Obituary Listing

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,...

Nov 22, 2016

Atkinson, NH: Fred J. Childs, Jr., 87, a longtime resident of Atkinson and former Selectman, died November 22, 2016 at Parkland Medical Center in Derry. Born, raised and educated in Lawrence, son of the late Fred and Blanche (Boucher) Childs, he graduated from Lawrence High School with the Class of 1947. A veteran of the Korean Conflict, Mr. Childs served...

Nov 22, 2016

Haverhill: Maria K. (Kulaczkowska) Suchorski, 90, a resident of Haverhill for the past sixty-four years, died peacefully Tuesday afternoon, November 22, 2016 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Born, raised and educated in Bokow, Poland, on September 12, 1926,she was the daughter of the late Charles and Carolina Kulaczkowska. In 1943, she was taken by German troops to...

Nov 22, 2016

Kingston, NH: Elizabeth R. (Simpson) Dalzell, 97, a resident of Kingston since 1979, died November 22, 2016 at Penacook Place in Haverhill. Born in Boston she was raised and educated in the Boston area, graduating from Brighton High School. A resident of Yonkers, NY for thirty-two years, Mrs. Dalzell was employed as the secretary of the Teamsters Union Local 445....

Nov 20, 2016

Plaistow, NH: Lyndel J. "Lenny" McMahon, 66, of Plaistow, died suddenly on November 20, 2016, at his home following a long and courageous battle with several illnesses. Born, raised and educated in Lowell, MA, the son of the late Francis and Beatrice (Lemire) McMahon, he graduated Lowell Trade School with the Class of 1968. He proudly and honorably served in...

Nov 19, 2016

Haverhill: John P. Dill, 55 a resident of Haverhill, died Saturday, November 19, 2016 at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, following a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born in Haverhill, son of Shirley (Fontaine) Dill and the late John Dill, he attended local schools and was a member of the Whittier Vo-Tech Class of 1978. John worked for most...

Nov 17, 2016

Newton, NH: Barbara J. (Blaisdell) (Bisson) Perreault, 85, formerly of Newton and Fremont, NH and Haverhill, MA, died November 17, 2016 at Pleasant Valley Nursing Center in Derry, following a long illness. Born, raised and educated in Haverhill, daughter of the late Wendell Blaisdell and Gertrude (LeBlanc) (Blaisdell) Fravoli, she attended the Tilton School and Haverhill High School. She was...