All Obituaries

Athena E. (Apostolopoulos) Thibodeau, 84, wife of the late Joseph A. Thibodeau, died Thursday afternoon  December 26, 2019  in the Beverly Hospital after a short illness.  Born in Gloucester on  August 6, 1935  she was the daughter of the late Paul J. and Katherine (Georgeopoulos) Apostolopoulos.       Athena was from Gloucester but called Manchester-by-the-Sea her home and favorite place.  She resided for years as a homemaker and...

Theresa M. (Sweeney) Jensen, 92, wife of the late Harold L. Jensen, died unexpectedly Friday evening  December 13, 2019  in the Lahey Medical Center in Burlington.  Born in Ipswich on  January 15, 1927  she was the daughter of the late John D. and Yvonne M. (Roy) Sweeney.      Raised and educated in Ipswich Mrs. Jensen worked for the former Hayes Hosiery in Ipswich, later she was employed for several years at Sylvania in Ipswich.  In 1962...

HERRMANN, Dr. Robert L. passed away peacefully on December 12th, 2019 at the age of 91. Bob is survived by his loving wife of 69 years, Elizabeth (Betty) Herrmann; his children, Stephen Herrmann and his wife Anne of Pembroke MA; Karen Ritter and her husband John of Tulsa OK; Holly Waite and her husband Geoff of Topsfield MA; Anders Herrmann and his wife Celine of Beverly MA. He is also survived by his older sister Carol Wallace of Bedford MA and eight grandchildren, Abigail, Samuel, James,...

On Friday, December 6th, 2019, Edward Florian Murawski, loving husband, father of 4 and grandfather of 5 passed away at age 88 from a long battle with cancer.   Edward was born on September 28th, 1931 in Ipswich, MA to Polish immigrant parents Florian and Jadwiga Murawski. He was the youngest of 6 children starting with Beatrice, Mary, Tony, Casmier and Teddy. On October 17th, 1976, Edward married Diane (Cutraro) Murawski and they gave birth to two children, Anthony and Matthew. ...

Eloise Ruth Titus Bebout passed away in her sleep on the morning of December 4, 2019, one week prior to her 92nd birthday. Ellie was born on December 11, 1927 in Ayer, Massachusetts. She was the fifth of eight children born to Ernest and Marion Titus.   Ellie met Richard (Dick) Bebout, her husband, in 1946 when they were both telephone operators. She was a local civilian, and he was in the Army stationed at Fort Devens. They often made telephone connections for people and eventually...

Ipswich – Philip J. Bernard, Jr., 86, died Sunday morning  December 1, 2019  in the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers after a short illness.  Born in Ipswich on  May 10, 1933  he was the son of the late Philip J. Sr., and Evelyn P (Dort) Bernard.      Mr. Bernard was raised and educated in Ipswich.  He entered the Army and served in Korea from 1953 until his honorable discharge in 1955.  He was employed at the former Creese...

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Thomas J. Pappas of Ipswich passed away peacefully Saturday  November 30, 2019  at Masconomet Healthcare Center after a brief illness. Born on December 2, 1919 in Ipswich, he was the son of John and Jenny Pappas of Beverly, MA.  He passed away 2 days before his 100th birthday.   Tom, or Jeep as many people knew him, was a lifelong resident of Ipswich and local clam digger.  He loved teaching others how to dig clams.   He is survived by his daughters and their...

Annmarie (Miller) Hughes, of Ipswich, passed away November 22, 2019, at the age of 76. She was the loving mother of four and grandmother of six.   Annmarie was born in Beverly on May 27, 1943, to Mary A. (Flaherty) and Joseph H. Miller. After graduating from Ipswich High School, she received a teaching degree from the University of Southern Maine. She spoke fondly of her time nurturing elementary students before starting her family. She and former husband William Hughes raised three...

Ann B. (Hamilton) Donohoe, 84, wife of the late Gerald J. Donohoe, Sr., died Saturday afternoon  November 9, 2019  in the Beverly Hospital after a short illness.  Born in Providence, RI on  April 16, 1935  she was the daughter of the late James P. and Beatrice (O’Donoghue) Hamilton.           Mrs. Donohoe was a graduate of Bayview Academy in Providence.  She and her husband were long time residents of Reading...