Obituary notices, week of August 17 through August 23, 2026

This week's column carries notices for two obituaries of Stoneham residents, past or present, published this week: notices from McDonald-Finnegan-Anderson Funeral Home - Stoneham and Neptune Cremation Service - Boston.

John Olaf Olson, Sr., of Barrington, RI, formerly of Stoneham, MA, and Moody Beach, ME, died on Thursday, August 6, 2026, in North Kingstown, RI, after a brief illness. He was born in Cambridge, MA, on July 25, 1935, to the late Hilmer and Inez (Hedin) Olson. Services were not detailed in the available notice. Full obituary at Legacy.com (McDonald-Finnegan-Anderson Funeral Home - Stoneham): https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/john-olson-obituary?id=62235180.

Monica Leong, 91, of Stoneham, Massachusetts, died on August 19, 2026. Arrangements are under the care of Neptune Cremation Service - Boston. Services were not detailed in the available notice. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/stoneham/monica-leong-22006089.

Notices compiled from Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Stoneham Patch.

Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.