Obituaries
Salem, Massachusetts Obituaries
Dina B. (Belo) Soares
Dec 19, 2013
Salem…… Dina B (Belo) Soares, age 82, wife of the late Antonio Soares of Salem, died early Thursday morning at home following a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Portugal, the daughter of the late Antonio and Lucinda Belo, she was raised and educated in Portugal and became a teacher. After several years of teaching, she moved to Peabody. Mrs....
Fernande (Norbert) Tremblay
Dec 15, 2013
Fernande (Norbert) Tremblay, age 92, wife of the late Roger Joseph Tremblay, formerly of Albion St., Salem, and more recently of Boxford, died early Sunday morning, December 15, 2013, at Masconomet Health Care, Topsfield, MA following a lengthy illness. Born in Quebec, Canada, one of nine children, the daughter of the late Joseph and Elise (LeVeille) Norbert, she attended local...
Fay Bernice (Green) Reece
Dec 15, 2013
Salem... F. Bernice "G.G" (Green) Reece, age 84, of Salem, wife of the late Robert E. Reece Sr., died on Sunday, December 15, 2013 surrounded by family. Born in Monroe, Mississippi the daughter of the late Vardaman and Exie (Cantrell) Green, she was raised and educated in local schools. She and her late husband married, moved to Schenectady, NY where...
Catherine Anna Madden
Dec 13, 2013
Lynn, formerly of New Jersey… Catherine "Cathy" A. Quinn Madden, age 57 years, died Friday afternoon December 13, 2013 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. Born in Salem, Catherine was the daughter of the late James P. and Ruth E. (Garrity) Quinn. She was raised in Salem and graduated from Salem High School, class of 1974. Catherine was...
Winnifred (Nickerson) Estelle
Dec 12, 2013
Danvers… Winnifred (Nickerson) Estelle, age 82, wife of the late Robert D. Estelle, died Thursday evening December 12, 2013 at Beverly Hospital. Born in Marblehead, daughter of the late Herman W. and Gertrude (Gove) Nickerson, she was raised in Marblehead. Mrs. Estelle graduated from Marblehead High School in the class of 1949. Following High School, Mrs. Estelle was employed with...
Cynthia Arlene Doyle-Welsh
Dec 5, 2013
Cynthia Arlene Doyle-Welsh, age 49 loving wife of Harlen Welsh, of Salem, died at North Shore Medical Center, Salem, Massachusetts on Thursday, December 5, 2013. Born in Salmon, Idaho, the daughter of Ray and Wilma (Rose) Doyle, she attended local schools in upstate New York. Cynthia attended and received her Bachelor's Degree from McGill University. She then became employed as...
Patricia E. (Pope) Cavanaugh
Nov 27, 2013
Patricia E (Pope) Cavanaugh of Salem, passed away after a long illness on Wednesday Nov 27, 2013 at home in the comforting presence of her family. She was the wife of the late Martin "Jimmy" Cavanaugh who pre-deceased her in 1978. Born in Salem, she was the daughter of the late John H and Mary H (Walkovich) Pope. Pat retired...
Henry Maclaren
Nov 25, 2013
Henry MacLaren passed away on November 25, 2013 in Marblehead, MA following a brief illness. He was 77 years old. Henry was born in Albany, NY in 1936 to Mary T. and Henry MacLaren, Sr. and graduated from Albany High School in 1954. He then graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1959 with a BS in Metallurgical Engineering and acquired...
Amy Nurse
Nov 24, 2013
Amy Nurse, RN age 97 of Salem, formerly of Everett, died on Sunday, November 24, 2013 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House. Born in Everett the daughter of the late Albert and Amy Bradford (Jarvis) Nurse, she was raised and educated in Everett. She then continued her education and became a registered nurse at North Shore Children's Hospital where she...
Jean - Paul Dionne
Nov 17, 2013
After a long illness, Jean–Paul Dionne, husband for 60 years of Jane (Doyle) Dionne and son of Elisha J. and Virginia Dionne passed away on November 17at home surrounded by his family. The week before his demise he and his wife renewed their marriage vows with his family present and Rev. Laura Biddle presiding. . He was a life long...
