Kristin G. Broderick

[Obituary provided by Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home.]

Kristin "Kris" Gilbert Broderick, 37, of Haverhill, died Wednesday, January 11, 2012.

Born in Benson, Arizona, he was the son of Philip D. and Sandra J. (Long) Broderick. He was a Graduate of Haverhill High School, Class of 1992, and attended Emerson College. He then earned his Bachelors Degree at Salem State College and his Masters Degree in Geology, at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

A gifted athlete, Kris enjoyed all sports but excelled in basketball. He was a talented musician playing guitar in many bands. He traveled the world for work and pleasure, as he recently returned from a three year stay in Angola. He was employed as a Geologist for the Exxon-Mobil Corporation in Houston, Texas, for the past seven years.

The husband of the late, Martha McDermott, he leaves a son, Clayton Edward Broderick, his parents, Philip and Sandra (Long) Broderick, of Haverhill, a brother, Brian Broderick, of Park City, UT, a sister, Morgan and her husband, Geoff Saunooke, of Meridian, Idaho, grandparents, Dorothy long, of Haverhill, and Ernest and Lillian Reynolds, of Plaistow, aunts and uncles, Pamela and Spencer Kimball, Christie Broderick, Carolyn and Charles Elliott, Steven Long, David and Janet Long, Judith Long, Kenneth Long, Linda Ferguson, Laurie long, mark and Megan Reynolds, and many cousins and friends who will dearly miss him.

ARRANGEMENTS: Friends and family are respectfully invited to attend a period of visitation on Sunday, January 15, from 1 until 5 p.m. at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main St. (Rte 125) Haverhill. Private funeral services and burial will be held at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Clayton E. Broderick College Fund C/O Sovereign Bank, 340 Main St. Haverhill, MA 01830. www.comeaufuneral.com.