Obituaries

JoAnne Mayer, the third woman elected to the Marblehead Select Board, dies at 95

JoAnne Mayer, the third woman elected to the Marblehead Select Board, dies at 95

JoAnne Norton Mayer, a Marblehead native who was deeply engaged in civic life in town, the third woman elected to the Marblehead Board of Selectmen (now the Select Board) and a talented sailor, died Monday. She was 95. Civic engagement and public service were cornerstones in Mayer’s life. Her tenure on Marblehead’s highest elected board, now called the Marblehead Select Board, from 1983 - 1987 began four years after the town’s second selectwoman, Marilyn A. Reis, who served from 1975-1979, finished out her service on…
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OBITUARY: Wilfred H. ‘Bill’ Crist, 89

OBITUARY: Wilfred H. ‘Bill’ Crist, 89

Wilfred H. "Bill" Crist, 89, of Peabody, died Monday at Salem Hospital after a brief illness. Born and raised in Lynn, he was the son of the late Wilfred H. and Madeline (Love) Crist. He was the husband of the late Jean C. (Cannon) Crist, with whom he spent nearly 50 year of marriage. They raised their family in Peabody, and he was a wonderful husband and father. Wilfred H. 'Bill' Crist Bill was a graduate of Lynn English High School, Class of 1950, and…
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OBITUARY: Piia Alexandra Scioletti

OBITUARY: Piia Alexandra Scioletti

Piia Alexandra Scioletti passed away in her sleep at her home in Wellington, Florida on Sept. 7. She was born on Aug. 29, 1986 and grew up in Marblehead. She graduated from the Marblehead High School class of 2004. Piia furthered her education at the University of Massachusetts and the University of Vermont earning a bachelor's degree in biology. More recently she was enrolled in a graduate program at Florida Atlantic University studying microbiology and infectious diseases. She worked at Praesum Healthcare, which owns and…
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