Obituaries

Richard Arthur Kaplan, age 70, of Newburyport, died, sadly, in his home on Friday, August 12, 2016.
Known to family and friends as Dick or Papa, Richard Kaplan was very special to all who were lucky enough to meet and know him. Born in Winthrop, Mass., on February 10, 1946, Richard was the younger son of the late...

Drucilla P. "Dru" Dekeon, 79, of Bradford passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2017, at the High Pointe Hospice House in Haverhill with her family by her side.
She was born in Morristown, N.J., on March 24, 1938, daughter of the late Willis and Norma (Nickett) Pheil.
Dru was educated in the Haverhill Public Schools,...

PLAISTOW, NH: Joseph Peter Jennings Jr. “Joe," 45, of Plaistow, N.H. unexpectedly passed away on December 29, 2014.

Joe was born on March 8, 1969 in Haverhill, the son of Joseph Sr. and Linda Jennings.

Joe grew up in Haverhill, and attended Whittier Technical School. Joe was a dedicated, self-employed...

Mary Jane (Malicki) Powell, best known as “MJ," passed away peacefully at age 81 under hospice care, at her son, Andrew’s home on August 21. MJ was an ardent feminist, political catalyst, entrepreneur, adoring grandmother, and lover of dogs and donkeys.
A passionate Democrat born to Republicans in Chicago, young...

Methuen, MA — Mr. Benjamin C. "Oyibo Labman" Chibuogwu, age 57, of Methuen, MA, died Saturday, December 7, 2013, at his home.

Born in Awka, Nigeria, he was the son of the late Ozo Chibuogwu Onyera and Esther Chinwuko Chibuogwu of Nigeria. He came to the USA in 1982 and became a citizen in 1988. He graduated with...

Mr. Robert B. “Pete” Roy, 85, passed away peacefully on February 8, 2017.
Born in Lawrence, on July 8, 1931, he was the son of the late Rene P. and Rita (Bourget) Roy.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. in Saints Mary and Joseph Parish at Mary Queen of Peace Church,...

Haverhill - Kathleen A. "Kat" (Hickey) Roy, 62, a lifelong resident of Haverhill, passed away December 5 at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington from injuries incurred due to an automobile accident.
Born in Haverhill, she was the daughter of Francis D. Hickey Sr. and the late, Marie Annette (Dionne) Hickey. She attended...

Exeter, NH - Carol Ann Felides, 65, of Exeter, N.H., longtime resident of Londonderry, N.H., passed away on June 19, 2018, at home. She was born on May 22, 1953, to the late Charles and Margaret “Claire” (Downes) Abbott in Methuen, Mass. Carol attended school at St. Mary's High School, graduating with the class...

Dracut - Mrs. Marguerite Gertrude "Gert" (Alarie) Beaulieu, 97, of Dracut, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2024, at Bayberry at Emerald Court in Tewksbury, MA. Daughter of the late Charles and Regina (Tessier) Alarie, she was born in Lawrence on November 23, 1926, and had been an area resident for most of her life....

Methuen, MA - Janet Ruth (Allen) Picard, 73, of Lawrence, passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2018, at High Pointe Hospice House in Haverhill. The daughter of the late Verne Allen and Anne Elizabeth Blunt, she was born in Kansas City, Mo., on November 26, 1944. Mrs. Picard was a hard worker her entire life; she...

Haverhill - Frances M. (Amari) Ranieri, 96, formerly of Haverhill, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at her home in Lancaster. Frances was born in Haverhill, daughter of Italian immigrants Joseph & Lena (Durso) Amari. She graduated from the Haverhill High School, Class of 1941 and achieved her...

Methuen - Maria "Manuela" Barcelos, 76, longtime resident of Methuen, passed away on November 29, 2019, surrounded by her devoted family at home. Born on November 16, 1943, she was raised and educated in Faial, Azores, Portugal, and was the daughter to the late Jose and Maria (Silva) Andrade. After immigrating to...

Rolande Alberta (Arel) Egbert, age 87, of Plymouth, died Saturday, April 29, 2017, at Brookdale Assisted Living in Plymouth following a lengthy illness. She was the wife of the late Howard R. Egbert and the daughter of the late Joseph and Florette (Doucette) Arel. Born in Montreal, Canada, she was raised in...

Methuen - Sandra Jean (Asoian) (Sheperd) Goldman, 84, of Methuen, MA, passed away from cancer on March 23, 2022, surrounded by her family in her home. She was the daughter of the late John and Rose (Loosigian) Asoian.
Raised and educated in Andover, MA, Sandy graduated from Punchard High School and Fanny Farmer...

