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Dolan Funeral Home
106 Middlesex Street
Chelmsford, MA 01863
Phone: (978) 251-4041
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Obituary
for
Dorothea (Foley) Dumont
Gold Star Wife; 88
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 Dorothea
E. (Foley) Dumont of Dunstable, Ma died Monday April 6, 2009 at the
Westford House Nursing Home in Westford, Ma with her family by her side.
She
was the beloved wife of the late Gerald J. Dumont who died September
28, 2004. Born in Boston, Ma on Oct. 7, 1920, the daughter of the late
Hugh and Elizabeth (Milley) Foley. She was a graduate of Roxbury
Memorial High School with the class of 1939.
She worked for the New England Telephone Company on Milk Street in Boston until 1944.
In
1945 Dorothea moved to Dunstable with her infant daughter to be with
her husband’s family during his captivity as a prisoner of war. She
settled in Dunstable with her husband Gerald where she devoted her life
to her family. Dorothea had a gift of kindness that touched those who
shared her friendship. She was a lifetime Charter Member of the Ex-
Prisoners of War Auxiliary, Mass Chapter #1, lifetime member of the
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary National Unit and honorable Gold
Star Wife. She was a communicant of St. Johns the evangelist Church in
Chelmsford Ma.
She is survived by her children, Geraldine
Courtemarche and her husband Louis of Dracut Ma, Roger Dumont and his
wife Pat of Dunstable, Ma, Janet Erickson of Nashua, NH, Joseph Dumont
and his wife Chris of Littleton, Ma, Thomas Dumont and his wife Karen
of Dunstable, Ma John Dumont and his wife Diane of Dunstable, Ma, and
her sister, Irene Joseph and her husband Arthur of Dedham, Ma.
She
will be deeply missed by her devoted grand daughter Katie, fourteen
grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren many nephews, nieces and
friends.
She was the sister of the late Albert Foley, and sister
in law of the late Dorothy Foley, Armand Dumont, Lionel Dumont, Bernice
Dumont, Geraldine Dumont, Lucile Dumont, Rita Belley, Clifton Laporte
and Lorraine and Raymond Neault.
FUNERAL NOTICE
DUMONT,
Dorothea E. (Foley) Dumont of Dunstable died April 6, 2009. At
Dorothea’s request a private ceremony will be held, and in lieu of
flowers donations may be made to the Disabled American Veterans or
Catholic TV, c/o Father Reed, P.O. Box 9196, Watertown MA 02272. Burial
in Central Cemetery, Dunstable. ARRANGEMENTS BY DOLAN FUNERAL HOME
978-251-4041 www.dolanfuneralhome.com. |
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