All Obituaries

Janice D. Bettger, age 83, of Salem, formerly of Swampscott, died Tuesday evening at her home, surrounded by her family, after a brief illness. She was the wife of James R. Bettger with whom she shared 62 years of marriage. Born in Lynn she was the daughter of the late Irving E. and Dorothy B. (Hall) Doliber. Jan attended Swampscott schools and graduated from Swampscott High School, Class of 1954. She also graduated from Burdett Business School, Class of 1956, and attended Boston...

Eunice J. Blatchford, age 85 years, of Swampscott, formerly of Lynn, died Friday at the Bertram House in Swampscott after a lengthy illness. The wife of the late James F. Blatchford, Jr. with whom she spent 42 wonderful years of marriage. Born in Salem, she was the daughter of the late William T. and Jesse (Hadfield) Fraser. She attended Lynn schools and graduated from Lynn English High School, Class of 1952 and then went on to graduate from Lynn Hospital School of Nursing as a...

Charles J. Carteris, age 80 years, of Lynn died unexpectedly Monday at Salem Hospital after collapsing in the parking lot at the hospital. He was the husband of Theresa A. (Bruzzese) Carteris with whom he shared 45 years of marriage. Born in Lynn he was the son of the late James and Helen (Nicolopoulos) Carteris. He attended Lynn schools and graduated from Lynn English High School. Charles was employed as a cook at Augustine’s Restaurant in Saugus, and then at Union Hospital until he...

J. Emery Leger, age 70 years, of Beverly, formerly of Lynn, died at Care One at Essex Park in Beverly after a brief illness. Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada he was the son of the late Romeo and Marcelline (Gautreau) Leger. He moved to Lynn as a young boy and attended St. Jeans Schools. He was the owner and operator of the Emery Leger Co. Dustless Floor Sanding“it’s all in the prep” for over 40 years until he retired 5 years ago. He also owned and operated an Antique...

Robert R. Emerson, age 80, of Peabody, died Wednesday, at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers after a brief illness. He was the husband of Betty L. (Spongberg) Emerson with whom he shared 52 years of marriage. Born in Orange, VT he was the son of the late Earl D. and Estella (Farnham) Emerson. Bob moved to Saugus as a young boy attended Saugus Schools and graduated from Saugus High School, Class of 1958. He was employed as a Senior Engineer for Sunoco for over 50 years until he...

Martha Ruth Burke, age 95 was born on 9/5/1924 in Revere Beach, MA. She lived all her life in MA. She attended Lynn schools and graduated from Lynn Classical High School, Class of 1943.  She worked immediately following graduation at General Electric. After WWII she was a machinist at Boston Machine Works, in Lynn, for 50 yrs. After she retired (due to boredom) she worked for a Lynn drugstore until the age or 83.She was a lifelong resident of Lynn until moving to Michigan 2 years ago...

   FALL, Nadia L. Age 88, of Peabody, formerly of Lynnfield, died Saturday, August 22, 2020, at the Brudnick Center in Peabody. She was the wife of the late Harold R. Fall, Jr., with whom he shared 69 years of marriage. She is also survived by four daughters: Cynthia L. Fall of Lynn, MA; Vicki Alberti and her husband David of Plympton, MA; Donna Lamb of Groveland, MA; and Laura Thorpe and her husband John of Boxford, MA; a sister-in-law, Elizabeth Dyer of Westbrook, ME; four...

Swampscott – Beryl (Doliber) Smith, 88, beloved wife of the late Dana P. Smith, died Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at home, surrounded by her family. Born in Lynn and raised in Swampscott, she was the daughter of Irving Eustis Doliber and Dorothy Hall Doliber. Beryl graduated Swampscott High School in 1949 and attended the School of Practical Arts in Boston. She worked as a draftsman and taught dance prior to marrying Dana P. Smith on May 22, 1954. Family was most important to Beryl and...

  Evelyn Cahill, 95, of Lynnfield passed away peacefully at Massachusetts General Hospital on August 18th from complications following surgery. Evelyn was born in Maine and lived in Maine and Vermont as a child. She came to Lynn in 1942 to attend Lynn Hospital School of Nursing and served at Cushing Army Hospital in Framingham as a member of the Cadet Nurse Corps. She became a Registered Nurse and worked at Lynn Hospital for many years until it closed in 1983. She then worked for...

Robert (Bob) “Papa” Anderson, age 96, of Peabody, formerly of Lynn, and Lakeland, FL, died unexpectedly Friday July 24th in Doylestown, PA. He was the husband of Joanne (Pettigrew) Anderson with whom he shared nearly 47 years of marriage. He was born in Lynn on September 8th, 1923, to the late Gunner and Carrie (Barton) Anderson. Bob attended Lynn schools and graduated from Lynn English High School, Class of 1941. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during WWII. After the war,...