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Salem, Massachusetts Obituaries

Marcia Murphy Countie

Marcia Murphy Countie

Apr 11, 2012

Salem… Marcia Murphy Countie, 78, of Salem and Naples, Florida, died on April 11, 2012 surrounded by her family at the Kaplan Hospice House after a long courageous battle with cancer. Mrs. Countie was the loving wife of Francis I Countie for the past 54 years and the daughter of the late Mildred Held Murphy and John Murphy of Salem....

Kathleen F. (Kelleher) Palermo

Kathleen F. (Kelleher) Palermo

Apr 11, 2012

Merrimack, NH Kathleen F. (Kelleher) Palermo, age 79, loving wife for 60 years of Richard Palermo, of Merrimack, NH, formerly of Looney Ave Salem, died on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 in Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Nashua, NH following a brief illness. Born in Lynn, the daughter of the late Edward and Margaret (Flaherty) Kelleher, she was educated in Lynn...

Harry J. Saffer

Harry J. Saffer

Apr 4, 2012

Salem, MA Harry J. Saffer, age 86, loving husband for 64 years of Beatrice (Couris) Saffer, died Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 in Salem Hospital surrounded by his family. Born in Salem, the son of the late Bagdasar and Christine (Boisvert) Saffer, he was educated in local schools. Mr. Saffer attended Salem High School until the outbreak of World War II...

Clifford Piper

Clifford Piper

Apr 4, 2012

Marblehead... Clifford L. Piper died peacefully on April 4th in the hospice of Salem Hospital in Salem, MA due to complications of advanced prostate cancer. Born in Tulsa, OK, in 1931, he grew to be a unique and self-made man, with a renaissance-like intellectual curiosity and a superb sense of self-discipline. After graduating from Texas A&M University, and serving in...

Doris Devenish Kennedy

Doris Devenish Kennedy

Mar 31, 2012

Marblehead….. Doris (Devenish) Kennedy, RN age 100, wife of the late Norman Kennedy, died Saturday morning, March 31, 2012 in the Lafayette Nursing Home, Marblehead after living a long and loving life as daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother as being a wonderful coworker and friend to many. Born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, the daughter of the...

Arthur Fraser

Arthur Fraser

Mar 27, 2012

Marblehead Mr. Arthur Rosario Fraser, age 79, husband of Gayle (Griffiths) Fraser, died Tuesday morning, March 27, 2012 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers surrounded by his family. Born and raised in Salem, the son of the late Joseph and Yvonne (Roy) he was educated in local schools. Once he completed his education Mr. Fraser joined his Father...

Arthur Fraser

Arthur Fraser

Mar 27, 2012

Marblehead Mr. Arthur Rosario Fraser, age 79, husband of Gayle (Griffiths) Fraser, died Tuesday morning, March 27, 2012 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers surrounded by his family. Born and raised in Salem, the son of the late Joseph and Yvonne (Roy) he was educated in local schools. Once he completed his education Mr. Fraser joined his Father...

Mary Carlton Gilbert

Mary Carlton Gilbert

Mar 26, 2012

Peabody… Mary Alice Gilbert, 93, passed away peacefully at her home of over 50 years surrounded by her loving family. Mary was born January 26, 1919. She was the daughter of the late George C. and Teresa (Callahan) Carlton. Mary and her late husband Norman Gilbert shared 39 loving years together. Mary enjoyed, cooking, sewing, gardening and spending time with...

Shannon M. (O'Connor) Hayward

Shannon M. (O'Connor) Hayward

Mar 15, 2012

Salem... Shannon Marie (O'Connor) Hayward, 41, of Salem died at home early Thursday morning, March 15, 2012, surrounded by her family, following an 18-month battle with cancer. She is the wife of Scott Hayward and mother of Ella Ryan Hayward and Madelyn Rhys Hayward. Shannon was born in Lynn and raised in Peabody, the daughter of Patrick and Cynthia (Coletti)...

Lynne Thomas Rand

Lynne Thomas Rand

Mar 15, 2012

Marblehead….. Lynne Tomas Rand, age 80, husband of Janice (Tompkins) (Flanigan) Rand of Marblehead, died peacefully on March 15, 2012. Born in Bangor, Maine, March 10, 1932 , he was the son of the late Lynne Thomas Rand and Mildred (Sturgeon) Rand. He is survived by his daughters Susan Rand of Ferrisburg, VT, Katherine Rand of Newbury and a son...

