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NOVEMBER 22, 2018
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Edward W. Rhodes, Jr., 91
PEABODY — Edward
W. Rhodes, Jr., 91
years of Peabody, died
on Tuesday November
13, 2018 in the Kaplan
Family Estates in
Peabody after a long
illness. He was the husband
of the late Ruth M.
(Clothier) Rhodes. He
was born in Lynn, the son of the
late Edward W. Rhodes, Sr. and
Martha (Sheldon) Rhodes, He
was raised in Lynn and was a
graduate of Lynn Classical High
School. He was also a graduate
of New England Institute in Boston
where he received his Funeral
Directing Education. He has
lived in Lynn, Peabody, Marshfi
eld and Port Orange, Florida.
He recently returned to Peabody.
Mr. Rhodes was a WWII Navy
Veteran and served in the American,
Asiatic and Pacifi c Theatres
of Operation. He served as an
Electrician’s Mate. Mr. Rhodes
was an Honorary Member of the
Boston North Cancer Association
Board of Directors and Past
President. He was a member of
the Lynn Rotary, a member of the
National Funeral Directors Association
and Past President of the
Massachusetts Funeral Directors
Association.
Mr. Rhodes was the former
owner of the Rhodes Funeral
Home on Western Avenue
and Ocean Street locations.
Although Ed worked
with his father for many
years, Ed took over the
family business upon the
death of his father Edward W.
Rhodes, Sr. Ed served the people
of greater Lynn for many years at
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both the Western Avenue
and Ocean Street
locations. He represented
progressive thinking
and traditional values in
funeral service. In 1984
he sold the business to
David J. Solimine.
He is survived by his
son, Edward W. Rhodes
III and his wife Gineen L. (Rae)
Rhodes and his daughter, Sheryl
A. (Rhodes) Murphy-Keen and
her husband Edward “Ted” Keen
of Plymouth, his grandchildren,
Patrick R. Murphy of Florida, Cassandra
M. Waterhouse and her
husband Nicholas of Chicopee,
Kendra L. Rhodes of Peabody, Rachel
Keen of Bridgewater, 3 great
grandchildren and 1 great, great
grandchild. He also leaves a sister,
Marilyn Wells of Florida.
Service information: A memorial
service will be held on
Saturday December 8, 2018
in the SOLIMINE FUNERAL
HOME, 67 Ocean Street (Rte.
1A) Lynn at 11 a.m. Relatives
and friends are respectfully
invited. Visitation will be from
10 to 11 a.m. prior to his service.
Donations may be made
to the Carmelite Preschool, 5
Wheatland Street, Peabody,
MA 01960 or the Boston
North Cancer Association,
P.O. Box 3153, Peabody,
MA 01960, www.bostonnorthcancer.org.
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and guestbook at
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NASHUA, N.H. — Regis I. (Tudal) Hersey,
75, of Nashua, N.H., and formerly of Peabody,
died early Thursday morning, Nov. 15,
2018 at Bridges by EPOCH in Nashua, N.H.,
with her family by her side. She was the wife
of the late Kenneth E. Hersey Sr., who died
in 2006.
She was born in Melrose on Jan. 9,
1943, to the late Yves and Adelaide
(O’Brian) Tudal and was raised and educated
in Saugus. She resided in Peabody for
many years while employed at the Essex County
Bank as a teller. Regis loved watching sports,
including hockey and NASCAR, in addition to
learning especially about space. She attended
North Shore Community College, receiving
an associate’s degree in Computer Science. In
1983, she and her family moved to Wilmington,
N.C. In North Carolina, she was employed at
First Citizens Bank and later as an accounting
assistant at The Bridge Tender Restaurant before
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her retirement. She returned north to
Nashua, N.H., in 2009.
She is survived by a daughter, Dawn
Hersey of Nashua, N.H.; son and daughter-in-law,
Kenneth E. and Kathy Hersey
Jr. of Clarksville, Md.; and two grandsons,
Kenneth C. Hersey and Teddy
Hersey, both of Maryland.
Service information: A visitation will
be held on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018 from 3 until
6 p.m. at the CONWAY, CAHILL-BRODEUR
Funeral Home at the 82 Lynn St., Peabody facility.
Her funeral will be held on Monday at
9:30 a.m. from the funeral home followed by
a funeral Mass in St. Adelaide’s Church, 708
Lowell St., West Peabody at 10:30 a.m. Burial
will be in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park Peabody.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the
Alzheimer’s Association, 480 Pleasant St., Watertown,
MA 02472 in her memory.
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