Obituaries

Sep 8, 2021

Woburn- Harriet Diamond (Gleason), 90, of Salem passed away in the morning hours of Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at the Windrose at Woburn. Harriet was the daughter of the late Sarah (Trefry) and Edward A. Gleason.

A proud Marbleheader, she was born and raised in Marblehead. She attended Marblehead Schools where she was...

Sep 6, 2021

PEABODY – Armando D. Borges, age 68 years, died Monday afternoon, September 6, 2021 at North Shore Medical Center – Salem Campus.  Born in Terceira, Azores, Portugal, he was the son of the late Jose and Maria Borges. He was raised and educated there.  He migrated to America in April 1983, and has been a resident of Peabody since. Armando...

Aug 28, 2021

DANVERS- James E. Brennan (63), of Danvers, passed away on Saturday August 28, 2021 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. Born in Salem, James was the son of the late Louise (Flynn) and James Brennan.

Growing up, James attended schools locally here in Salem. He later went onto work for both Salem Hospital and the...

Aug 24, 2021

Regina C. Mielcarz died Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021 due to complications from Alzheimer's Disease at the age of 96.  Formerly a life-long resident of Salem, MA, Regina lived at Granite Ledges in Concord, NH since 2010.

Regina was born on Aug. 21, 1925 in Salem, daughter of Stanley and Helen Slizgi.  Regina graduated from Salem High School...

Aug 20, 2021

Jean Paul Dion of Lynn, Massachusetts passed away suddenly on Friday, August 20, 2021 at the age of 63. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts to the late Juanita Dion Trombley and the late Joseph Paul Dion. He was also the step-son of the late William Trombley.

After graduating Salem High School he went into the heating...

Aug 19, 2021

Helen (Coleman) Wood celebrated her 104th birthday with family and friends on July 28th 2021.  On August 19, 2021, she passed peacefully in her Marblehead home after receiving Last Rites.

She was born in Salem, and lived with her brother Francis, and her mother.  Her father Michael passed before her birth.  After marrying Murray Wood,  a Canadian-...

Aug 16, 2021

SALEM- Gaye Frances Gaudrault (Sylvester), 85, passed away on Monday August 16, 2021 at Care One Essex Park in Beverly. Born in Salem, Gaye was the daughter of the late Helen F. (Donovan) and Edward A. Sylvester.

Gaye Graduated from Salem High School in the class of 1953. She later went onto attend...

Aug 12, 2021

William Aaron Millar "Bill", 84, passed away at home on August 12 th , 2021, of natural causes. He was born on February 26, 1937 in Philadelphia PA to William and Esther (Githens) Millar. After Highschool he joined the Navy when he was eighteen, and served for four years. During his time in the Navy, he achieved the rank...

Aug 11, 2021

Steven Michael Donahue "Hauss", 68, passed away on August 11, 2021 at Brigham and Women's Hospital after a brief illness. Steven was born on July 4 th , 1953 in Mary-Alley Hospital to Carolyn (Cook) Donahue) and George Holland Donahue, and he was a lifelong resident of Marblehead. Steven was educated in the Marblehead School System, and after graduating...

Aug 8, 2021

Jacqueline M. Williams (Graves), of Marblehead passed away peacefully on August 8, 2021 at her son, David's, home.

Born on April 20, 1924 to Emerson A. and Hazel (Ohman) Graves, she was a life-long resident of Marblehead. She was predeceased by her husband Donald R. Williams in 1969 and her brother Fred Graves. She is survived by...

Aug 8, 2021

Charles (Chuck) W. Baker passed away peacefully of natural causes on August 8, 2021, in Salem, Massachusetts, at the age of 80.

Chuck was born in Columbus, Ohio, the oldest child of Clark and Bessie.  After graduating top of his South Columbus high school class, he earned two bachelor's degrees, one in Engineering from Ohio State and...

Aug 5, 2021

Luther P. (Lew) Winter, of Salem, MA, aged 94, passed away on Thursday, August 5 at Salem Hospital. Lew was born on May 28 th , 1927 in Arkona, OK to Gordon and Etta May (Kennemer) Winter, growing up in Denison, TX.

Lew served in the US Navy from 1944-1946, as a master electrician on the USS...

Aug 3, 2021

John K Rainville, 72, died peacefully at home surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer on August 3, 2021.  Born on April 19, 1949 in Salem to the late John and Lillian (Caron) Rainville. He was raised in Salem and was a graduate of the Salem Vocational High School class of 1969.

After a...

Jul 31, 2021

Karen L. Tyler, formerly of Chelsea, passed away in her sleep July 31, 2021 at 67 years young. Karen leaves behind: her daughter Kelly Whitten, her greatest accomplishment, and her wife Tina Whitten, who Karen loved like her own, of Salem; her grandson "Cool Dude" Jason Day of Salem; her sister Irene Shea and her late husband Michael of...

Jul 28, 2021

Mrs. Marguerite June (Brennan) Mahoney 91, wife of the late Atty. William L. Mahoney Jr. passed away peacefully at her daughters home on Wednesday, July 28 th .

Born in Peabody, MA, she was the daughter of James J. and Dorothy (Noone) Brennan. She was a graduate of St. Johns High School in Peabody and was employed with The...

Jul 27, 2021

Elizabeth "Betty" Margaret (Goodband) Merrill, 101, of Marblehead, MA, died peacefully on July 27 th , 2021 at Kaplan Family Hospice House after a brief decline in health.

Betty was born in Ottawa, Canada to George and Agnes (McConachie) Goodband on August 15, 1919. In 1922, her family moved to Newton Centre, MA where they took ownership...

Jul 25, 2021

Katherine T. Carroll, 95, passed away on Sunday July 25, 2021, at her home in Marblehead. Katherine was born in Brighton, MA to John and Mary (Ennis) Kinnier on May 16, 1926. She married Matthew F. Carroll, Jr. at St. Ignatius Church in Chestnut Hill, MA and enjoyed 42 years of marriage prior to his death in 1998.

Jul 19, 2021

Bernadette McHugh 83, wife of the late John S. "Jack" McHugh passed away peacefully on July 19, 2021, following a brief illness. Born March 4, 1938, to the late William R. and Esther L. Berube, nee Healey, Bernadette was raised and educated in Lynn. After graduating from Lynn Classical High School, she proceeded to nursing school, ultimately becoming an...

Jul 18, 2021

Nisan A. Kuyumjian, aged 71, husband of Agavni "Julie" (Kazandjian) Kuyumjian, passed away at North Shore Medical Center - Salem Hospital on Sunday morning, July 18, 2021.

Nisan was born in Istanbul, Turkey to Jirair and Guliug Kuyumjian on February 24, 1950. Nisan came to the United States in 1975, and settled in Lynn where he lived...

Jul 15, 2021

BEVERLY – Robert A. Sylvester, age 84, died Thursday evening July 15, 2021 at Care One Essex Park in Beverly.  Born in Salem, he was the son of the late Edward and Helen (Donovan) Sylvester.  Robert graduated from Salem High School and entered the United States Army and served his country during the Vietnam War.  Upon returning from the...