North Reading Obituaries

Resident of town for 54 years

NORTH READING — Armelia A. “Millie” (Wills) Cameron – 87, of North Reading and formerly Sedalia, Missouri, died January 14, 2015, at the Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington.

Born in Sedalia, Missouri on January 16, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Mary…

Arrangements incomplete at press time

NORTH READING — Philip S. Shapleigh, 75 , of North Reading, died Monday evening, January 19, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. His funeral will be held at the Croswell Funeral Home, 19 Bow Street, North Reading on Saturday, January 24, at 10:30 a.m. Calling hours will be held…

Avid gardener and expert seamstress

NORTH READING — A. Rita (Gorman) McKendry, 98, of North Reading and formerly of Wakefield, died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at Wingate of Andover. She was the wife of the late William S. McKendry Jr., who died in 1989.

Born in Charlestown, on July 16, 1916, she was the…

Avid volunteer gave selflessly to others

NORTH READING — Family and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Funeral Mass on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 11 a.m. in St. Theresa’s Church, 63 Winter St., North Reading,for Marguerite (DeCastro) Frew, who passed away on January 1 at the Kaplan Family Hospice of Danvers, at 88 years…

Love of children touched many young lives

NORTH READING — Juanita (Mason) Cafiso – 78, of North Reading and formerly of Otisfield, Maine, died on Sunday, January 11, 2015.

Juanita was born in Quincy, on November 12, 1936, grew up in Cambridge and married and raised her family in Arlington before enjoying a full…

Vice President of Finance

PEABODY—Donald P. McCormack, 74, beloved husband of Nancy (Gallagher) McCormack, died peacefully on Tuesday December 30, 2014 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, while in the comforting presence of his family.

Born in Lynn, he was the son of the late William and Elizabeth (Haggerty) McCormack. He grew…

Educator for special needs children

PEABODY — Janet D. (McCallum) White, 59, of Peabody, wife of Michael J. White, died at her home on Monday, December 29, 2014 with her loving family by her side.

Janet was born in Winthrop, on October 1, 1955, the daughter of the late Henry and Margaret (Donahue) McCallum…

Grandmother, Great–grandmother

NORTH READING — Marilyn L. (Ayotte) Cirrone of North Reading, passed away Dec. 27. She was the beloved wife of the late Salvatore Cirrone and the loving mother of James “Jim” Cirrone and his wife Leslie of North Andover.

Marilyn was the former mother–in–law of Suzanne Rubenstein–Austin and the devoted grandmother of Emily, Benjamin…

U.S. Army veteran of World War II

NORTH READING — Arthur F. McGonagle, Jr., 85, of North Reading, formerly of Malden, died Sunday, December 21, 2014 at the Wilmington Health Care Center.

Born in Medford on April 18,1929, he was the son of the late Arthur F., Sr. and Catherine G. (Lorden) McGonagle. Arthur…

Retired department head at NRHS

WOBURN — Joseph Venti, retired department head at North Reading High School passed away at the Winchester Hospital on Saturday night, December 13, 2014. He was 88–years–old.

Joe was born in Ortona dei Marsi, Italy, which was located in the mountains east of Rome. At the age of 11…

Enjoyed Country and Western Saturday nights

GROVELAND — Patricia A. (Henchey) Dole, 79, longtime Groveland resident, passed away peacefully on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, surrounded by her loved ones, following a lengthy illness.

Patricia was born in Dorchester on April 28, 1935, the daughter of the late of Joseph and Catherine (Callum) Henchey. She…

Father of two children

SOMERVILLE — Philip G. “Phil” Kerrigan Jr. of Somerville, died Dec. 20. He was the beloved husband of Sarah Santoro and the loving father of William and Emily Kerrigan. He was the son of Philip and Mary Kerrigan of North Reading and the brother of Katelyn Kerrigan of Charlestown. Phil…