Obituaries

Mar 5, 2009

Salem….. Alexandra A. "Alice" (Vardalakos) Tranos, age 92, wife of the late John Tranos, formerly of Summit Ave., Salem, died in the Lafayette Nursing Home, Marblehead, Thursday evening of natural causes. A lifelong resident of Salem, Alex was the daughter of the late Peter and Lillian (Cravates) Vardalakos. Mrs. Tranos was the Class Secretary of her graduating class of '34...

Mar 4, 2009

Nahant…… Bonnie ( nee Everling) Strong, We have lost a warm and loving human being; cherished spouse of Pat Johnson, loving mother to Julie Strong and her significant other Geoff Harris, wonderful friend of Ilene and Marie, Carol and Maureen, Diane and many others. Survived by a sister and brother-in-law Peggy and Steve Riordan and former husband Bob Strong. Director...

Mar 4, 2009

Medford and Salem... Josephine M. (Montemagno) Ciulla, age 83, wife of the late Anthony Ciulla, died Wednesday evening in the Devereux House Nursing Home, Marblehead surrounded by her loving family. Born in East Boston, the daughter of the late Guy and Rose ( Sclafani) Montemagno she was raised and Medford…. educated in Everett. Following her graduation from high school where...

Mar 1, 2009

Salem….. Lillian Y. (Morneau) Pelletier, age 85, wife of the late Eugene Pelletier died unexpectedly Sunday evening March 1, 2009 in Beverly Hospital. Born in Nashua, NH the daughter of the late Aurele and Angelina (Michaud) Morneau, Mrs. Pelletier was raised and educated in Salem. Following her graduation from St. Joseph's School, Mrs. Pelletier was employed at both Salem Hospital...

Feb 27, 2009

Salem Patricia Jennings-Welch, lifelong teacher, Greenhouse School founder and matriarch of her large family, passed away in Boston early Friday morning, after losing her battle with illnesses she had fought for years. She was born on April 27, 1928 in Salem, Massachusetts to Delpfine B. (Swett) Jennings and Joseph P.W. Jennings, a local attorney and poet of note. She was...

Feb 27, 2009

Elizabeth Ann ( Linn) (Griffiths) Ayers, age 82, of Boxford, MA, formerly of Chinchilla, PA and Fort Wayne, IN, wife of the late Wilfred Ayers, died Friday February 27, 2009 in Danvers, MA. She was preceded in death by her first husband Robert Griffiths, a brother Joe Linn, and four uncles Harold, Herbert, Byron and Oscar Linn. Born Sept 5,...

Feb 25, 2009

Attorney Marguerite H. (Mosher) Dolan, age 89, died at the Bertram House in Swampscott early Wednesday morning, February 25, following a long illness. One of five children, she was born and raised in Greenfield, MA, the daughter of the late Fred A. and Helen V. (Mills) Mosher. Her family moved to New York City when she was a teenager where...

Feb 19, 2009

Marblehead..... Anne C. (Brophy) Bailey, age 87, wife of the late Norman Bailey of Marblehead, died Thursday, February 19 at Brooksby Village, Peabody following a brief illness. Born in Marblehead's "Shipyard" neighborhood, she was the daughter of the late James P. and Ellen (McCloskey) Brophy. While a sophomore at Marblehead High School she met her high school sweetheart, Norman Bailey,...

Feb 19, 2009

Marblehead Frank H. Healey, Jr., MD age 83, husband for almost sixty years of Barbara (Pattee) Healey died at following a long illness Thursday, February 19, 2009. Born and raised in Salem, MA the son of the late Frank H and Teresa (Haley) Healey, Sr., he was graduated from Salem High School, Class of l942. Dr Healey then served in...

Feb 18, 2009

Peabody……. Persis (Moody) Watts, age 95, wife of the late Alvin C. Watts , formerly of North Andover, died Wednesday February 18, 2009 in the North Shore Medical Center, Salem. She was born, raised and educated in Lawrence, MA the daughter of the late John and Rose Moody. Following her graduation from high school and her late husband married and...

