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Marie Roselle Lawlor

 

Marie Roselle Lawlor,   82, a retired  legal secretary, passed away Monday, July 31, 2006 at Kaplan Hospice House in Danvers, Massachusetts.  Marie was born in Boston, and spent her early years in Foxboro.  At an early age she moved to Malden, where she attended and graduated from the Cheverus School.  After High School, she attended Burdette College where she earned her degree in Business. In May of 1953, Marie married her sweetheart, John P. Lawlor, and the two would share nearly 45 years together raising their children until John's passing in 1997.   Soon after Marie graduated from Burdette, she went  to work for Judge Harry Lack in Everett as a legal secretary.  From there, she took employment with the Boston Law Firm, Sweetser & Lombard.  She worked at the firm until her retirement in 1996.  After her retirement, Marie and her husband John enjoyed wintering in Vero Beach, Florida. 

Marie was a member of St. Josephs Church in Malden, was a member of the Women’s Auxiliary of VFW Post 639 of Malden, and a member of the Deborah Women’s Club of Vero Beach, FL.  In her spare time, she enjoyed playing cards with her friends at the Wakefield Sr. Center.

She is survived by her son,  Christopher M. Lawler of Malden, her daughter,  Kathleen M. and her husband Clifford T. Jacobs  of Rowley, MA,  her brother John N. and wife Rose Marie  Fowler  of Fl, her sister,  Arleen Carpenter and husband Davie  of Wakefield, her grandchildren,  Jennifer Jacobs  of Malden,  Daniel Lawlor  of FL, and Lindsey Lawlor  of Malden, as well as many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband John P., her parents.  Frederick  and Mary (Dwyer) Fowler, her son,  John P. Lawlor Jr. her brothers, Frederick, Gerald, William, ad David Fowler, and her sisters, Gwen McLeod and Theresa Fowler.            

Visitation will be held at Weir MacCuish Funeral Home, 144 Salem Street, Malden, on Wednesday, Aug 2nd,  from 4-8 PM

Funeral services will be held from the funeral home Thursday, August 3, 2006 at  9:00 A.M. for a Mass of Christian Burial in  St. Joseph's Church at 10:00 AM.  Rev. Richard T. Bakker of St. Joseph's Church will be officiating.  Burial will immediately follow in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden.

Contributions  in Marie's memory may be made to the Hospice of the North Shore, 10 Elm Street, Danvers MA 01923  or the  ALS Association- Mass Chapter, 7 Lincoln Street, Wakefield, MA 01880

 

 

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