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Joseph Zaidan Obituary

76 of Center Ossipee, NH, formerly of Boston, MA, died Tuesday, Jan. 14 at the Huggins Hospital, Wolfboro, NH. He lived in Boston for most of his life before moving to New Hampshire in his retirement from The Boston Globe Newspaper in the late 1980's. He was a Navy Veteran of World War II. Mr. Zaidan is survived by his wife MarcIA (Scalfani) Zaidan, a son Samuel Zaidan of Colorado, a daughter June Zaidan of New York, a brother Charles Zaidan of Scituate, MA and three grandchildren. He was also the father of the late Anthony Zaidan and brother of the late Michel E. Zaidan of Kentucky and Louise Skudris of Quincy, MA. Memorial Services will be announced this Spring.

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Published by Boston Globe from Jan. 19 to Jan. 20, 2003.

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Lya O'Neill

January 22, 2003

Dearest Marsha

So very sorry to get the sad news of Joe's passing on. He was a great guy, wonderful asset at the Globe, a super teacher, and very good friend. I will miss him. Please keep in touch.

Love Don and Lya

Paul Donovan

January 20, 2003

Very Sorry to hear about Joe's death. Joe and I go way back. We worked together at the Boston Globe for a lot of years and I learned a lot about my job from Joe. We also had a lot of laughs in the Old Camex Room at the Globe. My condolences to his family and especially to his wife, Marsha

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