Stephanie Meagan Gentgen, taken too soon from us at age 36, passed away due to a car accident, on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. She was born in Newburyport, MA  on June 11th 1986 and resided with her family of 8 in East Kingston, New Hampshire. Stephanie dedicated her life for the past 16 years selflessly raising her children to be the best part of her and none of the worst. She was a lover of nature and beauty. She loved being barefoot on grass with a cool breeze blowing and a hot...

Jim Wilson was a 20-year-old college student studying chemistry and physics, on a path to fulfilling his father’s hope that he would become a doctor, when he glanced at the scene outside his bedroom one day. In the years ahead, Mr. Wilson would earn a reputation of always sensing the right place and angle from which to frame a photo. On that day in 1974, he later recounted for a Boston Globe book, Mr. Wilson borrowed his father’s camera, “leaned out his bedroom window, and...

Robert Alan Murphy, resident of Plaistow, NH, died in his home on October 27th, 2022, at age 74.    “Murph”, as known to most, was born in Lynn MA, graduate of Lynn English High School and Boston University.  A long-time resident of Rowley, MA, Robert is pre-deceased by his father Henry Murphy, mother Margaret (White) Murphy, sister Susan (Murphy) Olcott. He leaves behind his loving partner Michelle Conte of Plaistow, NH, sons Matthew Murphy (Cambridge, MA)...

Lillian P. Maselli, August 20, 1922 - October 22, 2022. Lillian (Lil) was born and raised in her beloved New York City. In 1946 she married George P. Maselli, who predeceased her in 1998, after more than 50 years of marriage. They started their family in NYC but soon moved to Dumont, NJ. Eventually, with the family complete, George's work brought them all to Chelmsford, MA where they lived for more than 25 years. The Chelmsford home was often filled with gatherings of the extended family...

Known to many as “Fitzie”, Helen was born January 16, 1938, to Mary and Christopher Fitzpatrick. “Fitzie” passed away peacefully at Avita of Newburyport, Massachusetts on September 18, 2022. It was an honor for her four grateful daughters to be with her as she began her new journey. “Fitzie” was one of five siblings. She grew up in Franklin, Massachusetts where she attended Dean Jr. College. She then ventured into Boston where she was an accountant and...

Herbert (Bill) W. Buckley, age 77, passed away, at the Kaplan Hospice House in Danvers, MA, after a long, courageous battle with cancer.  He was born in Lynn, MA on November 20, 1944 to Richard J. and Ruth E. (Brodstrom) Buckley.  He grew up in Lynn and Rowley where he attended school and graduated from North Shore Community College in 1976. He served in the U.S. Navy and retired a Master Chief after 30 years with the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve.  He worked at a number of...

Thomas M. Brady, 89, of Topsfield, MA, passed away at home on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. He was the husband of Florence T. (Howell) Brady. Thomas was born in Tyrone, PA, on December 29, 1932, son of the late Edward and Alverda (Moore) Brady. He was a proprietor in the carpet industry. Thomas enjoyed watching Jeopardy, news, reading history articles, gardening, loved to cook, and was a connoisseur of soups, especially his clam chowder. He was a parishioner at Saint Rose of Lima Parish in...

Louise Tenney Mehaffey, passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in Southbury, CT on July 28, 2022, at the age of 90. Born on December 7, 1931 to Harrison and Isabel Tenney, she grew up and lived all but the last two years of her life at her family’s farm in Rowley. She was married to William C. Mehaffey Sr. for 51 years before he passed away in 2004. They met when she was 11 and he was 17, when he came to work for her father at the Tenney Farm (now Mehaffey Farm). They...

Elizabeth “Betty” Dagres, passed away in her home on Saturday, July 9, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. The daughter of the late Marion and Lewis Henderson, she was born June 26, 1935, in Newburyport, MA. She was married to her high school sweetheart Angelo “Junior” Dagres, who preceded her in death on December 23, 2017. Betty was a lover of baseball, pugs, blueberry pancakes and everything Christmas; but above all her family. As a result of her generous...

David Manning Watson August 25, 1944 - July 2, 2022 David was born in Boston, MA, and grew up in Rochester, NY, the son of Michael Lasell Watson and Claire McLamore Watson (Thaw). He attended Brooks Academy in North Andover, MA, and graduated from Harvard in 1966 with a B.S. in Chemistry. Post college he started working as a fine woodworker and harpsichord builder. After several years working on his own, he joined forces with his brother Michael L. Watson Jr and created the architectural...