MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA: Emilyann (Hrycay) Chafey, 87, died Sunday, July 20, 2014 at Masconomet Healthcare Center in Topsfield following a brief illness. She was the wife of the late George B. Chafey who died in 1989.
Born in Newark, NJ on February 24, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Anna (Sosnicki) Hrycay. She had resided in New Jersey before moving to Manchester-By-The-Sea in 1963.
A graduate of Rider University in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, Emilyann worked for over thirty years as an administrative assistant at Salem Hospital before her retirement at age seventy. She enjoyed traveling with her daughter, Lynn and also enjoyed being on her son Mark's lobster boat.
She is survived by her son, Mark S. Chafey of Manchester- By-The-Sea; her daughter Lynn J. Stokes and her husband Robert of Manchester-By-The-Sea; a granddaughter, Jill Bittner and her husband, Dan of Danvers; two great-grandchildren, Ella and Foster Bittner both of Danvers. She was predeceased by her two sisters, Olga Orlitzski and Jean Fetko.
Her funeral services will be privately held at the convenience of the family. There are no visiting hours. Expressions of sympathy may be made in her memory to the charity of one's choice.