Helen G. Lovett, 91

Helen G. Lovett, 91

BRIDGEWATER — Helen G. Lovett, 91, of Dick Brown Road, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, at her home.

She was born in North Andover, Massachusetts, the daughter of John and Nora (Milnes) Roche.

She graduated from Johnson High School and went on to work as a medical laboratory technician at St. John's Hospital in Lowell. After marrying, she became a homemaker and spent her time raising and supporting the efforts of her husband and five children.

Helen was a communicant of Holy Trinity Parish, a former member of St. Michael's Church in North Andover where she was a Sunday school teacher, a former member of St. Patrick's Church in Groveland, Massachusetts, where she was a member of the Women's Society, and the Groveland Historical Society. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, serving as financial secretary, and a past president of the Bridgewater Historical Society in Bridgewater.

Family members include three sons and their wives, Richard E. (Janet Baker) Lovett Jr. of Center Tuftonboro, Jonathan (Ida) Lovett of Bridgewater, and Daniel Lovett and Dawn McGlynn of Center Sandwich; two daughters, Ellen and husband Mark Swihart of New Sharon, Maine, and Susan Delanoy of Bridgewater; 14 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; two sisters Kathleen Olenio of North Andover, Massachusetts, and Evelyn Touhey of Mattipoisett, Massachusetts; many nieces and nephews.

Calling hours will be Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Emmons Funeral Home, 115 South Main St., Bristol. A mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, Sept. 1, at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Grace Chapel of Holy Trinity Parish, 2 West Shore Road, Bristol. Burial will follow in Homeland Cemetery, Bristol.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the NH Food Bank, 700 East Industrial Park Drive, Manchester, NH 03109 or at NHfoodbank.org.