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Salem, Massachusetts Obituaries

Amy Marie Leclerc

Amy Marie Leclerc

Dec 25, 2014

Amy Marie LeClerc, age 37 of Peabody, died unexpectedly on Wednesday December 25, 2014. Born in Salem, the daughter of Antonio Alves and Laura LeClerc, she was raised and educated locally. She loved butterflies, music and her friends. She is survived by her children Tammy LeClerc,Christopher LeClerc and Tylor Cloutman and her sisters, Jenna, Denise and Christina Alves and a...

Joan T. Pelletier

Joan T. Pelletier

Dec 21, 2014

Joan T. Pelletier, 80, born in Salem, MA, daughter of Eva (Peggy Davis) St. Charles and George St. Charles, pass away on Sunday, December 21st, surrounded by her five daughters, at Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, MA, after a long illness. She is survived by five children, Julie Rutkowski and husband Joseph of Winchester, MA; Cathy Julien and husband...

Theresa "Terri" S. (Spediacci) Rothwell

Theresa "Terri" S. (Spediacci) Rothwell

Dec 18, 2014

Theresa "Terri" S. (Spediacci) Rothwell, wife of Eliot Rothwell, age 75, died peacefully on Thursday December 18, 2014 in Fort Myers, Florida. Born in Lynn, the daughter of the late Arnold and Mary (Oulton) Spediacci, she was raised and educated in Swampscott graduating from Swampscott High School in the class of 1957. She continued her education at Framingham State College...

Edward James Joly

Edward James Joly

Dec 16, 2014

Georgetown… Edward J. Joly, age 87, husband of the late Nancy (Latham) Joly, died peacefully Tuesday December 16, 2014 at his residence. Born in Salem, Mr. Joly was educated at Bowditch School and graduated from Salem High School. He started his career with Straus Tanning in Peabody and continued with John Flynn. He later earned and received his Plumbing and...

Matthew Paul Adario

Matthew Paul Adario

Dec 13, 2014

Salem… Matthew P. Adario, age 34, husband of Jamie (Taylor) Adario, passed away Saturday December 13, 2014 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Born in Lynn, Matt was raised in Salem. He was a graduate of North Shore Technical High School. While attending North Shore Tech, Matt played football and was a key defensive player during their 1997 undefeated season...

Sydney G. Jamieson

Sydney G. Jamieson

Dec 1, 2014

Sydney G. Jamieson, age 90, of Salem died on December 1, 2014 at the Lafayette Nursing Home, Marblehead following a long illness. Born in Lynn one of 11 children, he is the son of the late Hector and Johanna (MacSween) Jamieson. Mr. Jamieson was educated in Lynn schools, attended St. Mary's High School in Lynn and joined the United States...

Mary (Lazarus) Pinto

Mary (Lazarus) Pinto

Dec 1, 2014

Mary (Lazarus) Pinto, age 95, of Salem, wife of the late Anthony Charles Pinto, died peacefully surrounded by her family on December 1, 2014, at Rosewood Nursing Home. Born in Lynn, the daughter of the late William and Helen (Vasilou) Lazarus, Mary was raised and educated in Lynn. Mary later married her late husband, Anthony, and worked at Sylvania and...

Josephine R. (Defrancesco) Fusco

Josephine R. (Defrancesco) Fusco

Nov 27, 2014

Obituary of Josephine R. (DeFrancesco) Fusco - Retired Salem City Clerk PEABODY - Josephine (DeFrancesco) Fusco passed away peacefully onThursday, Novemebr 27, 2014. Josephine was the devoted wife of the late Michael J. Fusco and the daughter of the late John DeFrancesco and Margaret Mento of Italy. Josephine was born in Salem, MA, graduated from Salem High School in 1941...

Robert Mark Shea

Robert Mark Shea

Nov 21, 2014

Robert M. Shea of Salem died at the age of 86 following a brief illness. His loved ones were with him when the Angels carried him home to Heaven. Bob was the loving husband of Mary Ann (Sullivan) Shea with whom he shared 57 years of marriage. Born in Salem, he was the son of the late William and Marion...

Messina (Ingemi) (Deschamps) Amenta

Messina (Ingemi) (Deschamps) Amenta

Nov 20, 2014

Messina (Ingemi)(Deschamps)Amenta, age 93, loving wife of the late Paul W. Deschamps and the late George S. Amenta, died Thursday morning November 20, 2014 at the Tidewell Hopsice in Port Charlotte Florida. Born in Salem, she was the daughter of the late Stefano and Josephine (Tomasso) Ingemi. She had attended Salem Public School having played basketball with the Saltonstall Elementary...