Maureen E. (Mcgovern) Pariseau

Maureen E. (Mcgovern) Pariseau

Mar 11, 2012

Salem….. Maureen E. (McGovern) Pariseau, age 81, wife of the late Robert A. Pariseau of Salem died at home Sunday morning, March 11, 2012. Born in Beverly, the daughter of the late Edward P. and Helen (Nolan) McGovern, she was employed at General Electric until marrying her late husband and raising their family. Dedicated to her family, Mrs. Pariseau enjoyed...

Richard Norman Lemelin

Richard Norman Lemelin

Mar 9, 2012

Salem…. Richard N. Lemelin age 54, husband of Linda A. (Cox) Lemelin, of Salem died in North Shore Medical Center, Salem, Friday evening, March 9, 2012. Born, raised and educated in Salem, the son of the late Robert G. and Lucy (Morin) Lemelin, he enlisted in the U.S. Army at the age of 20. During his service Mr. Lemelin had...

Eugene Victory

Eugene Victory

Mar 8, 2012

Danvers…. Formerly of Salem, Eugene Victory, age 84, died Thursday morning, March 8, 2012 at Radius Healthcare of Danvers. He was born in Boston, son of the late Bernard C. and Ruth (Howard) Victory. He was raised and educated in Salem. Mr. Victory entered the United States Army Air Corp in 1945 and served his country during WWII. Upon returning...

Martha Josephine Richardson

Martha Josephine Richardson

Mar 6, 2012

Salem…. On Tuesday afternoon March 6, 2012 at the Danvers Twin Oaks Care and Rehab Center Martha J. Williams Richardson, age 92, wife of the late Almon "Al" Richardson, entered immortality after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was surrounded during her final days by her loving family. Born in Salem, Mrs. Richardson was the daughter of the late...

Edward "Ted" Coots

Edward "Ted" Coots

Mar 6, 2012

Salem... Edward J. Coots of Salem MA., died peacefully on Mar 6, 2012 at his home, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was the beloved husband for 47 years of the late Maureen Coots (Williams). He was born in St Pancras, London, UK, the son of the late Henry and Amelia Coots. Having survived London's WW2 bombing he...

Geneva "Jennie" Gannon

Geneva "Jennie" Gannon

Mar 5, 2012

Norwood… Formerly of Salem, Geneva "Jennie" (Panek) Gannon, age 91, wife of the late Raymond F. Gannon, died Tuesday afternoon at the Golden Living Center of Norwood. Born in Langdon, NH, she was the daughter of the late John and Madeline Panek. Mrs. Gannon settled in Salem in 1952. Mrs, Gannon started her career with Peter's Laundry in Salem and...

Joan Irma (Tedoldi) Rossi

Joan Irma (Tedoldi) Rossi

Mar 2, 2012

Salem… Joan Irma (Tedoldi) Rossi, age 84, a longtime resident of Needham, more recently of Salem, wife of Silvio J. Rossi, died Friday March 2, 2012. Born in the Bronx section of NY, she was the daughter of the late Mario and Mary (Negri) Tedoldi. A graduate of Ste. Ursula Academy in Grand'Mere, Canada, Mrs. Rossi received her degree from...

Priscilla Monahan

Priscilla Monahan

Feb 27, 2012

Priscilla Ann Monahan, teacher, attorney and world traveler, passed away in Boston on February 27 after a lengthy illness. She was born January 4, 1937 in Salem, Massachusetts to John "Jack" Monahan and Katherine (Jennings) Monahan. She was predeced by cousins John Jennings, Patricia Jennings-Welch and Lucille Tagney, and is survived by cousins Kathleen Coombe of Danvers, Robert Hayes of...

Joseph Stephen Defrancesco

Joseph Stephen Defrancesco

Feb 26, 2012

Joseph S. DeFrancesco, age 85, husband of Barbara (Kenney) DeFrancesco of Salem, died unexpectedly Sunday morning at Salem Hospital after being stricken at home. He and his wife would have celebrated 60 years of marriage this year. Born in Salem, the son of the late John and Margaret (Mento) DeFrancesco, he was raised and educated in Salem while also helping...

Kenneth Andrew Nagy

Kenneth Andrew Nagy

Feb 24, 2012

Hamilton Police Sergeant Kenneth Andrew Nagy, Jr., son of Kenneth Andrew and Mary (nee McNamara) Nagy of New York, entered eternal rest on Friday night leaving behind his loving wife, Katherine, and their two wonderful young sons, Gavin William, 7, and Griffin Andrew, 5, to whom he passed on his love of gadgets, technology, and Star Wars. Ken grew up...

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