Lorietta Shactman, 51, photographer

Lorietta Snyder Shactman, a photographer, died Dec. 7 of lymphoma at her home in Plaistow, N.H. She was 51.

Mrs. Shactman was born in Malden, Mass. She graduated from Stoneham High School and attended Northeastern University.

Mrs. Shactman taught workshop classes on digital photography in the Merrimack Valley and worked as a professional photographer. She also worked as a manager at Ritz Camera stores in Massachusetts and New Hampshire for 15 years.

Mrs. Shactman leaves her husband, Steven of Plaistow; two sons, Scott of Norwood, Mass., and Jordan of Plaistow; her parents, Carol and Robert Snyder of Plaistow; and two sisters, Wendy Bush of Plaistow and Nancy Nadler of Atkinson, N.H.

A memorial service will be held at her home today from 2 to 7 p.m. Burial will be in Sharon Memorial Park in Sharon, Mass.