Author Archives: Admin

Gary Brian Szymaniak, who served for a decade in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Hammerberg until 1972, died May 4. He was 81. Born in Binghamton, NY to the late Walter and Rose Szymaniak, he went on to build a long and respected career as a banker, working at various banks in Chicopee, Holyoke, […]

Beverly Ann (Guerra) Perry, a lifelong Plymouth resident, died peacefully surrounded by family on May 10. She was 77. Born in Plymouth on July 7, 1948, to the late Lawrence and Mary (Dugas) Guerra, she was a lifelong Plymouth resident who contributed her talents at the Duxbury Clipper and then dedicated many years of her […]

Robert Allen Huntley, who enlisted in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, died peacefully May 4. He was 78. Born in Quincy on May 10, 1947, to the late Robert and Virginia Huntley, he grew up in Weymouth and graduated from Weymouth High School. Not long after getting married he enlisted, then came […]

Adam J. McGinn, of Plymouth, died Tuesday, April 28, following a short illness. He was 40. Born in Weymouth on Dec. 13,1985 to Denise (Cox) McGinn and Brendan McGinn, both of Plymouth, he grew up in Kingston and attended Silver Lake Regional High School. He began his career working with his father at SLT Construction […]

Emily L. Scharath, a 57-year resident of Plymouth, died Sunday, April 26 at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth. She was 87. Born and raised in Rumford, Maine, she was the daughter of the late Joseph E. and Lucy (Arsenault) Perry. She lived for many years in Somerville before settling in Plymouth in 1969. She held a […]

Judith Ann Fortini, age 85, of Plymouth, died Sunday, April 26, at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth. Born in Plymouth on Dec. 21, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Robert Franklin and Lois (Holmes) Dunham. She graduated from Plymouth High School and later attended secretarial school. She started working in her father’s bakery. After […]

Susan M. (Gosselin) Adragna, a paraprofessional with Plymouth schools and head of the Plimoth Commons Social Club, died Saturday, April 25 surrounded by family at her home. She was 79. Born June 11, 1946, in Quincy, she was the daughter of the late Edmond and Mary (Ventura) Gosselin. She grew up in Quincy and graduated […]

John “Jack” McNeill, a bus driver for Plymouth & Brockton Bus Lines for 30 years, died Sunday, April 19 at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. He was 78. Born in Boston on Feb. 24, 1948, he was raised in Dorchester and had been a resident of Plymouth for the past sixty years. Before he became […]

Samuel Garrison Chapin, a well known conservationist and board chairman of the Wildlands Trust, died April 1 after a battle with cancer. He was 75. Born Sept. 7, 1950, alongside a twin brother Ted, in New York City to Schuyler Chapin and Elizabeth Steinway Chapin, he grew up in Manhattan where he attended the Dalton […]

Jane B. Halle, a lifelong Plymouth resident, died peacefully Wednesday, April 8th, at BID Hospital in Plymouth. She was 82. Born in Plymouth on April 12, 1943, she was the daughter of the late John and Esther (Silva) Botelho. Jane was raised in Plymouth and spent her career at Tech Etch, Inc. Family and friends […]