Methuen - Grace V. (Aufiero) Medina, 90, of Methuen, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 7th, 2019, at the Holy Family Hospital. Grace was the daughter of the late Paolino and Adeline Aufiero. She was born on February 22, 1929 in San Paolino, Italy and moved to Lawrence at a very young age where she was...

Lawrence - Dorothy (Baker) Hildebrandt died March 13, 2018, after 95 richly-lived years. Born in Somerville, Mass., January 26, 1923, to Leon H. Baker and Mildred (Marsh) Baker, she moved with her family to Methuen as a child, and graduated from the Edward F. Searles High School in 1940.
In 1941 she married the...

Lawrence - Judith Ann (Barry) Hill, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend, passed away suddenly August 2, 2023. She was born September 24,1943, in Lawrence, MA to Paul O. Barry and Mildred A. Burns.
Born an only child, she dreamed of building a large family full of love and laughter. Consisting of her husband...

Windham, NH - Geraldine T. (Bassett) Deschenes, 72, of Windham, NH, passed peacefully on December 26, 2018, surrounded by her family.
“Gerrie” to her friends, “Sitto” to her grandchildren, she suffered from physical ailments for many years, some since birth, yet never let them hold her back from achieving...

Rose M. (Baumgartner) Marshman, 76, of Windham, N.H., formerly of Buffalo, NY, passed away November 26, 2017 at Parkland Medical Center in Derry, N.H. surrounded by her loving family.
Rose was born on July 24, 1941. The daughter to her hardworking parents Robert and Rose (Reukauf) Witzleben, she was raised and...

SALEM, NH - Deborah "Debby" A. Marceau (Beauchamp), devoted wife, mom and grandma, unexpectedly became an angel on Monday, March 12, 2018 at the age of 70. More than anything, Debby relished the time she spent with her family, especially her beloved granddaughter, and she loved weekend day trips up North. She had a...

Methuen, MA - Amoza Blanchet, 84, of Methuen, passed away peacefully at the Prescott House nursing home Saturday, March 23, 2019, with her husband by her side. Born in Notre Dame du Lac, Canada, she is the daughter of the late Joseph Beaulieu and Alma Fortin. Amoza completed her education in Canada. She worked for...

Pelham - Jacqueline A. "Jackie" (Bedard) Blanchette, 90, of Pelham, NH, passed away peacefully on September 18, 2024, at home surrounded by her loving family.
She was the beloved wife for almost 70 years of Philippe L. "Phil" Blanchette, who predeceased her in May of this year.
Born in Pelham, New Hampshire, May 13,...

Dorothy Marie (Belanger) Barney, 84, of Marblehead and Hobe Sound, Fla., died Saturday November 25, 2017, surrounded by her family.
Born in Lawrence, Mass., and raised in Andover and on the beaches of Naugus Head, Marblehead, she was the daughter of the late Napoleon and Helen (McDermott) Belanger.
A graduate of...

Manchester, NH - Barbara L. (Belmont) Seeley of Manchester, N.H. passed away on April 22, 2018, at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester.
Born in Haverhill, Barbara was the daughter of the late Neville H. and Dorothy A. (Collins) Belmont. Raised and educated in Haverhill, she was a graduate of Haverhill High School. She...

Methuen - Jane M. (Benson) Brown, 78, of Methuen, MA, died Wednesday, Nov. 17, at the Lawrence General Hospital.

Jane was born in Methuen, MA, where she grew up, was educated, and was a lifelong resident.

Jane worked for T.S.D., Multilab Inc., and Circuit Board Express. She was a member of Club 85 of Salem, NH,...

Lowell, MA - Mrs. Ruth M. (Bernier) Montbleau, 77, of Lowell, passed away on March 21, 2023, at her home with her family by her side. The daughter of the late Lucien and Yvonne (Burns) Bernier, she was born in Lowell on May 10, 1945, and had been an area resident all her life. Ruth worked as a Real Estate agent and...

Mrs. Therese J. (Berube) Smeriglio, 62, of Atkinson, N.H., passed away on Wednesday, May 10, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Born in Methuen, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Rita (Asselin) Berube. Mrs. Smeriglio was an area resident all her life. She retired from the telephone company where...

Haverhill, MA - Frances Stansfield, 78, a long-term resident of Methuen and Haverhill, died suddenly surrounded by her loving family. She was a devoted wife, mother, sister, aunt and grandmother and is survived by her son John, his partner Joyce Dawe, her daughters Karen Olsen and Rachel West, her sister Mary Ellen...

