Maryanne Keefe
"Dedicated and Devoted Wife, Mother and Grandmother"
LOWELL
Maryanne (Fitzsimmons) Keefe, 85, a lifelong Lowell resident,
passed away peacefully, Tuesday, August 27, 2019, at High Pointe Hospice
House in Haverhill after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. She
was the beloved widow of the late Paul A. Keefe who passed away in 2008
after 52 years of marriage.
A daughter of the late James and
the late Mary (Gajdzis) Fitzsimmons, she was born March 24, 1934, in
Lowell, and was educated in the local schools attending the Butler
School and graduating from Lowell High School where she was a baton
twirler during her High School years.
She made her home in the
Belvidere Section of the City for most of her lifetime, and was a
communicant of Immaculate Conception Church. She worked as an
Secretary for Wilfred Bulger until her marriage when she decided she
wanted to stay home to raise her family, which was her number one
priority in life. She was a member of St. Peter’s Sodality and sang in
the Minstrel Shows, and also enjoyed bowling, golfing, and was a member
of Long Meadow Golf Club, enjoyed crocheting, and will be remembered as a
voracious reader for most of her lifetime.
Her survivors
include her daughters, Sharon Keefe of Lowell and Kim Keefe and her
partner, John Dixon, both of Lowell; her granddaughters, Emma Brooks and
her fiancé, Kyle Isnor, both of Lowell, and Molly Brooks of Lowell; her
son in law, Billy Brooks of Lowell; her brother, James Fitzsimmons and
his wife, Theresa, of Lowell; her sister in law, Barbara Keefe of
Tewksbury; as well as many nieces, nephews, and friends.
She was also the mother of the late Kelly Brooks.
ON FRIDAY MORNING, YOU ARE INVITED TO HER VISITATION FROM 9 UNTIL 11
AM. AT THE MCDONOUGH FUNERAL HOME, 14 HIGHLAND STREET, LOWELL
978-458-6816.
HER FUNERAL MASS WILL BE OFFERED FRIDAY AT IMMACULATE CHURCH, 144 EAST MERRIMACK ST., LOWELL AT 12 NOON. BURIAL IN ST. MARY CEMETERY.
MEMORIALS IN HER NAME TO COMMUNITY FAMILY, 236 BROADWAY ST., LOWELL MA 01854 OR THE KELLY BROOKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND, 100 MERRIMACK STREET, SUITE 202, LOWELL, MA 01852.
