Charles E. McInnis

Charles E. McInnis, 93, died peacefully on Tuesday July 9, 2013 at the Herrick House in Beverly where he resided since 2005. He was the husband of the late Margaret L. (Barrett) McInnis who past in 2007, with whom he shared 60 years of marriage. He was raised in Danvers and graduated from Holten High School, Class of 1938. He then served honorably in the U.S. Navy, a veteran of both WWII and Korea. After graduating from the Lowell Institute, he was employed as an engineer with the former United Shoe Manufacturing Corp. in Beverly prior starting his own business in 1967. Charlie and his wife Margaret enjoyed their retirement by traveling the world and doing what they could to help others. A longtime Danvers resident and a communicant of St. Mary of the Annunciation Church, he was Past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Thomas E. Power Council #1505, a Town Meeting Member for many years, and also served on the town’s Finance Committee. He is survived by his children, Charles E. McInnis, Jr. and his wife Estelle of FL, James F. McInnis of Beverly, Maureen Emery and her husband Kenneth of Danvers, and Patricia Taatjes and her husband David of Danvers, his grandchildren, Matthew McInnis, Alexa McInnis, Keith Emery and his wife Britt, Meghan Brevard and her husband Jessie, and Christopher and Allison Taatjes, two great-grandchildren, Charlie and Isabelle, a brother, James McInnis of Danvers, two sisters, Annie Zaremba of Chelsea and Florence Mackey of Salem, and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his siblings Joseph “Bill” McInnis, Mary Simard, Elizabeth Perry, and Priscilla Comeau. His Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 9AM in St. Mary of the Annunciation Church, 24 Conant St., Danvers. Burial will follow in Annunciation Cemetery, Danvers. Relatives and friends are invited. Visiting hours are Friday from 5-8PM in C.R. Lyons & Sons, Funeral Directors, 28 Elm St., Danvers Square. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of the North Shore, 75 Sylvan St., Danvers, MA 01923.