All Obituaries

Janet F. Devost, age 89, of Lynn, MA, died on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at Salem Hospital peacefully with her daughters by her side. She was the wife of the late Robert “Bob” Devost to whom she shared 52 years of marriage. Janet was born in Swampscott, MA, she was the daughter of Lawrence E. Kirkey Sr. and Marion V. (Bailey) Kirkey. She graduated from Lynn English High School in 1948 and from the Cincinnati Bible Seminary in 1954. Janet worked for New England Telephone for many...

Freda A. Bennett, age 87, of Lynn, MA and Fort Myers, FL, died unexpectedly on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at Salem Hospital. She was the wife of the late Charles C. Bennett with whom she shared 27 years of marriage. Born in Saugus, Freda was the daughter of the late Walter and Ruth (Martin) Rutkowski. She graduated from Lynn English High School, class of 1952. She was employed as a hostess at the General Glover Restaurant and was an assembler at ANG Analogic. Freda loved bowling, jig saw...

Anthony “Tony” Uva, age 85, of Lynn, MA, formerly of Swampscott, MA, and Derry, NH, passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021 at Beverly Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of Mary (Fabrizio) Uva, with whom he shared 62 years of marriage. Born in East Boston, he was the son of the late Aurelio and Natalina (Sicuriello) Uva. He was also the brother of the late Thomas Uva. The Uva Family owned and operated multiple businesses in the Swampscott Community from the...

Thomas R. Barber, age 65, died Monday March 1st at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of Carole L. (Hanson) Barber with whom he shared 7 years of marriage. Born in Lynn he was the son of the late George T. and Frances L. (Mckeigue) Barber. Tom attended Lynn schools and graduated from Lynn Vocational Technical Institute, Class of 1974. He was employed as an Environmental Specialist at the Chelsea Soldiers Home and then at North Shore...

Paul J. Doucette, age 72, of Seabrook, NH, formerly of Lynn died Sunday February 28th at Mass General Hospital in Boston after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of Lori Ann (DeMontier) Doucette with whom he shared 32 years of marriage.             Born in Lynn he was the son of the late Roger and Rose (Katz). He attended Lynn schools and graduated from Lynn English High School, Class of 1966. Paul joined the U. S. Navy and served...

Marc A McDonald, 70 of Salem, formerly of Peabody died Tues Feb 23 after a brief illness. He was the son of the late James H McDonald and Evelyn Christ McDonald. Marc attended Peabody schools and was a 1968 graduate of Peabody High. Marc excelled in sports, especially basketball and played for Peabody High as well as St Vasilios basketball team. He received numerous trophies, accolades and records, among those were Captain of the PHS basketball team, 2 year All Star, member of the 1000...

Brian Antonellis, of Lynn, age 46, died Tuesday January 19th at Lahey Medical Center Burlington after a sudden illness. Born in Waltham, he was the son of Cynthia J. (Lang) Hawkins of Lynn and the late Robert A. Antonellis. Brian attended Lynn schools and graduated from Lynn Vocational Technical Institute, Class of 1992. He was employed as a Plumber and worked for E. Amanti and Sons Mechanical Contractors and JJRG Williams Plumbing and Heating in Lynn. Brian was a true Boston sports fan...

Susan P. Adamopoulos, of Lynn, age 53 died unexpectedly Thursday Jan 23rd at Salem hospital. She was the wife of Louis L. Adamopoulos with whom she shared 32 years of marriage. Born in Saugus she was the daughter of Charles T. Nelson of Topsham, ME, and the late Claire (Dow) Nelson. She attended Lynn schools and graduated from Lynn Classical High School, Class of 1985. She also attended North Shore Community College and studied medical terminology. Susan was employed at Verizon in Middleton...

Christine “Tena” Booras, 91, passed peacefully on Thursday at MGH with her children at her bedside.  Married for 60 years to the late Christie “Chris” Booras, Christine resided in Lynn after moving from Greenwich, CT after high school, where she was voted “Best Dancer.” She loved to dance and met Dad at a Greek dance. Though her body failed, her mind was sharp as a tack, and our link to the past.  Our neighbor once said that Tena was “the...

Mary Donigian, 90 years, of Wakefield, formerly of Lynn and Saugus died Friday Dec. 25th at Brightview Senior Living after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Walter V. Donigian, with whom she shared 65 years of marriage. Born in Peabody she was the daughter of the late Yegia and Yevniga (Menizigian) Magarian. Mary attended Lynn schools and graduated from Lynn English High School, Class of 1949. Along with her husband Walter she owned and operated Magarian Rug Company on Essex St....