Obituary notices, week of August 17 through August 23, 2026
Five Methuen-resident obituaries were published this week: Barbin, Thomas; Duhamel, Paul; Hornbaker, Julia B; Phillips, Jo Ann; and Suzor, Michael J. All five notices came through Echovita, with Kenneth H. Pollard Funeral Home Inc. of Methuen handling arrangements for three of the five …
METHUEN — This column carries notices for 5 Methuen-resident obituaries published this week, drawn from funeral home postings for Cataudella Funeral Home, Kenneth H. Pollard Funeral Home Inc., and Charles F. Dewhirst Family of Funeral Homes.
Michael J. Suzor, 62, of Methuen, died on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. Services had not been announced as of this listing. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/methuen/michael-suzor-22008160.
Jo Ann Phillips, 63, of Methuen, died on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. Services had not been announced as of this listing. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/methuen/jo-ann-phillips-21992165.
Paul Duhamel, 76, of Methuen, died on Thursday, August 20, 2026. Services had not been announced as of this listing. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/methuen/paul-duhamel-22011243.
Thomas Barbin, 72, of Methuen, died on Thursday, August 20, 2026. Services had not been announced as of this listing. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/methuen/thomas-barbin-21999800.
Julia B Hornbaker, of Methuen, died on Saturday, August 22, 2026. Services had not been announced as of this listing. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/methuen/julia-hornbaker-22010145.
Notices compiled from Echovita postings for Cataudella Funeral Home, Kenneth H. Pollard Funeral Home Inc., and Charles F. Dewhirst Family of Funeral Homes. Legacy.com and Tribute Archive were also checked this week; Legacy.com's Methuen page returned no obituaries explicitly identifying Methuen residency within the coverage period, and Tribute Archive returned no content. Methuen Patch had no obituary content available for review.
Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.
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