Jenessa MacKenzie

Jenessa MacKenzie, 51, of Plaistow, New Hampshire, died unexpectedly at her home on Thursday, March 12, 2026. She was the beloved wife of Thomas Stanley, with whom she shared the last twenty years of her life.

Born in Melrose, Massachusetts on March 21, 1974, Jenessa was the daughter of Lucy (Gromyko) Hurley and the late Thomas MacKenzie. She was raised in Malden, Massachusetts and educated in Andover, graduating from Pinkerton Academy with the Class of 1993. For many years she worked as a waitress at T-Bones in Salem, New Hampshire, before joining NxStage-Fresenius Medical Care in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where she remained for the past twenty years. Jenessa studied reiki healing and held a deep interest in all things metaphysical. She was an avid photographer who also found great joy in gardening and caring for animals. Above all, she was a loving mother whose children were the center of her world.

Jenessa is survived by her husband Tom; her children Kaila Hull of Berlin, New Hampshire, Dylan Eaton of Plaistow, and Paieghton Eaton of Plaistow; her step-children Marcus Stanley and Colten Stanley, both of Plaistow; her two grandchildren; her mother and step-father Lucy and Thomas Hurley; her brothers-in-law John Stanley and his wife Brenda of Plaistow, Donald Stanley of Florida, and James McCormack of Lawrence, Massachusetts; her sister-in-law Cheri McCormack of New York; and several cousins, including Randy Gummow, with whom she shared a special bond.