Jack
Torla, 72, of Lowell
died suddenly of a heart
attack on Tuesday at
Saints Medical Center in Lowell, MA.
He
was the husband of Charlene
“Lee” (Wheeler) Torla, with whom he would have celebrated their 44th
wedding anniversary this coming June.
Born
and raised in N.
Andover,
MA
on January 3, 1936,
he was the son of Margaret H. (Haphey) Torla of N. Andover and the late
John J.
Torla. He graduated
from Johnson
High
School
with the Class of 1953 and attended Merrimack
College
and Bentley
College.
Jack
retired from real estate
appraising last December and enjoyed his free time with his wife and
family. Prior to
being a real estate
appraiser, he was employed by Trans World Airlines for over 25 years
and brought
his love of travel and aviation to his family.
In addition to working in the
travel industry, he earned his private
pilot’s license. He
enjoyed flying on
weekends between bouts of gardening and reading up on local events and
WWII
history. His
greatest joys in life were
travel, his wife, children and grandchildren.
In
addition to his wife and
mother, Jack is survived by a son, John E. Torla of Lowell; daughters,
Suzanne
Hall and her husband, Arthur of Dracut, MA, Cindy Murphy and her
husband, Walter
of Pelham, NH, and Jill Torla of Lowell; a brother, Robert F. Torla and
his
wife, Ann Sibold of Falls Church, VA; a sister, Catherine J. Dawson of
N.
Andover, MA; 3 grandchildren, Jeffrey S. Hall, Brian W. Murphy and Erin
K.
Murphy as well as many nieces and nephews.
Jack
was predeceased by his daughter Linda A.
Torla of N.
Andover, MA.
FUNERAL
NOTICE
TORLA,
John “Jack” of Lowell
formerly of N. Andover
died March 25, 2008. Visiting hours
Fri. 4
to 8 PM. Funeral Sat. at 9:00 AM
from the DOLAN FUNERAL HOME, 106 MIDDLESEX ST., CHELMSFORD,
with a funeral Mass at 10:00 AM
at the Immaculate Conception Church, 3 Fayette St., Lowell.
Burial in Lowell
Cemetery,
Lowell. For
those who wish, memorial contributions may be made in his name to the
American
Heart Association, 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701
or the Dracut
High School All Sports Boosters, P.O. Box 208 Dracut, MA
01826.
ARRANGEMENTS
BY DOLAN FUNERAL HOME 978-251-4041. Guestbook at
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