Obituary Listing

Jan 11, 2017

Plaistow NH: Andrea (Maguire) Morgan, 58, of Plaistow, NH, and formerly of Haverhill, Massachusetts, died Wednesday January 11, 2017, at Merrimack Valley Hospice after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born in Haverhill MA, she attended Pentucket Regional Middle School, and graduated Pentucket Regional High School Class of 1976. Andrea was employed at Western Electric, ATT Technologies, and...

Jan 9, 2017

Kingston NH: Ann Theresa (Donovan) Sullivan, 74, of Kingston NH, and formerly of Wilmington, Massachusetts, died Monday January 9, 2017, at Exeter Hospital after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born in Medford MA, and attended St. Clement Grammar, and subsequent High School class of 1960. Ann graduated from Northeastern University with a BA in Sociology and was...

Jan 7, 2017

Plaistow:  Natalie R. (Carrington) Faxon, 81, a resident of Plaistow since 2011, died peacefully, with her family by her side, on January 7, 2017 at the Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, following a brief illness.

Born in Haverhill, MA, daughter of the late Ralph and Sylvia (Noel) Carrington, she attended Haverhill Public Schools.  She was employed first...

Jan 7, 2017

Boxford, MA:  Thomas Devlin, 65, Boxford, passed away peacefully on January 7, 2017 after a brief illness.  Tom touched countless lives during his time including family, close friends, neighbors and co-workers.  His kind, generous and gentle spirit will be deeply missed by all.  For over 30 years, Tom worked at Partners Health helping patients with cancer treatment.  He excelled...

Jan 7, 2017

Sandown, NH:  David I. Drowne, 67, a lifelong resident of Sandown, died on January 7, 2017 at the Parkland Medical Center, Derry, NH.

Born in Derry, the son of the late Fred L. and Dorothy (Love) Drowne, he was raised and educated in Sandown and attended Sandown Central School, Pinkerton Academy and graduated from Timberlane Regional High...

Jan 5, 2017

Danville, NH: Stephen J. Lavallee, Sr., 63, a resident of Danville for the last six years, died peacefully on January 5, 2017 at his home, surrounded by his loving family, after a long and courageous battle with pulmonary disease.

Born in Methuen, Massachusetts, son of the late Louis and Nancy (Martino) Lavallee, he was raised...

Jan 1, 2017

Sharon Ann Lay (Mitchell), 72, of Phoenix, Arizona, passed away peacefully and surrounded by loved ones January 1, 2017.

Born January 26, 1944 in Haverhill, Massachusetts to Howard and Rita Mitchell, Sharon was in Haverhill High's graduating class of 1961.

She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Charles D. Lay of Phoenix, Arizona;...

Jan 1, 2017

Plaistow, NH: Russell L. Sargent 82, a resident of Plaistow for most of his life, died, January 1, 2017 at Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill, after being stricken at his home.

Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, son of the late Lewis and Avis (Sargent) Sargent, he was raised and educated in Plaistow. He attended the Pollard School and...

Dec 27, 2016

Hampstead, N H: Jeffrey T. Plouff, 36, of East Hampstead, died December 27, 2016 in Hampstead.

Born in Exeter, NH, he was the son of Donald Plouff and Pamela Giles and was raised in Hampton and Londonderry, attending Londonderry High School. He was employed as a salesman for a local flooring contractor. He enjoyed jet-skiing, camping, canoeing...

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 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 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

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 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 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 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,...