Genevieve (Wilayto) Leszczynski

Genevieve (Wilayto) Leszczynski

Nov 17, 2014

Genevieve, known as Jayne, (Wilayto) Leszczynski, age 94, of Beverly, wife of the late Walter Leszczynski, formerly of Salem, died unexpectedly Monday, November 17, 2014. Born in Boston, September 14, 1920, the daughter of the late Alexander Wilayto and Genevieve (Michniewicz) Wilayto, she was raised in Boston attending local schools eventually moving to Lynn where she graduated high school. A...

Lt. John William Moran

Lt. John William Moran

Nov 14, 2014

Salem… Retired Salem Police Detective Lt., John W. Moran, age 91, former husband of the late Mayre (Abbott) Moran, died Friday November 14, 2014 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House, Danvers. Born in Salem, he was the son of the late William A. and Theresa (Ahern) Moran. He was raised in Salem and graduated from Salem High School in the...

Helen Arlene (Pratt) Hinch

Helen Arlene (Pratt) Hinch

Nov 13, 2014

Marblehead… Helen A. (Pratt) Hinch, 94, passed away peacefully on Nov. 13, 2014. Daughter of the late Minnie and Walter Pratt, and wife of the late Fredric J. Hinch, Jr.. She leaves behind a daughter Freda Hamson and her husband Cal Hamson of Salem, and 3 sons the late John F. Hinch, Richard Hinch and his wife Patricia Hinch of...

Barbara A. Capellotti

Barbara A. Capellotti

Nov 5, 2014

Barbara A. (Hickson) Capellotti, age 74, wife of John Capellotti, died unexpectedly November 5, 2014. Born in Medford, the daughter of the late Joseph and Rita Hickson, she was raised and educated in Arlington. As a child she had summered in her beloved Marblehead. Following her high school graduation she received her degree from Mt. Ida College. She worked at...

Virginia (Bentley) Conwell

Virginia (Bentley) Conwell

Oct 27, 2014

Virginia conwell, 94, gently left this life on October 27, 2014. She was predeceased by her husband Joseph, with whom she shared 69 years of devoted marriage. Virginia never wanted to sit in life's front row. Like her parents John and Veronica Bentley and sister Martha Woodhead she quietly worked harder than she needed to, and gave more than ever...

Caitlin Judith Weston

Caitlin Judith Weston

Oct 26, 2014

Caitlin J. Weston, RN, age 27, died Saturday evening October 25, 2014 following a long illness. Caitlin was the daughter of Peter M. Weston of Danville, NH and the late Dawn (Pelletier) Weston. Caitlin was a graduate of Timberlane Regional High School in the class of 2005. She continued her education and graduated from St. Joseph College, Maine in the...

John Joseph Flynn

John Joseph Flynn

Oct 25, 2014

John "Jack" Joseph Flynn, born September 28, 1926 in Brooklyn NY passed away in his home on the morning of October 25, 2014 after a long illness. Mr. Flynn was a life-long resident of Salem, MA. Jack graduated from Salem Classical High School in 1943 and Tufts University in 1948. He served in the US Navy as quartermaster on the...

Naomi Maciver

Naomi Maciver

Oct 25, 2014

Naomi J. (Powers) MacIver, 75, loving wife of Frank M. MacIver, of Marblehead died peacefully Saturday morning, October 25, 2014, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. The daughter of the late William and Marie (Knuutilla) Powers, she was a life long resident of Marblehead and graduated from Marblehead High School with the class of 1957. While raising three children she...

Paul Donald Johnston

Paul Donald Johnston

Oct 19, 2014

Marblehead... Paul D. Johnston, 81, a lifelong resident of Marblehead passed away suddenly at home on Sunday, October 19, 2014. He was the husband of Patricia (Pym) Johnston with who he shared 52 years of marriage. Born in Marblehead, he was the son of the late Norman H. Johnston, a Marblehead Police Officer, and Lillian May (Horne) Johnston. Paul was...

Grace Marie (Mahoney) Baldini

Grace Marie (Mahoney) Baldini

Oct 8, 2014

Grace M. (Mahoney) Baldini, age 89, wife of the late Robert Baldini of Danvers, died Wednesday, October 8, 2014, surrounded by family. Born in Danvers the daughter of the late Frank and Christine (Murphy) Mahoney, she was raised and educated in local schools. Grace attended Nursing School at North Shore Baby Hospital in Salem. Following graduation, she became part of...

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