Elizabeth C. Lyons
TYNGSBORO Elizabeth C. 'Connie' (Collins)(Sheehan) Lyons, 85, of Tyngsboro, died Sunday, August 6, 2017, at her home, surrounded by her loving family.
Born January 8, 1932, in Peabody, she was a daughter of the late Patrick J. and the late Albina (O'Neil) Collins, was educated in the local schools, graduated from St. Patrick's High School and St. John's Hospital School of Nursing.
She made her home in Litchfield, NH, and Fort Myers, FL before residing in Tyngsboro. She worked as a registered nurse for Tewksbury Hospital for more than eighteen years.
The widow of the late Kenneth F. Sheehan and the late John Lyons, she is survived by her children, Kathleen Clark and her husband, Randal, of Crystal River, Florida, Colleen Carhart and her husband, Kevin, of Tyngsboro, Janet Olsen and her husband, Kirk, of North Andover, Kenneth Sheehan Jr. of Danbury, CT, Patrick Sheehan and his wife, Diane, of Mooresville, NC; her grandchildren, Matthew Clark, Savannah Clark, Caitlin Washburn-Sheehan, Ryan Carhart, Aidan Olsen, Noah Olsen, Zachary Sheehan and Nicholas Sheehan; her sister, Patricia McCarthy of Lowell; her brothers, Dennis J. Collins of Lowell and David Collins and his wife, Anne, of Lowell and several nieces and nephews.
She was also the sister of the late Mary H. Diorio, the late Gail C. Fennell the late Ellen Maille, the late John Collins the late Michael Collins and a sister in law of the late Rita Collins, Frank Diorio, William McCarthy, and Joanne Collins.
AT HER REQUEST, CALLING HOURS HAVE BEEN OMMITTED. YOU ARE INVITED TO HER MEMORIAL MASS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, at 10 a.m. at ST. MARY MAGDELAN PARISH, 95 LAKEVIEW AVE, TYNGSBORO MA. ARRANGEMENTS BY THE McDONOUGH FUNERAL HOME, 14 HIGHLAND STREET, LOWELL 978-458-6816.
MEMORIALS IN HER NAME TO THE ALZHEIMERS ASSOC. OF MASSACHUSETTS/NEW HAMPSHIRE, 309 WAVERLY OAKS RD., WALTHAM MA 02452.
