Gladys L. McCarthy,
a life long resident of the Pawtucketville section of Lowell
and parishioner of St. Rita’s Church
passed peacefully to glory on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at D’Youville
Senior Care.
She was married for
45 years to the late Frank T. McCarthy, a well-known Lowell
businessman and community leader.
Born Dec 30, 1903,
Gladys was the daughter of the late Sumner and Louise (Shepard)
Williams of
Lowell.
She was the loving
matriarch of a large family including 13 children, 50 grand children,
95
great-grand children and 10 great-great-grand children.
Gladys was a life
long communicant of St. Rita’s Church and the former St. Columba’s Mission
Church.
Gladys worked as a
mill girl in 1915 in the sample room at the Merrimack Mills in Lowell
and in the family wholesale candy
business throughout the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. She enjoyed dancing and
performed
with the Lowell Academy of Dance in 1923, and the Seton Guild. She was
an avid
league bowler at the Brunswick Lanes until she was 85 years old. She
was also
an active member of St. Rita’s Sodality Women’s Club, and Knights of
Columbus
Auxiliary, Council 72 many PTAs and the Red Hat Society. Gladys was the Lowell
Sun’s Mother of Year in 1954.
She is survived by
her daughters: Virginia Cogan of Tewksbury, Eloise Kenner of Homestead,
FL,
Mary Pincence of Dracut, Dorothy Moore and husband Glenn of Suwanee,
GA, and
Kathleen Taylor and husband Rev. Deacon James Taylor of North Haven,
CT.,
daughters-in-law: Ann McCarthy of Saugus, Grace McCarthy of Beaver
Falls, PA,
Cynthia McCarthy of Raymond, NH; her sons: Edward McCarthy and wife
Tina of
Tyngsboro, David McCarthy and wife Frances of Chelmsford, Richard
McCarthy and
wife Kathy of Hudson, NH, Frank McCarthy and wife Brenda of Lowell. She
is also
survived by her brother Milton Williams and wife Frances of Dracut,
sister-in-law Aline Williams of Hanahan, SC, plus 47 grandchildren, 94
great
grandchildren and 10 great-great grandchildren as well as many nieces,
nephews
and cousins.
Gladys is
predeceased by her sons: William McCarthy of Lowell, Rev. Deacon John
McCarthy
of Saugus, Daniel McCarthy of Beaver Falls, PA, Gerald McCarthy of
Raymond, NH,
sons-in-law: Walter Cogan of Tewksbury, Omer Pincence of Dracut and
Robert
Kenner of Miami, FL; daughter-in-law Bettejane McCarthy of Tewksbury,
granddaughter Joanne McCarthy of Tewksbury, grandsons Shane Kenner of
Miami,
FL, Gerald McCarthy Jr. of Groton, MA and Robert Taylor of North Haven,
CT;
great grandson Seth Cogan of Boise, ID; brothers and sisters: Irwin
Williams of
Lowell. MA, Bernice Taylor and husband George of Lowell, MA., Sumner
Williams
and wife Ruth of Short Hills, NJ, Clarence Williams and wife Alice of
Swansea,
MA, Wilbur Williams and wife Mary of Warwick, RI, John Williams and
wife
Lillian of Billerica, MA, George Williams of Hanahan, SC, , and Dorothy
Chandler and husband Thomas
of Dracut.
FUNERAL
NOTICE
MCCARTHY,
Gladys L. McCarthy, 104, of Lowell died May
31, 2008.
Visiting hours Wed. 4 to 8 p.m. Funeral Thurs. at 9AM from the DOLAN
FUNERAL
HOME 106 MIDDLESEX ST. CHELMSFORD, with a funeral Mass at 10AM at St.
Rita’s
Church in Lowell.
Burial in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Lowell.
Memorials may be made in her name to the Office of Religious Education,
St.
Rita’s Church, 158 Mammoth Rd. Lowell, MA 01854 or D’Youville
Foundation, 981
Varnum Ave, Lowell, MA 01854 or St. Vincent DePaul Society c/o St.
Rita’s
Church, 158 Mammoth Rd., Lowell, MA 01854.ARRANGEMENTS BY DOLAN FUNERAL
HOME
978-251-4041. Guestbook at www.dolanfuneralhome.com |