Feb 17, 2009

Beverly…. Gregory A. Cahill, Sr. age 87 husband of the late Stacia (Kuzma) Cahill of Beverly died unexpectedly at home Tuesday afternoon. Born in Salem the son of the late Daniel and Esther (Fitzpatrick) Cahill, he was raised in Salem. Mr. Cahill attended St. John's Grammar School in Peabody and was graduated from Salem High School in the late 1930's....

Feb 17, 2009

Beverly….. David M. Howell, of Beverly, age 54, died unexpectedly at home Tuesday February 17, 2009. Born in Salem the son of the late Raymond and Eleanor (Colby) Howell, he was graduated from Bishop Fenwick High School in the Class of 1972. An avid sports enthusiast and golfer, he had been a letter carrier for United States Postal Service in...

Feb 15, 2009

Marblehead…. Richard P (Pete) Cassidy, USMC, Ret., age 66, of Marblehead, died unexpectedly Saturday evening, February 14, 2009. He and his wife Carol (Putnam) Cassidy would have celebrated 46 years of marriage in June of this year. The son of the late Richard T and Marjorie (Kiernan) Cassidy, he attended Marblehead Schools, graduating from Marblehead High School in the Class...

Feb 15, 2009

Salem…. Kam Chi Chiu, age 93, husband of Kai Wah (Fu) Chiu died Monday evening in the Shaughnessy Kaplan Hospital, Salem. One of seven children, Mr. Chiu was born in China the son of the late Liheng and Zhang (Shi) Chiu. After completing he education, Mr. Chiu wan an accountant for many years until retiring He enjoyed sports, swimming, horseback...

Feb 15, 2009

Salem…. Nancylee Olbrych, age 56 of Salem died Sunday in Shaughnessy Kaplan Hospital following an eighteen year battle with cancer. Born in Beverly, the daughter of the late Edward and Mary (Caron) Olbrych. She was also predeceased by her guardian of 27 years Genevieve Pelchat, of Salem. She was educated in the Salem Public School and was a graduate of...

Feb 12, 2009

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Dr. Dirk Appel, age 64, husband of Sheila Collins of Salem died at home early Thursday morning February 12.

Born in Amsterdam, he was the son of Dirk and Janet (Weeder) Appel. He received his Bachelors Degree in Engineering from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand with First Class Honors in 1967.He was then awarded...

Feb 12, 2009

Harry W. Smith Jr., 73, of Largo, Florida formerly of Marblehead, MA died at his residence on February 12, 2009 after fighting a 13 year battle with cancer. His family was at his bedside. Born in Cambridge, the son of the Harry W. Smith Sr. and Mary Sparks Smith, he moved to Marblehead as a young boy. Mrs. Smith attended...

Feb 11, 2009

Beverly…… Patricia A. (Talbot) Cresoe, age 72, wife of the late Charles Cresoe, Jr. of Beverly died Wednesday afternoon in the Kaplan Family Hospice House Danvers, following a long illness. Mrs. Cresoe was born and raised in Cambridge the daughter of the late John and Bernice (Richardson) Talbot. In 1960 she moved to the North Shore, married her late husband...

Feb 8, 2009

Salem…… Dianne L. Symmes Chalifour age 69, formerly of R40 Highland Ave., Salem died Sunday afternoon in the Kaplan Family Hospice House. Born and raised in Salem the daughter of the late Laurence and Florence (White) Symmes, she was educated at the Oliver School, Bowditch Schools and was graduated from Salem High School. Shortly after her graduation Ms. Symmes and...

Feb 3, 2009

Danvers….. Michael Bezis, age 90, husband of the late Muriel (Rouse) Bezis of Danvers, formerly of Medford died at home Tuesday evening. Born in Salem the son of the late Spiros and Canella (Caron) Bezis, the family lived over their restaurant, the Olympia until the land was taken to make way for the Salem Post Office in Riley Plaza The...