Obituaries

Oct 12, 2018

Beatrice Bertha Michaels, (nee' Boudreault) 94, of Salem, Massachusetts passed away peacefully on October 12, 2018 surrounded by her family. The funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, October 16 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 1 Margin Street in Peabody, Massachusetts.  Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery, Salem.  Visitation will be held on Monday, October...

Oct 7, 2018

Salem – Jean T(Cody) Lavoie, age 88, loving wife of the late Gerard J. Lavoie, passed away on Sunday morning, October 7, 2018 at the Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln.  Born in Revere, Jean was the daughter of the late Michael and Julia (Cooney) Cody.  Jean was a graduate of Revere High School.  She started her career with...

Oct 5, 2018

Geraldine "Geri" (Lynch) Markarian 81 of Salem passed peacefully on October 5th at the Kaplan House in Danvers with her daughters by her side after a brief and courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Cambridge but raised and schooled in Burlington. She was the daughter of the late Edmund and Edna (Carey) Lynch. After school she held...

Oct 2, 2018

Salem – Stella V. (Vallis) George, wife of the late Nicholas George, passed away at her home on Monday October 2, 2018.  Born in Salem, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Mary (Nicolopolous) Vallis.  She was a graduate of Salem High School and had lived in the City all of her life.  During World War...

Oct 2, 2018

On Monday October 2, 2018, Carol Ann (Savoy) Santerre passed away peacefully after a long hard journey with ovarian cancer.

Carol was born in 1949 in Biddeford, Maine to Leopold Savoy and Ruth (Jameson) Gould also of Saco, Maine. Carol was the loving wife of Stephen Joseph Santerre for 48 years and 2 months as they raised...

Oct 1, 2018

Salem, MA – Bruce Salaman, age 74, passed away October 1, 2018 after a battle with lung cancer.  Born December 6, 1943, Bruce was the son of the late Roland Chase and Lillian Gertrude (Salaman) Chase.  He honorably served his country in the US Army from July 25, 1962 until March 22, 1965.  Bruce was an active member of the...

Oct 1, 2018

Thomas Robert Campbell (aka the "Mayor of Ardmore Drive", "The Captain" or depending on what party he attended "Fun Tom") died peacefully surrounded by family after a short illness at the age of 67. Tom is survived by his loving wife, Carol (Ridgley) Campbell, and sons Ryan Campbell of Beverly and Matthew Campbell of Danvers. Tom was preceded in death...

Sep 25, 2018

Mehrnoush Bakhshandeh, formerly known as Lorraine Pierce Hardy, of Saugus and Beverly passed away on Tuesday September 25, 2018 at Salem Hospital.

Born in Beverly, she was the daughter of the late George Warren and Dorothy Hall Pierce. She attended Beverly schools where she graduated and went onto attend North Shore Community College and then Boston University....

Sep 23, 2018

Theresa Broderick, 57, of Marblehead, Massachusetts, passed Sunday, September 23, 2018. Theresa was born to John Ciccone, and Nancy DeSantis Ciccone on May 12, 1961 in Portland, Maine. Theresa graduated from Revere High school and received a degree in Imaging Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology. She then went on to earn her masters in Mathematical Statistics. She married...

Sep 7, 2018

William V. Herlihy Obit

William (Bill)  V. Herlihy, Jr.,  resident of Beverly passed away Friday, September, 7 th after a brief illness.  Born on March 1, 1929 in Salem, MA, he was the son of William and Margaret (Ellis) Herlihy.  At the age of 17 he enlisted in the US Army during World War II and served...

Sep 7, 2018

Salem – Raymond Gallagher, age 82, husband of Frances A. (Rooney) Gallagher, passed away on Friday morning September 7, 2018 at his home.  Born in Everett, son of the late John P. and Mary (Lydon) Gallagher, he was raised in Everett and graduated from Everett High School in the class of 1954.  He entered Suffolk University and earned his...

Sep 3, 2018

Arlene R. O'Shea died at home in Salem on September 3.  Born in Lynn on June 4, 1926, she was the daughter of Arthur and Irene Hollis.  Arlene married James O'Shea in 1951 and they shared many happy years together until his death in 1996. Arlene is survived by her sister in law, S. Lee Hollis of Shelby, NC,...

Sep 1, 2018

SALEM – Daniel J. O'Brien, age 29, passed on Saturday, September 1, 2018.  Beloved son of Daniel M. and Joanne (McGowan) O'Brien of Salem.  Daniel was a graduate of Salem High School.  He was employed with Salem State University working in the dietary department as a cook for the school.   He enjoyed sports, playing cards but most especially being...

Aug 28, 2018

Salem, MA – Ch (Col) Arnold Duane Westfield, age 84, passed away August 28, 2018 surrounded by family at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, MA following a lengthy illness. Born October 25, 1933 in Superior, Wisconsin, Arnold was the son of the late Arnold and Florence (Aho) Westfield.

Ch (Col) Westfield was a Lutheran Minister...

Aug 21, 2018

Salem, MA – Robert P. Kennedy, 77, of Salem, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2018, in the company of his family at Salem Hospital after a brief illness. He was the husband of the late Barbara (Carbon) Kennedy and resident of Salem for over 50 years.

Robert studied at Wentworth Institute of Technology and Northeastern University.  He...

Aug 20, 2018

James Edward Marraffa - Born in Salem, MA, March 24, 1978, James Marraffa peacefully passed away in his sleep August 20, 2018. James is a Graduate of Beverly High school. He worked many years landscaping with his cousin Dominic Marraffa.  He also worked for a Satellite TV company in recent years.

He is predeceased by his mother...

Aug 18, 2018

Salem – Elvera "Vera" (Monaco) Kenney passed away at home in the warm and comforting presence of her family on Saturday, August 18, 2018.  She was born in Salem, the daughter of the late Paul and Anna (Ficarro) Monaco.  Vera attended Salem schools and was a graduate of Salem High School .  She loved music and for several years...

Aug 18, 2018

George was proud of his family and cared for several family members in their illnesses. He is pre-deceased by his father Charles Regan, mother Margaret (Brawders) Regan of Salem and by brothers Joseph, Thomas, Charles, Larry,  Leo, Edward ("Mike" or "Mickey"), and sister Mary Digou, also of Salem. He is survived by several nephews and nieces, and grand- and...

Aug 15, 2018

Nicholas Pellegrini, a long-time resident of Salem, died at his residence, Brightview Senior Living, in Danvers at the age of 97. He was the husband of Isabelle "Billie" Slizgi Pellegrini, who predeceased him in 1983. He was born in the province of Chieti in Abruzzi, Italy and was the son of Florindo and Teresa Pellegrini. He immigrated to the...

Aug 10, 2018

Our beloved Marie Antoinette Kaelin Rodgers, of Salem, passed away peacefully on August 10th, 2018. Marie was born March 23, 1927 in Mansfield, Massachusetts to Mary Gallagher and Martin Victor Kaelin. Following the death of her mother, Marie and her sisters Julia and Caroline moved to Salem and were raised by Katherine G. McGrath ("Aunt Kate"). She attended St. Joseph's...