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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of September 14, 2026 through September 20, 2026

This week's obituary notices for Newburyport, Massachusetts residents include one qualifying obituary: Checkoway, Caroline Frances (Knowles), 98, who died September 9, 2026, in Newburyport. Caroline was born in 1927 at the former Newburyport Homeopathic Hospital and grew up in the city.…

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This week's column carries notices for one Newburyport-resident obituary published this week, from Elliott, Woodworth & Rogers Funeral Home.

Caroline Frances (Knowles) Checkoway, 98, of Newburyport, died on September 9, 2026, in Newburyport, MA. She was born in 1927 at the Newburyport Homeopathic Hospital on High Street, the daughter of the late Chester W. Knowles Sr. and Ethel (Bent) Knowles, and grew up in the city. Service details were not included in the portion of the obituary available for this notice. Full obituary at Elliott, Woodworth & Rogers Funeral Home: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/caroline-checkoway-obituary?id=62445437.

Notices compiled from Elliott, Woodworth & Rogers Funeral Home, Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Newburyport Patch.


Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.

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