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Lucille (Ciman) Tighe, 80, Lifelong Peabody Resident, Class of 1963, Cook and Baker

Born in Peabody in 1946, Peabody High 1963, a kitchen full of what she cooked and baked, mother of two. Lucille Tighe was 80. Visiting hours Sunday, prayer service Monday, burial at Cedar Grove.

Lucille A. (Ciman) Tighe of Peabody died peacefully on October 28, 2026. She was 80.

She was born on January 20, 1946 to Rudolfo and Jennie Ciman, lived in Peabody all her life and graduated from Peabody Upper Memorial High School in 1963. Cooking and baking were her pleasures, and her family will remember her by them.

She leaves her children, Christine Tighe and Brendan Tighe; her brother, Louis Ciman; and her nieces and nephews. Her sister Maria Sweeney died before her.

Visiting hours are Sunday, November 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Ruggiero Family Memorial Home, North Shore Chapel, Peabody, and again Monday at 10 a.m., followed by a 10:30 prayer service and burial at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Peabody. The family suggests donations to the MSPCA at Northeast Animal Shelter, 347 Highland Avenue, Salem.

Compiled from information published by Ruggiero Family Memorial Home, East Boston. Photograph courtesy of the family via Ruggiero Family Memorial Home. This is our own summary, not the family’s obituary; read the full obituary and leave a condolence at the funeral home’s page on Legacy.com. Corrections: we will fix any error promptly.