Shirley Sherry

C. Shirley (Nangle) Sherry, 99, a longtime Danvers resident, died peacefully on Monday, March 25, 2024 at the Masconomet Healthcare Center in Topsfield, where she had been lovingly cared for in her declining health. She was the loving wife of the late Leonard Sherry, with whom she shared 68 years of marriage. Born in Danvers on November 22, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Lilly (Strout) Nangle. She was raised and educated in Danvers and South Paris, Maine. In addition to being a dedicated mother, homemaker, and grandmother, Shirley held several administrative roles during her career. These roles included the positions of legal secretary for a Maine state judge, executive secretary at Sylvania, and claims manager at Danvers Insurance Agency in Danvers Square until her retirement at 62. A devoted communicant of Saint Mary of the Annunciation Church, Shirley was a member of Our Lady’s Sodality and shared her faith by teaching CCD. She was also a member of the Catholic Mr. & Mrs. Club. Shirley lived independently until age 98, in recent years at Brightview, where she had many dear friends. She will always be fondly remembered by her children, Maureen Larivee and her husband James of Danvers, Paul Sherry of Danvers, Kevin Sherry and his wife Faith of Rye, NH, and Maryellen Jamieson and her husband Bradley of Rowley, her daughter-in-law, Annette Sherry of Newburyport, her grandchildren and their spouses, Brian Larivee, Kevin and Karen Cheung-Larivee, P.J. Sherry, Danielle and Steve Duff, Kasey and Joshua Inocencio, Dylan and Mariana Gonzalez-Sherry, Dustin Sherry, Melissa and Steve Howard, Michael and Katie Sherry, John and Shannon Jamieson, and Sherry and Hunter Wagner, and twelve great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her beloved son, Brian Sherry, and her sister, Barbara McCarthy. Shirley’s Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 10AM in Saint Mary of the Annunciation Church, 24 Conant St., Danvers. Burial will follow in Annunciation Cemetery. Relatives and friends are invited. Visiting hours are Tuesday from 4-7PM in C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors, 28 Elm St., Danvers Square. In keeping with Shirley’s love of Danvers, donations in her memory may be made to the Danvers People-to-People Food Pantry, P.O. Box 2076, Danvers, MA 01923. Guestbook at www.LyonsFuneral.com.