Obituaries
Salem, Massachusetts Obituaries
Joseph Penni
May 7, 2020
Joseph Penni died peacefully at home on May 7 at his home in Boxford. He was a long time Marblehead resident who graduated Marblehead high in 1946. Son of Samuel and Frances Penni, Marblehead residents will fondly remember Joe from Penni's Market in downtown Marblehead where he always had time to visit and answer questions which endeared him to...
Tina Marie Forsyth
May 5, 2020
Peabody - Tina Marie Foss Forsyth, 51, passed away at Salem Hospital on May 5, 2020 due to complications from COVID-19. Tina was born on March 14, 1969 in Salem Massachusetts to James and Etta Foss. She was the sister to Elliott, Elizabeth and James Foss Jr. Tina graduated from High School and married Doug Forsyth.
Tina...
Rodney Clark Hunt
May 4, 2020
Rodney Clark Hunt of Marblehead, beloved husband of Kathryn Martin Hunt for almost 68 years, died peacefully on May 4, 2020, of complications from COVID-19. He was born November 29, 1929 to Beulah Goodwin and Thomas Clark. He and his older brother, the late Thomas J. Hunt of Rochelle, Illinois, were raised primarily in Marblehead, until the premature death...
Philip Fairbanks Whitney
May 3, 2020
Marblehead- Philip Fairbanks Whitney (99), of Marblehead, passed away at the Alliance Health at Devereux. Phil was predeceased by his wife Alice (Conway) Whitney.
Phil graduated from Salem High School in 1942, where he went onto enlist in the US Navy during World War II and served on the USS Fulton. Upon his return home, Phil met...
Bernard J Mulligan, Iii
May 2, 2020
BERNARD J. MULLIGAN III of Salem, Founder and President of the Shodokan Martial Arts Center in Beverly, expired on May 2, 2020.
The Son of Bernard J. Junior and Eunice M. Lynch, he was pre-deceased by his sister, Louise, and brother, John.
Mulligan was a graduate of St. Mary's Grammar School and Salem High School....
Donald R Mcgrane
May 1, 2020
Donald R. McGrane of Newton, NH passed away unexpectedly on May 1, 2020. Son of the late Robert and Agnes (Thibault) (Dolliver) McGrane, he was born and raised in Salem, MA.
Don graduated from Bishop Fenwick High School, class of 1970 and Franklin Institute in 1972. He worked for many years at Parker Brothers Games in Salem...
Marybeth Denis
Apr 29, 2020
MaryBeth Denis (Scullin), 68, passed away on Wednesday April 29, 2020. She was born in Salem, Massachusetts on June 10, 1951 to her parents William Scullin and Winifred Scullin (Burke). MaryBeth grew up in Salem and graduated from Salem High School in 1970. She worked for many years as an Administrative Assistant at Blue Cross/Blue Shield in...
Michael Kobialka Iii
Apr 29, 2020
MICHAEL KOBIALKA III, 41, beloved son of Michael and Gail (Merrill) Kobialka passed away peacefully on April 29, 2020 after a brief illness.
Born in Salem, MAÂ on May 10,1978, Michael was raised and educated in Marblehead, MA. He took pride in working for his family's landscape business.
A gifted artist, Michael enjoyed sketching and...
Pauline J. (Rizzotti) Tribou
Apr 20, 2020
Pauline (Rizzotti) Tribou, 95, passed away peacefully at home on April 20 th 2020. She was the loving wife of the late Clarence Leonard Tribou with whom she spent 65 years of marriage.
Born and raised in Salem, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Grace (Tricomi) Rizzotti. She graduated from Salem High School in...
Charles Hennigar
Apr 19, 2020
Charles Brenton Hennigar, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend to many, passed away on Sunday April 20, 2020 due to complications from diabetes and stroke.  He, his wife Addie, and family resided in Marblehead for 53 years. They moved to The Residence at Vinnin Square in Swampscott in 2019. They also lived several months each year for 30 years...
