John (Jack) Van Buskirk
Retired Winthrop Animal Control Officer
John D. (Jack) Van Buskirk of Winthrop and previously of Port Charlotte, FL passed away after a brief illness at the Kaplan Family Hospice in Danvers on February 14, 2025. He had just celebrated his 90th birthday.
John spent over 30 years working for the town of Winthrop as the Animal Control Officer. He loved to make everyone laugh and was always the first person on the dance floor.
He was the devoted husband of Leona Van Buskirk and loving father of Jackie Van Buskirk and his wife, Jodi from Revere, Mark Van Buskirk and his wife, JoAnne and Robert Van Buskirk, all of Winthrop; cherished grandfather of Jenna Van Buskirk, Jonathan Van Buskirk, Vanessa Van Buskirk, Marc Van Buskirk and his favorite four-legged friends, Kaiden and Tucker.
The funeral was conducted from the Caggiano-O’Maley-Frazier Funeral Home, Winthrop on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 followed by a funeral service in the First Church of Winthrop United Methodist. Services concluded with the interment in the Cross Street section of Winthrop Cemetery.
To sign the online guestbook, go to www.caggianofuneralhome.com.
Susan Kaplovitz
Her legacy is one of strength, curiosity and profound kindness
Susan (Enid) Kaplovitz passed away peacefully on February 12, 2025 at the age of 80. Susan was a native of Winthrop who graduated from Winthrop High in 1962, Mt. Holyoke College in 1966 and Simmons University in XXX.
In Boston, she worked as a teacher, executive in the insurance industry and as an executive for a major teaching hospital. Susan’s legacy is one of strength, curiosity, and profound kindness. She showed us that life, no matter the obstacles, can still be lived with independence, grace and joy.
She was predeceased by her parents, Maxwell and Fay Ediss Kaplovitz and her brother, Barry Kaplovitz. She is not only mourned by her cousins: Ellen Kaplovitz, Nessa Kleinglass, Alan Pyenson and Gary Stone, but also by friends, neighbors and by special caregiver advocates who became family.
Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 23 at Caggiano-O’Maley-Frazier Funeral Home, 147 Winthrop Street, Winthrop. A reception will follow at 4 p.m. at The Winthrop Arms Restaurant, 130 Grovers Ave., Winthrop.
Contributions honoring Susan’s life may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research at www.michaeljfox.org.
To sign the online guestbook, go to www.caggianofuneralhome.com.