Joan Pelchat Jennings
Nov 16, 2013
Joan Pelchat Jennings, age 82, wife of the late John J. Jennings, Esquire of Salem, died Saturday evening November 16, 2013 at the North Shore Medical Center surrounded by family. Born December 4, 1930 to the late Arthur J. and Genevieve (Cecelski) Pelchat, Joan was a graduate of Salem High School where she met her beloved husband John. The couple...
Thalia Ethel Taloumis
Nov 14, 2013
Thalia E Taloumis, age 84 of Salem, died in the Aviv Center For Living on Thursday, November 14, 2013. Born in Salem the daughter of the late John and Helen (Papapetrou) Taloumis, she was the Valivictorian of her graduating class of Salem High School. She received her Liberal Arts Degree in Arts and Philosophy form Boston University School of Education...
Brenda A. Connelly
Nov 12, 2013
Brenda A. Connelly, 68, died at home on Tuesday, November 12, surrounded by her family and friends. She was born in Salem, daughter of John J. and Eleanor (Conners) Connelly. She attended St. James Grammar School and High School. She graduated from Emanuel College, and received her Masters in Special Education from Salem State. Brenda taught special needs students in...
Pearl H. (Taylor) Dixon
Nov 4, 2013
Salem… Pearl H. (Taylor) Dixon, age 88, wife of the late Cornelius Dixon, died early Monday morning November 4, 2013 at the Ledgewood Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Beverly. Mrs. Dixon was born in Beverly, daughter of the late George and Emily (Head) Taylor, she had resided in Salem for many years. Mrs. Dixon enjoyed a long career in...
Lois Batchelder Waldo
Nov 1, 2013
Hamilton Lois (Batchelder) Waldo, age 94, wife of the late Barton A. Waldo, Sr., died Friday evening, November 1, 2013 at Port Healthcare in Newburyport. Born in Winthrop on May 27, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Ross F. and Elsie P. (Reinhardt) Batchelder. Mrs. Waldo was a graduate of Winthrop High School in the class of 1937....
Stephen John Connolly Iii
Oct 31, 2013
Marblehead – Stephen J. Connolly III, 93, died peacefully at his home on October 31 after a brief illness. He was the son of the late Gregory P. Connolly II and Helen (Fogarty) Connolly and was predeceased by his wife Suzanne Santry Connolly with whom he shared sixty-one years of marriage. Raised in Beverly and Swampscott, he attended Shore Country...
Virginia (Delotto) Mcenaney
Oct 28, 2013
Virginia (De Lotto) McEnaney of Peabody passed away peacefully on Monday, October 28, surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of the late Giuseppe and Guiseppina (Del Favero) De Lotto of San Vito di Cadore, Italy, and was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio but was a longtime resident of Lynn, Massachusetts. Virginia was proceeded in death by...
Nancy Ellen Welch
Oct 27, 2013
Nancy E. "Nana" (Tompkins ) Welch age 80, of West Newbury, formerly of Danvers, wife of the late Charles Francis Welch, died in the Masconomet Health Care Center, Sunday evening, October 27, 2013 with family by her side. Born in Peabody the daughter of the late Woodbury and Dorothea (Burkinshaw) Tompkins, was raised and educated in Beverly. She moved to...
Christina Patricia (Leavitt) Shultz
Oct 26, 2013
Christina P (Leavitt) Shultz, age 81, loving wife of Harvey L. Shultz, of Marblehead on Saturday evening, October 26, 2013 in Marblehead. Born in Salem the daughter of the late Ralph E. and Margaret (Reilly) Leavitt, she was educated in Salem schools, graduating from Salem High School in the Class of 1949, where she was a member of the National...
Janet (Gagne) (Phillips) Gagnon
Oct 24, 2013
Janet T. (Gagne) (Phillips) Gagnon, age 86, wife of the late Lionel Gagnon, a longtime resident of Salem, more recently of Danvers, died at the Rosewood Nursing Home, Peabody, early Thursday morning, October 24, 2013 following a long battle with lung disease. Born in Somersworth, NH , the daughter of the late Archie and Yvonne (Fecteau) Gagne, she attended local...
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