Obituaries

Dec 8, 2020

Ralph Vincent Cornell, 74, passed away on Tuesday, December 8 after a long battle with numerous health issues, ultimately passing from cancer. A life-long resident of Salem, Ralph was born to Alfred & Alice Cornell on October 22, 1946. Ralph was a graduate of Salem High School, and Salem Commercial College. In July of 1977 he married Kathleen Cornell,...

Dec 4, 2020

SALEM- Christine M. Whalen (McManus), 94, of Salem passed away peacefully on the evening of Friday December 4, 2020. Born in Peabody, Christine was the daughter of the late Christina J. (Heeney) and James W. McManus.

Christine attended St. James Elementary and High School. She then graduated from Emmanuel College with a BA in Social Studies with...

Dec 3, 2020

James ("Jim") Lee Hughes, Jr., age 87, formerly of Swampscott, Massachusetts, died on December 3, 2020, after a long illness. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Nancy ("Nan") Neville Hughes, his three daughters, Kimberly, Tricia, and Kristin, his son-in-law Frank Dibert, and his daughter-in-law Deb Ghezzi. Jim was known as 'Papa' to his beloved granddaughters, Emma...

Dec 3, 2020

Edward Page passed away at his home in Danvers in the morning of Thursday December 3, 2020. Born in Salem in 1943, Edward was the son of the late Olga (Miedzionoski) and Stanley Page Sr.

Growing up, Edward had two other brothers with Charles and Stanley Page Jr. Edward grew up attending local schools before working for...

Dec 1, 2020

Paul H. St. Linger of Salem passed away on December 1 at the age of 76 after a nearly three year stay at Ledgewood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Beverly.

Mr. St. Linger was well known and loved by friends and neighbors in the Historical Derby Street Neighborhood in Salem. While Paul was physically ill during his...

Nov 30, 2020

Joao Silva, 84, of Peabody MA died on Monday, November 30, 2020 from complications of a stroke.  He was born on February 29, 1936 on the island of Graciosa in the Acores to the late Cesario Lima and the late Angelina Cunha.

He immigrated to the United States in February 1968 with his wife Maria J Silva...

Nov 28, 2020

James Murphy passed away at home after a long illness on November 28, 2020, with his loving wife Sheila Murphy at his side. James was born and raised in Salem, MA.  He graduated Salem High School, class of 1975.  He was very active in his youth with Boy Scout Troop 24.  James had a passion for art and would...

Nov 28, 2020

Lynn native Jane A. Reagan, 78, of Conway, S.C., passed peacefully with family at her side Nov. 28 after a short battle with cancer.

Born Jane Adele Farese Sept. 25, 1942, in Lynn, Mass., she was the youngest, by minutes, of nine children. She spent her early childhood in Lynn's famous Brickyard neighborhood, but lived most of...

Nov 21, 2020

John Franklyn Willard McKay, aka "Jack", of Marblehead Massachusetts born August 17, 1926, died peacefully at home in the early hours of November 21, 2020. Night stars gave way to the sunrise over his head passing him into the loving arms of his wife, Patricia Ann Snow McKay (deceased), whom he missed so very much since her passing in...

Nov 20, 2020

Gayton Neil Masters passed away Friday, November 20, 2020.  A long-time resident of Marblehead and Salem, Massachusetts, he was born on January 14, 1930 in Lynn, Massachusetts to Albert Gayton and Alice (Porter) Masters.  Gayton attended schools in Marblehead and Lynn and graduated from Lynn English High School in 1948.  He later graduated from Massachusetts College of Art in...

Nov 19, 2020

John Henry Ronan passed away suddenly at his Salem home on November 19, at the far-too-young age of 61. He lived a beautiful life.

John was born in Salem on August 2, 1959, the second of five children of Hon. John T. and Marcia Ronan. He loved all sports passionately and, at times, hysterically. He was educated...

Nov 18, 2020

William Charles Dumais ("Dewey"), 67, of Marblehead, died at Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, after a tremendous fight to recover from heart surgery.

Bill was born on March 26, 1953, to Valmore and Dorothy (Peach) Dumais of Marblehead. His big sister, Connie, remembers him as a beautiful baby with big brown eyes...

Nov 12, 2020

The beloved wife of the late Leonard F.  O'Leary died November 12, 2020. Born on March 1, 1943 to James B. Jr and Catherine R (White) Kidney, Mary also known as "Sister" by friends and family, was a lifelong resident of Salem. Mary attended St. James High school and Essex Agricultural and Technical Institute School of Cosmetology. Mary married...

Nov 6, 2020

Barbara Moroney 72 of Brooksby Village in Peabody and formerly of Wenham, MA passed away on November 6, 2020 at the Kaplan Family Hospice in Danvers, MA.  Barbara was the beloved wife of Robert W. Moroney also of Brooksby Village with whom she shared over 51 years of marriage.

Barbara grew up in Worcester, MA daughter of...

Nov 5, 2020

Marjorie McIntosh Ives passed away on November 5, 2020 at Continuing Care of Brooksby Village in Peabody, MA at the age of 87.

Marge was born on July 5, 1933 in Boston, MA. She was the daughter of Everett John McIntosh and Helen Adams Pray McIntosh and raised in Weymouth, MA. After graduating from Weymouth High School,...

Oct 23, 2020

Bryce-Flynn, Sylvia E (Allen) of Peabody MA formerly of Salem, MA, Worcester, MA, Princeton NJ, and Elmira, died after a long illness at age 85.  She was the former wife of John (Jack Flynn) and Rev. Dr. Glendon Bryce.  She was the mother of Philip Bryce of Deering, NH, Rebecca Smith of Clinton, OH and Daniel Bryce of Kingwood,...

Oct 22, 2020

John "Jackie" Joseph Mercier, 70, of Salem, MA, passed away peacefully after a brief illness on October 22, 2020 at Care Dimensions Hospice in Danvers, MA.

Born on December 16, 1949 in Salem to Arthur J. and Mary E. (Hagerty) Mercier, Jackie was a lifelong resident of Salem's Gallows Hill. Jackie attended St. James Elementary School and...

Oct 22, 2020

Louis John Jaworski, 92, of Salem, passed away in the evening of October 22, 2020. He was the devoted husband (for 67 years) of the late Theresa (Malionek) Jaworski, who predeceased him on March 1, 2019. Born In Salem on September 23, 1928, he was one of nine children born to John and Frances Jaworski.

Early in...

Oct 19, 2020

On Monday Oct 19 2020 George "Brud" Briggs Sr. Passed away at the home of his daughter Judith "Jude"  and son-in-law Clifford Nelson . He was born the middle son of the late Elmer Briggs and Marion (Roache) Briggs of Salem.

George was preceded in death by his siblings LeRoy "Bo" of Salem, Henry Of Texas; his...

Oct 16, 2020

Stanley P. Cahill of Salem, MA passed away on October 16, 2020 after a year-long battle with glioblastoma (brain cancer). He is survived by his loving wife, Gayle A. Sullivan, his children Meagan Cahill and Jesse Frantz, Kirsten and Russ Kneipp, Michael and Katherine Cahill; and Ryan Cahill and Samantha King; his six grandchildren: Rory, Tessa, Corinne,...