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Thomas A. Mulkern Sr.

Birth
Revere, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
28 Dec 2000 (aged 83)
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cremated, Ashes scattered. Specifically: Ashes scattered in the White Mountains of New Hampshire Add to Map
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Thomas A. Mulkern, Sr., owner of North Shore News Company in Lynn MA, died suddenly on Dec. 28, 2000, at the Salem Hospital after suffering a massive stroke. He was 83. He was born in Revere MA on Sept. 28, 1917, and lived in there in his youth and attended public schools there. He graduated from Revere High School, class of 1935.

Mr. Mulkern served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Upon his discharge in 1946, he went to work for the Boston Record American and continued with various other newspapers until acquiring North Shore News Company in 1975, where he made his career.

He was an avid skier who, along with his wife, maintained a residence in North Conway NH for many years. He was a member of the Salem Country Club, and he loved the arts also.

He resided in Lynnfield MA with his wife, Lillian (McKnight) Mulkern, with whom he shared 60 years of marriage. Other family members include his son Thomas A. Mulkern, Jr., of Magnolia MA; daughter Anne Lee Doig of Topsfield MA; and grandchildren Aimee Mulkern and Shaina Mulkern, both of Magnolia, and William Doig and Peter Doig, both of Topsfield.

Published in the Boston Globe 30 Dec 2000
Thomas A. Mulkern, Sr., owner of North Shore News Company in Lynn MA, died suddenly on Dec. 28, 2000, at the Salem Hospital after suffering a massive stroke. He was 83. He was born in Revere MA on Sept. 28, 1917, and lived in there in his youth and attended public schools there. He graduated from Revere High School, class of 1935.

Mr. Mulkern served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Upon his discharge in 1946, he went to work for the Boston Record American and continued with various other newspapers until acquiring North Shore News Company in 1975, where he made his career.

He was an avid skier who, along with his wife, maintained a residence in North Conway NH for many years. He was a member of the Salem Country Club, and he loved the arts also.

He resided in Lynnfield MA with his wife, Lillian (McKnight) Mulkern, with whom he shared 60 years of marriage. Other family members include his son Thomas A. Mulkern, Jr., of Magnolia MA; daughter Anne Lee Doig of Topsfield MA; and grandchildren Aimee Mulkern and Shaina Mulkern, both of Magnolia, and William Doig and Peter Doig, both of Topsfield.

Published in the Boston Globe 30 Dec 2000

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