Haverhill \u2013 Stephen W. Merritt, 28, passed away from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on September 18, 2018.Born in Haverhill, Stephen was the beloved son of Christine (Ryan) Rodriguez and the late Richard C. Merritt. He was raised and educated in Haverhill and attended Haverhill High School. Stephen was a talented mechanic, always working on his motorcycles and dirt bikes. He enjoyed camping and fishing with friends and family. Stephen was a friend to all who knew him and he gave of himself to anyone who needed help. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends and will be missed by all who loved him.Stephen is survived by his beloved mother Christine Rodriguez and her husband John Rodriguez of Bradford his grandmother Frances Ryan of Haverhill aunts Michelle Sheppard and her husband John of Raymond, NH Joanne Lemieux of Haverhill Theresa J. Caruso and her husband Paul T. of Dracut Michelle Rajotte and her husband Michael Wittrien of San Antonio, TX uncles Michael A. Goodrich of FL Gary F. Goodrich and his wife Lauren of Lunenburg Carl A. Rajotte, Jr. cousins Nichole Haga and her partner Thomas Grullart of Kingston, NH Danielle Haga of Raymond, NH and many cousins, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his father Richard C. Merritt.Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend calling hours on Saturday, September 22 from 2:00PM until 5:00PM at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main Street, Haverhill. Funeral services will follow in the funeral home at 5:00PM. Burial will be private. Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Haverhill \u2013 Stephen W. Merritt, 28, passed away from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on September 18, 2018.Born in Haverhill, Stephen was the beloved son of Christine (Ryan) Rodriguez and the late Richard C. Merritt. He was raised and educated in Haverhill and attended Haverhill High School. Stephen was a talented mechanic, always working […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9422,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8785\/revisions\/9422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}