Obituary Listing

Dec 26, 2016

North Andover, MA:  Elizabeth J. (Breidenthal) Droste, 93, a resident of the Edgewood Retirement Community for the last fifteen years, died December 26, 2016, at her home, surrounded by her loving family.

Born, raised and educated in Louisville, Kentucky, daughter of the late William and Ethel (Gordon) Breidenthal, Libby graduated from the local high school as the...

Dec 24, 2016

Haverhill: Grace R. (Thibault) Martin, 80, a longtime resident of Haverhill, died peacefully on December 24, 2016, at Wingate at Haverhill, surrounded by her loving children.

Born and raised in Haverhill, daughter of the late Antonio and Virginia (Bean) Thibault, she attended local schools and was a member of All Saints Parish and the former...

Dec 24, 2016

Haverhill: Jeremiah F. Sullivan died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, December 24 th at home in Haverhill, MA at the age of 74.

Born in Lawrence, son of the late James and Barbara (Mallon) Sullivan he attended Lawrence public schools before moving to Methuen with his family.

Jeremiah is survived by his children, Shawn...

Dec 22, 2016

Plaistow: Thomas J. Vinci, 70, a resident of Plaistow for the last forty years, died December 22, 2016, at his home.

Born, raised and educated in Haverhill, son of the late Joseph and Irene (Archambault) Vinci, he graduated from Haverhill High School with the Class of 1965 and attended the University of New Hampshire.

Mr....

Dec 19, 2016

Haverhill: Americo V. "Mecco" Colleto, age 72, a retired Haverhill Police Officer and lifelong resident of Haverhill, died Monday, December 19, 2016 at the Merrimack Valley Hospice House, following a long illness.

Born, raised and educated in Haverhill, son of the late Antonio and Evangeline (Fisette) Colleto, he graduated from the former Haverhill Trade School in 1963...

Dec 18, 2016

Plaistow: Shirley A. (Cook) Sawtell, 55, of Plaistow, died December 18, 2016 at Massachusetts General Hospital, after a brief illness.

Born in Cambridge, daughter of John F. and Shirley (Marshall) Cook, she was raised in Cambridge, Billerica and Plaistow and attended Pollard School and graduated from Timberlane Regional High School.

Shirley was trained as a...

Dec 16, 2016

Portsmouth, NH: Richard Sebastian Malagodi, 87, of Portsmouth, NH, died on December 16, 2016, at the Portsmouth Regional Hospital.

Richard was born July 2, 1929 in Somerville, Massachusetts, the son of Louis Charles and Katherine (Fuccione) Malagodi. He grew up working in the family business, the North End Fruit Market, until graduating from Somerville High School. Following...

Dec 16, 2016

Kingston, NH: Paul J. "Bean" Ortins, 60, of Kingston, died December 16, 2016 at Exeter Hospital.

Born in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of the late Arthur and Nancy (Liberty) Ortins, he was raised and educated in Peabody, attended Bishop Fenwick High School and graduated from Peabody Veterans' Memorial High School.

Mr. Ortins was employed in...

Dec 16, 2016

Portsmouth, NH: Richard Sebastian Malagodi, 87, of Portsmouth, NH, died on December 16, 2016, at the Portsmouth Regional Hospital.

Richard was born July 2, 1929 in Somerville, Massachusetts, the son of Louis Charles and Katherine (Fuccione) Malagodi. He grew up working in the family business, the North End Fruit Market, until graduating from Somerville High School. Following...

Dec 14, 2016

Robert A. Palmeri, 81, a longtime resident of Haverhill, died December 14, 2016 at Hannah Duston Health Center following an extended illness.

Born in Wareham and raised and educated in New Bedford, he was the son of the late Nicholas and Doris (Borghi) Palmeri. A graduate of Holy Family High School in 1953, Mr. Palmeri...

Dec 13, 2016

Derry, NH: John W. "Jack" Walsh Jr. 63, of Derry NH passed away unexpectedly on December 13, 2016. Jack was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on July 27, 1953.  He lived most of his life at 28 Main Street in Plaistow NH and attended local schools. He graduated from Cardinal Cushing Academy in West Newbury MA in 1971 and attended...

Dec 7, 2016

Jeanette C. (Taillon) Parker, 94, of Haverhill left us peacefully on December 7, 2016, surrounded by her beloved family.

Jeanette was born on December 12, 1921 in Lynn, MA.  She was one of the seven children of Alphonse and Anna (Dumais) Taillon, spending her early childhood in Lynn.  After the family moved to Georgetown and then to...

Dec 6, 2016

Groveland, MA: Carol E. (Jones) (Sanders) Belanger, 74, died Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at Merrimack Valley Hospice House in Haverhill.

Born and raised in Methuen, Carol lived with her grandmother and great grandmother, and attended local schools and was a member of the Tenney High School Class of 1960. From the time of her youth, she loved...

Dec 3, 2016

Atkinson, NH: Raymond F. Lovely, Jr., 89, of Atkinson, died Saturday, December 3, 2016 in Manchester NH. Born, raised and educated in the Bradford section of Haverhill, he was the son of the late Raymond and Edith (Hefferan) Lovely, and attended Haverhill High School. He grew up as a member of a well- known athletic family with a long legacy...

Dec 3, 2016

Lowell, MA: Colin J. Hassett,22 of Lowell, died December 3, 2016 in Lowell. Born in Nashua, NH son of Steven E. Hassett and Leigh (Springmann) Lemieux, he was educated through elementary and middle schools in Nashua and was a member of the Nashua Youth Soccer League before moving to Somers,CT. Colin was a member of Somers High School Class...

Dec 1, 2016

Haverhill: Richard F. "Dick" Matterson, 82, of Haverhill, died December 1, 2016 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton, following a brief illness. Born in Haverhill, son of the late Anthony and Margaret (O'Connell) Matterson, he attended Haverhill Public Schools and the former Haverhill Trade School. Mr. Matterson was a well- known building contractor in the Haverhill area for many years...

Nov 30, 2016

Haverhill MA: Jeannette Madelaine Lachance, 92, of Haverhill MA, born and educated in Saint Robert Bellarmine, Beauce County, PQ Canada, died Wednesday November 30th at Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. Jeannette immigrated to the United States at the age of 20, worked in the Haverhill shoe factories, and later was employed as a tester by Lucent Technologies, and retired...

Nov 28, 2016

Haverhill, MA: Jeannette E. (Cote) Michaud, 94, a longtime resident of Haverhill, died November 28, 2016 at her home of natural causes. Born in Berlin, NH, daughter of the late Joseph and Florida (Lambert) Cote, she attended St. Regis Academy and moved to Haverhill with her family in 1941. She worked first as a machinist at the former Rex Potato...

Nov 27, 2016

Haverhill, MA: Stanley Anuszewski, 97 years old, died on Sunday November 27, 2016 at Wingate Haverhill where he had lived for the last four years. A lifelong resident of Haverhill, Stanley was born on May 10, 1919 to Polish immigrants Franciszek and Magdalena (Wos) Anuszewski. A graduate of Haverhill High School, Stanley was a proud member of the Greatest Generation,...

Nov 24, 2016

Plaistow, NH: Ruth S. "Shirley" (Smith) (Briggs) Bennett, died November 24, 2016 on her 86th birthday at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover. Born in Saugus, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late Clayton and Pauline (Tabor) Smith. She was raised in Reading and North Andover, and attended local schools and after many years devoted to work and raising her family,...