Hours will be held at the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 477 Washington St. (Rt.16), WELLESLEY, on Tuesday, February 24, from 9:30-10:30am, followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Paul’s Church, Wellesley, at 11:00am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his memory to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Latin School Alumni Association or the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Online guestbook, at gfdoherty.com George F. Doherty & Sons Wellesley 781-235-4100

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