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Salem, Massachusetts Obituaries

Wilfredo Velazquez

Wilfredo Velazquez

Mar 22, 2022

Wilfredo Velazquez went home to Jesus March 22, 2022. After a battle with cancer at age 83. He will be dearly missed. He leaves behind his wife Irina Velazquez, 3 daughters Lily, Jackie, and Lori, 15 grandchildren, 5 sisters, and nieces and nephews.

Visiting Hours will be held for Wilfredo on Monday, March 28th from 3:00 PM...

Judith Adams

Judith Adams

Mar 20, 2022

Judith L. Adams, 78, passed away on March 20 at Salem Hospital. Judy was born in Marblehead at the old Mary Alley Hospital on Oct. 17, 1943. She was the daughter of the late Gardner Graves Adams and Alice M. Gillespie Adams.

She was pre-deceased by sisters Ethel Adams Berry and Sally Adams Dittrich Bethune. She attended...

Rose Gayle (Spinale) Mercier

Rose Gayle (Spinale) Mercier

Mar 19, 2022

Taunton – Formerly of Marblehead, Rose Gayle (Spinale) Mercier, age 86, died peacefully Saturday evening March 19, 2022.  Born in Danvers, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Rita (Lee) Spinale.  She was raised in the Gardner Park area of Peabody and graduated from Peabody High School.  She continued her education and graduated from the Catherine Hinds...

Phillip Disanto

Phillip Disanto

Mar 17, 2022

SALEM- Phillip DiSanto (76) of Salem passed away in the morning of Thursday March 17, 2022 at Advinia Care in Salem. Born in Boston, he was the son of the late Josephine (Zable) and Benjamin DiSanto.

Phillip is survived by: his wife Elaine (Muse) DiSanto; his daughter Michelle Sedgwick and her husband Mark, his daughter Laura DiSanto;...

Kenneth Angus Maciver

Kenneth Angus Maciver

Mar 13, 2022

Kenneth Angus MacIver:  Age 90 of Marblehead.  Father of Michael A. MacIver of Lynn and MaryAnne MacIver McMaster of Swampscott.  Grandfather of Aidan J. McMaster of Swampscott. Husband of Barbara MacIver and Step Father of Steve Howe of Weymouth.  He is also survived by cousins and other relatives in Scotland.  He was a professor at Salem State University for...

Alicia Anne Vagos-Resnick

Alicia Anne Vagos-Resnick

Mar 7, 2022

Alicia A Vagos-Resnick passed away after a lengthy illness at Mt Auburn Hospital in Cambridge on March 7th, 2022.  Alicia was the daughter of Frank and Beverly (Feener) Vagos.  Alicia graduated from Beverly High School and also attended NSCC and Salem State.  She spent most of her adult life working as a Government Mortgage Underwriter.  Alicia had the most...

Robert Levin, Phd, P.E.

Robert Levin, Phd, P.E.

Mar 4, 2022

Robert E. Levin, PhD, P.E., aged 90, passed away at the Kaplan Family Hospice House on March 4. Born on October 11, 1931 to Morris and Lydia Ruth (Simpson) Levin in Orange, CA, Bob went on to receive all of his degrees, including his Doctor of Philosophy, from Stanford University, where he met his wife of 54 years, until...

Roberta Delaney

Roberta Delaney

Feb 26, 2022

Roberta Delaney, 86, of Salem, Massachusetts parted this life suddenly at home on February 26, 2022. She was born in Springfield, MA on February 21, 1936 to the late Harley and Mary Shastany. Roberta spent the first part of her life living in the Indian Orchard section of Springfield. She spent some years in Florida before moving to Salem,...

Robert Farrell

Robert Farrell

Feb 26, 2022

Robert A. Farrell, 82, set off on his last adventure and took a hike into the Great Beyond on February 26, 2022. A longtime resident of Marblehead, Bob was born on June 25, 1939 in Somerville, MA to Joseph and Helen (Doherty) Farrell. After graduating from Somerville High School in 1957, Bob served in the U.S. Army for 2...

Winifred Ethel Condon

Winifred Ethel Condon

Feb 25, 2022

Winifred "Winnie" Ethel Condon, aged 93, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, February 25, 2022, surrounded by her loving family after a long illness. Winnie was born on September 9 th , 1928 in Salem, to Frank Edward Libby and Ethel Massison Libby along with her twin brother William. Winnie was a lifelong Salem resident, completing her early...

