Obituary of James Michael Carroll

James M. Carroll of Nahant, formerly of Lynn, passed on Wednesday June 6, 2018 after a courageous battle with cancer. The loving husband of Kathleen (Flaherty) Carroll of Nahant and the son of the late Richard F. and Florence (Boucher) Carroll of Lynn. Jim graduated from St. Mary’s Boy’s High School, Northeastern University and he received his law degree from the Massachusetts School of Law. Jim was the Director of Human Resources and Real Estate lawyer for Subaru of New England. He previously worked at the former T.W. Rogers in Lynn, the Federal Protective Service, and the Danvers Police Department as a Special Police Officer and civilian dispatcher. A long-time parishioner of St. Pius V in Lynn, he was active in the community with the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Santa’s Helping Hands and the Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 10. Jim enjoyed boating, traveling with Kathy and spending time with his family and dear friends. In addition to his wife Kathy, Jim is survived by his son Michael James and daughter-in-law Katie Carroll of Hoboken, New Jersey, his beloved granddaughter Riley Jane and his granddog Harper. He leaves two brothers Fr. John R. Carroll of St. John’s Parish in West Roxbury and Mark J. and his wife Nancy of Easton, sister Janet and her husband Roger McCarthy of Lynn and nieces and nephews Sean, Katie, Patrick, Danny, Christian, Richard, Brian, Lauren, Leah and Elizabeth. He was predeceased by his very special friend and neighbor James J. “Jim” Ruth of Lynn. A testimonial will be held in St. Thomas Aquinas Church at 248 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA on Saturday, June 9 at 1:00 PM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 1:45 PM. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to The St. Vincent DePaul Society at St. Pius V, 215 Maple St. Lynn, MA. 01904 or St. Anthony’s Shrine c/o Lazarus Project 100 Arch St. Boston, MA 02110. The family would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude to Care Dimensions (Danvers) for the loving care they provided over the past several weeks.