Theodore S Urbanski
Apr 18, 2020
Theodore (Ted) Urbanski, 89, passed away peacefully on April 18 th , 2020 after a brief illness. He was the loving husband of the late Mary (Rizzotti) Urbanski, with whom he shared 65 years of marriage with.
A lifelong resident of Salem, Ted was the son of the late Francis and Anastasia (Dobyeniecki) Urbanski. He graduated from...
Joan M Whelan
Apr 15, 2020
Joan M. Whelan of Marblehead, Massachusetts passed away on April 15th, 2020 at the age of 74. Joan was born on April 29,1945 in Athens, Greece to Elias Argyriadis and Katerina Dalla. She immigrated to Lynn, Massachusetts at the age of ten with her sister Kathryn Diamond, where they were adopted by Paul and Athena Scangas.
Joan...
Robert Bruce Carlin
Apr 15, 2020
"PUT ME IN COACH, I'M READY!" These were Bob Carlin's determined words to his doctor upon learning of the challenge he'd have to accept to fight a cruel and unrelenting competitor. An exceptional athlete and diehard sports enthusiast, Bob had said and meant these words many times in his active life and it personified his enthusiastic approach to anything...
Mary Urbanski
Apr 15, 2020
Mary (Rizzotti) Urbanski, 87, passed away peacefully on April 15th, 2020 after a brief illness. She was the loving wife of Theodore (Ted) Urbanski, her high school sweetheart, with whom she shared 65 years of marriage with.
A lifelong resident of Salem, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Grace (Tricomi) Rizzotti. She graduated from...
Alexander Peter Lesburt
Apr 12, 2020
Alexander Peter Lesburt, of Nahant, MA passed away suddenly on April 12 at the age of 49. He was the son of Marylu Nichols, her husband Will of Greensboro, NC and Henry Lesburt, his wife Jeannine of Pompano Beach, FL.
Alex attended Swampscott High School and graduated Gunnery Prep School in CT. He later attended Northeastern University....
Patricia A Latham
Apr 12, 2020
Patricia A. Latham, 92, of Marblehead, MA, passed away peacefully on April 12, 2020, at Life Care Center of the North Shore. Pat was born in Somerville, MA, to Thomas and Winifred C.(Quinn) Lydon. She was a graduate of Boston Girls Latin School, Boston, MA. Pat received a B.A. degree from Colby College in Waterville, ME.
Pat...
Collette G Gormley
Apr 12, 2020
GORMLEY, Collette G. (Tremblay)
Of Salem MA, age 82, passed away peacefully on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020 at Alliance Health at Rosewood after a long illness. She was the beloved wife of John L. Gormley for 59 years.
Born and raised in Salem, she was the daughter of the late Gerard M. and Cecile...
Theodore "Ted" J. Emple
Apr 10, 2020
Ted Emple died at home April 10, 2020 in Swampscott, MA, at the age of 68, after an eight-year journey with cancer. Ted was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, friend and colleague, and will be missed dearly.
Born in New Haven and raised in West Haven, CT, Ted was the third son of the...
Cynthia Anne Kulik
Apr 10, 2020
Cynthia Anne Kulik, (Cindyloo) 58, passed away on April 10th,2020, peacefully in her sleep at Care One Essex Park in Beverly where she resided for the past 2 years. She was born in Salem and her parents were Stanley and Alfreda Kulik. Cindy has three brothers, Richard, Stephen and John Kulik, and a sister-in-law, Ann Kulik. Cindy attended Danvers...
Grace Meyer
Apr 10, 2020
BEVERLY - Grace Lillian Meyer, Aged 78 of Beverly passed away on Friday, April 10th, 2020 in her birthplace at Beverly Hospital while recovering from a recent injury and coronavirus. She had for the past few years resided in Gloucester.
Born Grace L. Cloyd in 1941 to musicians John Douglas Cloyd and Lillian Myrtle Wilson in Beverly,...
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