Salem….


Sherrie Hovey Goodhue, age 49 of Salem, died Saturday, June 28, 2008 in the Kaplan Family Hospice House, Danvers. She was married to Albert " Tag" Goodhue III for twenty-two years and raised two wonderful boys, Albert Leland Goodhue and Nathaniel Hovey Goodhue.


She was born in Millinocket, Maine, the daughter of Joyce (Trautt) Hovey of and the late Leland Webb Hovey, Jr. and later moved to Stockbridge, MA with her family. She graduated from Monument Mountain Regional High School in the Class of 1977 and attended Colorado State University. In 1981 she was graduated from Boston University School of Business with a B.S in Information Systems.


Sherrie was employed by Texas Instruments and thenfor many years by Melon Bank as a Systems Analyst. Among many of Sherrie's interests were sailing on the family boat "Quadrille", skiing in New Hampshire, antiquing, formal dinners at home and running her own interior design company.

Sherrie was a member of the Salem Females Charitable Organization, the Mayflower Society, the Vincent Club, The Colonial Dames of Massachusetts and the Pickering Foundation.


Sherrie is also survived by her brother Leland Webb Hovey III of Syracuse, NY; a sister in law Temple Durham Goodhue and her husband Thomas Montanari of Lexington, MA, two nephews Edmund and Albert Montanari of Lexington, MA.


Sherrie's unforgettable smile and total dedication to her family will always be cherished and remembered by all.


Relatives and friends are invited to attend her memorial service on Sunday, July 6, at 4:00 P.M at the First Church, 316 Essex St., Salem. Parking will be available in the Murphy Funeral Home parking lot, 85 Federal St., Salem. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, please send charitable donations to the Salem Females, 17 ½ Chestnut St., Salem, MA 01970 or to Hospice of the North Shore, 10 Elms St., Danvers, MA 01923. For online guest book or additional information please visit www.MurphyFuneralHome.com or call 978 744 0497.