Obituaries

Ruth Kemelman Rooks passed away peacefully on Friday, August 21, 2026, surrounded by her family. Ruth was born in Boston, the eldest daughter of author Harry Kemelman and local icon Anne (Kessin) Kemelman….

Edith Elizabeth (Ingalls) Richardson, 85, of Nahant, Massachusetts and Bar Harbor, Maine, passed away on July 13, 2026, having battled Parkinson’s Disease. She was born on May 10, 1941, in Calais, Maine, to Curtis J. Ingalls and Lucy Kenison Ingalls…

Barbara Enid (Cohen) Blander, 87, died on June 20, 2026.  Born in New York, NY, she moved to the North Shore in 1966 (Marblehead, then Swampscott in 1967) with her…

The family of Joe and Mary McHugh Invite friends and loved ones to a Memorial Mass service.We will gather together at 10am, on Monday, June 29th atSaint Thomas Aquinas Church,…

Joan Bartram Sawyer passed away on May 20, 2026.  Joan was the eldest of three children, born to Glenn and Doris Bartram.   With the exception of a five-year overseas adventure,…

Gail (George) Woodrow, 85, passed away on June 6, 2025, at Clarendale Senior Center in Chandler, Arizona. She was born September 25, 1939, in Swampscott and graduated from Swampscott High…

Madelyn “Max” Kelly (née Greenberg) of Swampscott, Mass., died on March 5, 2026 at age 65, from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.     Max was born on February 17, 1961, in Lake Success,…

William “Bill” Leonard Wollerscheid was born to Josephine (Cunningham) and Arthur Wollerscheid on June 7, 1937 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Bill spent his first few years in Saugus, MA and moved…

Alexandra Maria (Haldoupis) Nordin, of Swampscott, passed away peacefully on November 14th  at the age of 82 after a brief illness.  She is survived by her husband Ulf Nordin, her…