Edward "Ted" Peach

Edward "Ted" Peach

Feb 23, 2022

Edward W. "Ted" Peach, beloved son of the late William and Barbara Peach, passed on peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Born July 15, 1948, he lived his entire life in Marblehead, Massachusetts. After graduating from Marblehead High School and Massachusetts Maritime, graduating 3 rd in his class, Ted served in the Navy and received...

Robert Rhodes

Robert Rhodes

Feb 21, 2022

Robert E. Rhodes, 80, passed away on Monday, February 21, 2022 at Salem Hospital due to complications from Alzheimer's Disease.  Bob was a long-time resident of Salem.

Born, raised and educated in Lynn, Bob was the son of the late Forrest E. and Josephine (Flynn) Rhodes.  He graduated from Lynn English High School in 1959.

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Peter T. Victory

Peter T. Victory

Feb 18, 2022

Peter T. Victory, 89

Peter T. Victory, 89, of Beverly, MA, formerly a longtime resident of Salem, passed away on Friday, February 18, 2022 at Ledgewood Rehabilitation in Beverly after a long struggle with Parkinson's.

Born in July 1932 in Boston to Bernard C. Victory and Ruth A. (Howard) Victory, Peter was the...

Joyce Stewart

Joyce Stewart

Feb 16, 2022

Joyce A. Stewart (68) passed away on Wednesday February 16, 2022 at North Shore Medical Center in Salem. Born in San Antonio, TX she was the daughter of the late Phyllis (Chisholm) and Charles Peck. Later on, she moved Newburyport and then to Salem where she grew up and graduated from Salem High School.

Upon her graduation,...

Andrea L David

Andrea L David

Feb 12, 2022

Andrea L. (Arsenault) David, age 81, of Amesbury (formerly of Salem,) died suddenly Saturday, February 12, 2022, at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport with her daughter by her side. She was the daughter of the late Arthur & Barbara (McBrien) Arsenault and had 2 brothers, Jean Arsenault of Hudson, NH., and the late Richard Arsenault of FL.

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Mary L. Gallant

Mary L. Gallant

Feb 12, 2022

Mary L Gallant, age 98, of Middletown Rhode Island and Salem Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on February 11, 2022 at the John Clarke Nursing Center in Middletown, RI.  Born in Salem, she was the daughter of the late James and Bertha (Collins) Gallant.

Mary is survived by her sister Sheila Sirois, her beloved niece Theresa Sirois both...

Barbara Ethel Young

Barbara Ethel Young

Feb 8, 2022

Marblehead - Barbara Ethel Young (née Borden), aged 84, of Marblehead, died February 8, 2022, at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, MA. She is predeceased by her beloved husband Kenneth Marshall Young. Born in Caribou, Maine, Barbara was the daughter of the late Florence Borden Carr and step-father H. Ross Carr. She graduated from Caribou High School...

Darlene Anne Mcgrane

Darlene Anne Mcgrane

Feb 7, 2022

Darlene Anne (Darci) McGrane, Age 66, was born in Lynn, MA and was a long time resident of Peabody, MA where she raised her three boys.  She passed on Monday, February 7, 2022 at Salem Hospital following a brief illness. She was surrounded by family when she passed peacefully.

Darlene was born to decorated WWII veteran and...

Mary Ann (Monaco) Bethune

Mary Ann (Monaco) Bethune

Feb 1, 2022

MARBLEHEAD: Mary Ann (Monaco) Bethune, 78, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at MGH Boston following a lengthy illness. Married over 42 years, she was the loving wife of Earl H. Bethune.

Born and raised in Lynn, she was the daughter of the late John and Christina (White) Monaco and a 1961...

Ruth E. (Daley) Wiseman

Ruth E. (Daley) Wiseman

Jan 29, 2022

Born in Beverly Farms, MA the fifth of seven children a graduate of St Margaret's Catholic School, a devoted sister, wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend passed peacefully on January 29, 2022.

She leaves behind her son Bob Wiseman, her daughter Nancy Kiley (Mike) her grandsons, Will and Charlie, numerous nieces, nephews and her dearest friend of...

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