Methuen - Carole E. (Blamire) Hartman, 85, of Methuen passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen.
The daughter of the late Wallace and Esther (Federson) Blamire, Carole was born in Andover, Mass. on April 30, 1933. She attended Lawrence schools and was a graduate of...

Methuen, MA - Mrs. Elaine J. (Blanchette) Moesta, 74, formerly of Methuen passed away at her home in Leesburg, FL on September 15th.
The daughter of the late Alfred and Denora (Hamel) Blanchette, she was born in Lawrence and had been an area resident all her life. Mrs. Moesta was a graduate of St. Anne High School...

Salem - Donna Ann (Bochicchio) Ramsdell passed away at home in her bed on June 13, 2021, while sleeping. She fought a courageous battle with dementia.
Donna was born on June 26, 1946, in Stamford, Connecticut, to Mary Margaret (Cappiello) and Joseph Anthony Bochicchio. She graduated from Stamford High School in...

Salisbury - Kathleen Ann (Boland) St. Jean, 71, of Salisbury, MA, formerly of Haverhill, MA, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2024, surrounded by her family. Kathleen leaves behind her husband of 40 years, Mark St. Jean, her loving daughter, Kristine (St. Jean) Macrae, son in-law, Patrick Macrae, and grandson,...

Lawrence - Mary Louise (Bomba) Michaud, a lifelong resident of Lawrence and wife of 67 years to the late Armand P. Michaud, passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2020 with her loving family by her side during her final days.

Born in Lawrence on April 15, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Louise Ludvika Piatek...

Methuen, MA - Mrs. Doris T. (Bosse) Lebel, 83, of Methuen, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 9th at Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley in North Billerica.
Born in Lawrence she was the daughter of the late James and Margaret (Roy) Bosse. Mrs. Lebel was retired from L and M radiology where she did data...

Ruth (Bottis) Ralph Carney, 97, of Methuen, was called home to our Lord on June 19, 2017.
Ruth was born on November 18, 1919, to her hardworking parents, James and Lillian (MacAuley) Bottis in Lawrence.
She attended Lawrence High School graduating with the class of 1937.
Ruth had a strong belief and knew the value...

Atkinson - Helen Rita (Boucher) Busta, 92, passed peacefully on September 18, 2022, after a long journey with dementia. She was born in 1929 in Newburyport, MA and spent most of her life in Salem, NH and Atkinson, NH. She was an accomplished cook and baker and loved bringing home a stack of books from the library to...

Della M. (Boulanger) Marrone, 74, of Methuen, passed on Thursday, November 17th at Holy Family Hospital. Daughter of the late L. Paul and Imelda (Demers) Boulanger, she was born in Lawrence and had been an area resident all her life. Mrs. Marrone retired from Western Electric - Lucent Technologies where she worked...

Danvers, MA - Evelyn D. (Bourgoin) Helinski, 101, wife of the late Theodore P. Helinski, passed away peacefully, on Friday October 12, 2018, at the Brentwood Nursing Home in Danvers. Evelyn was a lifelong resident of Salem, and graduated from Salem High School in 1935 as a “class prophet.” Evelyn and her husband...

Lawrence, MA - Mrs. Carol A. (Brady) O'Leary, 72, of Lawrence, passed away on Saturday, April 21, at her home surrounded by her family. The daughter of the late Blair Cormier and Cecile (Couture) Brady, she was born in Lawrence, and had been an area resident all her life. Mrs. O'Leary worked as a cook at Lawrence...

North Andover - Ruth A. (Briggs) Wilson 100, of North Andover died Wednesday June 28, 2023 at Edgewood Life Care Community in North Andover.
Ruth was born in Methuen on July 31, 1922 to the late Harry and Harriet (Newton) Briggs.
She graduated from Searles High School in Methuen and Mackintosh School of Business....

Born Marcia Damon to Curtis and Doris Damon in Framingham, Mass., Marcia was a veteran reporter for the Lawrence Eagle Tribune, a probate and family practice attorney, and involved in numerous volunteer organizations including the League of Women Voters, National Organization for Women, and the Towson Unitarian...

Haverhill - Mary Anne (Brooking) Andrews, age 61, of Haverhill, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 27, 2020.
Mary Anne was born on November 21, 1958 in Medford, a daughter of the late Marvin and Mary (McCarthy) Brooking. She was raised in Chelmsford and graduated from Chelmsford High School in 1976. She began...

Shirley Anne (Brown) Hall, 76, of Haverhill, passed away on Friday, October 28 at Merrimack Valley Hospice House.
She was born in Haverhill on September 2, 1940, daughter of the late Worthen and Gladys (Daggett) Brown.
She was educated in the Haverhill school system, graduated from Haverhill High School with the...

