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Dolan Funeral Home
106 Middlesex Street
Chelmsford, MA 01863
Phone: (978) 251-4041
Have questions: email
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Lowell – Joseph
Sweeney, a life-long resident of Lowell died July 15, 2009 at Palm
Manor Nursing Home in Chelmsford, MA surrounded by his loving family
after a courageous battle with cancer. He was the husband of
Sheila (Crane)Sweeney with whom he shared 47 years of marriage.
Joe was born in Lowell on November 24, 1937, the son of the late Eugene
J. Sweeney and Florence (McLean) Sweeney. He graduated from
the Sacred Heart Grammar School and Lowell High School. He
received his Bachelor of Science degree from Massachusetts College of
Pharmacy in 1960.
His first job as a pharmacist was at O’Brien’s Drugstore on Central
Street, which later became Sweeney’s Drugs. Later, Joe and
his late cousin, Francis R. Sweeney merged their pharmacies to become
McCord Sweeney Drugs on Dummer Street. Joe completed his
career at the VA Hospital in Bedford, MA as a CMOP Pharmacist, from
which he retired in 2007.
He was a communicant at Saint Margaret Church in Lowell, where he
served as a Senior Altar Server. In addition to spending time
with his two grandsons, he loved music, sports, the ocean and sunrises.
Joe was a former member of the Lowell Rotary Club and a member of the
Greater Lowell Pharmaceutical Association.
Besides his wife Sheila, Joe is survived by two sons, Joseph E. Sweeney
of Lowell and Timothy M. Sweeney of Boston; a daughter Kathleen M.
Sweeney of Chelmsford; and 2 grandsons, Connor P. Murphy and Reilly P.
Murphy, also of Chelmsford, and a brother-in-law, Edward Crane of
Revere. He is also survived by many Sweeney cousins.
FUNERAL NOTICE
SWEENEY, JOSEPH E. of LOWELL, MA died July 15, 2009. Visiting hours
Sunday 4 to 8 p.m. Funeral Monday at 8:30AM from the DOLAN FUNERAL HOME
106 MIDDLESEX ST. CHELMSFORD, with a funeral Mass at 9:30AM at St.
Margaret’s Church in Lowell. Burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Tewksbury.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Joe’s
name to either the Saint Margaret Parish Renovation Fund, 374 Stevens
Street, Lowell, MA 01851 or to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 10
Brookline Place West, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445.
ARRANGEMENTS BY DOLAN FUNERAL HOME 978-251-4041. Guestbook at
www.dolanfuneralhome.com
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