Bailey Chevalier Putnam, 21, of Weymouth, Mass., died unexpectedly June 9.

He was an intern at The Boston Globe. Previously under Northeastern University’s cooperative education program, Putnam was a sports reporter for The Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Mass. He was sports editor for The Huntington News, the student newspaper at Northeastern. He covered the men’s and women’s NCAA ice hockey teams there.

Putnam leaves his parents, Stephen and Caren; a sister, Taen; his grandparents, Nancy and John.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

Paul Richard Barry, 84, of Danvers, Mass., died June 2 in Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers.

Throughout his professional career, Barry was a newspaper pressman, first at the former Boston Record American and more recently with The Salem (Mass.) News. He retired in 1994.

Barry leaves his wife, Joanne; two daughters, Therese and Ann; two sons, Paul Jr. and Michael; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a sister.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

Robert F. Kirk, 84, of Santa Barbara, Calif., died May 30 in Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

For 33 years, he was a reporter and later wire editor for the company that owned the former Evening Gazette and its successor, combined newspaper, the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, Mass. He retired in 1994.

Kirk leaves his wife, Maureen; three sons, Robert Jr., Richard and John; a daughter, Anne.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

Doris “Dee” Maggiori, 94, of Trumbull, Conn., died June 2 in St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn.

She wrote feature stories for the Catholic Transcript of New Haven, Conn. and for the former Bridgeport Sunday Post for 12 years.

In 1984, Maggiori became one of the co-founders of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport’s Fairfield County Catholic, based in Bridgeport. For 13 years, she was assistant editor there before retiring to become a columnist in 1997.

Maggiori’s column, In the Spirit, appeared in the Fairfield County Catholic and the Catholic Journal of Edgewater, Fla., for more than 10 years. She was also a freelance reporter for the Catholic News Service of Washington, D.C.

Maggiori was on the board of directors of the Fairfield County Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, a group of writers, artists and composers, and was its membership chairwoman. She co-produced and was a frequent host of a television program, “Creative Women, Today.”

She leaves two nieces, Michele and Sharon; a grandniece, Nina; a godchild, Lisa; several members of her adopted families.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

Mary E. “Betty” Letoile, 91, of Providence, R.I., died June 1 at The Little Sisters of the Poor in Washington, D.C., a Roman Catholic religious institute for women.

Her first job after business school was as a bookkeeper at The Standard-Times of New Bedford, Mass.

Letoile leaves a son, The Very Rev. Kenneth; four daughters, Susan, Nancy, Corinne and Marilyn; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

Steve Szkotak, 65, of Richmond, Va., died May 31 in his home.

He was an editor for 13 years at the Daily Hampshire Gazette of Northampton, Mass. Previously, he was a reporter for a decade with the United Press International in New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

In 2002, Szkotak became a journalist with The Associated Press.

Szkotak leaves his wife, Mandy; a daughter, Molly; a son, Frederick; a brother; two sisters.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.