Methuen - Barbara A. (Buck) Lariviere, 87, formerly of Methuen, Salisbury Beach, and Haverhill, died peacefully on Thursday, March 7, surrounded by her loving family.
Barbara was born November 18, 1931, in Andover, Massachusetts, to Annie and Elmer Buck. She graduated from Searles High School in Methuen,...

Methuen - Irene M. (Burdin) Naylor, 99, passed away on July 17, 2018 at the Nevins Nursing and Rehab Centre in Methuen. Irene was the daughter of the late William and Irene (Daley) Burdin. She was also the widow of the Ernest Naylor Sr. who died in 1987.
She was born in Methuen on December 12, 1918 and had been a...

Kingston - Beverly Ann (Cadorette) Gosselin, 78, of Kingston, NH, and formerly of Haverhill, MA, died Thursday, December 9, 2021, at Lawrence General Hospital. Beverly was born on December 9, 1943, in Haverhill, to Arthur and Pearl Cadorette.

Bev graduated from Haverhill High School, class of 1961. She worked for...

Orwigsburg, PA - Donna Marie Adams, 69, of Orwigsburg Pa. passed away Thursday, April 12, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Donna was born in Methuen, Massachusetts on February 10, 1949, a daughter of Mildred and Daniel Callahan, being one of seven children. She was the wife of John (Jack) Dale Adams. She is...

Methuen - MaryAnne (Carney) McGurn, age 94 of Methuen passed away on November 30, 2018. MaryAnne was born in Methuen on September 17, 1924 to the late James and Anna (Connelly) Carney. She was a graduate of St. Mary’s Academy in Lawrence and attended Boston University where she received her secretarial degree....

Gonic - Pietrina M. Armano, 80, of Gonic, NH, passed away on March 4, 2022, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was predeceased by her husband Domenico in 2021, to whom she was married to for 61 years. She was the daughter of the late Bartolo and Giuseppa "Sasa" (Valenza) Cascio.
Pietrina was born...

Methuen - Rita L. (Cavanaugh) Poulin, age 89 of Methuen passed away on January 8, 2023. Rita was born in Methuen on August 11, 1933, to the late Patrick and Helen (Munn) Cavanaugh. For many years, Rita worked as a clerk at the IRS. She enjoyed watching football, trips to Foxwoods and York Beach with her sister...

METHUEN- Rose D. (Ceriani) Miano, age 91, of Methuen, passed away peacefully on March 13, 2018.
Rose was born in Quincy on August 17, 1926 to the late Joseph and Pearl Ceriani). She was a former communicant of St. Monica's Parish. Rose enjoyed knitting gifts for babies of family and loved ones, crocheting, and...

Jeannette M. (Charest) Dowd, 94, of Methuen, passed away on December 1, 2017, surrounded by her family at the Nevins Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Jeannette was born on June 15, 1923, to her hardworking parents, Alcide and Leone Charest in Methuen. Raised and educated in Methuen, she worked for several years at...

Methuen - Dorothy E. (Chase) Hefner, 94, longtime resident of Methuen, passed away peacefully on July 9, 2020, at home surrounded by her devoted family. Born on February 16, 1926, to the late Frank and Margaret (Harrington) Chase, she graduated from Lowell High School with the class of 1944. She enjoyed traveling;...

Bridget, born in Georgetown, Mass., on August 21, 1939, was the daughter of the late Everett and Mary (Coppola) Cheney. She grew up in Haverhill and graduated from Haverhill High School in 1958. After high school, she enlisted in the United States Air Force where she served until 1959 when she was Honorably...

Lawrence, MA - Cheryl A. (Chretien) White, 68, a resident of Lawrence, passed away on Monday, August 27, 2018 at the Lawrence General Hospital.
Born in Lawrence, Cheryl was the daughter of the late Russell and Dorothy (Beaudin) Chretien and was a graduate of both St. Mary’s Grammar and High School.
Members of...

Carmen “Mel” Marie (Ciampi) Jaffarian, 87, of Dover, N.H. passed away unexpectedly on October 9, 2017.
Born August 25, 1930 in Lawrence, she was the daughter of the late Dominic Anthony and Alfia Rita (Ferlito) Ciampi. Carmen was educated in Catholic schools in Lawrence, and graduated from Haverhill High School...

Lawrence, MA - Cheryl L (Clark) Hodgkins, age 64 of Lawrence, passed away on March 29th, 2019 after a long illness.
She was born and raised in North Andover and leaves behind two children, daughter Amanda and son Nicolas both of New Hampshire, two brothers, Michael of Lawrence and Donald of Salem, NH and her beloved...